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The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
Hunting the Limeight.

All men are not liars. Most men are not liars
Indeed few are wilful liars But there
to be unusual crop of late who seek nototiety,
if not prominence by the easy process of state
ments which probably they, for the time, may be-
leve to be true, but for which there is basis
in fact
There is sort of mania, in and out of Con-
gress, before committees of investigation in public
interviews and by all sorts of of publicity
for making statements whose only merit is their
spectacular insufficiency. Those who make them
rely, apparently, upon either public position, their
having had part in of the infinite ramfca-
tions of work, or some circumstance that might
have led to confidential information, to give the
semblance of verify to their pretended facts.
Usually these take the form of charges against
some man, or the disclosure of questionable trans
actions, if not downright crookedness. There is
always person, some department of govern
ment, some so-called Interest" placed the
pllory. There is of course, also, the victim who
may be the dear people, the downtrodden taxpayer
class group
There has been enough that true disclosed
as to waste, graft prohteering and official inca
pacy, to tune the public mind to accepting, at
least at first blush, pretty nearly any statement as
to anybody or as to anything which carries any
hue of culpability from French-gray to deepest
black. The higher the mark the greater the
pected appreciation.
The greater the prominence of the attacke, the
finer his past reputation, the glory the at
tacker gains for his courage, his boldness and his
devotion to the public interests This usually lasts
for day or maybe two days, but for that time
he has been frst-page attraction.
The pity of all this is that some of the falsify
ing may stick in the public mind long after the
fasier has dropped back into the obscurity of his
origin, or has begun unbosoming another fit of
Elevation in another direction. The original charge
is apt to be heard, read with more care or ap-
probation than the denial and proof of its utter
falsepess.
Probably this form of moral disease is but an
other symptom of aftermath. 1t is hard for
such people to readjust themselves to the every
day humdrum. They excitement, a promi-
nence denied them, or of which they have had
taste But sometimes it is but an outbreak of
chronic state of moral valpity.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25

free from this action and reaction but there are ey
dences here as elsewhere of return to "normalcy.
Among those who have had this experience
have been the advertising agencies Even they did
not escape. Some manufacturers and large pro-
ducers, have placed contracts for advertising and
cancelled them before expiration.
OF course the agencies have felt the hardship
Of this. They as all others who have suffered in
this way have gauged overhead by expected IN
come, income which they had every reason to
count, and which to get, they had had to increase
expenses. .'.-.N d. ..-r.' I'd.
These agencies have also followed the
general rule and putting antcanceation clauses
in their present contracts. 1t is unfortunate that
this has been necessary anywhere or for anyone.
The need cannot long continue any more than
did the gold clauses in the contracts OF some twenty
years ago. The American invioabilitX of contract
will soon reassert ITSELF and it will again dominate
with return of stable conditions. For the present
it is with all, but self-protection. ,
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
ELECTRICITY MAY PURIFY
CITY's MILK SUPPLY,

Science will revolutionize the
treatment of the milk supply of
Washington, according to John F.
Rudd, who has completed impor-
tant electrical experiments which
have led the authorities of several
of the big cities to adopt cleo
tricity for the destruction of patho-
genie bacteria in milk. The first
experiments were made by F. Z.
Lewis. now assistant lecturer in bac-
THEOLOGICAL methods in the Uni
versity of Liverpool.
Under the perfected American sys-
tenn. Mr.. Rudd explains, the milk
is treated while in transit through
a receptacle in which the tempera-
ture is raised to a point at which
any organic life will be destroyed.
but to discharge the fluid before
it becomes superheated or. burned.
the milk retaining its natural flavor.
In view of the lons-continued
problem of purifying the milk sup
ply of the District of Columbia,
several citizens associations and
welfare organizations here have ap-
pointed committees to investigate
the electropurifcation system, as a
substitute for present obsolete and
unsatisfactory processes.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
Inviolability of Contracts.

