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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25
The Birds.

If you have not. done 50 already
you might make it point to throw
out some crumbs or crusts to the birds.
Countless thousands of them are hun
cry and tucked their heads under
their wings last night with a feeling
of emptiness within. The seed-eat-
ing birds have had their sources Of
food frozen over, SO that they could
not get at it. Those little slate-gray
birds with a touch of white in their
plumage and with fesh-colored bills,
which nearly everybody calls "snow-
BIRDS" but which are properly called
juncos, will be very much obliged to
You If you can spare them a few
crumbs from your table. Even the
cardinals and the cartridges may come
into your back yard If you live ont a
ways from the whirr Of traffic.
And in your mercy you should not
forget the. sparrow. He was brought
here against his will, but has adopted
this country as his own. Many of his
enemies Of the past have changed
their minds concerning him. He was
charged with driving out native birds,
whereas the real culprits were Amer
lean pot hunters, ladies who demand
ed bright feathers in their hats and
ruthless men who killed birds that
the ladies might wear trophies Of
blood and cruelty. The sparrow may
not be human, but he is a little bird
he has died of starvation by the thou
sand and has emigrated to the coun.
try by the thousand because people
have turned from horses to automo.
biles. Generally he does not ask TO,
charity, but in this ice-covered neigh
borhood he would esteem it a grea,
favor if you would toss out a few
of the hard bits of bread which you
can probably find rafting around il
the bottom Of the bread box.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25
Periodic Promotions.

A plan for periodic efficiency pro-
motions for government employees is
proposed by the Redistribution COM
mission. It is we'll conceived and the
hope is that it will be adopted. One
of the most serious faults Of the gov
ernment's civil organization is the
failure systematically to advance en-
ployes who demonstrate merit and
who, by their increasing efficiency,
become more valuable.
It has been often urged that in this
respect the British civil service is
superior to the American. In that
system the promotions are automatic.
The employee enters certain class at
the outset of his career and advances
by stated degrees from the minimum
to the maximum pay, regardless of
his record-save, Of course, that he
must prove capable Of doing his work
and at the top he remains to the
close of his career, which is marked
by retirement. It is thus assured that,
given good behavior, he will rise to
the top Of his class before he is per.
United to retire on pension.
In one respect the plan for this
service is similar to the British, in
that a maximum is proposed. But in
the American, unlike the British serv-
ice, there are no "water tight com
partments." An employe once enter
ed here can be promoted out Of his
class if he proves special aptitude and
capacity and thus go beyond the
maximum of his grade into the higher
administrative positions. This Is I'M
mistakably better.
+ This proposed plan would relieve
congestion in the lower ranks Of the
service. 1T would furnish incentive
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25
POLITICS AT HOME
The Second Term.


"Tell me about the feeling against
a second term in the White House"
sGt isn't deep.seated, and it is easily
overcome"
. "Upon what is it basedw
principally upon the proposition
that as long as our Presidents are
eligible to reelection they will figure
on a second term as soon as they
enter the White House. Limit a Presi-
dent to one term, and he will devote
the whole of it to the public vel
fare"
"How does the proposition strike
"Not persuasite1y. Limit Presi-
dent to one term, and he'll devote
some of his time to naming one of
his friends for the succession"
"Have second terms been successP
"Some have been. Washington's,
Jefferson's, Madison's, Monroe's and
Jackson's were. Between Jackson and
Lincoln no President was reelected;
and Lincoln, you know, was killed
just as his second term. had begun"
"Grant was reelected"
eyes, and his second term was a
failure. He desired third term, as
many have believed, in order that he
might have a chance to redeem his
fame as a civil magistrate"
"Cleveland had two terms"
eyes, and the second ended with
his party in bankruptcy and the coun-
try in condition Of deep depression"
"Had Mckinley been spared would
his second term have been a SUGGEST"
"rhat must always remain a sub.
ject for speculation. He was most
capable executive, and ON the day Of
his death possessed in an eminent de-
gree the confidence Of the country.
But the times were such that he would
have encountered some rough going"
"Teddy' won."
"Teddy' won. His second term was
better than his first. Practice had
improved him. Pity he tried for the
third"
"What induced hint"
Glove Of power. He was compare
lively young, and very capable. There
were things he wanted done that he
thought he could do better than any
body else. They were things which in
his opinion would benefit the country.
But he made one Of his few conspicu-
Gus miscalculations. Eight years ago
the country would not have him.
This year he would probably sweep
the country"
"Taken as a whole what does the
record teachf"
ado the sum for yourself. The
majority of second terms are to the
good"
"And the majority should rulei"
"Weu, that's what we all claim.
Anyhow, don't let's make our affairs
too perfect, We should miss the spur
Of failure, and the thrill Of reform"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25
The Silence of Mr.. Hoover.

