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The Washington herald., 1921-04-06
CAUGHT IN SIMPLE DIVISION.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald: r
In your editorial today, They
Forget the Facts" are these state
ments: But two-thirds of the
States are thirty-six;" and Not
only the required three-fourths. but
forty-five of the forty-eight-all but
three-ratified the amendment"
II 'two-thirds of the States are
thirty-six." one-third would be
eighteen. ana three times eighteen
is fifty-four, instead Of forty-eight
which you correctly give as the
total-if the state OF aridity" be
excluded.
1t is not important, OF course,
except as an illustration of how
easy IL is to fall into error when
reminding others that They For
get the Facts" Thanking you for
the courtesy of your attention. am.
Very truly yours,
JOE CoNKLIN.
washington, d. C, April J.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-06

with a certain night yard crew was
the ringleader of the pilferers. /
had the sheriff of the county search
the mans house. in the cellar Of
which We found nearly $4,000 worth
of stolen freight.
Upon being confronted with the
proof against him, the poor fellow
broke down and confessed. / asked
him why on earth he engaged in
stealing freight from the railroad
that was paying him a fancy wage.
He replied that he had a mania for
playing the races; that he had
placed a mortgage on his home
without his wife's knowledge, and
began stealing in order to obtain
money to free his house. lie told
his wife that the articles he brought
home were purchased from the rail-
road at ''On Hand" sales at a, low
price for the purpose of specula-
tion. At first he took but one or
two automobile tires. Then he grew
bolder and induced other members
of his crew to steal The result
was that the engineer and five Of
his fellow workers went to a Fed
eral penitentiary for a term of three
years each.
Another sad case was that of a
young ticket seller in San Fran
cisco. when We arrested him for
stealing railroad tickets and SELL
ing them to scalpers. he told US
that he stole to get money to bet
on the horses at a certain race
course in Mexico, not far from the
California line. He went to the
penitentiary for a year.
A passenger conductor on one of
the southern roads was arrested and
convicted for the crime of Knock
ing down" fares. He told the juds.
who tried him that playing the
races was responsible for his down.
fall. He was given eighteen months
in prison.
One evening last fall RI stopped
OF at Mt. Rainier station on the
trolley line, on my way to a nearby
Maryland suburb TO make a speech
at a Republican rally. The place
was filled with men and women
scanning the dope sheet" they
called II, for the purpose of ascer-
tanning the winners at Laurel. An
elderly lady present cried out. ''oh.
l wish the government would put an
end to those awful race tracks, Ny
poor little girl has lost over two
hundred dollars on the races already.
and is seventy-five dollars in debt.
Oh. God, what can ! do to save
her"
could relate dozens of similar
cases. but shall not Impose upon
The Herald TO do so. / hope those
1 have mentioned may be the means
~ nharlrin- fha Terrible evil of
gambling on the races in this city
and section.
It is foolish to engage in this ne
farious business. II is a misunder-
standing Of the crooked game to
think II can be beaten. To persist
In playing II is death.
"Forsake the foolish. and live,
and, go in the way OF understand
ing
JAMES S. MCCARTHY,
The Washington herald., 1921-04-06
Opinions
of Other
Ed i t O r S
Brief Comment From
Leading Newspapers
Throughout Nation
The Note to Russia.
New Nork Times

