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The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
The Debs Case.

President Wilson has refused to pardon Eugene
" Debs. Whether the President is right wrong
in this rests largely upon the individual view to
whether his refusal was or was not the better
public policy. Then comes the question as to how
far public policy should influence the pardoning
power and what weight it should have in decisions
as to what is right and what is wrong.
Mr.. Debs had fair trial; he said so. HI did
not complain to the verdict that it was not
based upon sufficient evidence. His complaint was
against the law itself He declares that under like
conditions he would violate it again. In this he
sets example of making individual judgment
superior to the law
But he is not alone in this. Most men prob
ably, some time, knowingly violate laws Of
which they do not personally approve So it is the
particular law and the particular situation which
made Mr.. Debs' case especially offensive.
There is also the fact that he has that mental
twist which makes him shining example of this
attitude which would make men their own judges
as to their personal responsibility for law observ
ancc. He is recognized leader OF this cult.
1t is this fact, also which brings into greater
prominence the element Of publid ocy in the treat
ment of all such men, and what this should be is
decision as frequently made by contretcmps as
by sober common
Mr.. Debs and his followers have political opin-
ions counter to that OF the American majority. He
and they permitted to have these, to express
them and propagandize them. But in the instance
for which he brought to bar, this brought him
in opposition to the government in time of war.
He is one of those peculiar humans whose views
to right and wrong, the appropriate and inappro-
pirate, good manners and>bad ethics and disregard
Of the rights of others all held as purely per-
sonal to himself In his earlier years as the head
Of the American Railroad Union, he led strike
on the Great Northern Railroad and at the same
time while carrying the strike activities, rode
on the road a pass.
So after all, the question Of his pardon is not
whether he is of more harm to our form Of govern
men in Jail than of it, if he is peniten or is not
but rather if ne has not paid a sufficient penalty,
and if the conditions having passed, he should
not have the leniency usual in such cases as his
under ordinary conditions.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
SCENARIO WRITING
, REQUIRES MUCH STUDY.

She holds out hope to all who
would write photoplays. The tech
nique can be learned, she says, but
it requires study. The successful
writer of fiction, the magazine
writer and the novelist are not al
ways successful writers of photo
dramas. Miss Heikes- Justice. says
that she knows that Rex Beach, for
example. a finished writer of fiction,
has always had to work hard to
keep up his end in the film world.
81 have known him to work from
IL at night until 2 in the morning
just in perfecting one movie scene"
she said.
Miss Heikes-Justice, although for
years a writer of fiction before she
entered the photodrama field has
the unusual distinction of having
had her initial attempt at scenario
writing accepted the first time she
submitted it to a producer. Since
that day she has scored one success
after another turning out an aver
age of two feature photodramas a
month. +. W. G.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
Among the Trees of Maine

Here in this wibd-impBssioued wood.
Along the stony coast,
The Peace Of God Is on the sea,
And on this heavenly bost
OF trees that thrill and shelter us,
And set our souls sstir
The bslsEms crowned with russ~t cones
The great bIue-burnisbed r..
That rise SnonE the granite rOcks-
Each rock az altar stone
Are like the splendid ssrsphin.
who stand about His nrons.
The pines, with miFhty vinEt outypr,sS,
Are angels dark and strong
Serving the silent needs Of men.
The wild birds needs Of sonF
The maple is a Burning Bust,
Where He win spesE srsin.
II We but listen, husbed In heart
To hear His meaning plain.
And rlistenins through the sesv1rd Gisl~s
The birches giimBer white.
Like little Cberubin, who shine
All pleasing in His sight
God Frhnt thai We may End again,
Beside the Heavenly Seas.
ne peace and passion Of a wood.
And tail eternal treesl
AGNES KENDRIdg sx1r.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
Opinions S
of Other
Ed i t o r S
Brief Comment From
Leading Newspapers
Throughout Nation
GERMAN PREPARATIONS.

