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, 1921-09-17
rHE ANSWER WILL COME.

The cry across the continent to the district attor-
ney in California For Gods sake deliver justicer p
will be the appeal that will ultimately be answered in
the Arbuckle affair. The court may lag, the lawyers
may jockey, wealth and influence may be brought to
bear to delay and defeat the ends of justice; but the
heart-brok.n appeal will finally be answered, the bru-
tality of a dissoiute hbertine punished and the un-
timely sacrifice of a valuable young life be avenged.
The court of public opinion will deliver a just and
fair verdict, if the court of law does not The evil
dence against the defendant in the specific case in
which he is held to answer, will be in part the evil
dence in many similar Bacchanalian carousals, beastial
in their objects, shameful in their methods. The lust
of the brute simply swept things along to the fatal
finale in the latest instance.
There never has been and never will be but one re-
suit of disobedience of the moral law. 1t is certain
and sure. The interpreter is the still small voice of
conscience. Arbuckle may and may not receive what
is called justice at the hands of his peers; but in all
of his after life he will realize that common decency
and correct conduct offer a form of investment that
pays higher dividends to>the ordinary mortal than any
other engagement in which he could place the CAPT
tai with which nature endowed him.
The appeal from the eastern coast to the western
coast will somehow, some way be a~nswered-justly.
, 1921-09-17
OF RAIL spur
TO AID AGRICULTURE IN
WHEATLAND TERRITORY

wIIEATLASD. Sept. 17.-Farmers
OF the wheatland flats are encouraged
to believe hat n spur from the Colo
RADIO and Southern railroad VIII be
built before another harvest season.
which viii greatly reduce the expense
Of marketing crops.
Messrs. F. p. Adams. general freight
agent. E. b. Mitchell. superintendent.
and c. ]. Niehaus. real estate and tax
agent. of the Colorado and Southern
Railroad company spent a day at
Wheatland investigating Iii spus
proposition. They were met by a
committee of citizens, headed by VIII
liam l.. Ayers. and taken for a drive
yer the territory to be benefited by
the proposed extension and shown the
possibility of largely increased freight
traffic. They were shown thousands
of acres of land which Is able TO pro-
luce n heavy tonnage of beets but
which. because OF the present hauling
distance which Is p~rohibitive, is de-
voted to the raising of other crops.
The demonstration trip extended
south from town to the edge OF the
flats. west to the Sibyiec and north
to the ncighborhood OF the North
Laramie river.
The railroad officials admitted that
they were most favorably impressed
with the need for h desired spur
and that 1t will be forthcoming is
the confident expectation for the COM
mittee conducting h negotiations It
Is believed that the Gibson spur wiz
be extended at least to the Yellow
stone highway next year and that
further extensions will follow later.
Such extensions will greatly in
GREASE the acreage of sugar beets and
will be the beginning of development
will result in conditions favor
able to the building and support OF a
sugar factory.
, 1921-09-17
81 AcE-

The burning question of debate before the British
association is, whether the world is from eight to ten
billion years old as one faction contends or only from
two to three billion years of age. The former school
of thought bases its findings upon radioactive meth
DDS of calculation" the latter upon the "saltiness of
the sea-"
1t would seem that there could be no more impor-
tant question before the world than this. The mys-
teries of creation, the life after death, the age of
Ann and all other unanswered questions of the ages
are trivial in comparison with the settlement of the
point as between two billion and ten billion. The mat
ter should be referred to the Honorable Kenesaw
Mountain Lands of the Chicago federal bench, UNI
pire and arbitrator-at-large in the hope of settling
upon a figure somewhere between the extremes of two
and ten billion years.
Meanwhile it would be well that the world stand
still and hold its breath until the verdict is handed
down.
, 1921-09-17
TO
: BRAND Voiced
In Editorial

PARIS. Sept 1s.-UnqualIfied OPP
position to the attendance OF Premier
BRAND Mt the washington conference
on limitation Of ornaments is express
ed today by an editorial in the Jour-
nal Des Debats. The article. signed
by Augusta Gauvain. political editor.
declares that absolutely no reason
favors going"
The Washington conference. accord
ing TO the article. Will be occupied
chiefly with Angio-American ques-
tons in which the premier would find
little opportunity TO figure as an inter-
mediaty- The writer adds:
disarmament. which affects US
closely, VIII not be regulated; mari
time arnaments alone viii be dis
cusscd."
, 1921-09-17
WANTS TO KNOW.