The inviolabity of contracts has been more
than an American fundamental rule of law 1t has
been equally fundamental in American business
ethics. To be reputable citizen, a man must keep
his contracts and pay his debts
1t is distinctly un-American from every point
Of view to violate contract. Yet there has been
sort Of wave of this business evil during, and
more since, the war period 1t has not, moreover,
been confined to any class
Business men and the public have condemned
among labor unions. 1t has done more than
lnything else to bring disrepute to unionism Real
Eing this and having the American viewpoint labor
headers have combatted this contract breaking,
which has been called "lawlessness"
Yet much business distress has been caused
through somewhat similar action in canceng mer-
:handse orders and in returning goods after receipt
This same spirit has to the individual customer
who has bought for his own use only to return his
purchases.
So common has this become through the stress
general business conditions that manufacturers
have put noncanceation clauses in their contracts
Ind retailers have had to refuse to permit returns
No branch of business seems to have been wholly
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
ouanticO, Va, January q.
MAKES PLEA FOR TUBERCT-
LOSIS SUFFERERS

To the Editor. The WsshinEtDu Herald
Kindly allow me space in vou-
good paper for the following.
II is very sad thing indeed. %
read OF the sick and starving mill
ions in foreign lands and fr is
very good and noble thing lrr this
country to be able 10 render ss
much assistance a. possible To d.
also a much sadoer thing 10 think
OF the sickness and suffering that
are going on right at our very door
and little, IL anything. being done
by the American people or the
American government TO remeov
such conditions. Very few people
realize, or stop 10 consider. the
number OF deaths that annually oc-
cur in this country from tubercu-
losis alone. Some statisticians
place the ratio d, about one-fourtn.
but I feel safe in saying that about
one-siXth OF the entire deaths in
this country and Europe are due
20 tuberculosis alone. II an cpl
demic OF cholera or yellow fever
breaks out all haste and measures
are adopted 10 stamp il out While
the death toll in such cases is very
great. it sinks into insiEuifcance
as compared 10 the annual death
rate by tuberculosis The people
and government Of this country not
only have money enough. but
would have all they could do 20
look after this one class Of poor
unfortunates alone.
have seen enough suffering and
poverty among the mountains of
western North Carolina, kentucky
and Tennessee to satisfy me II
this government would donate one
half the amount that it eNu.0ds 70
keep Kramer and a lot more cf
other useless government emDlCre'
in office for such purposes as ssni |
tariums. etc. there would be les 4
misery and suffering in this lauo
Of ours. II - all very good and
well for this country 10 stretch its
helpful hand toward foreign lands.
but serve those who serve the star
and Stripes first. and those under
a foreign nag last
I. B. HOPKINS.
Washington. D. c.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
Does a Good
Turn Daily
Representative EIston of
California FoLIoIUs Out
Boy Scout Theory.
BY LABERT ST. CLAIR

Representative Elston Of Cali
fornia has the same theory as the
Boy Scouts that he should do one
good turn each day.
While he was standing in a teIe-
graph ONCE the other evening a man
who wanted to send a telegram col
lect seemed to be having some trou-
BILE in identifying himself. Then,
suddenly, he got an inspiration. aad
turning to EIston he said:
Congressman, 1 want to intro
duce myself. l am Bill Spivins. Now
please introduce me to this teleg-
rapher."
Certainly" EIston said, and turn
ing to the telegrapher. he intro
duced himself and then Spivins
Whereupon the telegraphcr accepted
the collect message and thanked
Elston for his kindness in bringing
the telegraph company business.
The new governor OF Maine is hav-
ing time with his personal
finances just like some Of our ma
NASAAe-A SANSuNANNST IL 10 s7'A'N-
This governors trouble is that he
has inherited for his use the for
mer home Of James C. Blaine, which
the State OWNS. The house is an
enormous affair, and it would take
kings ransom to keep it heated
alone. Hence, the new governor has
about decided to stay at a hotel
during the winter. Next spring he
may use the grass on the Blaine
lawn, because that pastime is wholly
within his means.
Now that ALI Taylor has been
elected governor of Tennessee, the
chances are that the railroads will
be running colored excursions TO the
capitol every week or so to give the
little colored boys a chance to see
the great man they are named for
For thousands and thousands Of
pickaninnies are named after ALT.
Also after many other great men
down in Tennessee.
Sam Sells, the Representative, for
instance. Several hundred named
after him.
Sam tells a story about how when
he was campaigning last fall he
met a couple of distin guished name
sakes OF himself and Taylor
1t was afternoon, and sam was
way out in the diggings where there
we're scarcely any white folks. The
day was very hot, and, as his horse
was tired. he stopped it under a
spreading shade tree beside creek
to cool of.
Down along the waters edge two
or three colored women were wash
ing out clothes. A bunch Of colored
boys were playing in the water.
Suddenly there was a shrek. one
of the negro kids fell into the
water, a second dashed off into the
bushes, and one of the women rush
ed down to rescue her offspring.
"Alf Taylor!" she yelled at the
little negro who was speeding into
the bushes. What on earth do you
mean by pushing Sam Sells into the
water like that. Amt you no re-
spect for the United States Con-
gress7"
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
MRS. HARDING JOINS
SUFFRAGE GROUP

