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Evening star., 1921-05-01

ship should be abandoned at the
waters edge"
In my case" he declared. Il am
wholly unable to perceive why a
citizen of the United States cannot
represent his country without appear
ing either a SyCophaut or a SWaSh-
buckicr. nor how. as guest. n" can
fail to evinc" appreciation "f the "N-
ccptional hospitality invariably cN-
tended by a hostess such As W" all
know England to be.
Slnce he has voted four times for
democratic candidates and as many
times for republicans. Mr.. Harvey
Evening star., 1921-05-01

said. compliance with the injunction
about par:isanshjp would not be diff
ficult. He declared he WAS Clcve-
land dcmGCrat. and would he still
if that statesman were living. but
under the circumstances he is "a
Harding republican. Il distinction in
party label alone, and not in Amer
lean policy"
so far as the position of amhassa- e
dor TO the court of ST. James is
concerned. Il is "A great honor. OF
course" he continued. but. like all
other public offices. il is only what
tn" holder makes OF 1t: AN opportun
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Ho ey Urges Durable Pacts
L2tueen us. ndG,patBtituin

10 Great Britain. told the Lotos Club
here tonight.
M Harvey said h" has already re
c,ived many criticisms and hints on
diplomatic usage. but his fnal in
structions from President Harding
were to remind him that all partisan
Evening star., 1921-05-01
16 MEXICANS DEPORTED.
Men Freed in Columbus, N. Mex.
Case Forced to Leave.

FL. FASn. Tex, April 2O.-The final
chapter in the raid on Columbus, n
NJ. in 1916 by Francisco Villa was
written her" today when the sixteen
Nil!IStas. acquitted Thursday at DEM
ing. on charges Of murder in connec-
tl"n with tn" raid. were depprtcd into
Mexico.
Evening star., 1921-05-01
Nv the 4 Ss0riatnd PrnSS

NEW YORK. April 30-I.css of
tentative compromise and more du-
fable agreements between this cour-
Try and Great Britain is what is most
needed by both countries. George
newly confirmed ambaS SSadnr
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broad-gaugcd, "HAHN" way.
Hence a monster series OF
"BIRTHDAH SHOE SALES"
Phenomenal savings. Continuing
for two weeks-in all departments
at all the 'IIAHN'' stores.
Evening star., 1921-05-01

Experience, Organization and
Buviny-Pover-the benefits OF
which are shared by every pur-
chaser who enters Our doors.
SO Our 45th "BIRTTIDAY' is
SOME OCCASION-Worthv of
being Comme1noratcd in a big,
Evening star., 1921-05-01
Hosiery-~-Other Birthday Sales---Cl

Kayser Italian Glove Silk Stockings in the
new shoe shades. Special at .................
Full-fashioned Silk Stockings of unusual
value In black cordovan African brown Russian
Womens Imported Silk-lisle Stockings, with
lace ankles. Black, cordovan and gray...........
Special values in Childrens Novelty Three-q
Sports Socks, in brown, light brown, tan and other
liar coors, with the Roman stripe tops. 3 pairs
$500 Special, per pair NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04
DRY GOODS NOTES.

Fan River reported sales Of only
so 900 pieces of print cloth Las
week, most of them being 36-inCh
odd construction fabrics. II is stat
ed that production In that center
is not in excess of IS per cent Of
capacity, and about the same vol
ume is reported from New Bedford
where the cousbed yarn cloths make
ND most Of the output
Fine grades Of full fashioned silk
hosiery are sold ahead for some
months in the largest mills making
goods Of this character.
Burlap markets have essed again,
ana s-oz. t0-inch goods have sold
as low as 3-5Oc, as against 5-soc
ward a week or two ago.
Many lines of nainsook underwear
offered for spring and summer have
been selling in wholesale and re-
tail channels within 20 per cent al
pre-var fixed prices, due TO slow
sales and accumulated products.
A conference was held this week
between a committee appointed bV
Secretary Hoover and a committee
Of the Associated Cotton Goods Aer-
chants CT New York. to talk over
plans for gathering trade statistics
for the use of the government. No
decision was reached
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BANK CLEARINGS.

