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Evening star., 1920-09-19

graphic impressions. It is the rarest
experience to find any person 80 SIT
uated CAPABLE Of rendering a minuteay
precise ACCOUNT.
This fact is often proved in court
when witnesses fail to agree upon the
circumstances Of q tragedy or an acci-
dent. the position Of people. the order
|of incidents. It was demonstrated here
q number Of years ago in a crime
committed In midday in q public street
that no two versions later given at
the court were in explicit agreement,
though many had witnessed the
tragedy. ).
In the course Of a congress Of
psychologists held at Paris during the
last century ( test Of this frailty was
arranged. Daring one Of the sessions
. man rushed down the aisle Of the
meeting place brandishing pistol,
was seized by attendants and then
fired a number Of shots and was over
powered and taken from the hall.
When quiet was restored the presid.
ing officer announced that the affair
had been carefully rehearsed and ask.
ed the delegates present at their
leisure to write detailed accounts Of
everything that had happened. No
two Of these supposedly scientific OBJ
servers agreed in the order and nature
Of the incidents and no one Of them
rendered a-correct report.
It is an axiom Of criminal juris-
prudence that direct testimony is less
dependable than circumstantial. Yet
when such q thing as the New York
explosion is viewed by 50 many peo-
pie it is possible for trained analysts
to reconstruct the scene by gathering
every available version apd, giving al
lowance for the chance Of error
through shock. to arrive at an ap.
proximately correct record Of the
event. Still. .sin this present case the
most valuable clues are those that
have been picked up from the street
and those that have been extracted
from the bodies Of victims rather than
those given by observers.
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BENEFIT CITY PEOPLE
BY AIDING FARMERS

One Of the things he will call
particularly to the attention OF
Congress 10 that the federal aid
roads act ends July I. next, the
end of the present. fiscal year. The
last 800, 100000 Of this federal
fund was made available July 1
last, to be matched in equal
amount from state funds The
unprecedented stimulus given to
highway construction in the United
States In the four years that have
passed since the federal govern
ment entered upon the policy Of
aiding road improvements is shown
by the fact that road operations
under tho federal act aggregate
in length nine times the distance
from New York to San Francisco.
The federal governments share In
this stupendeus Undertaking is
greater than the cost Of the Pan
ANA canal.
+ 49,
Hog cholera work will be cited
by Secretary Meredith as an H.
lustration Of how the cut-down
appropriations not only stopped
important work in that industry.
but endangered the food supply
Of the country. Hog cholera
eradication work had to be aban-
doned in . number Of states. The
letting down Of the bars which
the department had erected to
safeguard and improve the milk
supply Of the country will also be
emphasized. Besides protection to
the live stock and dairy industries.
federal activities for preventing
cereal diseases was an important
work handicapped by curtayment
Of funds.
Probably most important Of all
was the opening Of the doors to
adultsrAtion and substitution Of
impure foods for pure foods. The
bureau Of chemistry is charged
under the law with enforcement
Of the food and drugs act. The
staff thus sntaged had to be re-
duced, and funds borrowed from
other work to help out on this
item. It has been necessary to
cut down the force to such q
point that the food and drugs
consumed By the people cannot be
safeeuaFded with the usual meas
urA Of thoroughness. There 10 the
greatest need for unusual care in
such inspection. The high prices
Of materials constitute . tempta-
tion to manufacturers to adulte-
rate their products. Reduction Of
the pink boll-worm fund has meant
not only a toss' to the cotton pro-
ducers. but all along the line at
fecting the textile workers and
the prices that the people pay for
cloth.
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Jefferson, Jackson and Wilson.