Mrs. Warren G. Harding, wife OF
the President-elect, yesterday joined
the committee of 100 women In
charge OF the presentation to the
Capitol of a suffrage memorial
statue at the invitation Of MIS-
Lawrence Lewis, OF Philadelphia,
chairman of the committee.
The suffrage statue. in which are
mounted on one pedestal portrait
busts of Susan B. Anthony, Eliza
beth Cady Stanton and Lucretia
Mott, is to be presented TO the
rotunda OF the Capitol on Febru-
. TX
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
BURNED AIRMANS
FUNERAL TO-DAY

Lieut.. Henry J. Spalding, air
service, who was burned to death
Saturday when his airplane crashed
to earth near Elkton, Nd, will be
buried in Arlington Cemetery at IL
a. m. today, the twenty-f1fth ami
versary of his birth. Funeral serv-
ices will be held at the residence
of his sister. Miss Martha Spalding,
Wyoming apartments, at $3.50 a. m.
and later at the st. PauIs Cathedral
where a high mass of requiem will
be celebrated.
Honorary pallbearers for the fu-
neral include. Capt. D. S. Seaton,
Capt. j. 1. Moore, Capt. A. ]. Clay
ton, Capt. J. A. Healy, Lieut.. w. ".
Andrews, Lieut.. c. H. Mills and
Lieut. E. f. Carey.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
OPTICAL GLASS MAKING NEARLY
STOPPED IN AMERICA.

Commercial production of optical
glass in America has very nearly
stopped, said w. A. Hull. in charge
of the optical glass laboratory Of
the Bureau OF Standards, at that
institutions regular Friday meet
ing.
The impetus given to optical
glass making during the war has
died down. and this country will
soon be dependent on France and
Germany for the best grades of
such glass If precautions are not
taken, he declared.
A battleship feet would be just
as helpless without accurate range
finders, in which high-grade glass
is needed, as it would be without
guns, he said. Much scientific
work is dependent upon the lenses
used in instruments, and new kinds
Of lenses are being required con-
stantly. Optical glass manufacture
is not a paying proposition, due
to its smell volume and the large
amount of research that must be
done to produce glass the equal of
that formerly produced in Europe,
it was explained.
Mr.. Hull aid that the bureaus
laboratory was working to develop
new glasses and to reproduce glass
of given index of refraction and
index Of dispersion, so that optical
instruments could be made with re-
placable lenses.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
Mrs. Park Going TO Atlanta.

Mrs Maud Wood Park chairman
of the National League OF Women
Voters will attend the regional con-
ference Of the league at Atlanta,
February s and 8, TO take part In
the tvo-day program and describe
the particular work OF the league
which has been under her supervi-
sion Drives for membership will
be launched in the Southern States
the conference, Mrs. Cell
horn, chairman OF the organization
work Of the league, has spnounceds
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
Solons to Address ID. C. Poles.

Senator Irvine L. Lenroot, OF wis
consin' and Representative John c.
kleczka' of Wisconsin, and S. wal
lace Dempsey, of New York. will be
the principal speakers at the an
nual banquet of the Polish Club, Of
Washington, to be held at the New
Ebbitt, next Tuesday night. Sew
eral members of the Polish Legation
will also speak.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
CHEMISTS NOW KNOW WHY
WE LIKE LAMB CHOPS.

what causes the flavor of a lamb
chop? That problem is being tack
led by the California department
Of agriculture. The taste of cooked
mutton. which differs from that of
other meat, is produced by the
chemical contents of the fat and
their changes when cooked, they
say. The cause of "wqplly'' flavor
has not been found. W. n.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
CHURCH OF ARMENIA HAS
GREAT HISTORY.