Herbert Hoover's presidential boom
appears to have attained such pro-
portions that the former food ad-
ministrator cannot afford much long
er to ignore it. No one has yet ap-
peared with authority to say that Mr.
Hoover harbors presidential aspira-
tions, but there Is nothing in his
career to warrant the assumption that
he is so abnormally constituted as to
find distasteful the prospect Of term
in the White House. If he is not seek
ing the presidency, at least no one
is called upon to believe that he is
running away from it.
Mr.. Hoover's friends have said that
he would not refuse to accept presi-
Dental nomination if convinced that
among the people there was real de-
mand that he stand for election. If
that is a correct representation of his
position, the conviction is forced that
Mr.. Hoover owes it to the country to
help it reach an Intelligent decision
as to whether he is the man best
equipped to take up the burden when
Woodrow Wilson lays it down.
The very large volume of Hoover
sentiment which exists today is based
upon approval Of and admiration for
things accomplished which have only
a more or less remote bearing on the
problems with which the next Presi-
dent will be confronted. His execu-
tive ability and his very unusual
capacity for getting things. done are
admitted. 1t is to be assumed that,
were he elected President, he would
carry into the White House that same
capacity for getting done the things
he thought ought to be done. What
the country does mot know, and what
it is beginning to feel it has right
to know, is what the things are Mr..
Hoover would seek to have done in
the event of his election to the presi-
dency. His capacity for getting things
done might be as hurtful to the coun-
try, if he set out to do unvise or
wrong things, as it would be beneficial
if he aimed at only right and wise
things. .a=i g - 49, 90
It would be natural and appropriate
it Mr.. Hoover should declare what he
thinks on the great. questions which
will be pressing for solution during
the next few years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25
Another National Headquarters.

Washington is not only the National
national headquarters, but it is be-
coming the national headquarters of
every craft and guild, association and
society or other organization. A list
Of national headquarters in Washing.
ton would fill directory.
For years there has been a steady
procession of national headquarters
toward Washington, and the process
sion continues. The latest announce
ment Of this kind is that. the head
quarters of the National Marine En-
gineers' Beneficial Association, "for
years located at Buffalo, N. Y, will
be brought to Washington" This
decision was reached in the course
of the forty-fifth national convention
in this city.
Welcome! This is big town and
is growing every minute in the day.
It is the natural and strategic loca-
ton for national headquarters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25
SHOOTING STARS.
By rHnAspnR JOHNSON.

Handful Of Ashes.
A handful Of ashesi What wearisome
Extracted the coal from far under
the soil!
What patient economies had to be met
Before few toms at the curbstone
were sell ..-
What long, tiresome practice was
needed to learn
How to tune up the drafts till the
furnace would burn!
And yet when the rain and the snow
chance to meet
And each thoroughfare CLEANS in a
slippery sheet; .r -,
When you edge down hill with your
heart in your mouth,
As one foot skids north and the other
slips south
When on some friendly pave we per
ceive you've been tossed,
Oh, handful Of ashes, you're worth all
you costl ~ --~.-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25

Historic examples of the risk that
attends party-splitting do not serve
to prevent hints at the procedure as
a preface to almost every campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25
A Bit Of History.