New York TribUnsl
TIL" Paris settlement will not al
lay the misgivinSs Of many econo-
mists. who think that the war be-
ing over its Liabilities ought to be
wiped out regardless OF anything
but an alI-round resumption Of
business. This conception is wholly
materialistic. It ignores the moral
issues OF the war and the plain re-
quirements OF justice. Germany
went into the war with the fixed
idea that other nations would have
to pay for it. She ravaged France
and Belgium because she never con-
sidered the possibilities Of being
called on TO make good the damage
she was inhicting. One Of the best
preventives Of war is to bring home
to the consciousness of predatory
nations that. IL beaten, they must
settle for the wrongs they do 10
others. Germany would certainly
never have devastated northern
France il her leaders had realized
that what they were indulEing in
was equivalent to devastating West
phalia or the Rhine province. 1t is
essential to the peace Of the world
that a maraUder nation like Ger
many should pay for its wickedness.
And the penalty should correspond,
as far as practicable, to the enor-
nifty OF the crime.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
Gonzales Case Delayed
For Fear of Epidemic

Dr.. William c. Fowlcr r.-ur.r
health officer. yesterday obtained
continuance Of trial to February DC
for J. V. Gonzales, Of 6n7 TayLor
street northwest. charged with We
lation of health regulation roEsrd-
ing the reporting and treatment ~
contagious diseases. the case grow
ing out OF the recent death r-0m
diphtheris OF Evelyn MAY ,irrzs -
II years old, daughter Of the d.
fendant.
The health oficer based his plea
for continuance on the fact tina,
the Gonzales home contains three
children afflicted with diphtherla-
making it unsafe for the parent 10
appear in court
The names OF Gonzales and Mrs
Ernestine NJ. Adams. the latter a
Christian Science prsctitionsr vho rs
said to have given tho girl ahs.~f
treatment. were placed before the
grand jury last week. Both were
held responsible for the girls death
by q coroner's jury.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
CRichnODd Times-Dispstch.D

Lloyd George brought the issue to
a head by his bold action in issuing
an ultimatum threatening to with
draw from the supreme councils
deliberations unless the French
moderated their depands and a def
mite decision was reached at once.
As little Belgium had done at the
outbreak of the war, il stepped into
the breach and saved the day until
the contending premiers could COM
pose their excited feelings and get
down to a calm consideration Of ey-
cry possible avenue OF approach by
which the entente accord could be
re-established on a plan involving
no direct surrender OF the principle
for which each side contended. Of
fetal French circles give the Bel
gian delegation credit for the sue
cess in reconciling the British and
French viewpoints.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
PAYS TRIBUTE TO SUPERVISOR
&c, NALLE-


To the Editor. The Washington Herald.
The writer recalls a statement
made recently in a splendid address
by SUpt.. Ballou, in which he men
toned, among other things, the re-
Istionship between teacher and Su-
pervisor." One fact especially was
stressed, namely. that the super
visor should come into the class
room not as a critic, but as a source
Of inspiration and heIpfUlncss."
Such has been the cordial reIs-
tionship between the teachers and
Mr.. Nslle throughout his excellent
record as supervisor.
His entrance into the classroom
is a delight to both pupils and
teacher.
When he departs he leaves be-
hind a ray OF sunshine with the
pupils, and a host OF bright ideas
and helpful suggestions for the
teacher.
The writer feels that there rs no
time more fitting to pay this trfbu,a
than the present. when there is such
a hue and cry for "Emciency."
A TEACHER.
Washington, Feb. l.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
EUROPEAN PRODUCERS
SPUR AMERICAN MOVIES.

1t was Griffith who said the other
day that the motion picture business
was still in its infancy. All Of the
craft, however, do not agree with
the great producer. Miss Maibelle
Heikes-Justice, one of the most sue
cessful photo-dramatists in America,
who is in Washington for a short
stay, said yesterday when seen at
the willard that the industry has
outgrown the baby stage and is now
In the "happer" claSs-that awk-
ward period when ones arms are too
long for ones dresses and fond ma
mas start a Course of "prunes and
prisms"
But there is much work to be
done yet IL the industry Is to achieve
Its highest possibilities, she said.
RlSht now, American movie produ-
GERS are beginning to realize that
europe knows a thing or two about
cinema production. The appearance
OF PASSION" in this country, in the
opinion of Miss Heikes-Justice. will
40 much toward squirting our own
MIN makers TO strive for greater
perfection of detail. Maurice Tour
neur and Albert Capellani Euro
pcans. who arc now working for
American producers, have given a
mint ot what may be done in this
country. Miss Heikes-Justice said.
All this means that American pro-
ducers must awaken to their short
comings If they are to compete with
the Europeans and hold their own in
the European markets
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
New York Tnes.)

