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The Washington times., 1920-01-15

II IN MS desire 10 submit the Wnolc qucS-
ton of this League of Nations to a refer
endum vote of the people of the United States.
This is the only way in which this queS-
ton should be settled, and the only way in
which it can be settled finally and satSfac-
torily.
The fact that Mr.. Wilson probably should
have reached this conclusion earlier is of no
importance He has reached this conclusion
now, and ii is the right conclusion.
The fact that Mr.. Wilson may have this
or that motive for coming to this conclusion
is of no consequence. If mans act and
utterance are right it is unwiSe and unfair
to try to discover some improper motive.
Mr. Wilson's demand that the matter of
the League of Nations be settled by popular
vote is democratic and patriotic and he is
entitled to unstinted praise and unmeasured
support in his endeavor to accomplish this
patriotic result with this democratic method
1t is to be hoped that the Senate, which
mas so far deserved and secured so much
credit by being the more democratic and
more American factor in this League of Nations
discussion, will not now make the mistake of
getting on the wrong side, through its opposition
10 Mr.. Wilson, and becoming the undemocratic
and the un-American factor in the final dispo.
5ition of the matter
1t is surprising that Mr.. Bryan, who has
consistently, and we think conscientiously,
advocated the principle of the referendum
FOR years, should now refuse to apply that
principle in the most important question that
has ever come before the American Govern
nent and which can, come before the American
people.
But Mr.. Bryan has peculiar faculty of
aging the right thing at the wrong time and
ioing the wrong thing at the right time
, which greatly discourages his more judicious
admirers
It is comprehensive that the Democratic
,,arty may not wish to carry into Presidential
campaign what most of its representatives
realize to be the unpopular as well as the I'M
democratic side of this controversy.
1t is astounding that any genuine Democrat
should wish to substitute his personal view for
the opinions and desires of the whole people
And ii is discreditabie that any Democrat,
believing the ratification of the treaty to be
ndemocratic and unpopular, should wish to
deprive the people of the United States of an
opportunity to express their popular opinion in
IN essentially democratic way.
If the Democratic party, therefore, attempts
70 pass this treaty in opposition to the will of
the Democratic masses and in contradiction, of
the desire of the Democratic President, it will
do more to harm itself in the coming campaign
than If it carried into that campaign the un-
popular side of an unsettled controversy.
There is however, proper solution of the
whole matter which will not involve carrying
the question into a Presidential campaign;
which will not burden the Democratic party
with The unpopular un-American side Of this
The Washington times., 1920-01-15
/ EAR MISS FAIRFAX:

am a young lady twenty
- years Of age and have been
engaged to a young man for about
four months. Recently l have met
n young man whom l have fallen
in love with. | know I really love
this man and ! could not be happy
with the one ] am engaged to.
Won't you please advise me what
to do as I wouldn't want to marry
and be unhappy. J. y. NJ.
The greatest injustice you could
possibly do TO the man to whom
you are engaged would be to con-
tinue a betrothal which is loveless.
Your plain duty is to tell him you
have found someone for whom you
care more. You should both con-
slider it blessing that you discov-
cred this change Of heart before
marriage rather than afterward.
The Washington times., 1920-01-15
THAT SPELLING BEE.

I do not admit that VICTOR
KAUFFMANS IL the best
speller in Washington. I'm IS
years old, and III spell in any
match with the youngest and
best. Just etsrt something and
I'll enter. How about a little
Spelling match between Heard
and Seen readers and City
Club members"
SOME sPELLER.
The Washington times., 1920-01-15
To Smoke or Not
To Smoke.

10 SMOKE
DEAR MISS FAIRFAA
am a young girl OF nineteen,
and am engaged to a young man of
twenty-fou He does not wish me
to continue smoking cigarettes, as
l have been doing for quite some
time. do this in the privacy OF
my own room or with my mother,
who Is English, and who INDUCES
frequently, but, also privately. l
have never been told that it was
both unhealthy and nerve-racking
for women to smoke. II II Is why
do men smoke? my fiance smokes
regularly and enjoys 1t. l do. too.
Now, tell me why should he object?
i never smoke anywhere else except
In my own home or in the home OF
an intimate friend. No one whom
l do not know real well has ever
seen me smoke. My fiance never
objects when we are alone and
smoke. but the moment when we
are with old friends and girls smoke
ne raises his voice in argument.
why IL il wrong for a woman to
smoke II she enjoys It and does not
do 1t publicly? Please tell me. I
would appreciate hearing from you
very soon, because other girls are
as interested as am !. You under
stand Both my parents do not OBJ
ject to my smoking. My mother
smokes at home and at teas just
as she did when she was younger In
England. She has given her con-
sent to my writing you and sec
what you have to say. Which ever
way you decide ] shall do. | love
this man very much. and l know he
loves me, and he would not give
me up on this account, but I want
to know, am ] right7
PERPLExED.
The Washington times., 1920-01-15

