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The Washington times., 1920-06-06

tations no less sweeping. These were
neglected, because their necessity wa
not so compellingly patent. There
fore nineteenth century man concen-
trsted intensively. exclusively upon
materialistic problems. The upshot
was a warped one-sided development :
which quickly revealed it's unsound .
ness.
Ne tho nineteenth century drew to.
wprd its close the symptoms OF pro-
found mBisisc appeared on every side.
Even those most fundamental of al
factors. the vitality and quality OF
the race, we're not immune. Vital
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statistics began to display features
hlghly ,disquieting to thoughtful
minds.
The most striking Of these pho
nomcn" was the declining birth rrte
which affected nearly nII the white
nations.
The trouble was that this dmin
lshinR human output was OF less and
fnss hiolor cal value. E,erywberc
the better types con ~hich the future
"I the rs-r drrcnJs were ruwe ricnI-
W strUonsrs or ~ind'inS, while
cow crsciy. the tower tyres were
ssirier ground, their ktrSH rate sAsw-
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ing relatively slight dtusirution.

Inp rcInt'NtIN sHNhf dfWIH"''0"'
The racial displacements induced
by n changed economic or social en-
vironment are, indeed, almost incal-
culable. Contrary to the popular be-
lief. nothing is more unstable thar
the ethnic makeup OF a people. There
is no more absurd fallacy than the
shibboleth of tho melting pot" As
a matter OF fact. the melting pot may
mis-, but does not mclt. Zach race
type. formed age ago, and set Is
u .tUhbornly pcrsist,r' entity
Such was the ominops "scamy side
OF nineteenth century civilization.
The Washington times., 1920-06-06
CHAPTER VIII.
The Modern Poloponnesian Var.

THE birth Of the twentieth cen
tury was attended with dis
ouieting omens. The ills which
had afflicted the preceding epoch
grew more acute. synohronizing into
ar all-pervaoing, militant unrest. The
spirit o. change was in the air
The best proof GO the abnormal
;rend or the times is the White wcr q
acu;ely pathological condition durins
nd entire lsrgne pt.,4ruH t. ta'
AREA. va. Th-l f,race quest aftgg
Alliances and mad ptftns mp OF arm
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(From William Randolph Hearst in the Neu York
American, September 4, lel4D
Europe is committing hara-kiri the doorsteps o!
Asia.
The civilized nations of Europe destroying each
other and the civilization which they have laboriousy
constructed through centuries
Germany and Austria stand and have stood for ages
as the first line of Europes defense against the invading
hordes of Asia.
France and Belgium and Italy Europes second
line of Defense and England its mighty defense at
There is no rightful for internecine conflict
among the defenders of Europe They should present
united front external dangers and exercise their
bined power against the threat of Asatic invasion
What good will it do England and France and Bel
gium to weaken Germany and Austria, and thereby
weaken their first and chief protection against the in
vading hordes of Asia?
What good will it do Germany and Austria to weaken
France and Belgium and England whose aid and whose
utmost strength they may at time need to support
themselves in their mighty task of repelling Oriental
assault?
Why should Europe decmate its forces and destroy
its power when any time its whole force and its full
power and its united effort may be needed in supreme
struggle to the civilization of Europe from sub
mersion in an overwhelming flood of barbarism?
Furthermore, America is almost as much concerned
as Europe in the menace of Asia We do not come into
immediate with it in the East the countries of
Europe do but we coming into closer and closer
tact and eventual and inevitable conflict with it on our
West.
For reasons of selfish interest as well as of human
interest therefore is it Americas duty to exert its ut
most influence and unite under the banners of
peace and progress the forces of civilization.
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IMPOVERISHED, SOLIDARITY
!. GONE, We FACE UNSCATHED
COL0RED RACES" "--STODDAR[

After Unprecedented Rise, White Race
, Reached Zenith of Its Power in 1900; Then
Through Growing Materialism Began Swift
! Decline, First Indicated by Japan's Victory
! Over the Russians.
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Dead in War Leaves White Race Weak Before YelIo Race

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WHITE RACE STILL HAS CHANCE, BUT
! MUST SWIM QUICKLY-ELSE OBLIVION
By LoTHRoP sToDDARD,

WGr" present Dog EurOpe It's
National Froa of etc.Mr. Stoddard is iaWyer
aug rtsies at Mas
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naurky waters Of Port Arthur re-
vealed 10 the stsJtied world the he
ginning Of the ebb.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
FARMERS TELL
OF FFACING RUIN
Fervid Appeals for Help
Made Before Federal Re-
serve Board Members.