In Texas Joseph W. Bailey raised
the standard of Jeffersonian democ-
racy. and was badly beaten. He
stumped the state, putting into his
addresses all the fire Of his popular
oratory. But the other fellows, mar.
shaled under a later standard. were
too many for him. The old slogan
failed to please.
In Georgia Tom" Watson raised
the same standard, and triumphed. He
defeated three competitors. one Of
them Hoke Smith. long a power in
the state. The Cracker democracy
responded gladly to the old slogan
as voiced by Mr.. watson, who, by the
way, had not for some years been q
democrat Of any kind.
In Maine the democrats made their
recent campaign under the Wilsonian
standard, and were Overwhelmingly
beaten. They did not have a look-in
at the polls. Nothing was said during
the contest about either Jefferson or
jackson. The counsels ana perform.
ances Of Wilson alone were invoked.
But Maine would not indorse them.
II Gov. Cox is beaten in November
we shall probably see q revival in
democratic circles everywhere Of the
Jeffersonian and the ,Jacksonian in.
f1uences. The brethren will be re.
preached for having erred and stray.
ed from the old paths like lost sheep.
and their defeat ascribed to their
wanderings. The old names and
slogans will see service again. Democ.
racy will once more be defined tn the
terms which for many years were
thundered from the stumps all over
America. And thus the Sage Of Monti.
cello ana the Hero Of the Hermitage
wilftonce more rule their party from
thel urns.
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P P r ECIATIo0 that the
United States Department
Of Agriculture il working

~ united states Department
n Of Asricultur. i. working
just as directly for the
benefit Of the city dweller and in
dustrial employees AZ for the farm
ers Of the country 10 going to be
urged upon Congress by Secretary
Meredith in seeking increased ap-
preparation for the multiplicity Of
activities by the federal depart
ment, most Of which are carried on
in cooperation with the states,
industries or trade organiza ttons.
One Of Secretary Meredith's
strongest arguments will be for
substantial increases In pay for tho
government employees and for bet
ter equipment The Department Of
Agriculture has 1000 employees in
Washington and $1,000 throughout
the country-the largest force Of
scientific and technical experts in
the entire government service. Tho
turnover in this force last year
was 30 per cent. besides the emsr-
gency employees that were dropped.
Such q turnover is q very severe
handicap to any business.
Secretary Meredith will impress
upon Congress that the department
can keep men at lower salaries
than they can get in outside en-
ployment. because they love the
work. but that it must be able to
compensate them by letting them
follow up lines of Investigation and
research on a national scale which
they could not do in private en-
ployment.
In this connection he proposes to
show Congress that in looping OF
about $3.0o0.o 900 from the $33, 100000
estimates last year 1t prevented
the expenditure Of many times
that amount on well organised and
progressing improvements that
come close to the daily life Of all
tho people Of the country. Most
Of this 100000 was in relatively
small ALLEGATIONS Tor various &C.
tivities in which the federal funds
were to be spent for the most part
on administration work, inspira-
tional leadership. cooperating
with the states. industries and as
sociations and starting them ON
lines Of improved methods on
which these other organizations
were to spend the bulk Of money
needed. In this way. he will as
sure Congress. the federal depart
ment could further important acssz
tivitfes along many and varied
lines-of direct benefit to the pso-
pie in all the states-with relative
ly little outlay from the federal
Treasury.
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"Twenty-0ne Plus"

A great deal Of foolishness is be
ing manifested by both the woman
voters and the registration officers in
some Of the states in respect to the
recording Of ages Of the newly en-
franchised citizens. Many Of the WON
en-. 1t seems. are refusing to give
the number Of their years and desire
to be recorded as "twenty.one plus
In seme Of the states oflicials have re
fused to receive such registration on
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A system that will suppress the sale
Of alcohol can be made useful Incl
dentally in preventing the indiscrim.
mate vending Of high explosives which
destroy innocent people instead Of de-
liberate consumers.
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1t is evidently interesting to At.
torney General Palmer to observe how
much bomb explosions have increased
in magnitude since his personal ex.
case,
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The Districts Wishes.