In view OF aI assertion I
: often hear that everybody
: reads Heard and Seen, can you
. find the lady who dropped
; these keys while boarding
: car near the Treasury?
r. V. Y. NICHOLSON
The Washington times., 1920-01-15

HEARD AND
SEEN
~ DILL PHICE.

Has VICTOR BERGER ever
sbesn convicted OF violation OF the
espionage ActY
CENSUS WORKER
Yes. he was convicted before the
Federal court in Chicago, sentenced
To 20 years In Lesvenworth and tbs
case is now on appeal.
The Washington times., 1920-01-15

Smoking by women is too well
recognized a habit for anyone to
assume a prudish attitude. It's one
Of those things which older women
must decide for themselves, but l
think the same rule applies to
young women that applies 10
young men. / don't think either
should even plav with The habit
The Washington times., 1920-01-15
She Rescued The Flag.

On tic pavement in front q. Cne
Of your largest stores a small Amer
lean flag was being kicked around
by a crowd which | trust was merely
unthinking and not uncariug. NJ
the same time I spied it. little
woman made dive for 1t and res
cued it. l followed her into the store
where she asked for a paper baS
into which she put the flag after
carefully folding it. They knew her
in the store too, end told Inc who
she was. ! hope she will not mind
my telling you. She was Mrs. ". s.
CLINE, who for almost two years
while Captain CLINE was in France
gave most willingly OF her beautiful
voice at the camps, hospitals and
churches around Washington. She
never refused request to sing TO-
soldier audiences. know, for
sang at the camps many times
under her chaperonage, and ! want
to say that q more beautiful charaC-
ter than Mrs. CLIME'S did moi meet
during all my camp work.
Mrs. CLINE would not wish pub
licity for her act, but | want Heard
and Seen readers TO know OF II.
X. |. s., War Worker
The Washington times., 1920-01-15

Is there any way TO stop people from
eating from paper bags. which they
rattle while a movie performance Is
going on? II they can not eat st
home why not put their rauons in
something that will not rattle!
MOVIE FAN.
The Washington times., 1920-01-15

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am d young girl OF nineteen
years, and having read your good
advice to other girls would like to
have your advice in my case.
Since ] have been in Washington
l have met young man whom
like very much. He seemed once
to think good deal OF me and
would take me to the best shows in
town. but lately he only asks me TO
go to movies. 1t is not because I
love to go to theaters or want him
10 spend his money on me, / Just
thought II was substituting some
other girl in my place, for ne al
ways tells me what a good show
this" and "that one" was. Thank
ing you IN advance for your kind
ness. WONDERED"
OF course II 1t were matter
OF this man not being able to af-
ford the better theaters, 1t would
be quite all right for you to ac-
cept invitations ito the movies,
but IL he suddenly stopped taking
you to the regular theaters and
still continued TO go himself, /
think I would show my indepcn-
dence b. refusing the lesser iuvi-
tatioDs = might be we'll, how
ever, 20 - ,Se sure that others did
not invite him on the occasions
when he mentioned Eo'rC IN 'he
j,cater viihou' him
The Washington times., 1920-01-15

c. J. MENASCO writes that he
franucally and impartially reads the
pros and cons on movie picture
ethics; opinions on dish washing and
whether women should embrace the
golden opportunities presented in the
new and improved 1920 model leap
year." becomes an optimist. then a
pessimist and finally thinks, But II
Doesn't Mean Anything"
The Washington times., 1920-01-15

4. As you are an authority on
D.: literature, cows and prayer
1: meetings, please advise me
(: whether Robinson. Crusoe" Is
: a fction or a true story Of ae-
: tual happenings?
+: WIN. s. KING.
The Washington times., 1920-01-15
Is This the Worst Yet!

