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The Washington herald., 1921-03-19
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The whiria-gig of time brings conditions which
result in strange contradictions When the Cum
mins-Eseh railroad act in the making. the Ia
Dor organizations strongly opposed and defeated.
provision which sounded like compulsory arbitration
of labor disputes.
They were not favorable to any Federal ma
chinery which would hamper their freedom of action
IN dealing with their employing companies The
result was rather reluctant consent to the pro-
vision for the Railroad Labor Board which carries
no authority. 1t simply provides:
= The labor board IN case it has reason IN he.
heye that any decision of the labor board or Of
an adjustment board Is violated by any, carrier
or empioye, or subordinate official, organiza-
ton thereof, may upon its own motion after
due notice and hearing to all persons directly
interested IN such violation, determine whether
in rs opinion such violation has occurred and
make public its decision in such manner as II
may determine
This creates rather innocuous body that nat
uraly hesitates to take responsibility and rather
alarmed if the cars move swiftly As is quite nat
ural with Federal agencies it moves slowly. rather
ponderously. when quiekness of action is the need,
In the reeent disputes between labor and the roads
its chef function has been to prevent action
The wage scales are an inheritance The or
ganizations, of course. do not want the scale
changed. The board they did not want, become.
their best friend by preventing the roads from
taking Summary action. They also are inclined to
feel tat4ihey can get better DEAL less cut from
the board, than the roads are inclined to make.
But the board lacks authority. 1t can inves,
tigzte, bot that is about all 1t can form an op;n
ion and finally, perhaps, influence public opinion
II itsecisions have been violated can determine
this az fact But Il can do nothing else In the
present it is the railroads that are inclined -
enorg its decisions, disregard its existence But
beyond the lever Of public opinion the board is helm
less to effect anything.
In tbs instance, if it had authority. il wo,,d
seem this might be to the advantage of the er,-
ployes Nor does this situation beIttie the uItmat.
eGect,and power of public opinion which, however
Is about the slowest power in its aceurulztinr
force. y is5of the sreatest value where thxre Z
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19

time to wait II is of the least value in an emer-
geney. If it has to be built up.
Moreover this board ,in ,tiie present instance,
standing apart from the Interstate Commerce Com
mission has no authority over rates, railroad opera
fion. or management The two bodies are in no
way interiocked through the qdestion.how at issue
Is interiocked with all factors in railroad operation
1t would seem that this board. if it is to con-
nnue. shouid De made an integral part of the COM
mission II should have the power also to make
Temporary decisions to be confirmed or reversed on
turther investigation. 1t should have such emer-
ssncy powers, and if its decisions are but perms-
sive ADVISORY and directed to publicity. should at
ieast have this right to take quick action in one
direction, without waiting for the long process OF
all related investigations
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19
TRAIN RAILS ARE TEN PARTS
GAS, ONE PART STEEL

Rails over which modern hiEh
speed. heavy railroad trains run
contain ten times their volume In
gas. according to DR.. G. X Burgess
chief Of the metallurgical section of
the Bureau of Standards. who spoke
to the Washington Chapter Of the
American Society for Steel Treats
ing ut it's meeting at the Bureau of
Standards last night
What effect the large volume OF
this included gas has on the metal
rs just one Of the problems that
confront the men who study metals
with microscope and testing ms-
chine, says DIR. Burgess.
Full Investigation Of their gas
contents will have far-reaching con-
behavior and treatment Of steels~'
he prophesied.
By melting metals and then let-
ting them cool, the metsllurgists
have found that they can determfns
from the Characteristic cooling
curves obtained the proper heat
treatment that must be given a
metal or alloy to make IL suitable
for a certain purpose. In these days
when new combinations OF metals
are constantly being made, when
metals are being used for airplsnes.
automobiles, buildings and all sorts
Of domestic and industrial purposes.
the work that the metallurgist is
doing is extremely interesting from
a practical and economical stsnd-
point, DR.. Burgess believes.
Mechanical properties OF some %
the newer alloys are being deter
mined in the laboratories OF the
Bureau Of Standards. Other men
are working on the thermal electric
characteristics and magnetic be-
havior.
The need that was felt during
the war for alloys and specially
hest-treated steels that will result
in reduced weight and better desiEa
OF modern machinery, such as autos
mobiles, caused the formation OF ths
American Society for Steel treating
which now has a nation wide mem-
bership.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19
SURVEY MAP OF
KANSAS OIL FIELDS.

