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The Press., 1921-03-31
WELLINGTON.

Despite the rain the Ladies' Aid meeting held at Mrs. Browns was well attended and very pleasant.
 There will Le dance at the Bohe- milan hall in Daleville Saturday night Music by Klecak's orchestra of Staf- fordville
 MT. Tyler, who has been i'll for a week, is beginning to sit up at this writing. Donald Reed has also been laid up and was missed at Bible school, as habitual attendants always are when unavoidably absent.
The Press., 1921-03-31
HOME NEWS.
LOCAL -NOT1CRs.

Matter under this head 1S cents . IinO.
 Advanced Millinery Showing in Smart new shades and Styles of Dis- tinction at J. WasseFman's.
Evening star., 1921-08-07
The Broken Streak.

Cant win 'em all"' cried the philo-
sophie fan yesterday afternoon. when
the winning streak of the Nationals
was broken on the twelfth game. That
is the fundamental fact Of base ball.
There was never yet a winning streak
that was not broken. Otherwise there
would be no concern in the game.
Even a hopeless tail-ender will win
game now and then, and the most
determined and accomplished and re-
sourceful pennant-winner drops con-
test occasionally. That is what makes
base ball so interesting. Washington's
aggregation has had a remarkable
run Of good fortune during the past
fortnight. There is solace for yester-
days defeat in the fact that the eleven
straight victories put the team in a
position of reasonable security for
third place and gave it a chance for
the much-coveted flag. And now
comes the opportunity for another
winning streak. Perhaps the next one
will be longer. Followers Of the sport
we'll remember that record breaking
streak of seventeen straight games.
some years ago, broken by home-run
hit over the wall in the ninth inning.
Maybe this season will see that per.
formance duplicated. II so. there will
be reason to get ready for world
championship series here in Wash
ington. And even in other circum'
stances. You never can tell in base
ball.
Evening star., 1921-08-07
Jazz for the Phone Girls.

There is hope for an Improvement of
the telephone service in London.
Americans who have visited the Brit
ish capital know something about that
service. They have come back home
feeling that the average American
switchboard operator has been a veri-
table Puck for nimbleness and intelli-
gence compared with her British SIS
ter. 1t used to be said that one went
to a telephone in London with a pray
er on ones lips, as to veritable rite.
Nothing was hurried. Nothing could
be. Now even London is getting bit
impatient with the leisurely service
and ways and means of putting little
life into it are being considered in the
house of commons. The other day a
member Of that body seriously pro-
posed that little Jazz" be introduced
into the lives Of the hello girls. Ten
minute band concerts and frequent
dances, he thought, would give the
jaded operators some much needed
pep. He also suggested that good re-
suits would come from surrounding
the plug pullers at central with
"snappy" pictures. He did not specify,
but the imagination is let free. Be
tween jazz and snappy pictures per
haps the London phone service may
be brought to life. This is an idea for
American telephone managers in case
the system here ever gets run down
and in need Of tonic.
Evening star., 1921-08-07
Women and Office.

At special election held in Mis-
souri, Tuesday three constitutional
amendments were adopted. At the
bottom Of the poll was the amendment
permitting women to hold all state
Offices.
Why. now that they have secured
the vote, there should be objection to
women in Office or in the jury box is
not clear. And yet there is objection.
Some men who favored putting the
ballot into the hands Of women are
opposed to their holding office. or do
ing jury duty. The right to vote they
seem to think covers the whole case.
And there are women. strange to
say. who stop there. too. The ballot
alone contents them. They declare
they have no desire for Office, either
legislative or executive. and prefer to
keep out Of the jury box.
In this, however, they are not with
cut company. Many men. highly quail
fled, avoid office: and it is a familiar
story how earnestly men seek to avoid
jury service. A summons to that
service throws them into cold per-
spiration.
But If the benefits promised and ex-
pected of the enlarged electorate are
to appear and be enjoyed. women
must share fully in all the RESPONSE
hilities of citizenship. They must help
make and execute the laws, and help
try cases in court. If sacrifices of per-
sonal comfort, or even other sacrifices.
are necessary. they must be made.
The new order is very large order,
and both men and women should ex.
ert themselves to see that it has a fair
and unrestricted trial.
Evening star., 1921-08-07