But for the Grass folly Of impos-
ing 12k per cent tax on German
exports in addition to the direct
payments, the repsrstion terms
agreed upon by the allied supreme
council would be considered reason
able The conclusion is natural, al
most inevitable, that this tax is a
reversed protective tsrid-the i'm
post is intended to be a handicap
upon Germany in her competition
with the manufacturers Of Great
Britain, France and Italy. The
amount and terms Of the direct rep
aration payments are what had been
generally expected. Germany is re-
quired to pay a grand total Of about
222. 600, 900. 900 marks. extended over
a period of forty-two years. This is
roughly around $4,000, ,ooO. 900 at 5
per cent and l per cent sinking
fund. 1t is not beyond Germany's
capacity to pay, and, Of course, is
only a small part OF what might be
justly eXtorted from her were she
able to meet the demand
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
go WEST. YOUNG WOMAN HIS
ADVICE
To the Editor, The Washington Herald.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald.
In reply 10 fair "WstchfuI Wait
ing"
The paradise for the "Oh. Boy"
girls lies in the West Last niCrt
a friend Of min who lives in Cal
fornia, and just returned TO Wash
ington, told me some startling facts
about the trip West
DO you know. that saw more
men in Portland than I've seen in
any city I've visited It's full OF
men. like Washington is Of women
II only some Of the girls here would
go out there"
Portland is not the only place
either. Montana is full Of men and
few women. ! know many OF thos-
regular fellows" have gone Wes,
II the old-fashioned girl Will keen
pace with hef regular fellow IN
the words OF Horace Greely. I'd sav
to her Go West, young woman. 60
West 4 WESTERNER
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
Fails to Appear in Court,
Damage Suit Dropped

The failure Of Edgar r Rohev to
answer his name in Circuit Court
No. yesterday caused Chief JUS
tice Mccoy 10 dismiss the suit inr
$4,000 damages hled by E0hey
against the District Of Columbia.
He sued for alleged personal in
Juries, claiming that the alleged
negligence Of the District in not
seeing that msnhole on the si6s-
walk on Ninth street northwest. be-
tween @ and II streets. was prop
erly fastened down. caused him TO
trip over il.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
FILM TO PoPULARIZE
HISTORICAL CosTUNEs

Another influence which this pic-
ture Will leave behind 1t will be the
popularization of the historical cos
tune play. Miss Heikes Justice be-
leves within three months" she
said Il venture to predict that there
viii be several costume plays in the
films" :" '"e
Almost everyone with any literary
ABILITY at all thinks Of some dav
writing scenarios. Even our hest
notion writer's are drawn TO the
MOVIES just as our stage stars arc
Iured by the calcium light Of tho
studios
scenario writing is not lust a
heaping-up of one thrill after an
other, Miss Heikes-Justice ex-
pialned. introduction Of train
wrecks, shooting, stabbing. des-
perate struggles on the edges of
GINS merely denotes poverty of
imagination" she said.
Il have never written a photo
drama in which there was anv-
thing of that sort. never used
death scenes, either" she added,
what the movie fans like, Miss
Heikes-JusticP says, is human in
ter"st. The average theater-Coer.
whether ii is the tired business man
or the little shop girl. wants to see
his own emotions and ideals on the
screen. Perhaps it is the bank
president who grips his Ioge chair
as the abscOnding cashier moment
ariIy flashed on the screen awakens
a long hidden memory of the day
that he had Just borrowed" a few
thousand dollars when an invest =
fortunately able to pay it back. but
tho picture has set him thinking.
And so it goes. Miss Hcikes-Jus-
tice says, there is something for
all, from the lovers holding hands
in the obscurity of a balcony cor
ner to the Eray-haired mother in
the second row center who weeps
as the wandering boy on the screen
recalls her own Willie, lying in
France.
The day OF the author is just
dawning in the film world. Miss
Heikes-Justice says. In the past it
has been the producer who has
pocketCd the large share of the
earnings. but there is now a cIamor
for greater recognition for the
writer she says
Miss Hcikes-Justice has just COM
pleted tho organization of her own
studios which will open in Los An
geles this fall. They will be large
enough to keep four companies busy
she says.
The story is the thing today"
said Miss Heikes-JustiCe. "The au-
thor of the original photodrama is
the greatest need of the screen to-
day; he naturally writes real life.
not dreams or impossible happen
ings."
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
Distribution Asked
Of $780, 900 Trust Fund

Robert Philo Shelton. of New
York City, and Anna G. Barlow and
Jean Louise Warner, of Bridgeport,
Conn, petitioned the District Su-
preme Court yesterday to authorize
the distribution of a trust fund
amounting to nearly 100000. The
petitioners are residuary legatees.
Through Attorney Henry F. Wood
ward they declare that the trust
fund as impounded expired on jan
nary 81 last when Shelton became
rs years of age
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
National Geographic Society. New
Bureau of Standards Meeting. Bu
WEIRD TREE INSECTS
MIMICK BARK AND LEAVES.