Col. John NJ. Parker has just won
the democratic nomination for Gov
ernor Of Louisiana. The nomination
is equivalent to election. His COM
petitor was an old-time democrat.
The triumph, therefore, is Of the
straight party variety. ..
And yet eight years ago Col. Parker
was prominent among the men who
left the democratic party and became
a bull mooser. He was close per-
sonal friend of Theodore Roosevelt,
and subscribed to the Roosevelt
proposition that both of the old par
ties had outlived their usefulness and
should give way to q new, clean
and capable organization. .
The defeat Of Mr.. Roosevelt that
year produced no confessed change Of
opinion politically on the part Of Col.
Parker. He remained committed to
the proposition that a new organiza-
ton was necessary to insure the
proper transaction Of the country's
business.
So at Chicago in 1916 Col. Parker,
still insisting that the two old par
ties had degenerated into tools Of
the "interests," urged the renomina-
ton of Mr.. Roosevelt for President
on a bull moose platform, and ac-
cepted for himself the nomination
for Vice President.
But Mr.. Roosevelt had undergone
change Of mind. he could see
nothing in second try at the presi-
dency as a bull mooser. So he re-
turned to the republican party, and
supported the republican national
ticket, even taking the stump for Mr..
Hughes.
Left thus alone and forlorn, Col.
Parker revised his opinion Of the
democratic party and returned to it,
taking the stump for Mr.. Wilson.
Later, he received recognition.
Mr.. Roosevelt, as all know, did not
again leave the republican party, nor
repeat his denunciation Of the old or
.panization he had led for seven years,
and which had sienally honored him
He. regained its favor rapidly; and
NO opinion is more generally accept
ed today than that if now living he
would be far in the lead for its nomi-
nation at Chicago in June.
Nor has Col. Parker left the demo
cratic party since his return to it.
Rather does he appear to have
STRENGTHENED himself within it. He
has now become its leader in Louis
lana, and may in time reach the
United States Senate.
This bit Of history is timely for
citation today, when some prominent
republicans and some prominent
democrats, in q fit of impotence, are
| denouncing the old organizations and
demanding the formation Of a new
Do they mean iti Will they stick
Or shall we sec them, after the 1T
has passed, return to their old allie.
gianees. and resume their activities
along familiar lines, and with -agen-
cies they arc now seeking to discrediti
The. hot fit often produces Language
the cold. fit repudiates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25

The fact that the New York assem-
bly, has managed to survive the in
trusion Of some hard-boiled political
talent from time to time does not
obviate . desire on its part to draw
the line at out-and-out socialism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25

Students Of al. c. L." az their at
tention turns anew to Mr.. Hoover can
not ignore tho fact that one Of the
nations needs is expert food distribu-
ton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25

A race track tipster in New York
has been convicted of grand larceny.
He would insist on getting tho money
the quickest way instead Of the
easiest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25

While Uncle Joe Cannon may ad-
NIT that "irreeoncilab1e" is q more
ornate word than "stand-patter," it
will hardly impress him as being
nearly 30 forceful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25

Citizens of Fiume are disposed to
add to D'Annunzio's anxieties by dis
cussing him unsympathetically as a
figure in local politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25

Holland is not disposed to assume
the role Of unsympathetic landlord
toward the e1.kaiser.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25

The past few days should supply
any hard winter prophet with all the
vindication he could, as a reasonable
person desire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25

No safety-first socialist is entirely
willing to forsake the q. 8. A. and
20 to- soviet Russia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25

There can be no harm in reminding
residents Of America who profess de-
yotion to soviet. Russia, that their
country needs them. SO,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25

As a presidential possibility, Mr..
Hoover came along early, but did not
avoid the rush.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25
Intrinsic Values.

Intrinsic values.
81 understand Cassius Chex has an
nounced his intention Of turning his
eyes from earth hereafter, to FIX his
gaze on higher things"
Somebody must have told him
every cloud has a silver lining"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25
Goods Must Be
Transshipped.

