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The Washington herald., 1921-04-26
Split-Second
Comments
On the News
By ROBERT CULLEN

Frequently the sentence is SO
short that the criminal can't decide
whether 1t is a punishment or a va
cation.
The things one gave up during
Lent are as nothing compared with
the things he must give up IL the
banks don't lend.
Societies that interest themselves
in penitentiary inmates are all right
but we need a few societies to In
terest themselves in people who
ought to be in the penitentiary.
History of an immigrant E!rst
month. learns slang; second MONTH
scolds about aliens: third month,
writes a scenario.
Now that the world is msda safe
for democracy. the only absolute
power in the world Is the United
States Supreme Court.
Statesmanship: The theory that
Ponzi should have been left at lib
Crty so that he could have Garnered
the money to pay his creditors.
You may not be interested in the
fact. but IL you will deny yourself
all the things that make life worth
living, you will live longer. .n
When a child asks a question sew.
enteen times and gets no answer
save a grunt. II probably wonders
why it is required TO answer the
first time. -.'..g y. ...
When you get into a tight place,
the. nickel nurser'' you despiset
last year may be willing to lend you
the price of a hot dog. -
As we understand the plans Of the
tax revisionists, their intention Is to
employ sapping operations instead
of a. frontal attack. So -, 90.
. Russia Is in urgent need of al
things used in railroading. We can
spare her few used controversies
that show. little signs of wear.
It is comforting to reflect that
those who would enter Heaven mus
become as little children. Children
are seldom long-faced and solemn
A West Virginia man says he has
solved the problem of squaring the
circle, but the worlds present need
is a method of squaring the account
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26
EXPLAINS STORY ABOUT CENSUS

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
The ID. c. census story on page
of your issue OF April % is wholly
misleading. Your headline asserts
that the population Of the District
Of Columbia is row 47l.377. and
that the 1890 census was therefore
short 33.S06. This exact-sppearing
number, however. is merely an estI-
mate obtained by multiplying the
number of names in the new direc-
tory by 2h, which factor is "as-
sumed" to represent the ratio be-
tween the total number of inhabi-
tants and the number of names in
the directory. The directory can
vass was made a year after the
1920 census was taken. The popu-
lation of no city is the same on
two dates a year apart-or on any
two different dates. for that matter.
But the most serious error made
by the person who prepared this
story lies in overlooking the fact
that the directory contains the
names of persons who live outside
Washington. but who have their
places of business in the city. !
have not a copy of the 1921 direc-
tory at hand, but / opened the 1920
directory at random, at page S57,
and found thereon eleven names of
persons living in Maryland and
Virginia. but having their places OF
business or employment in Wash
ington. These eleven names repre-
sent So per cent of the total num-
Der Of names Q7S) on the page.
II this page OF the 1890 directory is
representative of the entire 1921
directory, about $4,000 ought to be
deducted from the estimated total
of 471.377 in order to make! allow
ance for nonresidents. This would
leave approximately $4,000, or less
than 5000 more than the number
shown by the 1920 census enumera-
tion.
The directory estimate does not,
therefore, supply any reason what
ever. for doubling the completeness
Of the 1890 census.
shall appreciate II II you will
publish this letter in an early issue
of The Herald. y
...- Very truly yours,
>.-. W. NJ. STEWART,
: b. ,-. Acting Director.
Washington. April %.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26

economic loss TO her enemy. It is not then 50
much reparations IN bulk she's seeks. as safety.
1t is at least highly probable that il this gov
ernment had ratified the protective treaty insur-
ing her safety, France would have been far more
amenable in her demands, both as to bulk and as
to terms, in reparations As il is she believes she
must protect herself and IL she should decide to 60
on alone regardless OF the wishes of Great Britain
and, the United States, it is not improbable she
could do this.
Neither Great Britain nor this country is in a
position interfere effectively forbid il, while
she would have the support Of Poland, probably also
of the Balkan entente and not impossibly of Italy
through pledges of cheap coal and other induce
ments.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26
ACADEMY TO HEAR
EINsTEIN TODAY.