Tree hoppers, insects that adapt
themselves to the color and shapes
of the plants in which they stick
their juice-extracting bills, were de-
scribed by DR.. E. D. Ball, Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture, at the
meeting of the chronological So
ciety held last night at the New
National Museum.
These insects are of all sorts of
weird shapes, patterns and colors,
said DR.. Ball. One looks like a
Buffalo head. Others resemble long
pointed thorns and others warty
swellings. Some mimick leaves, and
nearly every one of the group has
some protective shape or coloration
that renders it inconspicuous as it
rests on its favorite food plant"
Two-thirds of the size of a tree
hopper can be clipped off and the
insect will not be hurt at all, he
said. Only a chitinous covering or
hood, which like our finger nails, is
simply a protection, would be de-
stroyed. 1t is by expanding and
enlarging of the .covering that the
wonderful adaptations are secured
the speaker pointed out.
Capturing a tree-hopper demands
more skill and provides more ex-
citement than trout fishing" DR.. Ball
declared. When one Is detected and
closely approached, it flies off at
eye-defying speed to a safer roost.
AS the insects can not detect the
motion OF a small object directly
toward them, a long glass tube
brought down directly over their
backs usually captures them. But
let the hand trenbIe the least bit
and the insect is lost.
Although the mature insects are
varied in form, the young all look
somewhat like headless turtles.
Tree-hoppers like sunshine and the
open woods, and usually stay near
the. ground, and this makes the coll
lector's work easier, DR.. Ball said.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04

form the chief grain-producing
areas of south and east Africa, and
the wonderful grass lands which
are used for cattle grazing.
Native fruits, more delicious than
bumble-bee honey. were found in
Rhodesia. DR.. Shantz has some OF
these plants growing, in the plant
quarantine house here in Washing
ton, along with over 1900 living
specimen he brought back with him.
Bananas in Uganda are as com
mon as corn in Illinois" declared
DR.. Shantz. He showed pictures of
ant hills thirty feet high, on which
trees and plants were growing. One
hill had been converted into a brick
kiln by the natives. Light ambash
wood, such as grows about the sud
areas of the Nile, was exhibited.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
NEW CLASSIFICATION
FOR BEE-FLIEs,

= A new classification of the dipter-
Gus family Syrphidae, better known
as beetles, was given by DR.. r. c.
Shannon at the chronological So
ciety meeting last night. This divi-
sion of the Syrphidae into ten we'll
defined subfamilies, based on the
adult structure, will facilitate the
study of this group OF the two
winged flies.
The old group Syrphidse is divid-
ed into two 'subfamiIies under the
new scheme. One division contains
these forms which in the immature
stage feed on plant lice, and Dr..
Shannon declared that this division
will make easier the work on these
economic, aphid-preying forms.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
AFRICA NOT JUNGLE LAND,
SAYS BOTANICAL EXPLORER.

Africa is not a land of jungles,
as is popularity supposed said DR..
H. l.. Shantz, of the Department of
Agriculture, when he described, his
recent African botanical explora-
ton trip to the Botanical Society
at its meeting at the Cosmos Club.
On the contrary, it is for the most
part a high, dry country, and is as
open as western Texas, Arizona and
Mexico.
Forests on high mountains, dry
open forests of. zambezi, and the
great savanna regions surrounding
the tropical forests are types of
natural vegetational areas that were
illustrated. Others are1k described
vars the drier grass IAnds which
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
Reports Increase,

According to the Pacific Lumber
Inspection Bureau, lumber ship
ments from the Pacific coast for
the first nine months Of 1890
reached 1,25s,7r6,312 feet, compared
wits ss3.02S,4S4 feet during the cor
responding period in 1919. OF this
total, British Columbiss share for
the past year was SS,3S0,2ss feet.
and for 1919, during the same nine
months, 1t was 72,Sl0,l3o feet
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
CORCORAN'S NAME
TO BE PERPETUATED