Appearing at the head Of a dele
CATION of farmers before the Fed
eral Reserve Board yesterday, Sem
ator L. ID. Smith. of South Carolina,
made an impassioned address urg-
ing the board to save the farmers
from ruin by ordering the Federal
Reserve banks to rediscount paper
based on farm collateral at u spe-
cially low rate of interest"
This appeal followed refusal by
Secretary of the Treasury Houston
to revive the War Finance Corpora
ton. which the farmers urged
would aid them in the export OF
grain and it's sale abroad. Mr..
Houston contended that the credit
situation abroad is too unsound TO
warrant undertaking to finance
such a corporation.
Senator Hoke Smith. of Georgia,
also pleaded for the farmers. The
greatest danger at present, he said,
is that prices will fall too fast.
scattering widespread ruin.
Farmer delegations called upon
Secretary Houston earlier in the
day. He told them that under no
circumstances would the Treasury
Department be party to any plan
that would enable the farmers to
withhold commodities from the
market in order to maintain arti-
flcially high prices.
Representatives of cotton grow
crs told the Federal Reserve Board
that they are facing ruin.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
POLICE REFUTE
ARREST STORY
Two Baltimore Detectives
Not Taken Up on Auto
Visit, They Say.

Two Baltimore detectives, Rich
ard Freeman and Harry Hammersla,
found themselves in the clutches Of
the law here yesterday, according to
the story they told after their re-
turn to Maryland.
They had brought Mrs. Esther
Siskin. of that city, here to identify
Walter Randall and Joseph Homer,
who are alleged to have committed
hold-ups here and in Baltimore.
Mrs. Siskin Identified the men out
of ten who were placed before her.
The detectives say they were ar
rested after entering Washington in
their automobile for not having a
District of Columbia license tag.
After local authorities learned their
identity, they were released, accord
ing to the story told in Baltimore.
But local police headquarters can
not remember having arrested any
Baltimore detectives at all. Perhaps
it's a case of ''noblesse oblige."
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
APPEAL MADE
IN SNOW CASE
Wife Of Millionaire Begins
Fight to Break Former
Court Ruling.

Arguments on the appeal of Mrs.
Adds II. Snow, wife of Chester A.
Snow, sr., millionaire patent attor-
ney. from a decision of Chief Justice
Mccoy in the District Supreme Court
upholding a prenuptial agreement
whereby Mrs. Snow waived all
rights to her husbands estate after
death for $4,000. were heard by
the Court of Appeals yesterday and
taken under advisement.
Attorneys Hoover and Hogan. ap-
pearing for Snow. argued that the
agreement was valid and that the
decree of the lower court should
be upheld. Henry E. Davis. on be-
half of Mrs. Snow, argued that the
$4,000 was pin money" and did
not bind the woman.
The SHOWS were divorced in July,
1917. Their infant son, Dexter Hub
bard Snow. is spending his time al
ternately between his mothers home
in Chevy Chase and his fathers
home at Woodside, Nd.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
CLASS OF SALTS
CLEANS KIDNEYS
If Your Back Is Aching or Bladder
Bothers, Drink Lots of Water
and Eat Less
Meat.

When your kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore, don't get scared and
proceed to load your stomach with a
lot of drugs that excite the kidneys
and irritate the entire urinary tract
Keep your kidneys clean like you
keep your bowels clean, by flushing
them with a mild. harmless salts
which removes the bodys urinous
waste and stimulates them to their
normal activity. The function of
the kidneys is to filter the blood.
In "a hours they strain from ii 500
grains of acid and waste. so we can
readily understand the vital impor-
tance of keeping the kidneys active.
Drink lots of water-you can't
drink too much; also get from any
pharmacist about four ounces Of
Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful in a
glass Of water before breakfast
each morning for a few days and
YOUR kidneys will act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid
Of grapes and lemon juice. combined
with lithia. and has been used for
generations to clean and stimulate
closged kidneys: also to neutraIize
the acids in urine so it no longer is
a source Of irritation, thus ending
bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive. Canpo,
inJure; makes a delightful efferves-
cent lithia-water drink which everv-
one should take now and thor 70
keep their kidneys clean and active
Try this. also keep up the watcr
drinking, and no doubt Won viii
wonder what became of Your Lid,av
trouble and backache.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
Explosion Crumbles Wall,
Burying Colored Work
ers-Third Injured.
NEW BURNER BLAMED
Accident at Eleventh and M
Southeast Believed Result
Of Back-Draught.

