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The Washington herald., 1921-08-07
Des Moines May Be First.

IN ES MONIES may be the first city to go from
- street to omnibuses for ntracity trans
portation. The street railway company has failed.
At an Scent fare, it losing from $4,000 to
$4,000 month. The court stopped its operation
and placed it in the hands of receiver. Seventy
buses with jitney fare brought its ruin. These
buses and other conveyances are now taking care
of the traffic. Whether the street cars will again
be operated is doubtful.
There had to be hIst city. Ultimately all
will come to this same means OF transportation.
Where the Des Mones street railway company
made its mistake, in not itself putting on the
omnibuses. Unless the Washington street car conn.,
panies own the present bus lines here they are
making like mistake.
This report from Des Mones came with the
granting to the Washington Rapid Transit Com
pany permission to operate its motors on four new
routes. The bus load was increased to thirty-two
They are operated by and three OF them
have the capacity of Of the largest street cars
Still larger motor cars are operated, and will come
here They have the entire street width to use and
more than three of them to one of street cars can
be run with facility and less cost.
The street companies could, with advantage
to themselves, discontinue some of their lines and
substitute these buses. With paved streets, they
would meet all suburban needs. They should have
been put on long ago to take care OF the peak load
demands, and they have now answered the threat OF
the w. R. & E. to abandon certain lines, if not al
lowed such fares and such rates for electric service
as will carry its overcapitalization.
Washington with its wide streets, its very ex-
pensive system of underground trolley, its broad
sidewalks and its rather intricate street system, is
an ideal city for motor bus traffic. That the street
railways have allowed another corporation-if they
have-to get the drop them in this form OF
transportation, indicates lack of enterprise and
foresight.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-07

teabie; the 6ther, to- ask Congress to charge the
difference through taxation. would get nowhere.
The finding as to cattle rates could be extended
with equal nearly equal, JUSTICE and logic over
the-whole field Of commodity freights All indus
try is being hampered by the high commodity
rates. They are restricting production. lowering
manufactured output holding up prices, halting
building and directly increasing the cost OF living.
The chief economic need is their reduction and from
the economic standpoint this should be ordered,
provided it is possible to leave the railroads out OF
reckoning in this standpoint the losses can be
made up through increases in the high class
schedules.
But is it not rather absurd and without eco
nomc justification that while the commission takes
this point of view, the government is levying a
tax these same freightsf If economic necessity
warrants the lowering of these rates regardless OF
the returns to the railroads, certainly Congress can
not be justified in continuing this tax.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-07
The Way to Cut Expenses.

Why should the government Of the United
States be spending $1,000 100000 a year! 1t
was not spending a quarter OF that amount pre-
vious to the and it ought not to be spend
ing than half of that amount now.-New
York World.
G URE, Pete. Why? Why should it spend ST.
y 100000 5000? Why not get back to the good
old Republican days of ISL 900 100000 Congress-,
before the party of the World got control? To be
sure the former Democratic administration asked
the Sixty-sixth Congress for but that
was democracy. Mr.. Baker demanded an army of
100000 men for times of peace, and Mr.. Daniels
the greatest navy in the world but that before
the World began its campaign of disarmament.
For the year 1921 the Democratic administra-
ton asked Congress for $6.334ooo.ooo; Secretary
Mellon asks this Congress for $4y6oo,ooo,ooo. But
why not, as the World says, give him $2,3oo 100000
and let it go at that. The public debt which bears
interest, is over $z4ooo,ooo,ooo. The interest on
this with the sinking fund is only $I,24o ,ooo
That would still leave 81 ooo,oooooo of the $2,-
100000 By cutting out all the army, all the navy,
the war risk insurance, all aid to disabled soldiers
of the war, selling the merchant feet and getting
rid of all like encumbrances, the government might
get along nicely on the remaining $I,ooo,oo
1t might be able to clean up the $4,000
100000 of still unsettled claims and maybe
provide the many domestic expenditures demanded
by welfare department., educational depart
ment, the maternity bill, good roads extension, and
endless other measures make life easier and more
secure at home OF just which of all these expen-
ditures included in the $46oo,oooooo, the World
does not approve, we do not know. But The Her
aid is with It to cut it in two and let the chips fall
where they will.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-07
WHAT Is CHoCoLATE.-
OFFICIAL DEFINITION.