The reply of Secretary of state
Hughes to the appeal of the Soviet
government for a trade agree nent
is surprisingly wise, sound and sat
isfying. 1t will reassure the coun-
try as to the Administrations clear
understanding Of present conditions
in Russia and Of the futility of en-
tering into any formal trade ar
rangement with a country which by
the crimes and excesses of its lawless
government has cut itself of from
the opportunities of commerce. 1t
associates US from the motives and
maxims of policy. prescribed by
age-long tradition or arising out of
consideration of present eNpediency,
which prompted the British Ministry
to accept what we decline.
baltimore SUM-
The question of commercial rela-
tions with Russia is concededly
debatable one. There is a marked
differences of opinion on the subject
among thoughtful men, and IL Is only
fair to give full weight TO the ob1ec-
tions to as well as to the arguments
in favor of throwing down CONNER
cial barriers. The objectors object
en- three grounds-on the ground OF
futility, on the ground OF political
danger, and on the ground OF moral
integrity. Men like Mr.. Hoover. for
instance. think rhat a trade compact
will be futile. that Russia will have
little to trade with or to pay with
for some time 10 come. Others be-
lieve that unrestricted trade with
Russia would mean the recognition
of the Lenin government and the
open door to Bolsnevist propagan-
da. Others regard it as an "unclcan
thing" to hold commerce Of any sort
with moral and political outlaws.
fNew York Tribune.)
The simple facts are, as Mr..
Hoover clearly pointed out the 9TH
er day, that there is no trade with
Soviet Russia because Russia has
no exportabie surplus to sell, except
stolen gold and jewelry. No Red
here, however much he may join In
propaganda, is personally wliiing 70
sell to Lenin on time. Trade can
| not exist when there is vacuum OF
confidence.
What Lenin maneuvers for Is
political recognition. in the hope u
wfll help him to hold on In Russia
He is doubtless ready enough. al
least temporarily. to lay aside the
project of fomenting a world revolu'
tion, for he sees his autocracy tot
ters at home. He would like 20 be
able to say to the Russians: Behold
I have been accepted and certinee
to by the United States. and youi
ltroubles will soon be oyerp
The Washington herald., 1921-04-06

When in doubt make the bootIegger take
the first drink of il. o 8 -,
The Washington herald., 1921-04-06
JAMES S. MCCARTHY.

former Inspector, Property Pro-
lection Section. Division OF Law,
u. S. Railroad Administration
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-09
GENERAL slain
FOR CRITICISM
Brother of Mexican Minister to
Spain Shot D0wn-0ficial Sur
renders 10 Police.

Mexico City, Aug. General
Jose Alessio Robles, brother of the
Mexican minister to Spain, and to
the editor of the newspaper Ell Dem
ocrata, was shot and killed last
evening as he drove his automobile
through one of the main streets in
the residence section of this city.
Five armed men took part in the
attack which ended in the death OF
General Robes. Following the
tragedy, General Jacinto Trevino,
placed himself at the disposition OF
the police and is said to have been
held upon his own recognizance,
The cause of the attack on General
Robles is said to have been a declar-
alton purporting to have been maze
by him, and published YESTERDAY
morning, in which he criticized
General Trevino, who has been olt-
terly attacked in the newspaper FL
Universal, for several days. Inls
newspaper charge against Generai
Trevino, caused him to threaten Fe-
llix F. NJ Palavicini, editor OF me
journal, who retaliated by printing
interviews with many prominent
Mexicans sustaining his right 70
criticize public officials. General
Robes was among those quoteo
this morning. He not only assalleo
General Trevino as an official Du'
declared General Trevino had re-
fused to fight a duel with him.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-09
MYSTERY CRAFT
seen OFF CAPE
Officers of West Keene Note
Strange Vessel on Atlantic
Coast.

New York, Aug. 9.-Another ship
has been added to the string of mys-
tery crafts sighted recently off the
Atlantic coast, and suspected OF
everything from piracy to rum-run-
ming.
The Iatest-described as 10000
ton steamer, was sighted Aug 8,
about sixty miles southeast Of Cape
Hatteras. by the steamship West
Keene, which arrived yesterday
from Pacific coast ports. The
Keene's officers said the stranger
had remained four miles distant
She carried three masts and two
tunnels. Two cargo booms usually
snuggled down while ships are a
sea, were rigid to the foremast
An effort to exchange radio mes
sages failed when the ship refused
| to answer.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-09
NEW SPEEDWAY
HOSPITAL OPEN
FOR PATIENTS
Fiue Disabled Vets
Enter Hines Me-
mortal.