The Geological Survey has just
published a map of the oil and gas
helds of Kansas. This map, which
is on a scale Of twelve miles TO the
inch, shows not only economic data
OF special interest TO the oil man.
but the township net. county boun-
daries, railroads. drainage lines and
principal towns and cities. The oil
neIos are outlined in green and The
gas helds In red, scattered occur
rences OF oil or OF gas that arc not
of sufncient Importance to be classi-
ned as helds are plainly indicated
the pipe lines are shown in a dis-
tinctive color. the locations Of re-
nneries are Indicated. and the names
OF the principal fields are given.
This map was compiled under the
direction Of @. B. Richardson. OF
the survey.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19
TWO NEVADA MINING
MEN IN CONGRESS.

The mining engineers now have
two friends in Congress, both OF
them from Nevada Senator T. L.
oddie, just seated, is one OF the
prospectors and discoverers Of the
ronopah gold mining district, and
former governor Of his State from
1910 to 1914.
Elected with the pledge TO sup
port mining and irrigation for the
West. Representative Sam Areutx
Artzona's only member of the Low
er House, is a real mining engineer.
who not only has studied minerals
at the Bureau of Mines experiment
stations but has directed their min
ing.
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Radical Italian Leader
Slain By Communists

ROME. March 1s.-Umbert To-
kgoli. a well-known leader Of the
Fascist (extreme Nationalist party).
was murdered on the outskirts OF
Ferrara by Communists who haa
posed as his friends.
The Communists met him outside
restaurant and engaged him IN
friendly conversation. Sig Tonirolr,
body was taken to q hospital. where
members of the Fascisti suspectine
that the attendants were disrespect-
ful to the corpes. fell on them with
cluhs- Later severe street frhtiar
between Communists and Farci.ti
took place.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19

A school of Industrial Journalism
10 to be established in New York,
and the new project will be financed
by the Business Publishers Associa-
ton. Instruction will be given in ali
brancheA OF the work. including
editorial. business. and service. un-
der y faculty OF trained aad ex-
Dtrienced Instructors.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19
CHINESE COMMISSION
VISITS SCIENTIFIC BUREAUS.

A section Of the Chinese Eduoa-
tional Commission to Europe and
America has been visiting various
typical scientific bureaus OF wash
tngton. among them the Bureau OF
standards. Those IN the party were
Yuen He Lo. kea Fung TsunE, "
c. WI. n 7. Tsiang. c. S. Tsisng.
all connected with educstionsI
institutions In China. Herman
chan-en Liu. secretary OF the com.
nission. acted - i.tsfbrsser..
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19
THE HERALD BOOK SHELF
REVIEWS ::G0:: BOOKNOTES ::
REVIEWS

zELL. by Henry G. Aikmsn. Alfred
A. KnopfD
Avery Zell is another of the ordi-
nary human beings who have re-
Gently become interesting to Ameri-
can novelists. His story begins at
the ponderous age of g." and car
ries him carefully but not too pains
takingly to the time when his son
is aged 3. Zell is a very ordinary
person living at first in the fiat
above the drugstore" and being for
hidden by his mother even to talk
with those Gallagher boys on Sun
day-for the Galleghers obviously
do not attend his church--and be-
ing subsequently taken for a thrill
ing Sunday sleigh ride by his father
in spite of maternal protests. Zell
is ordinary but human. Even in his
last great choice, when he rejects n
possible love and sticks TO his un-
loved wife in order TO save. his little
son from childish humiliation. he is
human. 1t is not romantic to reject
possible loves, but it is human and
people keep on doing it. IT is not
even healthful, according to Freud.
but people do il, and so one feels a
strong, human sympathy for this
very ordinary Zell. The book is
naturally Classed with Main
Street among the novels of the
year, but Mr.. Aikman's style. is nOt
nearly so painstaking as Sinclair
Lewis, He puts his colors on with
broader strokes than Mr.. Lewis, bu,
he. too, believes in the photograph
method and is very faithful to the
carefully selected details which he
uses.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19
VOW THERE ARE S: FLOWERS
THAT HAVE BLooMED IN SPRING

