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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-13
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acres in the suburbs. will probably
be devoted. from old habit. TO the
propagation Of foreign plants almost
exclusively, the managers depending
upon the wilds around the city for
native plants. not thinking that al
most all the Interesting ones have
been destroyed for several miles out.
So. In regard TO the preservation
OF interesting towering plants with
In ten or more miles OF the city. I
am an extreme pessimist.
ROWLING MONKEY.
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Slow Down for Safety.

THE correspondent Of The Herald who charged
that an motor car accidents were the result
of the speed mania, was not far wrong. 1t is not
that the 90 per cent really 90 afflicted, that
the other per cent are conscious of the disease.
But the fact remains that more than 90 per cent
drive faster than they should, faster than Is
sary and faster than is safe.
The motor car driver soon becomes 50 used to
speed that it means nothing to him. To him fifteen
miles hour is just jogging along at Dobbn speed
but in reality it 10 I.37o feet four ordinary city
blocks, IN . minute. When a car approaches q
crossing. turns q corner at that speed. the
man afoot 10 In danger. He half block
avav bu. In time that 10 about three steps or
maybe less.
The man who lives in q suburban section tells
how many minutes he is from his office. He times
himself to his business place and from there to his
home and wastes no minutes. He might start FIVE
minutes earlier, but he does. He has an I'm
conscious pride in making the distance in fifteen
minutes and no more, twenty and no more as
the case may be. He is like the moderate drinker
who never got drunk he is always the careful
driver who may be run into, but never ran into
anything. or body.
Driving in or out he usually soliloquizes on the
iniouities of other drivers and of pedestrians. He
fractures all the road laws he can, just for the in
ward 10y of it. He gets ahead of the other fellow
and IL street street, beats the doors at the
crossings. Stand at any one OF the main arteries
of trade at just before o'clock in the morning or
after in the afternoon and watch the procession.
Gimpses Of the faces of the drivers and the hunted
or haunted look of many pedestrians who attempt
crossings, tell volumes of the spirit of Twentieth
century America.
Then downtown in the busiest sections, it is
easy to distinguish certain distinct classes of drivers
who run their own cars happily and with delight
'fuI indifference to all other traffic. There is not
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-13
Devastation Around Washing.
ton.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
To my surprise I find that botsn-
lists. school teachers and others Of
the upper class are the chief van
dals In robbing the wilds around
Washington Of their rare and most
interesting plants. Even some MEM
bers Of the Wild Flower Preserva-
ton Society. In order to preserve"
take them home, to keep them from
being destroyed by 'vandals- and
careless people. Once I witnessed q
school teacher. In company with two
other women, contemplating a beau
tiful yellow ladies' slipper. She
reached her hand forward several
times to break on the flower. each
time a second thought warning her
OF the presence OF the other women
sccompa nying her. She hesitated
each time. apparently waiting 70,
her companions to go on to catch
up with the main party on the stroll
so she could snatch the flower an
seen. But the impulse was SO strong
that she snatched II before the wit.
nesses got far away. This was the
only flower OF that species in sight.
apparently the only specimen vrtn,b
miles OF that place.
On another occasion I saw a bot
anist locally noted seize and Dull,
up the most magnificent cardinal
flower / ever saw, near q road out
in the country where more than 100
people Of all classes. even the most
uncuitivated and Children, were pas.-
ing without touching the siorious ex-
hibit. I asked the man what he
was going to do with Il. saiA he.
I'm going to take Il home. said
I. why. that IL too tan to tske
on the car He replied that he
would manage IL some way. Wen.
child-like. he threw IL awSy before
he got to the car line. sDeoauss n
had wilted Q sittleis
I pity these '1kleptomaniacs.. for
they cannot resist TILE Inherited lido
syncrasy. They are honest and hon.
orable in all respects. this impulse
to break on beautiful fowsrs Of rare
and snowy kinds being their only de-
feet. II defect can oali n.
The United States Botanical Gar
den. which 70 to contain go or more
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Edueatio.- Helping and Hurting.