Commissioner Hendrick invites the
cooperation and aid Of the citizens
associations in administering the Dis.
trict's affairs. Realizing, he said. that
these associations are the only or.
gans through which the people
Of the District can express themselves.
he will always give careful consider
alton to their views on civic questions.
This is a direct invitation. which,
however. the associations have not
needed, to keep in close communi-
cation with the District building on
matters Of Importance to their local
tiles. Heretofore, there has been no
particular backwardness on their part
about stating neighborhood needs and
preferences. But there has been to
some extent a lack Of teamwork. This
in recent years has been somewhat
corrected by the Federation Of Cit
izens' Associations, serving as q mu.
nicipal clearing house. Yet there are
strictly local matters that only the
individual associations can properly
handle, ana as The Star suggested the
other day. 1t is well for the associA-
tions to specialize on the most i'm
portant questions directly affecting
their people.
In this connection 1t may be sug.
gested, in view of Commissioner Hen
drick's invitation. that an effort be
,~nSa 81 r~vc%~,.o%s~n $S.A o~~,o,.$ $s4r
boundaries, correcting the overlap
pings and insurfng unchallenged turis.
dictions. There are several cases in
which association areas conflict. There
ence upon priority rights in certain
f,elds. In some cases the areas Of as.
sociations are too extensive for Of.
fective cooperative work, and sub.
division should be undertaken. There
lis one association whose territory ID
more than three miles in length and
in that stretch covers two distinct
conditions.
somesyears ago an effort was made
by the Engineer Commissioner to "dis.
trict" the capital in order to facilitate
this change. but the movement did not
progress because Of the insistence Of
some Of the associations upon their
!long-established boundaries and their
so-called priority rights. When the
Association membership drive was in
progress a few months ago this matter
came into discussion again, yet moth
ing was accomplished. 1t is to be
hoped that this coming season will
witness an advance toward a more
consistent subdivision Of the District
into association fields, to the end that
when one Of these organizations
speaks. at the District building ita
voice will be recognized definitely az
that Of the neighborhood affected.
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Rate by Mail-Payable In Advance.
Maryland and Yirginia.
All Other States.
The Conspirators.

1t is believed by some Of those who
are investigating the New York ex
plosion that it was the work Of the
NOTED the attempt upon the life Of the
Attorney General last year. as q re.
suit Of which the bomber himself was
blown to bits in this city. Fragments
of peculiar kind of paper were found
at the scene Of the local explosion that
correspond to the paper on which the
circulars found in a letter box in New
York on Thursday were printed. Upon
such slight clues often are crime mys.
teries solved. In the case Of the
Palmer bomb a man was caught and
was being held in custody who, it was
believed. was directly connected with
the crime. But before this could be
fully established he leaped from q high
himself. This closed the avenue Of in.
vestigation, as it proved. and so that
problem has remained beyond solution
to this day.
1t IL clear that there Is In existence a
band Of criminals styling themselves
anarchists, who are bent upon murder
and destruction. possibly for the pur.
pose Of intimidating and terrorizing
officials and men of big business en-.
terprise. Their program. for the pres.
ent at least. is one of destruction.
They may be aiming at the institu.
tion OF q form Of government fash
toned upon that Of Russia. They are
anarchists or nihilists. They are
against government. against the estab-
Hshed order Of society. They are prob
ably crack.brained. incapable Of con-
structive thought.
Considering the number Of demon
strations these people have given of
their purpose during the war and
since the armistice. little has been
done toward their Identification and
punishment. The federal and local po-
r}ice have pursued them diligently and
intelligently. but % carefully have
they concealed themselves and 20
shrswdly have they laid their plots
and prepared their materials that
their capture. has been seemingly i'm
possible. Yet It u not 70 be believed
that this course Of crime can con.
tinue Indefinitely. :, Some time, some
how. somewhere . clue wrl be given
leading to them.
It IL evident that these people, work.
ing In one or many groups, have ac-
cess 70 materials from which they
manufacture high explosives. Dyna-
mite can be bought with but little diff
ficulty. but other powerful detenators
must be manufactured. The plotters
probably buy the ingredients in small
quantities. to avert suspicion. and
compound their devilish stuff in. OBJ.
scure places q little at q time. Some
Of the mechanical devices they employ
are crude and others are well con.
structed and show q high degree Of
science and skill. The ranks Of these
secret organizations contain men o1
all trades and capacities, and 1t viii
not be surprising to find. II the perpe
traitors Of the latest outrases are
brought 70 book. that they include
some Of very high attainments.
No effort should be spared to run
these miscreants to earth. AZ q meas
ure Of public safety. As long Al they
remain at large no city is safe from
their murderous attentions and ne
public man IL secure. They are 9
menace to the country's peace. They
must be exterminated.
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Even representation plot canno
be arranged without tho Leakage o.
advance information intended to bene
at q chosen few. An anarchist in
variably chsrishss the idea Of specia
privilege for himself and friends. =.
Evening star., 1920-09-19