klNtTkIN TO-DAY.
Two scientific sessions of the
National Academy Of Sciences viii
be held today. and It's annual meet
ing will be closed this evening with
dinner at the Povhatan Hotel.
At the close OF the morning ses-
sion at about noon. Prof. Albert
Einstein will receive and respond 20
an address of welcome from Presi-
dent Wslcott-
The program for the morning
session, beginning at $3.50 O'Clock.
Is as follows:
Edward KAsner, "A Model Of the
Solar Gravitationsl Field" George
d. Birkhoff. ''On the Problem OF
Three or More Bodiesf" l. Z. Dick
son, -ousternions and Their Gen
eralizations" and Investigations in
ALGEBRA and Number Theory" II y.
Blichfeldt 'rOn the Approximate
Solutions in Integers Of Set OF
Linear Equations:" H n. Russell,
"A Provisional Theory Of New
Stars" r. Schlesinger. The Com
pilation Of Star Catalogues by
Means of a DoubIet Camera" Yer
non KELLOGG. The National Re-
search Council;" W. S. Adams. The
order of the Stars" c. @. Abbot.
Cooking with Solar Heat on Mount
wilson" r. W. Clarke. The Evoiu-
tion Of Matter Franz Boas The
Differences Between Variable Sc
ries;" ]. NJ. Clarke. Life Of James
Hall. Of Albany. Geologist and
PaIeontoloEist. lSi1-leso."
The program for the afternoon
session. beginning at O'Clock. h
as follows:
Austin II Clark. The classffcs-
tion OF Animals" l. q. Howard
Attempts to Acclimstize the Aphe-
linus mali in France. South Africa
New Zealand and Uruguay" {. ID.
waIcott. Note on Structure Of the
Tribslite:" J. c. Merriam, origin
and History Of the Ursidae or Bears
! in the Western Hemisphere, With
Particular Reference TO the Bearing
of This Question on Problems OF
Geographical History" II. r Os-
born. The Evolution. Phyiogeny
and Classification OF the ProbOsci-
dea;" Simon FleXner. Experiments
in Epidemiology;" Graham Lusk.
Effect Of Administering Various
Simple Metabolites Upon the Heat
Production of the Dog" jacques
Loeb. The Physical and Chemical
. Behavior of Proteins;" Francis 6.
Benedict Edward L Fox and
Marion L. Baker, The Skin Tenn
perature OF Pachyderms;" l. r.
Jones. The Temperature Factor in
Phytopathology:" T r. Osborne
and l. b. MendeI. Results Of Feed
ing Experiments with Mixtures OF
Foodstuffs in Unusual Proportions
c. B. Davenport Population" z.
l. Thorndike. Measuring Higher
Grades OF Intelligence" Raymond
Pearl and CHAIRMAN Howell "A
Study OF Specinc Forces Of Nor
tsIity."
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26
The Moving Motive.

THE French attitude as to reparations, as was
her attitude in framing the treaty, is con-
trolled by fear of Germany which amounts to deep
seated dread, almost terror 1t is this which unites
the French OF all classes, regardless OF other pot
cal slgnments, in support OF that government which
Is aggressive and most relentless toward Ger
many.
The French intention to gain possession
through the treaty Of the Rhine provinces the great
coal and industrial section of the German empire
The object control which would result if not in
actual annexation, at least in severance of the
provinces from the empire and their economic at
tachment to France through communications, and
through the flow Of trade toward her and away.
from Germany. N
She denied this. She was denied complete
annexation of the Saare,coa fields. She was finally
won to consent, only by the pledge Of the tfparty
treaty of defense by which Great Britain and the
United States would come to her side, in case a
German. army again crossed the Rhine, aggressively
Threatening her territory Great Britain ratified this
treaty add Belgium is virtually party to it, as she
is in n much danger as is France. ..-.5 ..,,sa
France in recovering Alsace and Lorraine. de-
priving Germany of her chief iron mines and re-
serves, knows that Germany will no more accent
this srpvery final than she did their loss in Is1I
She knows as Poland knows, that Germany will but
bide her time when conditions are ripe either
through alliances, when Great Britains nterven-
ton is impossible. to get back what she has lost
This fear is the basis Of all of frances position
as to reparatons and her determination to make If
possible, any aggressive action by Germany forever
impossible. She would completely ruin Germany, if
she could, or at least so handicap her as to make
military action impossible. Having been denied
what she held to be essential her future safety
and having been denied the promised support of the
United States she has formulated as substitute the
occupation and administration of the Ruhr Valley
local mines and industries.
She would then collect her own reparations and
in the period through which this would extend.
thirty or forty years. would hope and expect to per-
manentiy turn all of the trade connections of that
heart @ Gfman industry, throush French channels
II would b economic annexation and permanent
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26
Opinions
of Other
Ed itors s
Brief Comment From
Leading Newspapers
Throughout Nation
Stlesia.
New York World.l