There are now ffty-two spring
flowers that members Of the wild
Flower Preservation Society have
discovered in bloom during their
rsmbles about Washington. Thirty-
three of them were found during
the past week and were reported at
the recent meeting by p. L. Kicker,
secretary. They were listed az fol-
lows:
Wild Flowers - Spice bush. dead
nettle. corydalis. bluet. cinquefoiL.
yellovroOt. ground ivy, grape hya-
cinth. beech, tulip tree, golden saKi-
frage. redbud. wild ginger. dwarf
buttercup. bloodroot. box elder. pep-
per grass, witch hazel, sage willow,
harbinger of spring.
Cultivated Flowers japanese
cherry, hyacinth, pansy. jonquiL
shortis, Alpine cress, plum, pear.
Norway maple. spiraea, goat willow,
Daphne, crocuS
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REPLIES To @0NE WHO DESIRES
THE TRUTH

To the Editor. The yashingten Herald:
I have always been taught and
always learned from my Bible that
Holy Thursday was the day of
Christ's Crucifixion, and after three
days He arose from the dead, which
was Easter Sunday. and ascended
into Heaven. But II He was cruci-
fed on Friday and arose on Satur-
day., that would only make 1t two
days, by counting from Friday
morning to Saturday night.
AS the Bible states He hung on
the crosS from the time He was
crucffied. which was about 10 o'clock
in the morning., until after sunset
and was taken down by His mother
and some friends and put in a tomb
that never had been used before.
Mrs. NJ L. r.
cherrydale, Va, March II. 1891.
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To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
Apropos of the sum of S2,5oo as
sessed against a surgeon for attend
ing to a boys hurts.
At that rate doctors will stop
practicing their profession and let
people die at their leisure If they
are to be mulcted in such sums for
affording relief to the injured.
It is a well-known fact that no
surgeon can ever guarantee an op-
GRAFTON, as complications impossi-
BILE to guard against are liable at
any time to set in.
AN INDIGNANT,
GRATEFUL PATIENT.
Washington, d. c., March II, 1921.
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DR.. Wirth says America can't hold aloof
In America, however, there is a disposition to
hold aloof or the rens.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19

Cotton is down below IS cents pound,
: and that is the, reason you can now buy cloth
at about $3.50 pound.
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weeks is entirely too brief a
time for even the author Of The
Outline of History" to discover the
truth, but Mr.. Wells can see more
of interest and significance in two
weeks than some observers have
been able to see in two years. The
description of Petrograd today, the
account of the personalities of the
Bolshevik regime and the disserta-
ton on the beard of Karl Marx are
particularly good.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19
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Saturday. Hsrcs 10. 1871.

SATURDAY. Hsrck 10. 1871.
Biological Society, Ce~nes Cishs
this evening, 8 o'clock. Flora of
Some Newly Discovered Lake Beds
of Southern Colorado" by r. H
Knowiton: The Breeding water
Fowl Of the Great Plains Region.-
by II. c. Oberholser.
George washf.gts. Medical Society,
Medical Building. 1875 II streetJ
this evening. o'clock Basal
Metabolism." by DR.. Il. Clarence
Rice; "sensory Aphasis," by DR..
Everett NJ. Ellison, with discuss-
ion opened by DR.. Shepher L
Franz; "Atrophy OF Lgmphatie
and Tonsillar Tissue by Radiu1
and S-Rsy," by DR.. c. Augustus
Simpson; case reports by DE-
Francis r. Hagber.
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When small boy is asked to approve
Snicago's its me" and "he, don't, he says,
Sure Petel"
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19

You will remember that there was no talk
about Ford needing money until he began to
run newspaper.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19
RUSSIA IN THE SHADOWS. BY
n. @. Wells. George H. Doran

ohpdny-1
Most Of the books about Russia
succeed In arousing the ire either of
the Right or of the Left. Mr.. Wells
pook arouses the wrath of both.
The formericharge him with being a
Boisheyik propaganda and apoi-
ogist. while the latter declare with
pehaps greater vehemence that
MT. wells is only a bourgeois So
ciaifst wfth,a eye for copy. We do
not venture-to say that this picture
OF Russia Is true. Most things that
are said about that mysterious
country are sooner or later proved
to be untrue. But we will say thar
Mr.. Wells picture is one Of the
most vivid and the most striking
that we know Of. We disagres
with some of the conclusions of
this book. but We fnd. 1t of fxtraor-
dinary interest," No doAt two
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Thrift is the art of caring very little about
the opinions of the neighbors.
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WORLD WITHOUT END. BY Grant
overton. doubleday, Page and
Cbmpany)