The joint committee representing
the Association OF American Dairy.
Food and Drug oficisls. the Asso-
citation OF Ofhcial Agricultural
Chemists, and the Department OF
has announced a ten
tative oficial definition OF choco-
late, viz:
Chocolate. plain chocolate, bitter
chocolate liquor. choco-
late paste, bitter chocolate coat
ing. is the solid or plastic mass oo-
tained by grinding cacso nibs with
out the removal OF fat or other con-
stituents except the germ. and con-
tsins not less than SO per cent
cacso fat. and, on the moisture ana
fat-free basis, not more tran So
per cent total ash. not more than
40 per cent ash Insoluble In
hydrochloric acid. not more thsr
6-l0 per cent ash insoluble IN
water, not more than per cent
crude fiber, nor more than Z per
cent cacao she'll"
The Washington herald., 1921-08-07
tasUIs Blue Laws.

To the Editor. The washington Herald:
l noticed in the letter page of The
Herald that several are alarmed, or
profess to be. at the possibility OF
the old blue laws" being resur-
rected. There is no cause for alarm.
and only the credulous can be in
fluenced by those having an ak to
grind. No, you will be permitted to
kiss your wife on Sunday but not
some other fellows wife You will
not be compelled to attend church.
Work of necessity and mercy of
course would be allowable.
1t goes without saying all re-
ligious denominations, Catholic and
Protestant alike, are a unit for the
Christian or Gospel Sabbath. Moral
ity and civilization are based upon
religion. The day should be spent
in teaching the precepts of religion
and rest. The Hun prospered as
no other nation has with kept
Sunday. He that honoreth Me him
will I honor" Our prestige abroad
has Influenced the foreigner to come.
but largely through mercenary
IlO"tNCE luiS may uCf VIC
want him to learn that, as one of
our greatest-Statesmen once said,
Liberty exists only when IL is con-
trolled by wholesome restraint"
We would have him learn We do
not want his continental Sunday
here which has for years been a
drawback in Europe.
There are many worse things than
the 'blue laws" If they are rea-
sonably interpreted and enforced
they will work for theN moral health
and general betterment of the peo-
pie. Tired nature requires one
days rest in seven. This matter
touches the temporal and Incl
dentally the material side of this
matter and our welfare as a nation.
and II Is not solely a religious aues-
ton with which Congress should
have nothing to do.
JNO. +. OELLlG.
1918 Gallatin street
The Washington herald., 1921-08-07
SENATE ACCEPTS
LABOR RESOLUTION

The Senate on Friday without de-
bate adopted a resolution offered by
Senator Mccormick. Of Illinois, call
ing upon the Secretary OF Labor for
a report on unemployment in all
parts of the country.
The resolution requests informa-
tion las TO the estimated unemploy-
ment in the several States, including
the number of men, OF former serv-
ice men, and Of women estimated 20
be unemployed"
The measure was regarded as .
forerunner Of possible Congressional
action to relieve unemployment. par
ticulsrly OF former service men.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-07
Definition of the Soul.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald
In your issue OF August :, a cor
respondent asks. What is the
Soul?" This is a question that
probably every one asks at some
time, and many and varied are the
answers. What ] shall offer fs
wholly based on Bible. and in some
thirty years of application of the
terms and definitions have never
found one instance where my con-
illusions did not fit perfectly. For
brevity 1 shall not quote or give
references.
Man entire comprises three dis
tinct parts-body, soul and spirit.
The first. the body, is material, made
of the dust of the earth, which is
fist taken from the inert earth,
transformed into living tissue and
material through vegetation. This
forms the food substance for man.
The second part of man is the
soul. This is the life. the vital
power. the quickening principle,
that makes the body alive. This
life. or soul, is in the blood. Note
this point carefully. 1t is not the
blood itself, but 1t is in the blood.
Hence, wherever the blood flows.
there is the life, the soul. The soul
is the thinking, the acting, the
knowing part of man. The brain is
the organ through which the soul
thinks. From the brain, the 'citidel
of every impulse. governing and
willing influences act upon fiber and
muscle of the man. And the life,
the soul, acting through the mus
cles produce action or motion.
Through the vocal organs, the soul
speaks. Through the ears. it hears.
Through the eyes, the windows of
the soul, the soul sees.
The soul, the life, is the essential
part of man. 1t is born into this
world at birth, and continues con-
stantly in the body until death.
When death comes. from whatso-
ever cause, the soul dies-simply
ceases to exist. In life, II Is; in
death, 1t Is not. Non, the death OF the
soul. the body molders back to the
elements of the earth, as IL was
But the soul, like the flame ofNRn
extinguished lamp, has simply, gone
out, or ceased to be. 1t Is neither in
earth, heaven, or hell. Nor will II
ever exist again until the Creator
shall once more speak '1ife" into
the resurrected forms brought UP
from the, dusty grave.
Some of my rea 4ers may ask
about what goes to Heaven at
death. is 1t not the soul, or the
spirit The spirit does go to
Heaven. But what is the spirit:
Assumptions on this paint prove
The Washington herald., 1921-08-07
SIX BANDITS STEAL
$4,000 PAYROLL