1t is inconceivable that the pleb-
iscite commission or the nations
behind it could disregard an invited
vote which is cast more than two to
one in favor of Germany. Practical
ly this settles the Upper SiIesisn
question and settles it in a manner
most favorable to an amicable later
agreement about reparstions.
Since the Polish Russian peace
treaty was signed before the vote,
the fear of Russian wars and of
'conscription under the Polish nag
had less to do with the result than
was anticipated earlier in the year.
The vote was cast on economic,
quite as much as on national lines.
The Polish majority split heavily
for German rule because more was
to be expected from it in practical
ways in the immediate future than
from Western Poland. which is SO
lacking in administrative eXpe-
rience that most of its public func-
tionaries must be drawn from Ca
licia.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26

WARNS OF SHOALS AHEAD
FOR WOMEN IN. PUBLIC LIFE.
Warning of dangerous shoals
ahead in the form of public activi-
ties for her own sex. was given
yesterday by Mrs. r. r. Holloway,
Of Baltimore. chairman Of the press
committee Of the National Society
Of the Daughters of 1912.
Mrs. Holloway discussed with en-
phasis the home responsibilities Of
women.
The effort of many women to
evade their home responsibilities 10
getting to be dangerously charac-
teristic of the present day." Mrs.
Holloway declared. Il am speaking
chiefly. / might say entirely, of
married women who have, or should
have, the care of family.
WOMEN PERSIST IN HOLDING
UNNECESSARY POSITIONS.
Many women persist in holding
positions that are not financially
necessary to the family despite the
present financial stress. They do
this to the detrimant of the family
and the future of the American ma
tion, the security Of which Is in the
hands of the American mothers Of
the present. ~
Mrs. Holloway insisted that the
place for the married women was
in the home. In the home, she said.
was woman's greatest opportunity
to serve her country and thereby
her family.
II firmly believe" continued Mrs.
cessful rearing of children can be
l hA nj -
the supreme achievement.
| ARE NECESSARY AND
PRAIsEwORTHY EXCEPTIONS.
''of course, there are necessary
7, and praiseworthy exceptions-mar-
| ried women who for one reason or
| another are forced to go into the
commercial field. All honor is due
them.
| But the married woman who is
not compelled to work away from
home should. for the betterment OF
herself and family. and for the
benefit of the unmarried women who
need all available positions, refrain
from doing so. In her home, IL she
is wise. she can surely find the
highest development and the great
est service"
| Mrs. Holloway was enthusiastic In
her praise of Washington.
SAYS WASHINGTON MOST
BEAUTIFUL CITY IN WORLD.
| II can truly say that l believe
Washington the most beautiful city
in the world" Mrs. Holloway said
Coming here at this time of the
year, !. like all other visitors, am
| particularly impressed. The trees
lining both sides of the streets
throughout all sections OF the city,
| and the absence of the ugly tele-
| phone and electric poles and wires
| Is at once noticeable"
| Mrs. Holloway declared her SEN
| timents voiced those OF the many
| delegates to the convention of the
| Daughters II 1912. which is now
In session at the New willard Hotel
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26
MODEL SURGE TANK
SAVES YEARS OF FIGURINc

How a small laboratory model ~
a reservoir. surge tank. and conduiss
Tor a water-powef plant produced
In Few days work the data that
TO obtain by mathematical conpu-
tatien would have required over a
year of steady work was told bv
Prof. W. +. Durand at the meeting
OF the National Academy yesterday
surge tank allows the water in
the long pipes leading TO the large
water power turbines to rise an5
fsli and thus equalize the pressure.
II Is a problem OF higher physics 10
nnd out just how the tanks shoaId
be designed.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26
TEMPERATURE CAUSES -BANnS-
IN MUDDY WAFER.

slight differences in Temperature
cause the banding Of suspended fine
particles of a soIid when they are
shaken up in liquid and allowed
H settle. according to Drs. c. f.
Mendenhall and Max Mason. who ad =
dressed the National Academy yes
terdsy. Just a few fractions of a
degree Of temperature are enoagh
TO cause currents Of convection q: q
centimeter a minute. and the travels
OF the tiny particle" are bounded BY
the bands that can be seen in the
liquid out Of which the particles
are settling.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26
SOLID CONVEYS HEAT
LIKE LIQUID. NOT GAS.

A liquid behaves more like a solid
than a gas when IL is under high
pressure according to experiments
On the transmission OF heat made
by Prof. p. W. Bridgman. OF Har-
ward University. and reported at the
National Academy meeting yester-
day. The heat is conveyed through
the liquid by elastic waves as in a
solid. not, as in a gas. by the free
movements OF the particles.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26
JPhiladeiphia Public Ledger.)