which would not rejoice in visit
from him. And when it comes to the
presentation of his case for indorse-
ment at the polls. he will be. II he
chooses to play the role, his party's
lest spellbinder.
Mr.. Roosevelt took this view Of the
question. and acted on it with profit
and pleasure to himself. While Presi-
dent he moved about a good deal. and
in his breezy way-all the more fore.
ihle because Of its unconventionality-
brought the people close up to him and
the great Office he was holding.
When one thinks of Mr.. Lincoln-of
his charm as a mixer and his felicity
as a speaker-the suggestion comes
pat enough that had not the war inter-
misunderstanding him to his desk in
Washington, and making all condi-
tions throughout the country abnor-
mal-he would probably have set the
pegs for visiting while President, and
endeared himself to the people in that
way even more than by the diligence
and patience he exhibited as the
matchless conductor Of the war. His
heart was warm, and as the head OF
affairs discussing affairs with those
who had put him in Office he would
tave been inspired by the crowds and
carried all before him.
Evening star., 1921-08-07

are supposed to know also that the
Revised Statutes of the United States
set twelve.mile limit against the ap-
proach Of any ship laden with con-
traband goods consigned to this coun.
try.
1t will be plainly very difficult to en-
force the prohibition act II ships can
bring liquor within three miles of
shore for transshipment to small boats
and landing upon the coast. 1t will be
much less difficult to enforce 1t II the
limit Of approach Is twelve miles. But
should there not be some way. re-
Eardless Of the number Of miles of. ap-
proach. for a ship that is engaged on
contraband traffic to be permanently
denied entry into an American port?
1t is believed that much Of the liquor
now being smuggled by sea into this
country is carried by ships. both steam
and sail, that do not actually enter
port or even cross the three-mile line.
They run from some foreign port spe-
officially for this purpose. Other ships
carrying contraband are known to dis
charge their illicit cargoes outside the
line and then proceed to port with an
innocent consignment Of goods. II
such traffic can be proved against u
ship in those circumstances it would
seem to be justifiable to hold her upon
entry as having been engaged in snug
Cling.
The way to break up this liquor
smuggling game is to take the ships.
A few seizures will quickly put de.
cided crimp in the practice. Ship
owners will not risk their vessels in
the traffic If there is a large chance
of their being taken and conf1scated
under the federal laws. And mean
while, as this new question Of the
twelve-mile limit is under considera-
ton. it may be doubted whether many
of the liquor ships will venture to drop
their contraband into small boats
within twelve miles Of shore.
Evening star., 1921-08-07
LIQUOR Contraband Carriers.

A lively international question is In.
volved in the recent seizure Of a
schooner of British registry of the
American coast on the charge that she
was engaged in the carriage Of liquor
for transport into the United States.
The ship was lying some distance be-
yond the three-mile limit, which is the
boundary of national jurisdiction. That
she carried a cargo Of liquor, part of
which had been sent ashore in small
boats and part thrown overheard just
before seizure, is not disputed. The
owners Of the schooner contend that
there is no law for the capture Of the
vessel and are moving in court for her
release. Orders have been issued by
the Department of Justice to proceed
with libel against the schooner on
the ground that she was engaged in
smuggling, and that any vessel that
enters within twelve miles Of the coast
of the United States is under the law
Of this country subject to capture.
The three-mile limit is a standard of
national jurisdictional boundary in in
transitional law. Can any country
claim Jurisdiction beyond that limit
for any purpose? That Is the ques-
ton involved in the case Of the Mar.
shall. Upon its determination will de-
pend In large degree success Of the
measure now being taken to enforce
the prohibition amendment and the en-.
forcement law to prevent the entry of
liquor into the United States by sea.
knowledge Of the law is supposed In
all cases. 1t is, Of course, obvious
that every ship owner and master
knows that the laws Of this country
prohibit the importation Of liquor. All
Evening star., 1921-08-07
Politics at Home
"Forward, Not Backward"