Company
1t is lucky that Mr.. overton pref
aces this tale with a statement that
1t is all based on fact, and dares ms
readers to call IL incredible. for the
instant that he plunges into his
maze of coincidence and hidden m
IDENTITIES, the reader snaturally re-
marks. We'll. really, you know. this
is impossible" But, then. of
course. there is always on Mr.. Over
tons side the adage about fact and
fiction. The story is of old Long
Isiand-Long Island before the sum-
mer resorts and motor roads and
aviation fields were thought of. and
there Is a great deal about an ola
Huguenot family intermarrying
with English aristocracy, about sea
captains, about murdersand con-
fessions read dong after the disap-
peaerance of the guilty parties.
since Mr.. Overton says that his tale
is true and that he has merely
changed names and places in order
TO hide his characters identity, IL
may be that he has been unfortun-
ate simply in his choice of names
certainly even the most credulous
nction-reader will find 1t hard to
swallow the fact that the mothers
name vas Leda. the swan. that she
sailed on her matrimonial ventures
upon the ship White Swan, and that
her daughter, named deliberately
after Helen of Troy, turned out to
be SO beautiful that the mere sight
OF her practically hypnotized all be-
holders. Such condolences make
IL seem advisable that Mr.. overton's
assurance about the truth of the
tale be repeated in italics on every
other page.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19

ny bSHHtAl NOppltElOIta AIJ. L
Dutton and Company
This is another tale of the South
Seas based on a highly amusing
idea. 4 younger son of a most no.
Bile English family breaks away
from his social moorings and be-
comes a beachcomber on a South
Sea isle. In due time he becomes
formally married to a Hula woman,
The half caste son of this marriage
becomes the heir apparent to the
title of Earl of Topsham through
the deaths of his cousins. The no
bic family and their musty old So
licitor are frightfully upset at the
thought of a Melanesian savage Of
cannibalistic antecedents sitting
in the house of lords and repre-
senting the family in the society of
the Kingdom. In desperation Nine
Gilbert, who, as a secret agent. has
won a reputation as woman Of
great resources, is drafted and sent
in a beautiful yacht to the South
Seas to do whatever appears wise
and circumspect. Madame's plans
work very well until the combina-
tion of her amorous French maid
and the machinationsl of a disrcpu-
table lawyer. who has come out
from England, bring matters TO an
exciting climax. The book is a lit
tie too long and contains much that
is not relevant to the story, hut il
rs written in a lively style.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19
MIssoURI ROAD ExFERT
HAS UNIQUE LOAN PLAN.

n =
HAS UNIQUE LOAN PLAN.
Conversion OF the loans made to
the allies of the United states in
the. recent war to a. fund for the
! construction and upkeep of national
highways Is urged by George .Hen-
ry Cough. road expert. OF Kansas
: City, seen at the New Ebbitt.Hv ~
(. Interest payments could be turn
ed over to this fund as received.
Cough believes. and when the final
payments are made the entire sum
would provide the means of giving
the United States the greatest sys-
tenn Of highways in the world.
We never can spend too much
money on our highways" said Mr..
Cough. in time VI peace they are
the connecting links which provide
means of communication and facii-
tiles for the transportation of food
stuns. In this respect they are rap
idly becoming formidable rivals OF
the railways of the United States,
since the advent of the motor truck
as factor in the moving OF food
commodities. In time of war they
are vital to the rapid movement Of
troops from one part Of the country
to another.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19
THREE LIVE GHOSTS. BY Fred.
eric S. Isham. (Bobbs- Merrill
Company