From, the ends of the earth Ger
many summoned the wanderers and
casuals of Teuton Upper Silesia for
the plebiscite that has resulted in
a sweeping German victory. Upper
silesia. with its 5000 square miles
underiaid with coal, iron. lead and
zinc, and crammed with industrial
plants. becomes German once more.
The Teuton refastens his grip on
one of the richest Of the Old World
mineral regions. There is coal
there for North Europe's furnaces:
yes, and much iron for gum steel.
So vanishes one Of the strong
German objections to the payment
Of reparations. So passes one of
the foundation stones op which the
new Poland hoped to build for in
dustriai greatness. OF the princt-
pal coal mines of that region. but
three of the thirty-eight lie across
the Polish border. =
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26
New York Tribune.)

Germany made an immense effort
to carry the Upper Silesian election
and has apparently been successful
Berlin dispatches admit that at
least 100000 German outlanders
claiming birth in the plebiscite area
were brought to the polls. many Of
them coming from the ends OF the
earth. The campaign for the recap
ture of the Silesian segment which
the Versailles treaty put in escrow
was conducted through the German
government and millions and mil
lions Of marks were spent on II. The
treaty provisions played into Ger
man hands, since they allowed the
polling lists to be padded with
names Of long-departed casuals and
c emigres who had subsequently ac-
quired ''self-determination else
where.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26
(New York Herald.l

What looks on the surface like 4
victory for Germany in the Silesis
plebiscite may in the immediate
result be an equal victory or more
for France and the other allies.
The Germans are to pay many
billions of dollars as reparation be-
fore their war accounts with the
allies are settled. Whatever they pay
ii must be very largely laid down tu
the creditors and collectors IN
goods. With so much basic matt
rial-coal. iron, potash. etc.-a!-
ready gone out of German hands
with the loss of Alsace-Lorraine and
the Saar basin, The mineral supplies
Of Upper Silesia are imperatively
essential to the industrial produc-
tivity out Of which must come
large measure of the indemnity
payments.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26
INDoRsEs N. DEvRIEs.

To the Editor. The washingtou Herald:
Just a word OF thanks to Monsieur
Devries. Only the most credulous
are unaware that the agitation Of
the williams case in Georgia Is a
bit of Republican propaganda. Be-
hind 1t one can see the hand of the
author of the Force bilr writing
his hatred Of the South upon the
wall. Truly, he has had too much
Boston"
1t sets one thinking. when we
read that Mrs. Britten will present
to France a protest against the re-
tention of African troops In Ger
many. as a condition o-Christian.
There was no protest against
the outrages of the negroes and
scayenger whites who followed in
the wake of Sherman's army. Quot
ing from a historian of Georgia at
that time, Our sons have suffered
death--our daughters have suffered
worse than death"
Yours truly.
'RARA ARIS."
A Mayfiower descendant who has
lived in and loves the South.
Washington. d. c.. April -.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26
Liquor Thieves GET Soda Pop,

GRANTsvILLEf Md. April 2s.-
An unusual raid was made at Unicn-
town early Saturday morning when
thieves hauled away In moYr trucks
about 1000 worth Of stocksrom The
pop factory OF Keller Brothers.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26

Somehow that book of Wilhelm's seems a
little jerky and disconnected for work of nc
ton.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26

Our observation has been that the happiest
homes are those in which the wife thinks the
husband knows everything.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26

1t may be remarked in passing, however,
that reparations won't raise babies.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26
The Herald
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TUESDAY, APRIL .. 1871.
District Of Cslsnbfa Dents1 seciety.
George Washington University
Medical School. this evening,
o'clock. "A Plea for Better Gin
gival Restorstions in our Crown
and Bridge Work" by DR.. J. W.
scherer. Of East Orange. n. J.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26
DARWIN'S CORAL REEF
THEORIES UPHELD.