Senator Harding's metaphorical re.
mark about "'putting teeth" in The
Hague tribunal has led some Of the
democratic orators to turn their at.
tention from arithmetic to dentistry.
Evening star., 1920-09-19

The theory is advanced that the ex.
plosion near8 the subtreasury was
caused by some wild radical who was
looking for a Northumberland
dollar campaign fund.
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! One OF the presidential candidates
will be compelled to face the reproAch
directed to = man who IL unable to
carry his own state.
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1t looks a. If Illinois politics were
becoming little too rough even for
that veteran warrior Uncle Joe Can.
non.
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No comment from Col. Bryan is
needed to indicate his impression that
the spotlight is being sadly nisman-
aged.
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A bomb explosion in Genoa may at
this time be regarded strictly as a
local disturbance. with no relation to
the general affairs of the world.
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Announcements Of a reduction in
the cost Of living are never as re.
liable as those relating to stock divi.
dends.
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come An essential. replacing the fam
ily coach or carriage. Outside the
cities the lack of good roads in Chile
seriously affects the use OF auto
mobiles. But here again the lure OF
the automobile 10 helping other lines
are to be built, and this has creased a
demand for American machinery with
which to build them. IQuique. the
chief port in the shipment OF nitrate.
oners an especially good market for
motor trucks. Mining companies IN
the vicinity Of Antofagasta are Also
planning to use motor trucks for the
transportation of supplies.
The present rapid growth Of auto
mobile sales in Colombia indicates a
recognition Of the motor car as an
important factor in overcoming the
transportation difficulties which have
long retarded that country's develop
ment. The pressing need OF more
transportation facilities brings the
places. where cars must be brought
In knocked-down condition on the
backs OF mules Once introduced.
these ears lead to improvements in
the pack trails and wagon roads. and
so hnd continually widening neld
OF operations. The largest increase
is in motor truck exports to Colon bia
much for the average trader or farm
or: since even the cheapest cars are
sold in Colombia at twice their cost
In the United States. owing to the
expense OF transportation. customs.
etc. An extensive program OF good
roads building in Colombia is expect
ed to lead to largely increased de-
next few years.
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1t IL remarkable that D'Annunzio
should be content to remain so long
in quiet Italian suburb like Fiume.
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Has Itf

From the Providence Journal.
HIM, didn't the Department OF JUS
tice tell US the other day that the
price Of coal was going to drop?
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.


The Lazy Life.
Dreamt about . lazy life
Beneath the sky 30 blue,
Where all the world was free from
strife
With nothing much to do.
But wheresoe'er I turned my quest
Sweet peace was unrevealed:
There was the spirit Of unrest
In forest, town and field.
Dreamt about the pleasures rife
with idleness supreme;
Found at last the lazy life
Was nothing but q dream.
SPOKEN In Resentusnt.
There u usually . clock connected
with IN Internal machine"
YES" replied the drowsy citizen;
my alarm clock II one oil by ITSELF"
Drawing the Line.
II suppose you have right to spend
your money - you choose"
Il don't know about that" answered
Mr.. Dustin Stax. II can have all the
limousinss want. But I'm Obliged to
be very careful about ac4 4uirins any
interest In q political band wagon"
Lambs and Goats.
They led the little lamb away q
En- route for table d'hotA.
It blsatsd. Every lamb some day
Il apt to be the goat
The butcher said. with grief I note
Your doleful dithyramb.
Fate squares accounts. Full many .
goat
In vended - q lamb"
Uncle Bill Bottletop says that even
v treating were permitted nowadays
nobody c9pH afford IT. -
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Dry Subjects.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
The tariff question is a dry sub
1ect 1t must be bid for the prohi-
lbition vote.
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The Evening STAR with the Sunday morninG
edtion. 10 delivered BY carTiefs within the city
at 90 cents per month: daily only. Is cents per
month; Sunday only. 20 cents per month. Or
ders may be sent BY mail. OF telephone Matn
49,. Collection 10 made By carriers at the
end Of each month.
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Gear" Wilson.