"HERE 10 q character education institution
hGs In Washington whose purpose seems
u to be the introduction into the public
schools of courses In morals character develop
ment. Its resolve" II that children and youth
may be brought up to recognize the right of each
human being to lfe liberty, and the pursuit of hap
piness. and to treatment from others in accordance
with justice and equity and that they be habituated
by character education to the experience OF good
viii among themselves citizens and toward the
children and citizens of other nations. and trained
fulfill the principles of law and order in human
society, within national borders and between
nationa"
This II eomunendabie and much to be desired.
The moral instruction of children once the SPECIFIC
and recognized responsibility of the home. should
be given attention by the schools. But surely
this does not need, mean definite course OF
study, any new agency, or any injection of other
machinery, charts, lectures other paraphernalia
than that which now encmbers the schools. II
surely Is not advocated to form new lodging
place for the textbook publishing houses, for
no other text books needed, should be
b forced the sehools
The best character builder Is a devoted, con-
scentious sincere teacher. The best text books
morals the classroom and the play grounds.
Honest work and fair play; tasks well done and
never slishted; games played with every ounce
of the whole boy girl; study hours kept. lessons
learaed, rules observed and nothing shifted; and
on the playground manly contest, the spirit Of
chiyalry, of carefulness and kindness. These are
the character builders the courses in morals, and
they are in all schools.
Organization to promote their greater use
/ Is good. Organization to encourage . greater
/ realization of their value and appreciation Of
! their results Is most desirable. But spare the
schools the teachers and the children any fur
Their additions to the curriculum. II has Jumps
= and bumps enough now. which have not yet been
rubbed down to form = part of the whole There
Is enough that is sti1 but stuck on and has not
yet been fitted in. There Is enough of constructed
ornament where the glue Is not dry. There
are enough text books and the teachers suf-
feiently mystifed
% One Of the greatest troubles Of the public
b. schools and one of the most serious present-day
problems Of education, is the number of things
' that have been added to the courses of study in
the past twenty years. but not yet incorporated in
It. 1t Is said the so per cent, or less, Of cities
where manual training, domestic science, applied
art music physical culture, Fairgrounds and sports
have not yet found their right place. have been
dovetailed together with the old-time classroom
work and have been fully correlated with the text
book studies to make thinking easier and clearer;
and understanding simpler; living fuller of joy,
life bigger and better and school entieng. instead
Of drudgery.
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speculative advance Of land values
Deduction shows that this cause
must necessarily produce periodical
Industrial depressions and induction
proves the conclusion.
Given an Industrial community, in
which population is increasing and
the cooperation of individuals in
the production of the things neces-
sary for the satisfaction of human
wants Is becoming closer and wider.
and land must constantly increase
In value. This constant and con-
tiuous increase naturally encour-
ages speculation In which future in
crease 10 confidently anticipated and
speculative values are forced far
beyond the price at which under
normal conditions OF production
their usual returns would be left to
labor and capital. Consequently
rent advances. I do not mean that
there Is necessarily, or even prob
ably, a total cessation of produc-
ton; but that there Is what in a
growing community would be tanta-
mount to a total cessation of pro-
duction in a stationary community,
an ihaohis IN proouctioh u IN
crease proportionately owing to the
failure Of new increments of labor
and capital to find employment at
the normal rates. Now. this cessa-
ton of production in some branches
of industry must necessarily mani
fest itself in other branches in a
cessation of demand. which would
stop production there. and thus the
depression would propagate itself
through the whole Industrial organ
ization. producing in every line OF
human activity q partial dislocation
Of the machinery OF production. re-
sulting in an Industrial depression,
THOMAS +. MONAHAN.
s21 Sixth Street Northwest.
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If any country wants US to be its premier,
it must be one where they do their assassina-
ton with some other instrument than cheese
knife, or we will decline.
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To- Buddy" watching the occasion from the
parapets wondered If It can be possible that any
of his living buddies 10 not getting a square deal
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-13

Having looked over this country which
Lafayette saved, Marshal Foch does not blame
him for the adventure.
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Thanks for Highway Aid.
To the Editor. The wsshinstoo Herald:

To the Editor. The wsshingtoc Herald:
Friday evening Of last week had
occasion TO stop by the roadside
near Silver Spring. Nd. in the early
dusk. Thinking that the stop would
be but for q few minutes I paid no
attention to the lights OF the car.
Upon returning to my machine
after quite q delay and after dark
mess had set IN. found that some
courteous ana kindly by-passer had
lit the rear oil lamp.
This letter 10 sent In order that
you may know how much the cour-
tesy 10 appreciated and In the hope
that this acknowledgement may be
read BY my unknowu friend
CAsPAR q. DICKSON.
KauainRfcA Ma
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Additional Open Court Let
tiers win be found on Page {,
Theatrical Section.
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VIVA ysvssss rsssssvsssss SEEDED,
tan plsnt study hike today. Lead
Niath street ana Georgia svenu
at 10 q r. for rakoma
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Tammany knows It's New York and New
York is "its."
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09
WOOD DIcUssEs ALIEN QUESTION