a theory that Darwin adva,ces
regarding the way in which m.
coral islands OF the South p,ci6c
were formed was approved by Will
lam Morris Davis, emeritus profess
sor of geology at Harvard Uniyer-
sity At the meeting OF the National
Academy yesterday. After making
extensive explorations Of the islands
and coral reefs OF TaENiIa srchipel-
ago. he has found by actual study
OF the forms OF Tagula and its sat
elite islands. which are an exten-
sion Of the continental rocks OF
New Guinea, that these islands and
reefs were formed by subsidenca
just as Darwin had declared. The
evidence Of fringing outpost islands
opposed the other theory Of forma-
tion that held that abrasion was in
strumentsl in making the reefs.
In other invSstigstions Prof Da-
Wis found that the shallow seas OF
Australasia are smooth foored be-
cause OF the accumulations Of ma
rine sediments during the low and
normal stands Of the oceans.
PHYSICISTS HELP
SUBMARINE CABLE DESIGN.
The mathematical physicist Is
working out accurately the prob
lens that the practical man has
just been spproximsting. This was
shown when Drs. J. r. Carson and
J.. J. Gilbert told the National
Academy yesterday how they have
computed the Transmission char
scteristics of submarine cables and
checked their mathematical solu-
tions by practical tests. Their
work was used In the Designing
of the new cuba-Key West tele-
phone cable which employs current
of high frequeneies unknown TO
telegraph work and complicstes the
design. Test data just received
check their design methodA w. n
The Washington herald., 1921-04-26

1t is better not to live at all than to live
disgraeed-So Sophocles-
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-01-27
WALLACE TOURIST CAMP
RANKS AMONG THE BEST
INDIANA PEOPLE TELL OF TRIP
AND GIVE WALLACE HON.
ORABLE MENTION.

Among the tourists who stopped a
few days in Wallace last summer
were Mr. and Mrs. c. w Haines, of
Clarks HILL Ind. BY chance their
presence here was discovered by
Samuel Bowers. Of this city who for
merly lived in Clarks Hill and knew
the families of Mr. and Mrs. Haines
intimately After an enjoyable visit
here for a few days they proceeded
to Occur d'Alene and renewed ac-
quaintance with a neice of Mr. Bow
ers. thence to Troy where they visited
his sister stopping a day in Moscow
to visit another old Indiana friend.
Their visit is recalled at this time by
a copy of the News published at
Clarks Hill. received by Mr.. Bowers,
dated January p, which reports the
arrival home of Mr. and Mrs. Haines
giving some interesting facts regard
ing their tour in which Wallace re-
ceives favorable mention on account
Of the camping facilities provided free
for the tourists They Travelled 10000
miles. passing through Is states and
old Mexico. The trip consumed 626
gallons of gasoline for which they
paid prices ranging from p to 90
cents per gallon They made 16%
miles per gallon of gas They also
consumed 40 gallons of lubricating oil.
Wallace Camp Rated High.
The Indiana paper gives quite an
extended account of the tour made by
Mr.. and Mrs. Haines. in the course of
which Wallace receives highly favor
able mention on account of it's camp
ing ground a fact that indicates the
value of providing accommodations
for tourists from an advertising
Regarding camping ia
cilities. the paper says: MANY cities
have cook houses containing gas
plates. hot and cold water, shower
and tub baths laundry tubs electric /
irons. etc. Denver. Colo, Wallace /
Idaho, Ashland Ore, Santa Barbara .
and Los Angeles, Cal, had the best /
camps on our trip Denver
and Wallace were absolutely free.
Ashland made a charge of 25 cents a
lay, while Santa Barbara and Los
Angeles made a charge of so cents
ger day One hears of the
inc camps as well as the bad ones
or days before arriving at the place
or the evenings are spent in visit
ng, telling hair-raising stories of
iome awful mountain drive, etc"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-01-27
HYPoTHEEK.
Crosscut Now in Over 800 Feet-Cut
favorable Strinaers.

Crosscut Now in Over 800 Feet-cu
favorable Stringers.
The crosscut tunnel being RIM Inv
the Hypotheek company. and which is
expected to cut the vein in about 400
feet has been extended over 800 feet.
Recently stringers of quartz. iron and
possibly carrying some lead have been
cut the material being identical with
the vein as developed in the shaft
workings. This crosscut will attain a
depth of 500 feet at the point of in
tersection of the vein. and will also
have depth of 400 feet below the
collar of the shaft 1t is believed that
the three known ore bearing veins of
the Hypotheek unite at or near the
point where the crosscut will reach
the vein, a situation that is regarded
favorable for a large ore body The
presence of the stringers mentioned
suggests that the dip of the vein may
have changed and that it will be
reached in a shorter distance than
In the event that com
mercial ore body is developed by the
Hypotheek. the company will have the
advantage of better shipping facilities
than formerly. The ore would be
placed on auto trucks and delivered
at the Bunker Hill smelter for prac-
-ically the same that it cost to haul
t to the railroad at Enaville.