The slogan Of Harry St. George
Tucker in the recent Virginia primary
was, Back to. the Constitution" The
slogan of his competitor. State Sena.
tor Trinkle, was. Forward. not back
ward" Mr.. Trinlxle won easily by a
majority of over twenty thousand.
Mr.. Tucker is verging on seventy
years. His opponents declared he was
too old for Office. and quoted his slo-
gan as supporting their declaration.
His mind, they said. was dwelling in
the past. He was riding with his back
to the locomotive.
Mr.. Trinkle is in his middle forties-
a young man. as politicians are reck.
oned. Hence his slogan. His sup.
porters asked for votes on the decla-
ration that he was living in the pres.
ent, and thinking of the future in the
light of existing conditions. He was
forward-looking. He was riding with
his face to the locomotive.
Is there any meaning, any lesson, in
this Virginia primary for democratic
politicians on the national stage?
Some Of them-Mr. Bryan among the
number-have adopted the slogan
Back to Jeffersonism." Are they
dwelling in, and too much on, the
past? Are they riding with their
hacks to the locomotive?
Others have adopted the slogan
Forward. not backward" They dc
not disparage Jeffersonism. They con
cede its excellence when 1t was pro
mulgated and applied. But that. they
contend. is in the past. The country
they insist, must ride with its face tc
the locomotive. and note the ap
proaches to things. The democratic
party, to be going concern. mus,
think. and act. "in the living present
Will this new ism be known in 1922
as wisconsin, or Coxism, or McAdoo
ism, or some ism to be developed be
fore that time out of the commotior
which is now shaking the politica
world to its center?
Evening star., 1921-08-07

other agricultural projects. The re-
lation Of the Porto Rican tobacco
crop to American industry is inter-
esting. 1t is an important source of
supply for the cigar manufacturing
interests in Tampa, Fla. and it works
in well with the American shade
grown wrapper tobacco produced in
the Connecticut river valley.
The live stock industry of Porto
Rico Is poorly developed and offers a
promising opportunity for American
capital and American specialists to
Probably the fruit production of
Porto Rico interests the American
consumer more than any other crop.
Ptneapples, grapefruit and oranges are
the main products. American capital
has recently become interested in the
the bottling of grapefruit juice. but
owing to the lack Of shipping facili-
ties there Is an immense annual loss
Of citrus fruit which might be placed
on the American market during a
period when 1t would not come into
height f-the-season competition with
the citrus crops Of Florida and Cali
fornia.
Specialists in the experiment sta
ton believe that by their constant
olssemlnauon OF agricultural 1n1or-
nation. by the production of foods
other than those native to the island
such as the common temperate-zone
vegetables-and by scientific investi-
cations aimed at the correction of ad-
verse agricultural conditions, general
standards Of life and production in
Porto Rico may be raised with a re-
fex beneht to the consuming public
in this country and the lessen
ing Of dangers that threaten from
lower standards Of living in other
countries which are coming into COM
mercial competition with American
] industry.
Evening star., 1921-08-07
Democratic Perkiness.

The republicans would do well to
take note Of the fact that where there
are campaigns this year the democrats
are making a front" There is no
lack of aspirants for office. Men are
figuring on nominations as if con-
yinced there is something for demo-
Gratis to fight for.
This perkiness grows out of two
things: ~ A calculation that last
years extraordinary combination is
bound to go-indeed. is already going
to pieces-and (2) the divisions now
appearing in the republican ranks
over legislative propositions.
The combination which swept the
republicans into power was exraordi-
nary both in the matter Of size and in
that Of it's elements. 1t was a record
as to the number Of Votes 1t COM
manded; and many Of these votes were
found in quarters where hitherto the
republicans had appealed in vain.
There is some warrant. therefore, for
a belief that disintegration is bound to
set in, If not now in progress.
AS to the republican divisions over
congressional questions, they are In
the nature Of things. 1t would be I'm.
possible for any party to take up such
issues as the republican party now
has in hand and escape lively conten-
tons.
Nevertheless. there is danger in
those contentious. Unless kept within
reasonable bounds and handled with
care they may spread beyond Capitol
Hill and affect the spirit Of the party
organization throughout the country
There is work for the harmonizer;
and the sooner he gets busy the bet.
ter for legislation and those response
bile for it. He will be well advised.
too, if he goes into all the questions
at issue, and those likely to enter later
into the appeal for control Of the next
Congress.
Evening star., 1921-08-07
School Teachers Pay.