San Francisco. April. 6-General Leonard Wood. speaking at luncheon given in his honor here today. advised Californians to limit ius.nieration. to assbailate types of foreigners" He slid "ln the East we have admitted an assortment of people which it will be difficult to assinilate. Almost any declaration made by the government finds opposition from some racial unit. So it will go on until we amal- gamate these people into solid Amer jeans. The present type of American ceunent has about all the sand it can stand''
 Concerning preparedness, General Wood urged a strong garrison for the Philippines and Hawaii. He said the navy should be soon well prepared anS should always be ready for instan, |use.
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proximately $1.Oe Rsg. ton. This cosl, Is a good grade of Ignite coal and thS quaaty is improving as wc get the mtaD developed and get farthsr into tho coal seams.
 We have taken the matter up with the American Yu,an Nayieation. Cu.n- pany as to 2 fasht rate per ton. o4 back haul from Nenana to St MieheAl, and would appreciate if you, could give. us the data as to the probable rate from St Michael to Nome: also thA usual market price of coal in NomA as we understand coal has been veey, h8gh this winter. ' Any information that would hNfa, us on this proposition would be great ly appreciated.
 Signed IIE2AI.Y RIVER COAL COM FORATYON.
 By ROBT. S. DONALDSON.
 Gen. Manager.
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GOOD PAY FOUND.
 ON UPPER kosUK

There will be quite q lot of rnir;n.
 ' the N6huk section next sum.,er as q result or the discovery this winter Of some very guod pay near the head waters of the Sobule River, according to Il letter received by R. B. Julian from Dick Hal by the Last mail down. Hall stiees that two hydraulic plants are to be opsated.
 There were no skins about all win ter" Hall says "It is the poorest year have seen in any seventeen years @n these parts and if things are next year like this one it will not pay to run. . business. Thf,e is not even a fox track to be seen,
 But thr natives are living just tho same" the letter continues. "aad xeem to be more healthy sdnce they 1 cannot buy the white mans bod. Sugar they seen to have forgotten about as they get along without 1t. There will be quite sl lot of mininS 1rext sunmer.ln the Kobuk section. on the headwateis. as they found some very good pay this winter. There will be two hydraulicing plants working one by Ferguaon and Hansen and by Nelson and Johnston.
 The steamer Cordoya got here SC late last fall. we had the up river freight froze in down here. But it was a great help to the natives. who have been freighting all winter with dogs Over 15o tons wer houled by dog teams o50 miles up river"
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09
EUROPEAN RELIEF
 CAMPA|GM YIELDS
 SUBSTANTIAL SUN

As q result of None's generous re- spnnse to the call of Herhert Hoover for funds to feed the huge army. of starvasson threatened war waiss Of Eastern Europe. neadiy twp hundred unfortunate little ones are assured ample food to sustain them until the coming harvest yields its store of ststensance. The final report of the Nome committee of the Euro pean Relief Council, nEade public. this week. reveals that the kindly hearted residents of Nome and Seward Penin- sut. contributed the substantial sum of $l.Ss3. .S4 to the relief fund. This amount will provide ample nourish- ing food for 1s9 of the little un3ortun- etes cast upon tha charity of the world thru the loss of their supporters by war and wars desolation. In view of the present small number of resi- dents in this district. the returns from the campaign conducted by Mrs. Alice keenan and her associates are a. spien- did testimonial to the energetic labors of the committee and the warm hearted charity of the people of the Second Division.
 Following is the complete financial report rendered to Governor Riggs. r.bai nn,.n of the Alaska branch of the EuroHan Relief Council.
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09
WHOLESALE. MURDeRER t |. FOUND GUILTY

Covtnston. Ga. April s-John s; Williams, plantation owner. was found guilty today of murder in conndetion with the Jasper County peonage cases. :. Eleven negroes were murdered on the Williams plantation to prevent them testifying against the peonase system employed by Williams. In spite of the brutality of the crimes laid at his door the trial jury recommended mercy for Williams.
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09
NEW oaeAh,zATioN Foa. CARE
 OF VETERANS PRoepsEp
tneaaye1 in Tssssan.assionl

fn4ayed in Tssssgsassionl
 WashingtDn. Apri1. 7-oEanization of a veterans service administration" and the consolidation of the activities of all government bureaus havin, to do with the care and treatment of dis abled ex service men is recommended d in n report submitted to President Harding today by his investigating committee. appointed some days ago to ascertain the character of the treat iment received by former soldiers from government agencies.
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09
FORMER ROME
 WOMAN WEDs
 FATHERS FRIEnD