HACKENsACK, n. J.. Aug. g.
Six bandits yesterday held up sew
eral guards and the paymaster of
the Barrett NanufscturiRR Com
pany, and escaped with a sum esti-
mated at between $4,000 and s5o,-
900 in currency.
The robbery occurred near the
company's plant at Shadyside, near
the Hudson River.
The bandits. concealed in
bushes. slowed the paymaster's car
by tossing stones into the road.
With drawn revolvers, they jumped
into the road. covering the guards.
who were not given time to lift
their guns
The psymaster's money bag was
seized. One bandit cut the wiring
in the car. which was rolled into the
bushes. The guards were disarmed,
and the bandits disappeared In the
bushes. where one of their number
had remained in an automobile with
its motor running.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-07
In Deep Water.

INA recent rate decision, the Interstate Com
i reree Commission held that certain cattle rates,
while warranted by railroad operating conditions,
were Unreasonable from an economic standpoint"
Such finding is both right and wrong There are
eommodtes which under certain conditions of eco
nonie necessity, railroads should transport at or
even below cost But, if the railroads are making
in total net revenues, no more than fair return,
this low rate should not be at their expense
Economic necessity in any essential industry is
a matter of national concern. 1t is not something
to be relieved by saddling the extra burden on
some other basic industry. 1t does no good to re-
heye eattleraisers, other agricultural producers
lumbsr or mines, by crippling the railroads, which
certainly represent at least equally essential in
dustryi
If the commission found this rate unreasonable
from economic standpoint, but reasonable in its
earning return to the railroads, there were two
other ways to meet the condition without Injustice
to the carriers. The simple way and one within
the commissioners authority, was to spread what
ever was the loss between operating reasonable
ness and economic unreasonableness on those high
class ffeghts where the economic result is so slight
as to be unnoticeable. This way would be prac-
The Washington herald., 1921-08-07
SUNDAY, AUGUST :, 1921.

This is read as a threatening day
by astrologers. Venus, the Sun, Sat-
urn and Neptune are all in maIefic
aspect. Mars and Jupiter are
= friendly.
As the sinister planetary forces
dominate this is a rule under which
to pursue, all vocations quietly.
1t Is Sunday for calm refiec-
tion and analysis, rather than ac-
tion.
Women appear to be subject to
the most unfortunate direction of
the stars making for suspicion, bad
Judgment and uncertainty. .
1t Is an unlucky government for
love affairs, as well as for friendly
association. The wise' will post
pone visits.
Ministers are likely to feel that
congregations are unresponsive and
critical with Neptune in evil place
this morning.
Saturn Is in an aspect that is
believed to cause material posses
sions to seem more precious than
Intellectual attainment.
Inc power OF this sinister planet
is seen in the growth of sensual-
ity and materialism, which are to
be overcome by better conditions
within short time.
Mars today seems to encourage
the ambitions of military men, even
to the joint of activities in which
they will gain fame.
Jupiter gives promise of success
to constructive methods of every
sort, and big business will benefit
through cooperative enterprises. +.
The stars, posted as they are at
this time, stimulae the powers bent
on reactionary measures that tear
down reforms brought about dur
ing war times.
The seers declare that the achieve-
ments that make for more progress
win not be wiped out by the forces
Of evil, even though they operate
skillfully.
Persons whose birthdate 1t Is may
expect an active year in business.
Domestic affairs may not be al
altogether satisfactory.
Children born on this day win
probably be bright and clever. These
subjects of Leo are usually success
ful in business
The Washington herald., 1921-08-07
Praises Street Car Stand