Crushed beneath an avalanche OF
masonry, two colored employees Of
the Washington Gas Light Company
were instantly killed in the boiler
room of the company's plant at
Eleventh and NJ streets southeast,
shortly after l o'clock yesterday.
John Lightfoot, about 50 years old,
Of 1910 Tenth street northwest, and
Theodore Campbell, Is, Of 1850 L
street southeast, were the victims.
James E. Campbell. 81, father of the
boy. was cut and bruised. He was
treated at Emergency Hospital, but
returned to the plant a few hours
later to view the body of his son.
Caused by Explosion.
The men were filling in a wall
around a newly-installed boiler.
forming a concrete partition be-
tween the new boiler and one which
is to be installed later. An explo-
sion shook the room and the new
wall crumbled upon the men.
Officials OF the gas company, in
seeking to trace the cause of the
explosion, conferred with F. +. Yer
million, District boiler inspector,
and George $. Watson, chief engi-
neer of the Fire Department, both
Of whom arrived on the scene soon
after the tragedy.
The most plausible theory. whihc
was agreed upon by the District
and company officers. was that the
explosion occurred in the furnace
beneath the boiler. Oil is used as
fuel in two sets of burners. One
set was burning since 10 o'clock
yesterday morning. At l o'clock an
emplOye turned off this set to try
the other. which had never before
been used. 1t is thought that a
back-draught was created by the
change, resulting in the explosion.
Boiler in Good Condition.
Vermillion was satisfied that the
boiler was in good condition, and
that in itself it did not comprise a
major element in the accident.
Ashton STEINER. OF 1913 W street
northwest, and Robert Scott. 127 D
street southwest, both colored, were
in the shop when the explosion oc-
Cured. Neither was hurt.
Coroner J. Ramsey hewitt viewed
the bodies. which were removed to
the District morgue. An inquest
will be held there this afternoon at
5 o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
TREASURY FIGURES
IN BIG FUND SHIFTS

Several large money transactions
will be consummated today. The
Anglo French loan of 100000, 600
will be paid off. The government
will pay the interest on the Fourth
Liberty loan, amounting to about
$3.50, 100000. Treasury certificates
to the amount of s170, ,633,0 900 ma
ture on this date.
The government will offer ap-
proxlmately 100000, 900 worth of
new 5% per cent certificates of in
debtedness. Just at present there
is a considerable shifting of funds
because of crop movements, but
considering all these transactions
bankers do not anticipate any great
disturbance in the credit situation.
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a wooded area, where the wings of
three machines were stripped off.
After repairs the pilots flew over
mountain peaks through heavy fogs
that concealed barren crags, men
acing them with DEATH
For many days the location of
the flyers was unknown to War
Department officials.
Bad weather held up the party
on its return for several days at
Telegraph Creek, B. c. After re-
crossing. the peaks the trip was
completed With Win
ona behind them the ships are
scheduled for only two more stops,
Grand Rapids and Erie.
This flight gave many inha bitants
OF the North their first opportunity
to see an airplane.
Many Souvenirs.
To the mother of the expedition
commander, Mrs. Lydia STREET.,
1915 Swami street, has come many
souvenirs of the trip.
One of the most unique of these
is a miniature plane carved from
ivory, which was mailed to her by
two Eskimos. The workmanship is
exquisite, all OF the minute details
of the machines construction hay-
ing been studied by the natives.
According to letters received by
Mrs. Street, from her son. the
Northerners Travelled hundreds of
miles to see the air travellers.
Newspapers from WrangeI, Daw-
son and Nome. copies of which have
arrived here, contain little news ex-
cept of the fight. The progress of
the army men occupied the entire
front page of a Wrangel publica-
tiOn.
Airmen Are Dined,
At this point the pilots and
mechanicians were dined by officials
OF the northwest. The menu in
cluded fresh Strawberries. This was
surprise to the guests, who had
just left the snow-capped peaks be-
hind them.
Scores of gifts from the hospitable
people of Canada and Alaska have
been sent to Mrs Street to be con-
Veyed to the captain on his return
to Washington.
A complete report on the progress
Of the flight and on the practicable
ity of establishing a permanent air
route to Alaska is expected to be
made next week.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
Four Army Aviators Back in U.S..
With Pilots, Still Confident of
Establishing Air Line to Alaska