A further widening of the margin
OF decrease in bank cleaxings APP
peared in last weeks returns. an
aggregate of s5.5ts,5s2s5l at twenty
cities in the United States, as re-
ported to Dun's Review. represent
ing losses of 1916 and Is.l per cent,
respectivel-. from the figures of the
two Immediately preceding years.
The previous week. the reduction
from the 1920 total was 23.l per
cent, while the falling on from the
clearings OF two years ago was l4.a
per cent Without exception, the
past ws,k's cleariGgp are smaller
ttan those of last year at all cities
included in the statement, although
the decrease at Los Angeles is
trihing.' At the nineteen cities out
side of New York, the total is 2s.s
Fer cent less than that of 1880, and
there is a contraction Of $50 per
cent at New York City. For the
month of June, average daily clear
ings were 22.s per. cent below the
average for. a similar period last
year. -
Average daily bank clearings for
June. and for the five preceding
months this year. are compared
herewith for three years:
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Fourth of July
Is 145 Years
Old Today

One hundred and forty-nve
years ago today on July 4. 1776,
In the Pennsylvania State House,
now known as Independence
Hall, Philadelphia, Pa, John
Hancock. then President Of the
Continental Congress. put his
name to the Declaration of In
dependence. He was the first
man to do SO.
This signing marked the first
break of the American Colonies
with Great Britain.
Tho great Liberty Bell. which
now rests in Philadelphia. pro-
claimed to the people Of the city
the news of the signing.
p Thomas Jefferson was the
author of the Declaration. The
original document is in his own
handwriting. There are n few
changes made in the handwrit-
ing of Adams and Franklin JEFF
ferson died exactly fifty years
after tho Declaration was signed
The original document is now
in Washington. n. c.
Not until August 2, 1776, was
the Declaration signed by dele
gates from all the thirteen COL
onies. On this day it was for
mally presented to Congress.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04
FIGHT IN BARRIER SHOP
BRING FINE OF So

Bill Napier and Walter Love
work in barber shop at 1923
Seventh street northwest Bill lie
a.. Love must be so or over.
Bill accused the old man Of talk
ing too much. That was rather an
impolite remark for one barber &c
make to another.
The old man admitted that he
could talk and would keep on talk
ing as much as he pleased. And
/ he did.
This peeved Bill to the extent
that he hit the old man in the
I head.
That man knocked me blind
said Love. He hit me while / was
tryin' to git me a drink of water.
- was only funnin," Bill eX-
plained. Il just tapped him on the
forehead. He accused me of lock
ing a door on him when / did not
do IL at all"
Don't you know you can't b"
funnin' with q man as old a. he
is without hurting him." the court
asked Bill.
we always funs like that" he
replied. I'VE play around just like
the kids do"
.'Pay a fine of $40" said tbs
Judge.
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ranical and cruel and stingy. But
there will be more helpful wives,
who are real partners and COM
rades to the men they marry. and
there will be fewer winners and
nagEers
For the modern Soung couple
marry without illusions. and with
. pretty shrewds idea Of the bar
gain they are getting. Hence they
are less liable to make mistakes
than their parents were.
whether the girl of today is an
Improvement on her graAdmother
or not, let those say who can de-
eide between the relative merits
of hoop skirts and knee length
skirts. and can tell whether they
prefer a girl who fsints at the
sight of q drop of blood, or one
who can assist a surgeon in a ma
jor operation, as thousands OF flap
pers did during the war, without
the culver of an eyeIash.
At any rate the new girl is with
US to stay.
The chickens have hown the
coop forever.
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,NRUDoEPH PEkENs3l

BREAKS BORROWED CYCLE,
MUST PAY FOR DAMAGE.
Some people have more than their
share Of nerve.
Ed Beane wanted TO 70 bicycle
riding. He saw a riderless bicycle
belonging to Herman campbeu
standing in HolzbierleIn's stables.
Without getting permission from
Herman, Ed took the bicycle and
went riding. II was not long be-
fore he collided with the side OF
house and almost wrecked the
bike
Then he broght f. back. He
dumped the wreck down in front
OF Herman in q manner which said.
There. you ought to be glad I
brought that much of Il back"
Herman did not care particul.r-
iy about having the man arrested
All he wanted done was TO have
the wheel fxed. He told Ed to
take IT 70 the repair shop. have it
dxed and pay the bill-otherwise
he would get a warrant
Ed considered this a piece OF
braIen nerve on Herman's part and
declined to have the bike hxed-
Herman got the warrant Eo
seemed TO be perfectly willing 70
to have the wheel fixed when he
faced the court on a charge Of TAX
ing property without right.
Judge Mcmahon told him to come
back to court Monday with q re-
ceipt signed by Herman showing
that he had Maid the repair bill
or take the consequences.
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Skeets X eturns
From Visit to
Find No Pals
(Fir.t Day -sf .skeet. Lands q
Il Jeb.D ..-