What is more annoying at movie
than to sit back Of two ginks one Of
whom reads the titles out loud and
then translates them to his compan-
ion in Yiddish? M. j. SAUTER.
The Washington times., 1920-01-15

There is such = good-looking trst-
fic COP at Fifteenth and II streets
northeast, that no danger sign Is
necessary. The ladies all stop, !ock
and listen.
COLUMBIA CAR Bars
The Washington times., 1920-01-15
Beatrice Fairfax Writes of the Problems and Pitfalls of Workers Here
Especially For Washington Women

a little love affair that puzzles Ire.
About three months sgo i met
young girl who is about twenty
years old. She is considered good
looking. Now when j first her |
used to go to see her twice week,
bur after knowing her about
month l went to see her three times
a week. Last week she said that
ought to come to see her every
night. which I think is not proper
because l am not engaged 10 her.
Am l right?
When i go 10 see her she always
makes much over me, but some
how or other l just can't make as
much OF her as she does OF me. so
she thinks that when 7 am not at
her house, ! am out with some 9TH
er girl. What would you advise ne
in a case like this?
PUZZLED.
OF course. every young man
should decide foc himself how
often he wants TO call on a young
lady and this girl is making a great
mistake in attempting to monopo-
lie all your time. Tell her you
want to feel free to call as often
or as seldom as you like. There
is no sense in either one taking
all the time of the other unless
their own feelings prompt them to
want to be together all the time.
IL you are not in earnest and do
not intend to engage yourself to
this girl, it might be better TO
end the thing entirely now before
the girls affections are more deep
ly engaged
The Washington herald., 1920-02-25
SUICIDE DOUBTED
IN DEATH ON LINER

Baltimore. Md. Feb. 24.-Investi-
cation of the death of William A.
Danner, prominent Baltimore insur-
ance man. was begun by his family
today onIreceipt of a report from
New York that he had committed
suicide on board a vessel en- route
from Havana, Cuba. by severing the
arteries of both wrists. He was
buried at sea
According to the ships report,
Danner committed suicide because
of heavy racetrack losses at Ha-
vana. but his family scouts the
theory and believes he was muir
dered and robbed of his winnings.
This latter theory they base on
an extremely optimistic letter re-
ceived from Danner week ago.
c. +. Zoller. banners brother-in-
law. is in New York to investigate.
banners sister. Mrs. Katherine
Danner Hood. is said to live in
Washington.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-25
Rebellion by Diuorce Breaks Out
In Hohenzolle,n Family as Royal
Hearts Burst Martial Fetters

Berlin, Feb. 24.-With reasons of
State no longer the ruling power
dominating love or antipathy in the
affairs of royal hearts. a revolution
has broken out in the Hohenzollern
family and is in a fair way OF burst
ing the marital fetters forged for
them by the former Kaiser.
The first concrete evidence of this
comes with the confirmation of re-
cent reports that divorce proceed
ings have been instituted between
Prince August Wilhelm. fourth son
of the former Kaiser and his wife,
Princess Alexandra Victoria, of
Schleswig- Holstein. The first court
hearing will be held Friday.
August wilhelm's wife is regard
ed as the most beautiful princess
in the Hohenzollern family. She is
of a reddish -blond type, radiating
with vigor, health and energy. Her
husband is Of listless sort passive.
dreamy and given to the writing of
poetry
RuTnor has Il that the princess has
fallen in love and wants to marry an
oficer with very common and demo-
The Washington herald., 1920-02-25
Discarding All Old Party Labels,
Chicago Chooses 26New Aldermen; IL
Nine By-Elections Set for April 6

mary. Under the old primary law,
voters were compelled to give their
party affiliation and a large per-
centage believed the same procedure
held for today's election.
Getting to the polls. many OF the
voters were greatly confused, in not
finding the familiar headings of Re
publican. Democrats. etc. 1t was tn .
first time in the history OF Chicago
where these titles were missing. II
was much like marking a blank
ballot, for the average voter. Only
one column Of candidates appeared
on the slip. Instead of the names
of the machine candidates appearing
at the top of the column. as former
ly. they were rotated so as to give
everybody an equal show.
The city also voted on a sao.O :
900 bond issue for the purpose OF
tidying up its front yard on Lake
Michigan. 1t is believed that this
carried. II 1t did. 1t will moan that
Chicago in time will have the finest
water front of any city in the
world. The improvem nts are orly
for that strip reaching between
Jackson Park and the Like FtoaI
park, on the center of the ci y. a
distance of about seven miles.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-25
GOVERNMENT BLAMED
FOR MANY DETECTIVES