The Armenian Church is the old
est national Christian church, dat
ing back to 30l A. D., when King
Tiridates was y converted by ST.
Gregory the Illuminator. On the
basis of these historical facts the
Armenian Church is officially known
as the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Church.
The Church of Armenia has been
for centuries the fortress of the Ar
menian people and their rallying
point in time Of oppression.
The Greek Orthodox Church is
particularly strong among the
Greeks and the Russians and the
Gregorians on the Caucasus. The
history of the Greek Church is in
timately connected with the rise
and fall of Constantinople. Saint
Sophia and many other. churches
were, upon the Mohammedan inYa-
sion, turned into mosques. The
Roman Catholic Church renewed its
activities in the Near East during
the time of the Crusades, and is
strongest in Syria and some of the
other large commercial centers Of
the Near East" F. w. G.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
NEAR EAST WORKER
TELLS OF ARMENIA

Armenia is still calling to Amer
lea for help, says Edward r. Perry,
an American who Joined the Near
East Relief forces for the fight
against disease and hunger in Asia
Minor, seen at the Dewey while
here in the interest of the Near East
Relief work.
Perry, who was in the United
States army during the war, sailed
for Constantinople on the Leviathan
February i16s 1919. He returned TO
the United States in May, 1920, after
serving in various capacities in the
Caucasus district at Erivan and
Gamerlou.
Practical American philanthropy
has kept alive a large portion OF the
Armenians, Syrians and Greeks and
other destitute peoples of the Near
East who would have died Of starvs-
ton and disease but for contribu4
tions from America" said Perry.
The work is by no means over yet,
Perry pointed out, and 1t Is clearly
the duty of the American people to
continue the work of mercy
amongst these stricken peoples.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
MARINE REPLIES TO LETTER
ON PROHIBITION.

To the BditOF, The WSEhihEtob HsrBId.
In answer TO the letter published
in your paper wherein the writer
asks: Where is the man or woman
who can say that prohibition has
taken the Joy out OF life?" A man
sure must be a narrow minded. pin
head sort Of q fellow who has never
had the real joys OF life, who sit,
and moons. and u shocked a. All
the modern ways, when no prohibi-
tion is enforced. When all the men,
were overseas fighting for thsTr
country. surely a man should have
enough common judgment TO know
that passing the prohibition amend
ment was an Underhs nded deal
A MARINE.
Onanfirn Va Iarmar.. nL
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
Former ID. c. Man Dies,

Word was received here last hight
of the death of Benjamin F. Craw-
shaw, former resident of this city,
at his residence in Portland, Ore,
last Friday. Death was due to a
stroke of paralysis.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25

The best way for any man to prevent
highwayman from getting his money, is 10
deposit it with his wife.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25

Champ Clark will lecture and so endeavor
to earn an honest living, if not competence
for his old age.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25

Writers Of eommunIeatIous
for pubIIcatIon in the Oper
Court are requested to make
their contribution roo words or
less.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25

For where's the state beneath the armament
That doth excel the bees for government
-Du Bartas.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25

Measured by his own estimate, D'Annunzio
bulked fully as large Betelgeuse, the lumi-
nary which graces Orion's shoulder.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
Opinions S
Of Other
Ed i t O r S
Brief Comment From,
Leading Newspapers
Throughout Nation
lBaItimore Sun