In Inc SCar yesterday was prHleo
an article which told Of the return in
great numbers Of school teachers to
their old positions in the grade and
high schools throughout the country.
In consequence a shortage in teach
ing talent which was acutely felt some
years ago and until this season has
continued to embarrass educators has
ceased to be a problem. Nearly 600,-
900 are row preparing. 1t is stated. to
take over classes at the beginning Of
school next month.
This return of the teachers to their
former duties is due in large part to
the fact that the teachers compensa-
tions have been considerably increased.
1t is due also to subsidence Of the COM
petition stimulated by the war for the
services Of trained workers. Wash
ington suffered seriously from this
cause when teachers were drawn away
from the schools in great numbers by
higher pay offered in government and
business lines. It was then sharply
developed that the average teachers 8
nay was much lower than the pay Of
even unskilled workers and far below
that of artisans. No teacher could be
blamed for relinquishing work re.
quiring long training and study for an
unskilled position in which she could
get perhaps twice as much money.
Nothing could more distinctly demon.
strate the inadequacy of the pay of
those to whom the education OF Amer
lean youth is entrusted. Everywhere
in the country teachers pay scales
were revised, until today they are
more nearly equitable and sufficient
than ever before.
The marvel during that period was
that any teachers at all remained on
duty. That most of them did SO
through love Of the work and a sense
of loyalty was a high tribute to them.
Washington suffered with other COM
munities in this respect, but it was
especially favored by the continuation
on duty of a large number Of the
teachers, perhaps a larger percentage
than in other cities. for there was i'm
mediate prospect of relief in the form
of better pay. Yet at times it seemed
almost impossible to continue the
schools. During 191S-19 particularly
the local school system was handi
capped by a teacher shortage.
The hope is that there will be nc
future failure in this respect. The les
son that has been learned during the
past few years should be permanent
Communities should realize that teach
ers, perhaps above all other municipal
workers, deserve good pay, not merely
lust enough to keep them alive and
decently clad and comfortably housed
but to enable them to improve them
selves by study and by research dur
ing their vacation period. They are
charged with weighty trust. They
have in their care the molding of ths
characters as well as the minds Of the
younger generation. If they become
discontented they are reduced in ef
fciency, and to the degree that they
feel that their services are appreciated
and properly rewarded they remain
active, helpful, progressive, instructive
workers for the welfare Of the country
Evening star., 1921-08-07
CAST ON TRADE WATERS

How bread cast upon the trade
waters comes back to the American
consumer In truly biblical style is
shown in the work Of the Porto RICO
agricultural experiment station un-
der the supervision Of the federal de-
partment, because while the Dement'S
to labor and for the most part to
owners are local, the consumers IN
this, country profit because they would
have to pay higher prices II wasteful
and costly methods Of production con-
tinued. ,....
Emphasis is laid by the specialists
of the department upon the fact that
from Porto Rico there comes into TINS
country each year q large contrlou
tion to the sugar. fruit. vanilla ana
tobacco supply.
centuries has been dependent upon
Agriculture. AS there is no coal or
water power, Porto Rico will never
become q manufacturing country, ana
in the economic scheme 1t is proper
that this country should encourage
the trade barter Of their agriculture!
goods.
It has been found extremely DIM
cult to get Porto Rican planters to
srow rice and other crops in rotation
with cane in order to benefit the soil.
Because Of recent high prices for
suear. the lands have been kept in
cane too long. Specialists in the ex-
periment station At Mayaquez have
warned the planters to prepare for q
fall in sugar prices. Rice cultivation
is unpopular because special machin-
srv has to be installed. Legumes
give promise as substitute rotation
crons with cane. The tobacco indus
try il thriving, and capable Of great
axpapsion with less attention than
Evening star., 1921-08-07
The President and the People.

In his address at Lancaster N. H.,
Thursday the President said:
ST think it is a perfectly natural and
commendable trait of the American peo-
pie that they like to see and know those
whom they commission to places Of au-
tEority. On the other hand. 1t is a mighty
good thing for those who are placed in
authority to know little better the Amer
ican people. II I could only have my
way, IL the exigencies Of public service
would only permit, I would like some-
how to come in contact with all the peo-
pie of these great United States"
Mr.. Harding may have his way
later. After he gets matters-those OF
the most pressing character-straight
ened out-say, next year-he may be
able to swing around the circle, and
swing often. There will never be a
lack OF invitations. He has shown his
quality as mixer and speaker. and
there IL no section Of the, country
Evening star., 1921-08-07
FIFTY YEARS AGO In THE STAR