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
Will you not reproduce in your
Sunday issue your admirable edi-
;orial Of u few days ago entitled
Not Pensions" and add thereto a
few words showing the absurd in
Justice of the present retirement
rating?
For example, in one of the scien-
tihc bureaus a faithful elevator
man has for many years done his
work and done il we'll: in the same
bureau a distinguished Scientific
men, honored by foreign and do
mestic scientific societies and uni
Nersities, finds himself also on the
list for retirement. Under the pres
ent law, the two men will receive
practically the same monthly pay
ment from their annuity. That is
Tidiculous-it is more. il is a wrong.
Will you not help correct IL?
Your good work for the people Of
Washington as to the local railways
is highly appreciated. Like work
for retirement would bring you the
respect and goodwill of the great
body Of government clerks. But
more than that. il would forward
the cause of civic righteousness.
ONE OF THE CLERKS.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-07
The Machine Gun Ace.

Q ERGEANT ALVIN YORK will not lose his
- farm under mortgage sale. Loyal American
admirers Of the American machine -gun-nest "ace, "
have offered him all the help he needs of kind
such a man will accept. There are plenty of these
men of wealth, who and will make him loan
at fairly low interest rate, to enable him to
his land.
THE farm was bought for him by the Nash
vile Rotary Club at $4,000. Of this price, the
club raised and paid $Ioo37.so This transferred
the farm to York with mortgage of over $II 900,
very considerable incumbrance on which he has
not been able to meet the interest payments Why
this is SO is not told. Maybe though a hard
worker, he is not good farmer; probably, how
ever, he had to stock the farm and there was no
McFadden-Kenyon credit law to help him do this
safely.
But York will get the help he needs, not alone
on his wonderful war record for which he takes no
credit, but much because of his refusal to cap-
talize and so cheaper that record by lectures, in
the movies or other means of publicity. He is a
simple-hearted. genuine, fearless man who has
avoided notorety, gives the Lord all the credit for
his achievements, and hi faith will bring him help
as it held him safe.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-07

nothing and may be disastrous in
the extreme when it comes TO con-
clusions. / must confine myself to
a mere statement, but the prin-
ciples carried out in every detail
simply show the wondrous har-
mony and beauty of the truth Of
the facts.
The spirit is the result of the
action of the soul, or life. within
the body. This result is summed
up in thought and act. No result
of existence is outside this simple
definition. Every function, volun-
tary or. involuntary, is controlled
by some thought or nerve impulse.
Within the body it may best be
expressed as thought. Outside, 1t
is expressed as word and deed. or
action. Spirit is the manifestation
of all existence. The created uni
verse is but the outward express
sion in its every detail, OF the
marvellous thoughts of God. Man
likewise first thinks. then proceeds
to speak and execute his devisings.
to Heaven? Man is the responsi-
BILE being on earth. God holds him
TO an accounting. His record is
kent in Heaven, and one day every
man will face the very record Of
his own life. which he himselfshas
made. In faithfuiness Of detail no
earthly records can compare with
those placed in the books OF
thoughts and intents Of the heart
are all traced with unerring ac-
curacy. Thus day by day, mans
thought and deed go on the books
Of record in Heaven. While he
lives it is ascending and entered
in the archives above. At death
the final entry is made and his
thought and word and deed has
gone to God. to appear either for
or against him in the judgment
OF the three parts OF man only
one is material and that is the
body. The soul Is no more ma
terial than is the fame of the burn
ing lamp, or the electric current
OF the dynamo. It is that which
God has given to man that makes
him a living. acting creature. Two
ways we're opened before the liv-
ing soul at creation. The way of
good meant life eternal. The way
Of evil meant death eternal.
But the spirit, whether II be good
or evil, is not material any more
than is an account at the grocery
store around the corner. 1t is
record Of that which has been. and
Is to be examined and settled like
any other account
Did space permit there is very
much Of the application of these
simple definitions which would be-
most interesting and helpful. I
know OF no realm Of human or d.
vine knowledge where conscious
existence is under study. but that
these facts hold perfectly, and
leave no room for fanciful specu-
lation and human reasonings. And
along some lines Of study We can
not overestimate the value Of solid
facts.
C.: F. WILCOX.
5Os Tulip avenue, Takoma Park.
II @
The Washington herald., 1921-08-07
Favors Light Dimming.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
I would vote most enthusiastical-
ly in favor of your suggestion. that
the electric light company should
"Gouse the glim" for a brief period
of time at s p. m. 1t would seem
that it might be a very simple mat
ter to do it, and II would be of
very great convenience to many
thousands OF people in the city; not
alone to those who have electricity
in their -hcuses, but to all who
night be in sight of the street
lights, whether indoors or on the
street. There are very few people
who can see the ball drop at noon
on the roof, of the State, War and
Navy; BUILDING, or. who can get the
c.lrrect time from chronometers in
jewellers windows. The practice
would be Of real economic. value. 1t
would entail no expense on any one,
and IL once adopted It's value would
be instantly appreciated. hope
you VIII press the matter to suc4
cessful conclusion. IL
The Washington herald., 1921-08-07
NORTH CAROLINA
KLUH DISBAND