The WheatIand Times is also wondering why the
day of a taxless Wyoming recedes instead of arrives.
That newspaper has heard the oft repeated bunk from
increasing so rapidly that the necessity for tax levies
for state purpose would shortly be superfuous. The
Times desires light on several points Possibly there
Is somebody down around the state house who can
shed the light. We are all in the same situation, and
condition of darkness. This is the Times appeal:
The editor of this paper came to Wyoming "a
years ago. The population of the state at that time
, 1921-09-17
R PROGRESS.

ence has accomplished actual results. Japan, as the
date of the meeting approaches, appears stimulated
to great exertion to settle some of the disquieting Pa
ncifc and Asiatic questions before the conference is
called, to order on Armistice Day. For some time
Toxic has been in communication with Washington
in an endeavor to reach a settlement of the zap prob
lem and the question of cable communication in
volved therein. Japanese relations with Siberia have
also formed a subject for recent diplomatic exchanges
and the return of Shantung to China promises to be
an event of the near future as the outcome of nego-
tiations between Japan and China. With those three
agreements -consummated before November IL, OF
course their consideration will be removed from the
conference, but President Harding can claim credit
for fastening their solution and reducing by that
much the probability of future wars.
, 1921-09-17
MOLdsses Will
Locate Water
In Gasoline

ST. PAUL. MINI, Sept. IA
recipe for finding water In gasoline
was made public today by Hjaimar
Nilsson. Minnesota state oil inspector
today. Little dabs Of molasses on
pine sticks win pas through the gas
ollne n when they strike the water
will loosen from the sticks, he ex
planned.
, 1921-09-17

years age, was celebrated By many
patriotic societies here today.
The principal celebration. held al
the old Federal hall. now the sub
treasury. was arranged by h Sons
OF the American revolution The pro
gram OF music and addresses al the
sub-treasury Was preceded BY a par
ade-
, 1921-09-17

Personal-Mabel, will you please go
to the Casper Pharmacy for a package
of FAIRYFOOT Bunion Plasters?
They are the only thing that helps my
buniOus. q-l6-lt
, 1921-09-17
EDITOR DIES

TUCSON. Ariz.. Sept. 1T.-Roy r.
Goodrich. managing editor of the
Arizona Daily Star. died here at ESQ
clock this morning.
Goodrich had for several years ex-
erienced poor health and had for the
, 1921-09-17

/ n the world IN which both Protest.
ant and Roman Catholic services are
held at the same time A thin part.
ton in the center separates the two
courreEntions-
, 1921-09-17
Constitution
Day Observed

NEW YORK. Sept. 17.-constitu-
ion day. commemorating the adoption
Of the United States constitution 1874
, 1921-09-17

past several weeks been in n partic-
ulariy weakened condition
, 1921-09-17

The Church " the Holy Ghost at
Heidelberg Is said to be the only one
, 1921-09-17

The 1921 straw hat season may be considered Of
fcially closed
Evening star., 1921-05-22
Worrying About the Family.

Promising that the fall Of the Ro-
man empire was produced by the lax
ity and rottenness Of the laws Of
marriage" Bishop Burgess tells the
clergy Of the Long Island diocese
that society is now endangered BY
easy divorce. Novels are "prurient
and immoral" dances verge on the
dangerous" modern dress lacks dig
nifty and propriety," the low moral
standards of Roman matrons seem
to be fast approaching in America"
So the patristic writer's, and such
Lucian. wrote in their day: only they
compared Roman conditions with
those Of Persia and Egypt. Yet the
Roman empire fell from q variety of
causes. Of which divorce may or may
not have been one, but marriage did
not fall. Nor did family relations, nor
will they.
From biologists. rs we'll as his
torians the clerical critics Of morals
might learn that the family is the
oldest of human institutions and the
most tnvulnerable. Marriage laws,
and customs potent as laws, may
change and change again, but the
more they change the more they be-
come the same old thing. Divorce
will not destroy the family, nor will
dubious literature, suggestive dances
and immodest dress. If they could it
would have been destroyed centuries
ago.-New York World (democEattc).
Evening star., 1921-05-22
largo amount of money-of which the