Letting none of her friends i, o, the secret and hoping to conc,4i it for some days to come, Mss Helen W. ,kimball, well kno~n club woman and ohilanthrophist of Piedmont. became he bride of Julius Saupe. prominent AlasdSa sidning man, on January 2S. ascprding to an Oakland newspaper clipping received by local friends of the contracting parties. The article con- tinues.
 The romance had its inception some years ago. when Mrs. Saupe. then Miss ki1rrball. spent her summers in AlaSta. with her late father J. S.. Kimball. Saupe and Kimhall were business partners in many northern ventures and rlle warmest of friends.
 Mrs. Saupe has been active in Ensf bay club work for years. being mem- Der of E:pell Club and Mills Club. Dur ing the war she WAS on the lecture sAap board of the Red Cross. and ai- w1ys has been an interested worker in worthy hilanthropies.
 She is the sister of Mrs. A. J. Campbell of Honolulu. Mrs. Daisy Kindhail Adams Mrs E3fnheth A. Pitcher of San Rafel and Charles F.. Kimball.
 Saupe spends a part of each year in the far north experimenting hit interests. and the couple shortly vii depart on a trip which will keep the7r h the north until the end of the sum nor. .....
 More recent advices announce tha! Mir. and Mrs. Saupe left California for AlatdSa on March 15 and arrived q Anchorage some days ago enroute tt the Innoko mining section. where Mir Saupe is interested in two gold dredge. being installed there.
 The couple are both well knowr here. In recent years Mir. Saupe ha. been associated with Mr. Charles Kim ball. brother of Mrs. Saupe. in variou. Solomon River and Council dredgin,
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"Ws are very anxious to gsts some data as to the possibility of shipping coal from the Nenana. coal fields to NomA for the market In that vicinity
 "At the present time we arS mining aii the coal used on the Northern Di- vision Of the government railroad. as we'll as supplying the local market in Fairbanks and Nenana.
 Coal is retailing at s. 50 per ton in Nenana and $10 in Fairbanks. Hand- led in quantities it could be landed on down river barges at Nenana at ap-
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Late News Flashes
SWELL CLUB RAID YIELDS
 RICH HAUL BOOZE
(Delayed in TransrniSsicn)

(Delayed in Transmissicn)
 Seattle. April, s-The police today r;lid,d the exclusive University Club oi Boren Avenue and found in the abode of social Scnctity no less than hun drei quarts of the purest bonded rye whiskey. in addition to ten quarts cf real gin and thirty gallons of common mOonshine.
 The entire store was confsf.ated doubtless to the deep regret of ''.- club members.
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09
COPPER SLUMP CAUSES SUICIDE

Seattle. April. s-Wiiliam Hugsard, il well known mining engineer of Seat tie committed suicide at Tacoma last night as Q result of despondency due ,o The closing down of many copper mines in which he was interested.
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09
CALIFORNIA BEATS
 WASHINGTON IN
 ANNUAL CONTEST

Oakland. Cal. April, 9-California beat Washington University on the oakland estuary today in the annual three mile race for the international rowing championship Of the facrnc coast.
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09
ALASKA FISH BOATS
 IN SMUGGLING TRADE
Delayed in TranSntssion)

(Delayed in TranSntssion)
 Eurelaa, Cal. Asrii. S-The govern : ment cutters Bothweu-Ir--lh,- and Rear ar ensas.1d in patrolrins te Northern mia coast in sesreh for xx .ka fishing boats engaged in wrxs. Key srnngsaing. \ ' No less than & dozen of tho Alaslxa fish vessels arc engaged in liquor run ming between British Colanbif cities and San Francisco,
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09
s.e cHfEF1 p,acuss MsrAoos ENDING WAR STATUS
Delayed In tranandssion)

Washington, April, s--Secretasy of State Hughes today conferred with Lodge. Knox and Harvey. It. Is un- derstood that methods for ending the present technical state of WAT between the United States and Germany was the chief topic.
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09
FARMERS ACCEPT COOPERATIVE GRAIN MARKETING PROPOSAL
(Deayed in transnA.-iou,