DURHAM. N. c.. Aug. e.-The or
ganiEztion OF the Knights OF the
Ku Klux Khan in North Carolina
has been ordered disbanded by its
head, Grand Dragon Bruce Craven
Craven issued q statement in
which he declared the Ku Kfux
Khan TO be nothing more than "sn
engaged exclusively In
collecting initiation fees under
felse pretenses. without any legal
standing in the State" and in his
opinion a failure and a fraud"
Craven communicated his action
to Col. william ]. Simmons, Of At
lsnta. imperial wizard Of the ordss.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-07
BLIMP DRIFTS AWAY
AS CREW JUMPS

RoCKAWAY POINT, N. Y, Aug.
"a pilotless small dirigibIe drift
ed northward from the naval air
station here yesterday after il had
been deserted by three naval officers
during a test flight. An airpIane
acted as convoy to see where she
nnally rested SO that the hulk
could be salvaged.
During the test flight the motor
In the craft suddenly went dead and
the men were forced to jump as
soon as they maneuvered her close
tc earth. The dirigible, however,
lesped away from the ground be-
fore she could be tied and drifted
slowly northward.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-07
Judge Makes Decision
Against Alien Riqht

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Aug. g.
Aliens do not possess the right, un-
Ger the Constitution. to attempt to
alter the Constitution or any Of the
favors Of government in this eoun-
try, according to q decision handed
down by the Supreme. Court. The
opinion as handed down in the cases
of Tihon Sinchuk and Alexander
Yavskof, Of Bridgeport. who were
chareed with circulating ,disioyal.
scurrilious and abusive literature
concerning the United States, and
especially of its nag.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-07
BANDITS
LOOT MAIL TRAIN

TERRI HAUTE. Ind. Aug. g.
Two bandits tagged Baltimore and
Ohio train No. Sc two miles south
Of Altamont, ILL.,. yesterday and
robbed the mail car Of two regis
tered mail pouches and $4,000 in
currency, according to word reach
ing here.
c. G. Stevens, an oficial of the
railroad, wired onicers here to
watch for the robbers.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-07
ODen Court letters to The HeralA
kSbBanASa&f fEssI

The Herald has found that certain
writers sign fictitious names a. their
own. In . few instances We End these
have escaped our notice. We win here
aftei >equire not only the name but the
directory address. The Open Court must
not be abused. 1t is for fair, imper-
senal. Informative discussion and state
ment Of opinion.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-07

Senator France has made natural mistake
in saying that the salvation of Russia is trade,
when in fact it is work. The Senator has long
passed an appreciation of the economic efficacy
of work.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-07

Mrs. Panico drove stiletto into the heart
OF Mrs. Esposito.-News note. That sounds
like Sicily, but it was in that hotbed of all
bloods-Chicago.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-07

Lloyd George may make Lord Northclife
one of the features of the conference program
and demand his disarmament if not disbattle-
ment.