Four army airplanes, SCARED by
storms of the Canadian Rockies,
but with their pilots still confident
of the practicability of establishing
an air line to Alaska, are back in
the United States.
Commanded by Capt S, Clair
Street, of Washington. the Nome
flyers yesterday were on their way
from Fargo, N D., to Winona,
Mimi. They are expected to arrive
at Mitchell Field, Long Island, next
Monday or Tuesday.
1t was from this field they start
ed their test flight to Nome in July
Tales of the hardships of the
flight have been brought to Wash
ington in short kilograms to Gen.
MenOher. of the air service.
Three Wings stripped.
Failure to find landing fields in
the Far North, on one occasion,
forced the pilots to drop down into
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
GIN BURNED
NEAR MEMPHIS
Night Riders Force Closing
OF Five Others in
Alabama.

Memphis, Tenn. Oct. IA gin
owned by merchants and planters of
Fayette County burned today at
Warren. Tenn, about ten miles from
Memphis, The fire was supposed to
be of incendiary origin.
The gin had not been posted by
night riders. but It had been selling
cotton. The owners said the loss
was $4,000. This is the first gin
burned in the Memphis district.
Admission, Ala, Oct. 14.-Five gins
owned by d. c. Cooper, mayor of
oxford, were closed today following
threats that they would be de-
stroyed IL they continued in opera :
tion while cotton is below 40 cents
a pound.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
ARTIST GIVES ADDRESS
AT ST. JOHNS COLLEGE

IF you want to make god in the
world, start now, while you are in
school," was the message of John
J. Early, prominent local sculptor.
when he addressed students of St.
Johns College yesterday on "An
Artist as a Practical Man"
Mr.. Early compared the artist
with men of other professions He
declared the successful artist, as is
the case of the other men in profess
sions, is the man who produces
what the consumers want.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
JAMES E. GRAY GIVEN
ABSOLUTE DIVORCE

James E. Gray was awarded an
interlocutory decree of absolute
divorce yesterday from Mrs. Vir-
ginta B. Gray by Justice Stafford in
Equity Court.
Mrs. Gray began the action her
self by suing for a limited divorce,
charging her husband with cruelty
and claiming that he posed as a
single man after his marriage to
her. Gray then filed cross bill.
Justice Stafford denied Mrs. Gray
a limited divorce and granted the
husbands request for an absolute
divorce. Attorney Alvin L. New
myer appeared for Gray.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
CHICKEN INVESTIGATOR
WANTED FOR GOOD lob

Would you like to be a chicken
Investigator with a salary of from
SIS to s2,4O0 a year? You'd have
to handle eggs. though, maybe
hard boiled.
But it isn't what you're thinking
of at all. The Civil Service Com
mission wants investigators in
poultry and egg handling and an
nounces examination for that posi-
tion in the Department of AgricuI-
ture, November II
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
SEC. BAKER TO SPEAK
AT TABLET UNWILLING

Secretary of War Newton d.
Baker and Representative r. Wal
ton Moore, of Virginia, will speak
at the unwilling of a tablet to
twenty-five alumni of the Episcopal
High School, near Alexandria. ar
the institution November 6.
Following the ceremony a mass
meeting of the old boys of the
school will be held, the Rev. Ernest
Nj. Stires, rector of st. Thomas
Episcopal Church, of New York
presiding.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
Advertising Club to Hold
New Membership Drive

4 campaign for membership in
the Advertising Club of Washing
ton will be opened soon in accord
ance with a decision made by the
organization yesterday.
Those in the government service
who are doing advertising work
will be especially solicited for
membership in the direct mail,
women's and advertisement writing
division.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
Board to Form Street Report.