Cleveland. Ohio. Feb. 24.-Blame
for the 10000 O,OO9 defective children
in the public schools, and lack of
teachers to man $4,000 of the schools
was placed on the Federal govern
ment and the taxpayers at the con-
yention of the National Education
Association here today. Thomas D..
Wood. of New York, declared that
OF 2l.O0o. 900 children in the public
schools. l6,O00,0O0 are suffering from
defects.
Wood deplored the expenditures
of money in safeguarding hogs and
cattle while so little was set aside
for the care of children.
Charles B, Stillman. president of
the American Federation of Teach
ers. condemned what he termed the
Prussian type of autocratic school
rule.
George Drayton Strayer. OF CO.
lumbia University. said teachers
must be given an opportunity for
self-development.
DIR. Harlan Updegraff. of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. said that
teachers would attain greater ef-
fciency through closer cooperation.
The resolutions committee is ea-
pected to urge the adoption of the
Smith Tower bill providing for the
post of secretary of education
in the Cabinet A complete pro-
gram Of physical training was in
dorsed. -
The Washington herald., 1920-02-25
POINDEXTER CALLS ~ ~
TREATY IMPOSITION
(By Herald Leased Wire,

New York, Feb. 24.-"The Demo-
cratic party must be held RESPONSE
BILE for having endeavored. with
practical solidarity. to impose on
the United States the league Of ma
ticns in its original FORM said
United States Senator Miles Poin-
dexter in an address before the
Bronx Republican Club in Morris
Hall tonight. The Republican
party" he added, cannot be denied
the credit for having defeated this
effort to barter away, or rather to
give away for nothing, the liber-
ties of the American people.
mo greater service was ever rem
dered to the American people than
the act Of the Republican party in
the Senate in defeating this effort
of the administration to subject our
people to foreign control"
The Washington herald., 1920-02-25
JOHNSON GOES ..
into DAKOTAS
Senator Confident He Will
Cop Majority Of Repub-
lican Delegates.
,By Herald Leased wircJ

New York. Feb. 2i.-Confident he
will win a majority of the twenty
delegates from the Dakotas to the
Republican National Convention.
senator Hiram w. johnson. of Cali
-nrnia. will open his campaign at
Grand Forks, n. D., tomorrow night.
He will speak at Minot Thursday.
NJ Bismarck Friday night, and at
Fargo Saturday night. Then nc
will go into South Dakota.
Endorsed by the Nonpartisan
.eague OF North Dakota. the Cali
-nrnia Senator will be assisted by
senator's william Kenyon. OF iowa.
william T.. Borah. OF Idano. and
'harIes L. McNary. of Oregon. until
The primaries in North Dakota.
March IG. and in South Dakota
March %.
He will go into the fight on this
platf )rm:
II believe that the government
belongs to all the people. not a
favored few: that the farmer and
The toiler have the same privileges
as ire banker AM the capitalist;
that all classes are subject and
none superior to the law
The Washington herald., 1920-02-25
William Phillips Nominated
Minister to The Netherlands;
c. K. Crane Going to Pekin

William Phillips, FIRST Assistant
Secretary of State. has been noni-
mated as United States Minister to
the Netherlands. The nomination
was sent to the Senate by Presi-
dent Wilson yesterday.
The President also submitted to
the Senate nominations for member
ship on the Mississippi River Com
mission These include Col. Charles
l.. Potter as president, and Lieut..
Col. Herbert Deakyne and Lieut..
Col. Harry Burgess as associate
members.
All these nominations promise to
be speedily confirmed by the Senate.
Other Announcements
simultaneously. the White House
made two important announce
ments. Mr.. Tumulty predicted the
Of the new Secretary
of State within forty-eight hours.
He also announced that Charles r.
Crane. of Chicago. had been nomi-
mated as United States Minister to
China
Indications are that Frank Polk,
The Washington herald., 1920-02-25
LEAVE FRANCE
SHY ON CARGO
American Ships Hit by
French Boycott as Re-
suit of Loan Stand.