largo amount Of money-of which the
government stood in urgent need.
But when the war closed conditions
changed. A large amount Of money
was still necessary, but it was not col
lectable any longer from war sources
From certain Of those sources collec,
tons began to diminish.
What has now to be considered
therefore, 10 abandoning dried up
sources. and finding, and tapping, new
sources. Taxes, in a measure, must
be shifted. New assessments are i'm.
perative. The matter cannot be post.
poned.
As to lifting taxes, that is matter
for time. In time taxes will be lifted.
But it would be folly to suppose. and
worse folly to act on the supposition,
that taxes can be lifted while you
wait. Burdensome as it is, the people
must bear the tax burden, and should
bear it with a consciousness that it
can be lightened only gradually. For
some years to come we shall be up
against heavier tax assessments than
we have ever known before in times
Of peace.
The hearings now In progress before
the Senate finance committee are
interesting suggestions from
business circles, and will help Con-
gress to solve the problem.
Evening star., 1921-05-22
Public Service aud Servants.


Miss Robertson Of Oklahoma made
her debut In debate In the House q
few days ago With . eulogy of orville
H. Platt, long time q senator IN Con.
gress from Connecticut. He was, a
she described him. an able and most
excellent man, and IN his high onice
rendered the country many valuable
services. But he was too little known
to the general public while he lived
and served, and as q result is almost
wholly unknown to the great majority
Of men and women interested in public
matters today. Outside Of his native
state, his memory survives with only
a few.
The reason Is simple, but not credit.
able to our public life. Mr.. Platt had
nothing in his intellectual or physical
makeup that stimulated curiosity or
appealed to the superficial. A homely
and ungainly man; student by na-
ture and industrious beyond the or.
binary. he cared little for the lime.
light Of general company, and seldom
appeared in IT. The result was that
the public had small KNOWLEDGE of a
man who. in quiet, and unobserved.
was doing work Of great public value.
The lawyer Of large gifts and the coun-
selor Of proved sagacity was less
known than many q politician equip.
ped principally for the routinA Of nar4v
management.
Evening star., 1921-05-22
A Healthier France.

Sport has now had sufficient prac-
tical application in France to have
had its effect on the physique of
young manhood, says the Paris cor
respondent of the London Sunday
Times. 1t is now considered to be
established that the results are equal
to all that was prophesied and that
the benefit of games to the race is
as great as in the pattern-country of
Great Britain. Exhaustive examina-
tion Of the 1921 class Of conscripts,
which was recently incorporated,
shows that the standard of physical
development and general health 10
particularly good. While some little
influence is accorded to the practical
abolition of alcoholism during the
war years when these lads were in
their teens. the main credit is given
to sport and games, which became
fashionable" as wel1 as popular.
from the example of the British SOL
diers scattered through France
Another fact in connection with the
Incorporation Of the present class
which has created much satisfaction
is that the proportion Of recruits
compared with the number of births
in the year when these lads were
registered had reached the remark
been down as low as Sc per cent.
That is taken as an indication that
infantile morality has been constant
ly decreasing during the past twenty
years, a matter OF immense fmpor-
tance to France. where repopulatiou
is the most vital problem before the
nation
Evening star., 1921-05-22
American Goods in Chile.

A Santiago. Chile. newspaper hav.
ing criticised imported American goods
as Of inferior quality and badly pack.
ed," a contributor to a rival news.
paper, signing himself Chilean Mer.
chant" says in reply:
If American goods are consumed by
15O,000.00O Americans and Canadians
in fact. by nearly half the population
of the universe-are you not able to
be assured that American merchandise
should be good enough for we South
Americans?'
The charge Of bad packing has been
made before. and the attention Of ex.
porters called to it. 1t may be that
we have something to learn on that
score. If so, we should learn it thor.
oughly. Packing is an important fac
tor in the equation. The long sea
voyage is to be taken into the calcula.
tion. so that the goods may be de.
livered to the distant buyer in the
best condition possible.
AS for the quality Of the goods, the
Chilean merchants ought to know, and
here is one Of them who gives crafty
ing testimony. 1t is assumable that he
speaks from experience. At any rate.
his argument is sound. American
goods are sold. and hold their place,
in many markets, and are consumed
by great numbers Of people. This
would not be true If the goods were Of
inferior quality. Consumers would
soon become dissatisfied, and buy else
where.
Trade rivalry Is sharp. and we may
expect thrusts Of this kind now and
then. AS little cause as possible, how.
ever. should be given for them; and
we may be sure that where the right
goods are sold and delivered in the
proper manner and condition. mere
fault-fnding. no matter by whom in.
spired. will go for little.
Evening star., 1921-05-22
The Ieanest Thief,