\
.erver service existed before the war
and doubtless will be reinstated; but
these messenger ships never have han
a,ed freight to and from Ireland:
consienment from New YORK 10 C0rk
nav be in the hold Of the liner that
leaves passenger, "a at I,iv ees0 AND are
transshipped to Cork by coasting
.anoer So the Cork hides, mackerel
ond whisky go to Liverpool tneIe "
ha mt in the liner that brings them
back to Queenstown naroor On ~ 'A''
for passengers. ,,nes
hetween Great Britain and the United
States might readily make reguIal
caIIs in Cork harbor, but 1t appears
not to be regarded to their adVanCaso
to do so. On the other hand, the lh9e-
pendent maintenance OF me cork
would offer great difficulties. 1t Is
not improbable that fair cargoes ~
Cork could be had, but 1t Is haroly
nossible to expect return cargoes, q
| least for some time. The return 20.
goes would have to be founo IN 49, =
western European ports: II any ss1o
steamship company could be interest,"
Cd to maintain a service to Cork gooo
management would overcome ING VI
fculty; but against the oppositlon, u
the great shipping interests II haroiS
One great hope for improvement OF
tho shipping situation lies In the &c,
velopment Of Cork sna as an anen has as
hean derived from the action. OF an
American automobile n,f. rm in e ST tsae
| TORS in Cork This plant was oesun
in is17. but almost no progress could
be made during the last , year Of the
W rettinr materials. It is now. how
ever' at the point of beginning pro.
duction of tractors and its successful s1ss msh,a
sarvice between the United States and
Cork and between Cork and at least
two or three continental ports. If
such a service is established to bring
raw materials from the United states
and to deliver the finished product in
continental ports, 1t would propaoly
take general cargo to fill up and thus
become the nucleus of several indie
pendent services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25

"Has your wife q trustful, confd-
ing naturef"
Sometimes she has and sometimes
she hasn't. She won't believe any
thing I tell her, but she will place i'm
plicit confidence in ouija boards
most casual remark"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25

Development. t on1sau '' and eco
nomically as well as in international
and political relations the war has
been working a revolution in Ireland.
Heretofore Ireland has turned many
a profitable dollar from the interest
Of American tourists in the lakes Of
Killarney and Glengarriff. Now the
Irish are not depending on the natural
beauties, but are by their own in
dustry increasing the marketable
wealth of their country. It is OFF,
cially stated that the effect OF the
encouragement of agriculture in Ire
land has been to add from the year
1915 to 1918 nearly a million acres to
the tillable area
Heretofore Ireland sent her youth
to seek opportunity and help build up
this country; now the youth OF Ire
land is staying at home and helping
through agriculture to increase pro
ductivity and through manufacture
to multiply the wealth of that Emer-
aid Isle. Queenstown was the prin-
cipal port for Irish emigration to the
United States, and the change in that
respect is highly significant. There
are more young men in Ireland today
than there were for very many years
before the war. Emigration, which
for the ten years ending March ~.
1911, averaged 38,S0S from al irelana'
fell in 1917 to 2,111 and in 1918 to $780,
+ 4
ireland is looking to the United
States for assistance in this ambition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25

STABLE imports from the United
States are wheat, maize. lumber. min
eral oil. motor vehicles
American and accessories. agricul-
Exports: General eefa, haraWare. cotton s,
f1eeced upderweaS, hosiery, novelties
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25
Fearful Possibility.

Fearful Possibility.
Tet's hope the cooks don't form
any more unions. said Senator
Sorghum. b..
"Who cares!" = "a.
T do. Suppose they were to strike.
Without cooks there could be no ban
quets; and without banquets what
would We do for politicsa" "I~--
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25
M Ch,nee AZ All

The grip germ shuts You up at home
With pains that strangely rankle;
Or, if you're well enough to roam,
You fall and sprain your ankle. |
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25

Jud Tunkins says tho farm. has be-
como so self-sustaining that e it
wasn't for the movies he couldn't sec
the use Of keeping cities on IL map.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25
Discord Of
Opinion.