Paris, Feb. "A French boycott
OF American shipping is the first
concrete result, it is believed. Of the
recent report of Secretary of the
Treasury Carter Glass in which he
opposed further American loans to
France or other European nations.
American shippers here are great
ly alarmed at the outlook as pre-
sented by the sudden refusal or
French shippers to patronize Amer
lean vessels. Some go so far as to
predict that unless radical measures
are adopted Immediately the United
States is bound to lose her present
commercial MARITIME supremacy
During the last fortnight Ameri-
can ships leaving France have been.
for the most part. obliged TO sail in
ballast; this in spite of an excep-
tional cut rate offered by American
shippers.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-25
FLAMES FORCE
3-STORY LEAPS
One Man Critically Hurt
And Scores Narrowly
Escape at Staunton.

Staunton. Va, Feb. "a One man
was critically injured and scores OF
guests narrowly escaped with their
lives in fire that this morning de-
stroyed the Beverley Hotel. principal
hostelry here. Many guests escaped
from their smoke-fill rooms by
means of ropes of bed clothes. Nine
were forced to jump from a third
story window when they found egress
cut OF by smoke and flames.
The injured man is Edward Alex
ander. He was taken at once to The
Kings Daughters Hospital unconsci-
Gus as a result of suffocation. The
fire. which was discovered at $50
this morning. was started by a porter
who was cleaning clothes with gaso-
line
The hotel is almost a total loss,
Proprietor Ware estimates. Immedi-
ately back of the hotel is a large
garage. where many tanks of gasoline
are stored. The firemen were forced
to concentrate their attention on
these. and barely escaped a disastrous
eXDlCsion.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-25
GERMANS PICK
PAULT FOR U. S.
Former Minister to Cuba
Reported Selected for
Washington Post.

Berlin, Feb. 24.-Herr PauIt. for
merly German minister to Cuba and
later minister to Brazil. is said to
have been selected for the post Of
German charge daffaires at WASH
ington-
Herr Pault is at present head of
the American affairs division of the
foreign office. Although the Amer
lean government sent a charge daft
faires to Berlin recently with the
title of American COMMISSIONS,
Germany is waiting for the Iati-
fication of the peace treaty by
America or Congressional action Of
ficially ending the state of war be-
tween the two nations before send
ing a diplomatic representative to
Washington.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-25
LODGE TO FORCE
TREATY FIGHT
FINISH
Unbroken Sessions Starting
Tomorrow Announced
By Leader.

Republican leaders have decided
to force the issue on the peace
treaty and to bring a final show
down" without further delay. Sem
ator Lodge gave notice yesterday
that tomorrow he will call up the
treaty and insist that it remain be-
fore that body without interruption
until finally disposed of.
The inclination of a number of
Democratic Senator's to vote for the
Lodge program in entirety has add
ed courage to the Republican
forces. who now feel certain the
original Lodge program will be
adopted.
Efforts of Democratic Senators
to have all the minority members
meet in conference and agree upon
a policy of supporting the Lodge
reservations rather than have the
treaty defeated were frustrated yes
terday when Senator Hitchcock
stated he could see no necessity
for such a conference.
This brings to an end all Demo-
cratic efforts toward concerted ac-
ton. and leaves the way open for
uncertain Democr-ts to join the
Lodge forces without being COM
mitted to any program.
Senator Simmons and other Dem
ocrats who have expressed the be-
lief that it would be unwIse to take
the treaty into the campaign sug-
Gested the Democrats might be able
to reach some agreement which
would produce at least thirty Demo-
cratic votes for the Lodge reserva-
tions which. added to the thirty-five
Republican votes. would guarantee
the pact's ratification.
Senator Hitchcock dislodged this
plan by declaring such a conference
would not accomplish the desired
result. and that in his opinion there
would not be a sufficient number of
Democrats who would break away
from the influence of the White
House to effect ratification.
Republicans hope TO secure the
treaty's ratification with the origi-
nal Lodge reservations. There are
some Democrats who have stated
openly that they will vote for the
lodge reservations. while others
profess their Allegiance to the ad-
ministration program.