One Of the worst steamboat disasters
in the history Of the country occurred
Sunday, July 80. 1871,
Steam hoat when the Staten Island
n:... ferryboat Westfield was
blown up at her dock at
the foot Of Whitehall street, New York.
More than eighty persons were killed
and as many more were severely in
tured. The story Of the disaster was
told in The Star Of July 81, 1871. The
steamer carried about 800 people,
mostly Sunday excursionists. The
boiler exploded just as the steamer
was about to leave her slip. tearing
open the decks and causing the most
terrible havoc. The engineer of the
steamer said that he tried the cocks
Of the boiler a few moments before
the explosion and found the water at
the upper cock. There were at that
time about twenty-seven pounds of
steam in the boiler and the steam was
blowing Off at the safety valve. He
believed that the cause of the ex-
plosion was probably the breaking Of
the joints of plate wires with which
the boiler had been patched at the
rear end.
In later issues Of The Star the Ques-
tion Of the responsibility for the dis
aster is discussed. An examination
showed that the boiler had broken at
the point Of being patched and that
the rivets until it was as thin as four
sheets of letter paper. The Secre-
tary of the Treasury expressed the
opinion that the inspector Of steam
boats must have been at fault. and
he ordered a rigid examination. Sub
;of
| that the boiler, though passed for
service by the federal officials. was
| in a bad condition. and that the acci
dent was attributable directly to IN
| sufficient care of inspection.
The Sunday question, which has
| been considerably agitated of late as
a result of reported
Contest Over plans for the enact
, ment of laws for Sab
by no means a new issue. 1t was
being fought out rather sharply fifty
years ago. as noted in The Star OF
August /. 1871. as follows:
Washington is not the only city in
which the never ending battle on the
Sunday question is being fought. Here
it is a question of Sunday papers and
Sunday shaving. In New Haven it is
the Sunday horse car question-set.
tied here long ago. Poor people ir
that city who find it too hot to walk
to church in comfort want the cars
to run. The good people who have
their own carriages oppose the run
ming of public conveyances on the
Sabbath and the community is great,
agitated. In Cincinnati. however
| where 1t is a question of Sunday mu
sic and Sunday beer, the fight rage
| with bitterness. 1t has been the habi
there for some years with many o
the people to make Sunday more 1
day of recreation than of mere re
,ligious observance, and the large Ger
man leaven in the population ha:
maintained the transatlantic manne
of passing the Sabbath. or such par
of ii as was not given to divine wor
ship. in the numerous beer gardens
which. according to European custom
have been enlivesed by music. Blu
the powers that be have put an ent
to all this and are determined to en-
force the recent legislation declaring
both the beer and the music crimina
iupon this one day of the seven. 1t il
Evening star., 1921-08-07

The domiciles for our diplomats
abroad are regarded as adequate. It
seems a little unfair to allow the high
cost of living to intrude itself on at
tention that should be strictly avail
able for grave international subjects.
Evening star., 1921-08-07

The English interviewer may not
mold public opinion. but he can e1er-
else a great influence on the writer's
of guest cards for banquets.
Evening star., 1921-08-07

.L.enin and Trotsky are expected to
quit before the food shortage in Rus
sia becomes a practical incident in
their personal affairs.
Evening star., 1921-08-07

War taxes are nothing new to Ger
man citizens. They have been paying
them all their lives.
Evening star., 1921-08-07

Utopian enterprises invariably call
for a large and complex capitalization
that bars the practical business man.
Evening star., 1921-08-07

It would be perhaps too much to ex-
pect a peace conference not only to
check warfare, but to eliminate all
rossible topics of future debate.
Evening star., 1921-08-07

About all the sovietists can now ex-
pect to do when meeting Is called Is
to get together and tell their troubles.
Evening star., 1921-08-07

The leading item in QUESTIONABLE
is, after all. the simple inquiry, Are
vou able.bodied and willing to work?''
Evening star., 1921-08-07

No Secretary Of the Treasury has
dicovered a form Of taxation that he
could commend positively as accept
able to all types Of citizenship.
Evening star., 1921-08-07

In O few cases exploited in the
courts the lawyers are entitled to ex-
ira fees for their services as assistant
press agents.