nicfnal governments Of the District
The Star, seeking to secure harmony
for the sake of getting results for bet.
fer government at the capital said N
its issue of January 81, 1870:
Nothing is easier than to defeat any
gress, as all past experience has
shown. That body has no time te
spare In dealing with District Dill
that calls up opposition enough te
elicit discussion Therefore II ens
people Of the District cannot agree
with something like unanimity upon
some measure for adoption by Com
gress FOR remedying admitted defecu
in the system of District government
the attempt may as well be abandoned
1t is not surprising that congressmet
should say they never know what tht
much discordant counsel. The need FOL
a REORGANIZATION of the District gov
eminent has been universally CONCEDED
All-except possibly few ONCE hole
ers-admit the necessity Tor a con
solidation of the conflicting jurisdio
tions, with such enlarged powers iron
Congress as will permit the CONSOLE
dated government to deal with DlStrio
matters that Congress. cannot and wiz
not take time to consider. Yet tins
Congress to give the District such en-
larged powers, a howl is raised 81
Jealous, enviouS or interested partiet
that IL is a movement of the 'arlsto
Gratis against popular suffrage. etc.
1T is idle to tell these men that th
feature of having any of the oftice7
appointed by and with the advice ant
consent of the Senate is simply
plank in the platform suggested 81
members themselves. to the end tha
Congress-, having a voice In the Dis
trict government through their app
pointees. might the more readily b<
induced to relinquish to that governf
ment the power to legislate upon DIM
Eict matters. - b
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25

'1n all these matters the Distrid
would very speedily work reform
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25

and giving assurance of mutually
profitable barter. Heretofore every
thing made in Ireland that came tn
the United States, or consumed in Ire
land that originated in the United
States, has had the price increased
through duties paid in England and
through profits to the English middle
men, ireland is seeking especially Tor
direct steamship service to and from
the United States.
The American consular service has
made a special and careful study OF
the economic and commercial condi-
tions in Ireland today. an analytical,
comparative study, and the bureau OF
foreign and domestic commerce is pre-
pared to advise with American in
terests regarding the very promising
trade that is opening up with Ireland.
Consul Charles M. Hathaway, jr.,
reporting from Queenstown. finds that
there is a marked eagerness for trade
relations with the United States, aris-
ing not wholly from commercial! rea-
sons, but rooted in sentiment and like
" to be in evidence for some time to
come. If it is possible to land Ameri-
can goods in Cork as cheaply as those
from nearer sources. there will be
steady growth of importation, he pre-
diets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25

This new spirit has prompted the
furtherance of research work: it has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25

Commercially as we'll as politically
ireland is asking self-determination
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25
FIFTY YEARS Ago IN
THE STAR.

Half a century ago the capital waa
greatly wrought up over the question
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-01-25

Anparently the controlling factor is
There has been no
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-05
LONG RANGE GUNS MISSING,
Engines Of Destruction That SheIIed
Paris MysteriousIy Disappear.

Berlin.-Where are the long range
German guns which startled the world
enc day in 1918 by dropping shells
into Paris from distance of more
than rs miles?
The guns and everything connected
with them are reported to have dis
appeared as mysteriously as they ap-
peared. The government says it does
not know and no doubt Is telling the
truth. The men who had the secrets
Of the big guns were very few. They
did not trust the governments that
ruled in Berlin since the revolution.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-11-05
-vnD MAYOR LAID AT REST.
Solemn Services for MScSwiney Held
at Cork

Cork, Ireland.-In the presence of
surpliced church dignitaries, scores of
his former comrade volunteers and
thousands of his countrymen. the body
Of Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor of
Cork, was lowered to its resting place
in the Republican plot" in st. Fin
barr's cemetery, just outside Cork,
Sunday afternoon.
Despite the splendor lent by the at
tendance of the high churchmen, there
was simplicity marking the cere-
monies that was Impressive. Outside
the cemetery. hidden by the crowd Of
townspeople, two armored cars, ma
chine guns ready. and a half-dozen
lorries filed w1th fully equipped sol
diers, were drawn up. imparting sin
lister air to the otherwise solemn pro-
ceedings. But during the transfer OF
the body from the city hall Through
streets lined with crowds to st. Mary's
cathedral and during the procession to
the cemetery there was no disturb
ance.