ms novel; from wnlCh the sue
cessful play of the same name Is
taken, concerns the experiences of
three warriors, who are officially
dead, according to the British war
office. They are alive enough to
escape from German prison camps
and return to England, where their
adventures are both numerous and
humorous. These very material
ghosts-a shell-shocked lord, an
American with a past, and a cock
ney who decides to remain dead in
order that his mother may collect
his insurance-are led by the author
through a series of extraordinary
experiences which are in the main
amusing. The style. which seems
forced, considerably detracts from
the interest of the story.
BooKNoTEs.
In the thirty-four years he has
been writing. e. Phillips oppenheim
has had seventy volumes of fiction
published. His best seller thus far
was his 1920 novel. The Great Inn
personation." His latest is Jacobs
Ladder
Schefy farnOl. the EngllSn aO-
thor, is now working on a sequel TO
BLACK Bartlemy's Treasure"-his
hrst sea story.
John Drinkwater. already one of
the most successful and honored
OF dramatists, has now achieved an
additional honor. He has been par
odied in the immortal pages of his
native Punch" Punch is, as al
ways, quite demure. He sdminis-
ters some sly digs, but maintains
on the whole a genial, fatherly at
tihde towards John Linkwater."
Punch does not often condescend to
parody even his most eminent coun-
trymen. 1t is. therefore. in a very
select group that Mr.. Drinkwater is
now numbered.
In one of Mr.. Chesterton's lectures
In New York he made a statement
which was the cause of consider
able merriment. In reply to a ques-
tion as to the psychological signifi-
cance of the use of paradox in his
books. he replied gravely that he
never uses paradoxes in his books.
He says. Il have even been driven
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19

The progeny OF war pIo6teers can boast
thst their sre wasss seIfa1 msn. -
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GOOD ROADS FRIENDS
NOW ARE DIsILLUsIONED,

Ihe pollcy OF the present legisla-
ture has served to disillude the
friends of good roads. however, and
Cough says that the intention of the
voters Of the State is being COM
pietely ignored by that body. At
first the solons considered legislation
which would have meant virtually
the extinction of the amendments, a nd
now Cough declares that a law has
been passed which will retard road
building for years to come.
What the legislature has actually
done is to pass a road law which
provides for State aid in name only"
declared Cough. This law provides
for an increased license fee on mo-
tor vehicles of which 5 per cent will
go to the secretary of states office
for miscellaneous road expenses. For
ty-five per cent will be devoted 70 n
road dragging fund, while the re-
naming so per cent will be convert
ed to a State aid fund. This in real
ity will never go to the State, but
will be used by the counties to cover
one-fourth the cost of the hard sur
face roads within each county.
The county will remain the unit
Of road building, as il has been in
the past, unless the people of the
State elect a legislature which will
make effective the road amendment
already PASSED. Otherwise Kansas
will go on building highways with
the same inefficient and extravagant
methods as has marked her opera
tions in the past"
Cough says that Maryland has a
splendid system of roads. and in that
respect compares favorably with any
State in the Union. He also was inn
pressed with the paving and general
appearance OF the streets of the Dis
trict Of Columbia F.W. C.
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SEES NEED OF YEARLY
CARE OF ALL ROADS,

Large appropriations are neces-
sary every year to combat deterio-
ration because OF the destructive
traffc of motor vehicles" he con-
tinued, "and We need money for ex-
perimental purposes to devise new
ana better methods of highway
construction. In my opinion the
conversion of the allied loans and
interest payments to .such a fund
would be great constructive
measure and would be the best use
to which this money could be nut.
IL would not only stimulate patriot
Ism on this side of the Atlantic but
would have a wholesome effect upon
the peoples of Europe. who PROB
ably would lose confidence In the
good Intentions of the United States
II this money were put into a huge
armament program. NS
Cough points to the State of Kan
sas as an example of the need for
Federal aid to road building in this
country. Last fall an amendment
was indorsed by majority Of 10000
votes whereby the State was permit
ted to make itself a party to any
program of road building. High
hopes for the future OF roads in Kan
sas were held by those progressive
spirits who for twenty years had la =
oored toward this end, Cough said.
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Diligence increases the fruit of toll. dila-
tory man wresties with losses.-Hesiod.
Not a Simple Situation.

1NE thing in the railroad situation is beyon,
dispute. The roads are in an almost des
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BooKNoTES.

Jehery Farnol. the English au-
thor, is now working on a sequel 70
Black Bartlemy's Treasure"-his
first sea story.