Justice Stafford in Equity Court
yesterday signed q doCUmCnr wH.rn
will perpetUate the nsmr az Will
lam CQrcorsn. Washington s first
millionaire finsnCier.
The name OF Corro-srs grand
son. George Peabody E->frs. VA
changed to "CorCorau. The decree
also affects Eustis' family William
CorCoran founded the art gallery
which bears his name.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
Ex-Soldier Awarded Divorce

Charles ]. Bussius. former soldier.
was awarded final decree of alb
solute divorce yesterday by Justice
Stafford in Equity Court from Mrs.
Anne E. Bussius, whom he married
in Baltimore. Nd, on March II, 1914.
The husband charged misconduct
and introduced an alleged Police
Court and Criminal Court record of
his wife as evidence. Bussius was
represented by Attorney L. Frey.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
FABRE, LAUDED WRITER, WAS
NOT INFALLIBLE.

]. H. Fabre, whom Materlink call
ed The Homer of Insects" pos
sesses the human tendency to err,
according to Charles Ferton. DR.
L. o. Howard chief of the Bureau
of Entomology, presented to the
chronological Society last night
extrasts from that scientists review
Of Fabre's works, which have been
lauded by many writers. W.D.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
MAKES SUGGESTION on REPRE-
sENTATIVES' SALARIES.
ditoT. The WasbiDrtoD HfraId

To the Editor The Washinrtou Herald
Why not make il unanimous .
Increase the salaries Of our force"
on Capitol Hill SIS 600 per annuw-
and in the meantime ] would sur-
gest that the government clerks
o. X the same. Does IL seem far
that they refuse 10 put their O h.
on the measIy fractional part o.
10 per cent OF the amount that they
will Eet in salary. Why not refer
the whole matter to tho public
POORLY PAID
Washington. January 80
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
Music Gets
Him Elected
Mrs. KincheIoe Whistles
Husband to Victory
In Kentucky.

The National Press Club in Wash
ington keeps register of its
famous guests and since most every
body comes to Washington some
time or other and since most Of the
famous visitors go to the Press Club
the register is filled with names
known in history. past or present.
Among them are the names of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, william Howard
Taft, Woodrow Wilson. the Duke Of
COnnaught, Frank Gotch, Lew Dock
stader, Ii Hung Chang. Benny
Leonard, Admiral Peary, George
Dewey and others just as we'll
known.
One of the last signatures msie
by a foreigner OF note reads like
this:
Edward P"
1t is the signature of the Prince
of Wales.
The other day the club had an
other distinguished visitor from
abroad. His signature, written be-
low that of the Prince, reads:
"DonaI oCallaghan, Lord Mayor
of Cork"
When someone called the Lord
Mayors attention to the signature
above he smiled, but he wrote his
own name and title just as boldly
as the Prince had written his.
Representative David H. Kinche-
loe, of kentucky, is a firm believer
in the effectiveness of music on the
souls and votes of Kentuckiahs
Particularly the music furnished by
Mrs. kincheloe. 1t proved so at
tractive and seductive in the last
campaign that Kincheloe was swept
to victory by a large majority. de-
spite the fact that Kentucky went
Democratic only by a small MAJOR
ity.
Mrs. Kincheloe- is no ordinary
campaigner. She whistled her way
into the hearts of the hentuckians
Of the Second district. In the small
communities where she held her en-
tertainments, they were unusually
well attended and her fame as en-
tertainer soon became great.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04
Unions Use Air Picket.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Feb. B.
Aerial picketing was inaugurated
today when literature attacking the
open shop was dropped over the
Cramp Shipbuilding yards where
5000 employees are on strike.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04

to us. Since, however have chosen a policy
of isolation, have little right to complain of any
thing the allies may do in the matter.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04

Even if the Senate cabal" did nominate
Mr.. Harding he will hardly depend upon them
to do it again.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04

The break between the allies is one of those
breaks that are only bends to see where the
break might come
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04

After visiting Texas and Florida, President
elect Harding may feel that he has sufficiently
recognized the South
The Washington herald., 1921-02-04

Nothing has so inspired the business man
with devotion to and interest in good govern
ment as has the income tax.