Gear" Wilson.
From the Detroit News.
President Wilson has been called
a Gar" but maybe only by an Office
seeker who has been doing some
watchful waiting.
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The Evening Star Newspaper Cemp.n,

Bustnees Once. llth Ct. and Pennsyivania Ave.
New York once: Tribune Building.
chicago Once: First National Bank Ruildine.
European Once; ; Regent st.. London. England.
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In Venezuela
and Paraguay,


doubling annually for the last few
years. Venezuela is now engaged
on extensive road-buildins projects,
prompted by q desire to use Ameri-
can automobiles and motor trucks
One Of the circumstances which prom
Venezuela is the increasing local pro-
duction Of gasoline and the reduc-
tion in the price Of this fuel.
A motor car for every las persons
was the 1919 record for Paraguay. No
other South American country has
50 many cars in proportion to its
inhabitants. although larger numbers
" automobiles enter Argentina, Bra
ill and Chile. The country's large
area Of rolling plains and its In
creasing mileage of good roads and
modern city streets AFFORD oppor-
tunity for an extensive use OF auto
mobiles and motor trucks. About
50 per cent OF all the cars in Uruguay
are from the United States. High
grade American cars are used in the
cities, while lower and medium priced
cars find ready sale among the pros
porous ranchmen.
In spite Of the handicaps of poor
roads. high cost Of fuel. heavy freight
rates, taxes and duties. the sales OF
American cars are increasing in Para
quay, according to q report from
Consul Henry H. Balch. The great
est problem in Paraguay Is trans
portation. and students OF this prob
lem insist that the solution lies In
the motor truck. and to accomplish
this good roads are to be built and
existing roads improved.
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FIFTY YEARS ago IN
THE STAR,

Those who read the daily weathes
forecasts and look at the elaborate
meteorological maps
New Weather displayed in the booths
and frames about
town have difficulty in
remembering the time when the gov
ernment did not in this manner pro-
claim the state OF the weather and
indicate the probabilities of future
developments. 1t was. in fact, fifty
years ago that the beginnings of the
United States weather service were
made. The news Of this departure is
given in an item printed in The Star
OF September IL. 1870. as follows:
Thirty-two men. ranking as SER
geants. have already been enlisted in
the Signal Corps and are TO be as
signed to duty in different parts OF
the country. They are at present in
camp at Fort Whipple (now Fort
Myer) near this city. and are under
competent instructors. The most ad-
vanced will be examined this week
and At once assigned for duty at the
most important points. The whole
number. 1t is thought. will be ready
for assignment by the last of this
month and the system of telegraph
ing and signaling the approach OF
storms and making observations of
the weather practically begun. A
number Of those encamped at Fort
Whipple are suffering with ague and
fever and bilious complaints. which
are very prevalent on that side of
the river and measures should be,
taken to remove the camp to some
healthier locality
The King of Prussia did not relish
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ALL NATIONS PICK U. s. AUTOS

Uncle Sam is the worlds pace
maker. as we'll as peacemaker. Every
nation in the world
Setting the Pace that has roads is
for the World. ..s. ~ 80 go ". 80
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The value Of the average annual
shipments Of motor vehicles from the
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The transportation problem In Ven
ezuela is similar to that in Colombo,
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Shipments to
Central America

ten times since 1913. Exports for the
1919 calendar year broke all records.
practically doubling the exports OF
the 1918 fiscal year. The automobile
market in Central America is handi-
capped by the scarcity Of roads. by
the limited commerce OF the various
republics and by the large per-
centage Of Indians among the 6.00o.0 .00o
inhabitants. In the Canal Zone the
American colony has imported more
automobiles than has all the rest of
Central America. One reason for this
is that the only extensive system of
automobile roads is in the Canal Zone,
though most Of the Central American
republics are now making progress
in the construction Of highways.
WILL r. KENNEDY.
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The stray animal nuisance in
Washington was difficult of abate-
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Uncle Bill Bottletop says that even
" treating were permitted nowadays
nobody cepN afford It.