Chicago, Aug. 9.-The new Speed
way hospital, the $1O.000,00O gift
to the government by Edward
Hines. who built it as a memorial
to his son, Lieutenant Edward
Hines, Jr., who died in France. is
occupied today by ex-soldiers, the
first patients to enter the institu-
ton.
The five disabled war veterans
were moved to the great institution
with its six miles of corridors yes
terday, and as fast as rooms and
wards are completed other disabled
soldiers will be moved here, from
government hospitals. 1t is ex-
pected 20 new patients will be NOV
ed into the institution in the near
future
DIR. Mark ]. White, surgeon of
the United States public health
service since 1898, is in charge. The
building of the hospital, begun sew
eral years ago, has been delayed
numerous times by investigation
| 1t is said Mr.. Hines, a wealthy
Iumberman, paid 5000 600 in attor-
neys' fees in gaining the govern
ment's acceptance of the gift.
| Originally he offered to sell The
building and grounds to the gov
ernment considerably below the es
timated cost, for the care Of ex
service men. When it was NJ
longer needed for that purpose, h
| offered to buy it back and presen
it to the city of Chicago as me
mortal to his son. He offered t
give it to the government outright
and this offer was finally accepted
with the provision. however, tha
it could not be named after hi
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-09
Late Bulletins

Washington, Aug. 9-United
Press. The airplane which
fired a fussiiade OF bullets from
a machine gun at a boat in Mar
ragansett Bay yesterday after
noon, wOunding a girl, was a
navy machine, the navy depart
ment announced today. The
gun was fired at the boat "un-
knowingly" the statement de-
clared-
Chicago. Aug. S-United
Press.) Orders that sales
girls at Marshall Field S Co.'S
store must not wear bObbed
hair, were issued by officials OF
the concern today.
Washington, Aug. 9-With-
out a roll call the senate today
passed the Capper-Tincher bill
to prevent gambling on grain
exchanges
Toxic, Aug. 8. = United
Press Am explosion in the
HinOshima artillery magazine
is reported to have killed or in
jured over 1900 persons.
London, Aug. 9-By the
Associated PreSs.) = NegOtia~
tiOns between representatives
of American and British ship
ping interests on the question
of freight rates for Egyptian
cotton have been broken on,
according to a dispatch to the
Central News Agency from
Alexandria today quoting an
official source.
Washington, Aug. 9-Unit:
ed Press.) The Sweet bill
providing for recognition OF
soldier facilities was signed
BY President Harding today.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-09
SHERIFF ENR0UTE TO ARREST GOVERNOR
PASSENGER AND
FREIGHT TAXES
TO BE REDUCED
Committee of Ways
and Means Approve
Big Cut.

Washington. Aug 9-Chairman
Fordney and other Republican mem
bers of the house ways and means
committee will confer with Presi-
dent Harding late today on the gen.
eral subject of tax revision. Dis
cussion, it is understood, will cen
ter particularly on what present
estimated extraordinary expense
can be provided for through other
means than direct taxation.
Secretary Mellon, Speaker Gil
lette, chairmen of the house and
senate appropriation committees,
and probably some other Republi-
can leaders will participate in the
white house conference scheduled
for late today.
Washington, Aug. 9.-Having
agreed to elimination of the soda
fountain, ice cream and so-called
luxury taxes on wearing apparel
and a so per cent cut in the levy
on sporting goods. Republican mem
bers of the house ways and means
committee returned today to the
! job of revenue revision, resolved
to make further reductions in the
total tax the American people will
| be called upon to pay this fiscal
year.
A so per cent cut in the trans
portation levies, both passenger and
| freight, was declared to be practic-
ally a certainty. Those members
who heretofore have urged immed-
late repeal of all of these taxes
were understood to be prepared to
press their point with he argu-
! ment that this could be done readily
| if repeal of the excess profits and
higher surtaxes is delayed until
next Jan. l, as now proposed
Means Heavy Loss.
The total loss of revenue involved
| in cutting off the transportation
taxes was estimated at s260,000,O0t
or less, it was claimed, than the
loss that would be entailed thii
wear through making the repeal o
the excess profits and higher in
come surtaxes retroactive to las
Jan. /. 1t also was urged that tn
cutting off of the levies on freigh
and passenger traffic would prov
of real help to business through
savings in freight charges and add
ed expenses of travelling statesmen
Formal agreement among the ma
jority members as to the total tina
will be necessary to run the gov
ernment this fiscal year, has no
| vat haan reached and il was salt
that further specifix tax cuts nigh
await such an agreement. Their
also was talk of conferences will
President Harding to obtain his ad
vice in the solution of the majol
problems before the committee.
Having been excluded from par
ticipation in the framing of tn
bill, Democratic members OF tn
committee are giving independen
study to the revision question.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-09

Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 9.-Gover-
nor Small, as commander-in-chief
of the military forces of Illinois,
today commissioned board of five
staff officers to investigate condi-
tions of destitute World war vet
erans with a view of opening state
armories to shelter them. The gov
ernor's order also directed the
board to make a survey of the
states armed forces and to make
recommendations for alterations IN
the military system.
When the military order was is
sued by the governor it was eager
ly scanned to see if any signifi-
canoe relative to the governor de-
fiant attitude toward submitting to
arrest on charges of embezzlement
of state funds, was buried in 1t.
Three of Governor Smal's recent
travelling companions were named
on the board and advanced to the
grade of colonel. One OF them is
his son-in-law, A E. Inglesh. re-
Gently commissioned lieutenant
colonel. Former Captain Percy B.
Coffin. appointed yesterday as a
member of the state tax commits
sion. was another, and former Cap
tain Oscar e. Carlstrom OF Aledo
was the third.
The other two members Of the
board are Colonel d. S. Myers. a
member OF the general assembly
and Brigadier General o. P. Yea
ger.
Ask Legion's Help.
The board was directed to al
once investigate the condition OF
the men of Illinois who served in
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-09
LEAGUE TO ACT
AS news BUREAU
Action Taken to Reduce Armaments
To Be Given Unofficially To
State Department

New York, Aug. 9.-In connection
With the disarmament conference
called by President Harding, steps
have been taken to acquaint the
state department with conclusions
reached by the reduction of arma-
merits commission of the League of
Nations.
This announcement is made by
the League of Nations news bureau,
which adds that, because of refusal
Oh the department to recognize for
MAJ communications from the
league, the steps had to be taken
unofncially. 1t is explained that
ne league commission is consider
ing the disarmament question from
technical, rather than from a po-
nllcal point OF view.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-09
Small Plans Relief Work
For State Ex-SerUice Men;
CarLstron,, His Aide, Busy

the late war who are homeless,
hungry and out of work. with q
view of providing shelter in the
several armories in the state for
those in need of such protection" F"
The order continues:
Cooperation with the officers
and posts of the American Legion
should be sought in this humane
and necessary undertaking.
THE foregoing named officers
are hereby further directed to make
a general survey of conditions of
organization. equipment and in
struction of all the military and
naval forces of this state. and re-
port the results thereof to the COM
mander-in-chief with recommenda-
tions as to any alterations in the
military system, or changes in per
sonnel or grades of officers. nori-
commissioned officers or petty Off
GERS, as may be deemed adEisa Bile
for the efficiency and welfare of the
state forces.
Order Statewide Assistance.
"All officers OF the staff depart
ments and of the national guard
and naval militia are hereby order
ed and directed to furnish to each
or all OF the foregoing named Off
GERS such information and evidence
as will facilitate the performance
of their duties as outlined herein.
ANY actual expense attendant
upon the performance of this duty
will be considered as necessary TO
the public welfare and will be paid
out of appropriate funds on the au-
thorization Of the commander-in-
chief"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-09
PUT UNIQUE
CAR WINGS
ON CHURCH
Morgan Money Bags, "Di-
vorcee", and Wet De-
feat in St. Thomas.