baltimore Sum
The theory that every individual
should have the right freely to con-
tract with another for his services
is plausible one. But everyone
knows that the condition Of the
wOrkmen OF this country has been
immeasUrably improved by the or
ganization Of labor. The country as
whole has benefited by it. II or
ganized labor were overthrown to-
morrow we should be thrown back
TO the situation of thirty or forty
years ago, when the ordinary work
man had no protection against un-
derpayment or Overwork or miser-
able working conditions II the
open shop in certain industries
would result in the destruction Of
organized labor. it is clear that SEN
sible men before iudorsing that
movement will want TO know
whether the resulting condition will
be better or worse than the existing
one
LDenver NewsD
oh, but did not the CLAYTON act
uecIare that the labor Of a human
being is not a commodity ask the
labor union leaders. Was not thf. as
surance that labor is not to he
treated as a sack of oats? In
answer the court held that while
Euman labor may not be a com
monty human labor as an organ
ized BODY Of men can do wrong and
Is subject to the law.
Cowardice and hypocrisy are in
the clayton bill as in many meas
ures passed in the war period. Lead
ers In Congress kept the word n
promise TO the ear and broke IL To the
nope or labor unions through the
Inclusion in the law Of the senteD-
nous quotation referred to. Labor
unions were assured that with sDcb
declaration in the law the Latte
could never be made to apply 10 Is-
oor unions engaged in peSceablv en-
forcing their edicts.
= =
tChristian Science MopitcrN
IN SO farsas organized labor has
mac purpose to stand for the c,o.ad
union shop, it has certainly inten6eS
70 make that stand largely thronsb
the medium of the very Sort -
strikes and boycotts which m. sH-
preme Court has now denied n a.
AND this denial acquires great in
terest just at this time because .,
the essential similarity of The nre-
serloed activities Of the labor unions
with those activities which Ieading
steel interests of the country bave
recently upheld as a means OF Cart
ing on their iside OF the omen sbop
contest. Many people, OF widely air
terlng financial status, low as veil
as high can recall their own recent
experiences with the purveyors ~
coal, to mention no Other con-
modify, which will seem TO then ali
OF a kind with the restraint in
herent in boycotts. Without rnuch
question, the effects Of a boycott
IN restricting the sale OF the
products Of some particular manu-
tacturing company, is no more in
iquitous morally, even IL II is so in
law than are the restraints i'm
posed by persons who control the
necessaries OF living with respect
to when, and where. and in what
quantities those necessaries NAV he
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
FOUND NEED OF FOOD FIRST
IN IMPORTANCE.

THE FIRST need OF children and
adults was for food, food and more
food; and after food, clothing,
shelter, and medical care. Soup
kitchens were established as fast
as possible, but the need was so
great and the resources so made
Quate that often not more than a
cupful a day could be given to each
person.
All sorts OF buildings were
requisitioned as orphanages - for
mer mission schools, the Armenian
monastery at Etchniadzin, Armen-
ian boarding schools and deserted
homes. Children's bodies which had
been little more than skin-covered
skeletons began to take on flesh.
Drawn, apathetic faces began to
smile again"
All people in the Near East are
got Moslems, as many western
people think, said Perry.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
DECLARES ARMENIA =
Is CHRISTIAN FRONTIER.

The Armenians wers our valiant
allies during the war" said Perry.
They sacrificed an even greater
proportion of their people to ths
common cause than did France.
Moreover, they are of our own race
and have been a tenacious outpost
OF Christianity from early Christian
times.
They are in dire need and in i'm
minent danger of complete destruc-
tion. One million Armenians were
deported and 100000 massacred
during the early years of the war
and those who have escaped have
been in constant danger of starva-
tion.
Before the war the ArmenIans
maintained by taxation, in excess of
the Turkish government require
ments, S03 schools, with 2,oSS teach
ers and S1,226 pupils. Armenia has
'undeveloped mines, lands and water
power and its people are capable,
under proper protection and lead
ership, to develop these forces"
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
SAYS WORLDS FUTURE
PEACE IS THREATENED,


What the Armenians are asking
is for the right to live, Perry said,
and to preserve their nation, their
race and their traditions. Turkey
and the TranscauCasia is a great
gateway between Asia an dEu-cpe.
therefore the future peace OF the
world demands for this region a
stable, strong and just government
Perry gives a graphic account
OF the terrible conditions which
prevailed when Armenian relief
workers first came among these
wretched people.
picture children" he said, little
children, huddled together in un-
heated rooms in the middle of win
ter, with one thin, cotton garment,
showing patches of skin between
the rags, covering each child. Pic
ture them for days living on the
skins and seeds of grapes dis
carded from the wine-presses. on
Sleeps entrails. on slaughter
soldiers barracks or on the flesh
of a horse which had died of dis
ease. Or imagine them lying five
or six in a bed. complaining that
they feel i'll. not knowing that they
are slowing dying of starvation.
Perhaps their parents have been
dragged away to some high cliff
and thrust over its edge. as one
would toss away a bit OF refuse.
Or perhaps these parents were
merely shot down as their children
looked on.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
Scientific
Notes and
Comment
Calendar of Meetings;
Activities of Societies
In Washington.

Archaeological section, Monday Eve
ming Club, this afternoon. 1880
o'clock, Mrs. John loves resi-
dence, 1922 woodley place.
"Aborigines Of the Eastern United
States" by Miss Mary Wilder.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-25
Taking in Taxes from Peace.

I 7 Unnecessary government expense with
I draws just that amount whatever It may
be, from industry and other forms of in