Annual reports of the Board of
committees on bridges and
streets and avenues will be formu-
lated at meetings to be held in the
Board Rooms. Eleventh street and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
this afternoon at 4 o'clock and
Monday afternoon at 1880 o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
AVEZZANA FRICTION
RUMOR DENIED HERE

Washington gossips who have
been busy ascribins the recall Of
Baron Camille Romano Avezzana-
itaSian Ambassador to the United
states, to friction between the
diplomatist and the Department OF
state, today caused denials of the
story In both italian and American
official quarters.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
Montgomery County

Rockville, Md. Oct 14.-Follow-
ing a long illness, Mrs. Julia Virts,
a longtime resident of LOyettsville.
Va. died on Wednesday at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Wriley
in Gaithersburg, aged 70 years. She
is survived by two daughters and
three sons. They are Mrs. Cooper.
Charles Virts and Elite Virts. OF
Lovettsville; Benjamin Virts, of Chi
cago, and Mrs. Wriley. The funeral
will take place tomorrow morning
at Lovettsville.
Three Couples Marry.
Miss Edith +. Brooks and Harry
Green, both of Washington. were
married in Rockville today by the
Rev. P. Rowland Wagner. The Rev.
]. W. Duffey, pastor of the Meth
odist Church, officiated at the mar
riage here yesterday of Miss Claudia
o. Lawson. of Damascus. and Silas
Y. Browning, of Washington. Among
other couples married here today
were Miss Grace D. Brashears, OF
Frederick. and Samuel D. Green, of
Washington.
TumuIty Talks at Rally.
A Democratic mass meeting was
held in the town hall here tonight
which was presided over by Robert
B. Peter Addresses were delivered
by Judge T. T. Ansberry, of Ohio;
former Lieut.. Gov. Whitehead Klutz,
of North Carolina; and Joseph p.
Tumulty, secretary to President
Wilson.
Polling Places Increased.
Because of the large increase in
the number of voters. additional pol
ing places will be provided for sew
eral precincts in the county. Coles
willie, the First precinct of Rock
willie. and the First precinct of Be
thesda will each have to have two
polling places.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
Girl browns in Spring.

Hagerstown, Md, Oct. 14.-Cath-
crime Baer, years old. daughter of
Roy Baer, farmer living near
Clearspring. was drowned in a deep
spring at her home yesterday. The
child was missed by her mother.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-15
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Heads W. Va. journalism School.

College Park, Md, Oct. l4.-Dr
P. I. Reed. of the department o
literature at the University o
Maryland and former resident o.
Hyattsville, has assumed charge o
the newly organized department o.
journalism of the University o.
West Virginia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-08-24
SUFFRAGE FIGHT IN TENNES-
SEE BECOMES LEGAL. SNARL
Courts Will Pass on Legality OF
Adoption of Amendment.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-The lower
house of the Tennessee Legislature
today, after bitter wrangle, de-
feated so to a motion to recon-
slider its action in ratifying the wo-
man suffrage amendment and or
dered the senate joint ratification
resolution transmitted to the senate
that it might be sent to the engross-
ing clerk. The opponents of suffrage
refused to vote.
Many authorities regard the
amendment as literally wrapped up
in legal entanglements, and it is a
foregone conclusion that the courts
will have to pass on the legality of
its ratification.
The parliamentary situation was
confused throughout and the house
acted over the repeated objections
of Speaker Walker, who had yielded
the chair to Representative Odle.
Anti-ratificationist argue that
the absence of a quorum invalidates
the action of the house.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1920-08-24
MAN JOKES AT DEATH
MOUNTED ON CALLOWS
INVITES THE SPECTATORS TO
GIVE MONEY FOR FUNERAL.
MORE THAN $500 RAISED.

CREST VIEW, Fla.-"The jokes on
me, folks; the funerals up to you"
So spoke a convicted murdered about
to hang here to a crowd of 300 spec
tators, assembled to watch the eXecu-
ton. The man smiled at the crowd
without a tremor and asked them to
subscribe his funeral expenses.
A woman friend of the condemned
man mounted the gallows by his side
to plead for the money. Coins rat
tied on the scaffold and were collected
by the woman and the executioner.
Meanwhile, the convicted murderer,
standing on the trap, joked with the
crowd, invited them to his funeral and
told them the more cash they contrib
uted the better time they would have.
When the money, amounting to
more than $3.50, was all in and had
been counted it was turned over to the
woman. Then the man kissed her
good-by, grinned a last time to the
people in front of him and nodded to
the eXecutioner. The moose was adj
justed and the trap sprung.