NO. Toms not here this
morning. Ivan. He's been work
in down to the -Bijou picture
show ever since school let out.
He left for work early this
morning. Have a nice time 20
your gran'ma's? Is you ma
homer ..-
In order that you will fully
understand these statements and
questions, let US explain.
No sooner had school 'let out
in Carson than Skeets, or Ivan
Munson, accompanied by his
mother. had taken the train for
his grandmother's farm. where
two weeks were to be spent va
cationing,
skeets>Retarns.
When Skeets had returned af-
- ter the fourteen days he had met
with considerable surprise.
The day following his return
he had awakened bright and
early, dressed. ate breakfast.
helped with the dishes and then
started out 10 MAKE Calls on MS
two best pals. Tom Burns and
Snitty Nichols. whom he had not
seen since the last day of school
when he had made his departure
from Carson.
Arriving at Toms home, he
whistled the usual whistle, ex-
pecting his chum to stick his
head out the window and yell,
Wait 4 minute, will you; I'll
be out" But instead of Tom
sticking his head out. it was
Mrs. Burns. his mother. Skeets
asked il Tom was home. And
Mrs. Burns replied in the words
of the first paragraph.
And Now to smitty's.
Skeets made the necessary
answers to Mrs. Burns questions
and then left the Burns yard to
go down the street toward Smit-
tvs.
Funny he thought to him
self. Tom never said anything
to me that he was going 90
work this vacation. Must have
decided mighty quick"
Smitty's wasn't far. so Skeets
arrived there in just few min
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Of today face them, crudely' and
brutally. perhaps. but they at least
know where they stand.
Furthermore, there il no doubt
that because she Is SO wise. SO dis
illusioningly wise it seems to us,
the modern young girl is q million
times better able to protect herself
than her mother was. Ignorance
never yet was innocence 1t is the
undoing of innocence.
We mourn that the young girls OF
today have no ideals. They have
not ours. but they have their own
code. and it includes who will suf-
fer and be strong and weep and
forgive the husbands who are ty-
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Nuts to Crack.

- Make up one and send 1t in.)
Why are some merchants like
bees?-Contributed by Morton r.
Last one; What character in
a play by Shakespeare is repre-
stnted here?
The first is a good meat, with
eggs, a nne dish:
The seconds permit. or allow,
as you wish."-Hamlet tham-
let). }
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~ y Rh2l
MONDAY, JULY 4, 1921.

This is a doubtful day. according
To astrology. The planetary rule
is not strong. Venus is in benefic
aspect and Neptune is adverse
Whatever tends to lighter and
sayer aspects of life is subject to
the best direction during this sway.
The signs all favor entertainment,
short journeys and association with
friends.
Saturn is in a place that seems to
indicate old methods as unpopular.
and oratory certainly will not be
well received, il the stars are read
Alright
Neptune is in a place that gives
the mind an attitude of criticism
Suspicion is likely to be easily en-
gendered.
This should be a fairly lucky day
for lovers. 1t is read that the
planets encourage susceptibility and
eourtship. but warning is given
hat deception is easier during this
rule than it is at other times.
There will be fewer accidents
ttan ordinary, but there may be
some sort of a disaster in which
eScursionists will suffer and for
that reason unusual caution is en-
joihea
Warm weather will be unusually
trying in the eastern states at this
tpne. for there will be much
bqHfdity.
Many electrical storms have been
presnosticated and care ,shouid be
rsken to avoid danger from
lightning.
The forecast is good for hotel
keepers and all who dispense paid
hospitality, but their profits will be
smaller than usual. 1t is foretold.
.-Persons whose birthdate IL il
Should pay special attention to the
health and should avoid foolish
lFprriss about their financial af-
fairs or their business careers.
Children born on this day prob
ably will have calm and pleasant
iiyes Their success will depend
largely on the hour of birth. Girls
have Pc augury Of happy marriage.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04
Daily HardknOt.

make up one and send it in.D
II each of the following groups
of words is rearranged properly
you will hnd very familiar say
ing in rhyme:
Yeral OF edb mad leyar OF User,
Emkas a nam eahthly. eawthly
and swie.-Contributed by Nor
ton r.
Answer to last one: Words rep
resented: GD infer. (D crowd.
(9 brush. 90 north. (5) satin.
V abhor. 90 cloth, (s) rife, (9)
enjoy, uo) cruel, GD relic. U2)
style. The day spelled by the
middle letters of these twelve
words Is Fourth OF July"
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utes. Again he whistled the sig
nal. But there was no Smitty.
There was Smitty mother, how
ever.
"smitty home, Mrs. Nichols"
skeets Makes q Decision.
mo, Ivan, he started to work
the other day, and Is gone all
day. When'd you and your ma
get back? Enjoy yourselves?
Tell your ma I'm comm over this
afternoon"
Skeets turned out of the Mich
OILS yard. Gosh" thought he,
-if both the fellows are WORK
ing this summer, what am I
goin' to do? / sure hate to mon
key around here alone. Maybe
that's It! I'll get me a Job.
too. If the other fellows can
spend their vacations workin' l
guess I can. l wonder where /
can get one?'
(Centisued TomsrrewJ
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04
CLI-THE BREAK