(DeAayed in trensznAs-sou)
 Chicago, April. s--Representative of the farmers of the nation in con- yention here last night, voted unani- D,o,,slv to accept the report of the com : mittee of seventeen which Irovidss for the formation of q cooperative agency to market the Dation's grain crops by direct producer to consumer methods
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09

operations and is one of the most SIG. cessfui of local mining men. Mrs. Saupe resided n, Nome at intervals, for some years and was very popular.
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09
SEATTLE WIDOW WINS
 SHARE oF ESTATE
CpSayed in Transni;asioa)

Seattle, April. s--Ars. MaSme Marble, the Seattle widow of Walter Marble, and her four children, were allowed ss,700 in her contest of Mar Lies estate by & jury at Bloomington Illinois, according to word received from that city tonight.
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09
HARDING MAY VISIT
 ALASKA IN AUGUST
Delayed in Transm'ssionl

Washington. April, S-The White House let 1t be known today that in the event of President Harding innk- ing his contemplated visit to Alaska this summer. which he may do if Con- gress gets through it's most important work promptly. the trip will occur about August 15.
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09
NENANA FIRM SEEKS TO SUPPLY NOME WITH COAL

The Healy River Coal Corporation of Nenana. Alaska. in an attempt to secure & market in Nome for coal pro. d,fred in the newly opened Nena,la coal fields. has addressed the follow. ing interesting communication to the Nome Chaxpber of Commerce under date of March 1.
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09
MEXICO DENIES RECOGNITION
 pF SOVIET RUSSIA
,ps.ayea d ,r,nsn,,ssion>

tDeAAycd ta transnr3szion)
 Mexico City. krfl 7-1t WIS pfn- cial1y announced day that Mexico has not recognized e Soviet govern nent of RussiA- as r >ent reports in- Sicated.
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09
ALLEGED SOVIET
 WORLD REVOLUTION
 DOCUMENT PUBLISHED
tneeaya in, Trsnxni,sion,

tntaysa in. Transnission>
 London. Apri. "A dccument par--
 pcrgtaa T e to conta.n detailed secret tn-
 str!pstions from I1enine for creating S~ond wide rsgpfgt,pn and ordering the Soviet trade mission abroad to stir up rsvoluttons wherever possible, vas published today by the London Times.
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09
BIC FIRE IN TOKYO

TallyU. Japan, April. y-Seventeen hundred houses were destroyed in a |sreat conflasration occurring here yes-
 terday afternoon.
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09
MRS. ROBERT BAXTER l EXPIRES SUDDENLY
tDe,ayed Ia .r,ranssnise,ou

tDe'aysd In ,1ransnizs.er,
 Portland. Ore. April. 7-Mrs, Rob. ert Baxter. wife of Robert ". Baxter. former head of the Alaska Steamship Company. of Seattle, died suddenly here today.
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09
EsTHETic REALTY DEALER
 GOES WEST

Ualayea in Transmfssfon)
 Seattle, April, 7-treti F.. Sander. il nrominent realty dealer Of Seattle who was nationally known as an art collector, died at his home here today. :.
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09
AUTO RACER FOUND ..
 DEAD IN STREET

Seattle. April. 7-Charles H. Cro- '''''' widely ->awn az an a,,ta,nobia racer. was found dead on the ST. A. hs7e this morning
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09

The Nome Nugget delivered by car fer or mailed. Per Month S1.0o
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09
DISBURSEMENTS

Ieieerai,s ........ 2.6S Coal .... .. .. 16 90 fuhcn 900 AoSertslhs ...... i3.W Total :. -. .$4S 16 Balance on hand subject to Total receipts as per above
 ISt, .$1b5e 3p Alaska $. s. Co. No bs col-
 lected by Gov. Risxs : Credit Nome> ......., 2:. co Northern Commercial Com.
 St Michaei ....... 50. % Alaska Yuieou Nay. Co. .... g. .oo Alaaea s, S. O.. tto bs col.
 t- -lected by Gov. Riggs
 Croht St 1aichasD .... 2..Lo
 Tntal .$1778. 50 Total Dtsbursements ...... 4s 1s
 ADDITIONAL RECEIPTS Candle ...... ..... .... s2. 50 Dime Creek ........ ...... 75.oo kiana .... .. .. .. .. 24.0O
 Total Net Receipts from
 Second Division .$1s93. s4 Try our sourdoush Hot cakes-nons better, at ARCTIC BAKERY.
The Nome nugget., 1921-04-09

Try our sourdoush Hot cakes-nons better; at ARCTIC BAKERY.