he othsR day . little chap ten years
old stooa q SAs tsoarse window ia. tho
circus grounds with $1.se in his hand.
Win which he hoped to buy two
t3cases for himself ana his smaller
ccmrade. He could not reach the
t1clest window ledEs. and q man stand
ing By offered to help him. The boy
giadly sssented and gave up the
money. whereupon the man turned
and disappeared In the crowd. Moth
ing moro awful could happen to two
small boys. It was the msanest kind
Of breach Of trust. It was an exempli-
fication Of the old definition Of the low.
est form Of theft, taking candy from
children" But retributton worked.
The long arm Of the law reached out
and laid hold Of the miscreant. He
was arrested. the boys identified him
and yesterday he was sent to Jail for
zixty days. II the moral elements
could have entered into this case in
the determination Of penalty he should
have gotten six years. This viii prob
ably be some satisfaction to the young.
sterA But they did not see the circus.
They have the profound sympathy Of
the community. And the incident
teaches that circus box Offices should
be % arranged that the little fellows
can make their own purchases without
being exposed to the enterprise Of the
crooks who have no respect for youth
and tts tnAtienabls privilege Of enter.
3ng the ''big top"
Evening star., 1921-05-22
DIGEST OF FOREIGN PRESS

, board ship. The conditions Of q voy-
age are favorable to their activities.
Their victims cannot escape. It has
long been recognized that sea air
stimulates the spinning of yarns. Not
to investigate farther that grim sub
tect, the psychology OF the confirmed
raconteur, we may take it as common
knowledge that the supply OF his
species on liners is far in advance OF
| the demand. Yet we have before US
the report that "the United States
Mail Steamship Company is planning
to equip each vessel with a profess
sional entertainer, who must have an
inexhaustible stock Of good stories"
This. is, indeed. to give a new terror
to the lot of those who go down to
brazen courage which is required OF
the first sailor is but timidity COM
pared with the fortitude necessary
to endure as shipmate the ''profes-
sional entertainer. with an inexhaust-
know too well that there is no such
person. We can feel no confidence
in the capacity of the United States
Mail Steamship Company to decide
what is a good story. One mans
meat is ever in this matter. another
mans poison. In practice 1t is too
clear that the test must be not quail
ity. but quantity; not the goodness,
but the inexhaustibility Of the stories
an awful thought. The chosen
torturers will be required to occupy
the lounge every afternoon and even
ing and spin salty yarns which will
rival any of those told in the fore
castle" The salt is plainly not to be
Attic. The lounge on the ships thus
equipped is not likely to be a popular
resort. What the motives of the
United States Steamship Company
may be for their rash act we can only
conjecture. 1t is possible that the
directors may have sailed, like the
rest of us. on ships where the lounges
and the smoking rooms were in pos
session of amateur entertainers,
whose flood of conversation, like
Tennyson's brook. though men might
come and men might and did go, went
on forever. Therefore. they sought
to provide an antagonist a profess
sional counter-poison. The eIpedient
seems desperate. Or we may fancy
that they had an ambition to relieve
the dryness of ships sailing under
the American flag by furnishing an
inexhaustible supply of another sort
of stimulant. Thus are the bitterest
foes of prohibition justified. De-
prived Of alcohol. desperate humanity
seeks consolation in the consumption
Of things ruinous to the mind. de-
grading to the soul.
Evening star., 1921-05-22
Participation by the U. S.
In World Affairs Is Urged