Nancy was more alarmed about
Comics physical condition than she
was about the suspicion which the
incident of the roses had aroused
She sprang Up and went over to
the couch
Connie. dear. lie down! You
mustn't excite yourself" she said
soothingly, trying to push her back
on the pillows
Connie flung OF the restraining
hand petuIantiy.
Let me alonei I want to get
this straight Why does Curtis de-
fend you against me? Why did you
ordered those flowers and make me
belieye they were from Curtis? Did
you think that an outward
semblance of devotion from him
would cover his real indifference
toward me and perhaps hide his in
tsrest in your"
"Connie"'
oh, what a fool I've been not to
see it!- Connie flung her hand
across her eyes and collapsed in the
nest of cushions What a terrible
world, Isn't there any loyalty, or
honor, or fdelity anywhere in it?"
Connie, you are accusing me
most untustIyr Nancy cried.
you've leaped to a conclusion
falsely based on the most innocent
and well meaning act of mine !
wanted your homecoming to be
pleasant Being a woman, / know
how much emphasis We place on
the smallest act of consideration
from our husbands: and. 1 know
too. that few men remember the
little thoughtful things which seem
to them to be Of ridiculously small
importance. / was afraid Curtis
would forget to send you flowers
and I was prepared for the over
sight. That 1t all!
Connie made no reply; nor did
she open her eyes
Curtis, who after his first out
burst in defense of Nancy, had
stalked to the window. remained
there looking out into the twilight,
his hands thrust deep into his
pockets. stubbornness visible in the
set Of his shoulders.
Nancy replaced the tea cups
quietly on the tray. extinguished
the light under the kettle, folded
the servisttes- and rang for the
maid.
Then she turned to Connie who
still lay with closed eyes.
I'm more deeply sorry that this
has happened than I can say, Con-
ME. Our friendship has been very
dear to me- 1t distresses and hu-
initiates me beyond words to have
you doubt my loyalty. Please re-
member that love Gerry and that
III always be a faithful wife to
him For that reason. if for no
other. your accusation is most un-
just and intolerable."
. without saying goodbye, she left
the room quietly and went up to
her own sitting room.
She felt curiously numb and in
capable of thought. In spite of
Major Desmond's warnings and
Peggy Bewis's nuendoes she had
been unprepared to meet the blow
when IL had fallen. She knew that
in her heart she had never admitted
such a thing could possibly happen.
Her sense of outraged pride made
her want to be furiousIy angry
with Connie Stanley; for Curtis
she had a contempt too deep for
bitterness. But try as she would
to make the aaffair seem real. She
could not bring herself to view it
from any other attitude than that
OF the detached observer of a melo-
drama
It seemed incredible that she,
Nancy Burrard. could stand accused
Of an affaire de occur with the
husband of her best friend.
She rang for a maid and ordered
her to pack.
When you are finished. call a
taxi please. 1 am leaving tonight"
(copyrikht 1871 vhseler Syndicate, Inc. }
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04
Nsx H,It;,!: $9k }? <: kGkPayBsyPpNi! yip:Ni{ Z

they pointed to the California tag
on their car to prove IL.
hospital lately was visited by his
wife, who desired to engage y
pretty nurse to help along the
actors convslescence. AS the actor
was coming out OF ether his wife
bent over him and asked: Which
do you prefer-blonde or brunette?'
The actor answered family: I'm
broad-minded, either will do"
No one in New York is old. Il is
a New York trait to disguise age.
Grandmothers bob their hair. read
"Jurgen," wear knee-length skirts,
false eyeIashes and smoke cigar
cites. II they drive motor cars
they try to beat the train to the
crossing. They will drink as many
cocktails as the most enthusiastic
napper and still retain their girlish
laughter. The cynical scofr. But
the wild old people get away with
IL, and as a result they do not have
TO stay at home and knit in the
chimney corner. At dawn when the
crowds collect al Columbus Circles
Childs for breakfast. there are any
number of gray-haired women.lead-
ing the attack on the wheat cakes
ard sausage.
Danger turks in the permanent
wave! A young Madison avenue
deb visited a hair-dressing parlor
three. weeks ago. She took gss-or
whatever they give you-and sub
mitted to the permanent wave oper-
alton. On her way home her hair
fell OF. The operation had burnt
u to a crisp. II was no nice way
to treat a lady.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04