New York, Aug. 9,-St. Thomas
Episcopal church in Fifth avenue
lComed today as a possible rival
OF the Metropolitan Art Museum IN
public interest following cumula-
tive disclosures that showed the
million dollar Gothic structure to
be a veritable treasure troVe or
unique sculpture and wood ca-V-
ing.
The first discovery" made by a
newspaper last week, revealed a
huge ironic dollar mark carved
in the ornamentation above The
brides entrance" Then follow
ing the discovery of a whole row
OF avenue types"-little heads
about the size of a fist-sculpturei
above the main entrance. These IL
cluded a monocled dandy, a man
with a dissoIute nose and woman
heraIded as "the divorcee.'
Today the architects permitted
to become public a chart listing
some of the wood carvings that dec
! crate the interior of the church.
One of the carvings, entitled PRO
hibition," depicts Bacchus tumbled
/ from a keg by a woman with a
spear. Fallen from his outstretch-
ed hand is a bunch of grapes,
while behind the woman's figure is
single lemon, emblematic of the
soft" drink.
Another carving shows the Rus
sian bear receiving soviet medI-
cine" from ,wo monkeys, supposed
to represent Lenine and Trotzky. A
third shows capital and labor in a
death struggle. Labor is repre-
sented by a man in conventional
working clothes. He grapples with
a lean, bewhiskered man in high
hat, who is backed up against the
Woolworth building. The Wool
worth tower is carved in a slant
as if about to fall.
J.P, MS Money Bags.
Other figures, representative ot
progress, represent airplanes, auto
mobiles, locomotives and tele-
phones. Prominent in this group
also, are two money bags bearing
the initials 81. P. M"
The wood carvings also include
war group in which heads of Wood
row Wilson, King George of Eng.
land, King Albert Of Belgium
Clemenceau. Lloyd George, Genera
Pershing, Marshal Foch, Admifa
Beattie, Herbert Hoover, Major
General Peyton c. March, and many
other war figures appear. A Saliva
tion Army lassie is shown handing
out doughnuts to doughboys ant
poilus and other figures include
"ex-gob" and IAN aviator
F. L. Meyers, partner of Bertran
Goodhue, architect of the church
explained in making public tn
charts that the wood carvings, mos
of which have been done recently
had the full approval of the Rev
DR.. Ernest NJ. Stires, rector of 81
Thomas
The work was done, he said, i
accordance with the tradition of ar
chitecture that modern figures il
history, problems of the day an
symbols of the age should receiy
recognition in sacred edifice.
The dollar mark above the brides
door and the avenue types abov
the main entrance. however, weT
the architects little jest, worke
in on his own initiative when tn
church was built ten years ago.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-09
MYSTERY HIDES
PLAN FOR PEACE
WITH GERMANY
Much Secrecy ShotDn
OUer Progress of
Pact.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
(Snaaiol +a The Aro,S

Washington, Aug. 9-More than
a month has passed since congress
Dy joint resolution tried to declare
state of peace with Germany but
Tor reasons which have thus far
been clouded in secrecy neither a
proclamation of peace has been is
sued nor has the American public
been told officially by the depart
ment of state or the White house
what the American commissioner in
Berlin and the German government
are talking about
The senate foreign relations COM
mittee has to ge given a draft of
the memorandum now in the hands
OF the German government though
it is known the German reichstag
committee has for weeks had the
same under consideration.
1t was in the senate that the Will
son administration met its Water
loo by failing to consult that body
in the making of peace and Repub-
lican senators have been wont to
say that the policy of secret diplo-
macy was repudiated at the polls
last November. That's why there
is growing fmpatience over the
extreme secrecy Of the present ne
gotiations with Germany.
Secretary Hughes, who usually
discusses foreign policy frankly
and in much more detail than any
of his predecessors, has declined
repeatedly tot say anything about
the conversations or negotiations
going on with the German govern
ment. The state department has,
on the other hand, insisted that
most of the published reports are
seriously inaccurate.
The Wilson administration used
to argue that international custom
and international politics made it
necessary to negotiate privately but
the Harding administration is keep
ing the negotiations within the
realm of secret diplomacy because
of domestic politics. fear of GER
tain elements in the United States
senate which might attempt to criti-
ciZe the proposals if made public.
Follows Wilson.
Indeed, the department of state
gives every evidence of intending
to follow the Wilson footsteps by
negotiating a treaty with Germany
and then sending it to the senate
which will be urged to accept it
without qualification The chances
are the senate will have to take the
treaty without the crossing of a
IT. or the dotting of an al" The
Democrats aren't particularly dis
turbed over that prospect for they
defended it under the Wilson ad-
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