they said, that nations heavily in
able to iiquidate that Indebtedness.
because they could not sell here the
products with which they could realize
the necessary gold.
In view OF the present depressed
machinery. there was something
grimly humorous in the repetition by
Ambassadors. ministers. charges DAT
faires, commercial counselors. and our
own financial and industrial experts
of the necessity for the immediate
application of basic remedies that
were urged upon this country imme-
diately following the armistice. There
was no dissenting voice in this gos-
pei Of necessity. sevsrally the speak
ers urged:
1. Long-term cre6fts which will
enable solvent enterprises to purchase
the necessary raw and manufactured
| materials with which they may oper-
ate and thus furnish employment to
idle thousands.
2. Investments Of American capi-
tai in enterprises abroad, including
the development Of mines. land and
| water transportation. Of industrial
enterprises and of public utilities.
! Backing their assertions by official
facts and figures. the representatives
of other nations sketched glowing
portraits Of the mighty opportunities
for profit and for service which await
| America-opportuni which. it was
! agreed. America must seize If she and
the world are not to suffer.
3. Participation by Americans in
| the actual conduct OF private and
public enterprises.
4. Establishment and investment
by Americans in indigenous indus
tries. with tho application Of Amer
lean methods Of organisation and
operation.
s. Establishment by Americans in
other countries of permanent exhfbi-
tions or commercial museums, under
| tho direct guidance Of the National
Association Of Manufacturers.
! o.
| tension Of the American merchant
marine, 90 that it might afford a
direct means of transportation and
! commercial contact.
withal. the gathering, which ran
! for five sessions, was coming to-
! gether Of the members Of the diplo-
matte corps. without the reserve of
diplomacy. Frank and free express
sion was invited. and it was given
with a remarkable degree of truth
and absolutely devoid Of even
touch Of the bitterness on some sub
jects that might be expected in such
! q commingling Of the great number of
representatives from all nations.
At the closing banquet Wednesday
evening Secretary Of Commerce
Hoover made a plea for the open
door and issued . warning against
what he pointed out as the tendency
of other countries to shut the door.
One Of the features Of the confer
| ence was a trade advisory section
where literature from almost every
country on the globe was available.
Evening star., 1921-05-22
A New Terror.

Travel. it has been said' wouio oe
pleasant enough but for the travel
ers. The inventor Of that dogma may
have been q misanthrope. but we COM
mend q study of his philosophy to the
directors Of the United States Mail
steamship Company. says an editorial
IN the London Daily Telegraph. Most
~ ,,s are at times subject to misan-
throny. and 1t is observed that the
most frequent cause Of the most viru-
lent attacks is the attempt TO pe IA
cetious. The merchant Of anecdotes.
the dealer in funny stories. have been
responsible for much Of the hatred.
malice and uncharitableness which
poison human life. Now. 1t Is COM
mon knowledge that these enemies
Of the human race are found In abun-
danoe and It their greatest vigor on
Evening star., 1921-05-22
POLITICS AT HOME.
The Sphinx Now Vocal.

The Sphinx in a slouch hat has
found his voice. Likewise his pen
Promptly upon landing at Cherbourg-
he has gone abroad upon what he
describes as ''vacation"-Col. House
expressed himself for publication about
the European situation. and since
then, over his signature, has enlarged
upon the theme.
The public is still expecting. and
will not be content without, a full
story from this interesting man, not
only about Americas part in the world
war, but what led up to Americas
entrance into the struggle. He knows
the story as no other man does. A
good deal Of what Mr.. Wilson knows
was gathered from Col. House, who
had gathered it on visits abroad which
had brought him into close personal
communication with the leading actors
in the drama then unfolding.
The role was new for an American
The experience was new for the coun'
try. Much depended on the reports
the special commissioner should make
to his chief.
He played his part, it Is generally
agreed. with rare discretion. He moved
about freely in the allied countries
He met on terms Of intimacy soldiers
sailors, statesmen and diplomats en-.
gagged with the most colossal affairs
of recorded time. He made by pen
and word of mouth long reports to Mr.
Wilson. and largely on the strength
Of them momentous action was taken,
Books have been written. and still
others are in preparation. about what
took place at the peace conference
and they are all valuable and enter
tanning. Lawyers, financiers and ex
perts Of every kind and degree have
had, or are having. or will have, their
say. But what Col. House could tell
the world, If he is at full liberty to
speak. would possess an interest all its
own; and for this reason the world
would like very much to hear from
him.