NEW YORK, July 3. - A page
from the diary Of a modern Samuel
Pepys: Lay late. and to the Span
iard's, who fashioned brave
omeIette. and then with my wife to
see some petrol wagons. but the
condition of our estate will not per-
init our buying one. which is sad.
A mighty wave Of heat here in
the city, and many do suffer.
Walked in the sunshine through
the town. looking in at the pretty
shops. Saw the Fairbanks girls
twins, they are. and mighty merry
and ! gave each a nosegay bought
from a hawker. And I promised to
see them in their new music play.
which I will do.
Home, where fell to scrivening.
wearing only my undercoat and
pants, and came A. Dwan and j.
Moore, and we drove to Great Neck
to AS fine home on the oceon front.
and Tom Mix and Ward Crane. Of
the cinema. were there, and all
went a-swimming. And my wire
made the prettlest dive from a
spring-board ever i saw.
The Filipino black boys served q
noble cold veal loaf and great beak-
ers Of iced tea, and then back to
the city and to Jersey to see M.
Carpenter and the man Dempsey.
and made small wager the
Frenchmau would win. Home late,
my back and arms blistered by the
sun, and red and raw. And so to
bed.
+ In the early days Of the motor
tourist the garb consisted of
leather. rubber and angora. There
were caps with great flaps and
monstrous goggles. The average
motorist going out for days
jaunt hipted of the Sicilian bandit.
The other morning l was caught
in a trafic jam at Broadway and
Forty-second. While standing be-
side the trafic officer a low slung
car with two barehesded men vio-
lated traffic rule and as they came
up to the officer he stopped them.
They wore light silk shirts, open
at the throat and sleeveless. white
duck trousers and only sandals on
their feet Ina back seat they
carried small ehandbag-and thev
told. the off1cer they, had come all
the way from San Francisco. And
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04

they pointed to the California Ia
on their car to prove IL.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04
"Hairpin FLYER"

Model airplanes? Are you in
terested in them? See the direc-
tions for making the "hairpin
flyer" an interesting experiment
in model aeronautics, to be print
ed here tomorrow.
Evening journal., 1921-05-27

does not make the Government in
any way responsible.
There are certain things about
these rate increases which are not
generally understood. They apply
without question. to all interstate
commerce-this is, to shipments
which pass from one State to an
other. They have not yet been gen
orally applied to shipments which
move altogether within the boun-
daries Of a single State. There are
nearly as many State railroad COM
missions as States, Of which there
are forty eight. And many of these
State commissions still insist that
they have the power Of fixing rail-
road rates within their own borders.
The result is that in some states
the new and higher freight rates
have not been put into force. There
are many suits in the courts to COM
pei the State commissions to obey
the ruling of the Interstate Com
merce Commission. The net result
so far as railroad revenues are con-
cerned, is that, instead Of getting an
average increase in freight rates OF
35 per cent, they have actually in
creased only about 26 per cent.
That, OF course, makes larger the
discrimination in freight rates which
seems to be to some extent respon-
sible for the decentralization of bust
ness Another factor is the bad re.
suit of making the same precentag,
Evening journal., 1921-05-27
RAILROADSHAVE
TOHUSTLENOW
No Longer Protected by c
Per Cent. Guarantee
From Government
CUMMINS-ESCH ACT
DOES NOT FIX YIELD

WASHINGTON-''Well, Senator, ."
said member of Congress address
ing Senator Cummins. II see the
railroads are 100000. 900 behind
the guarantee for the first year un-
der private operation. Thatn be
another heavy drain on the Treas
ury"
Just what are you talking
about?" inquired Cummins.
I'm talking about the guarantee
clause in your transportation bill un-
der which the Government guaran-
tees earnings Of per cent to the
railroads"
"You voted for the bill, didn't
you? Well, suppose now you take
the trouble to read it
Almost every issue Of every news
paper in the last few weeks has con-
tanned some reference to this guar.
antee clause" It is no wonder that
most people have the wrong idea
about II. If members OF Congress
and Washington correspondents are
misnformed. why should the mar
on the street know better2
In fact, there is no guarantee
clause whatever in the Cummins- Esch
Transportation asst, under which rail-