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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-24
SENATORS OPASS
ON LEHLBACH BILL
AFTER CHRISTMAS
Sterling Calls Meeting
To Consider Measure
Passed by House.
NEW PAY SCALES
Senator johnson TO Press Bin
To Raise Salaries in
Patent Office.

Unsuccessful in an attempt 10 hold
meeting OF the Senate Civil Service
Committee Just before the holiday ad-
journment. Senator Thomas Sterling.
the chairman. has planned for a ses-
sion Immediately sitter the reopeninE
OF Congress January 8, to report the
reclassihcation bill.
II is understood the LehIbacn tuf
with possibis notifications. will be
the choice OF three measures which
have been under consideration by the
committee for several months 1T "a
similar TO the Sterling bill, and re-
Gently passed the House with som,
trimming.
New Pay scheduIe..
Compensation schedules for all
branches Of the government includ-
ing that Of the District Of Column
ola. are provided in the bnl. Mini
mum rates are arranged ana the
heaos OF Departments have the rfehr
10 allocate positions 10 appropriate
grades Salaries that are under the
minimum VIII be allowed TO stand
In most cases A permanent wage
board probably will be included IN
the Senate bill. =
Patent OfTicc Pay.
Senator Hiram johnson. n. Calf
iornia- chairman OF the Senate PATENT
ommittee, will call a meeting AZ
the committee in January 10 oon-
sloer action on the Lampert bin nro-
v,ding a substantial Increase IN sal
aries and additional emplove, ro-
the Patent Orice where bushes. bas
become seriously congested.
The Lampert bill IS stiU on IN.
House calendar. every effort 70 have
IL acted upon at the session vh,cb
ended Thursday having failed. The
House Is expected to pas. the bin
Immediately after the mid winter ,e.-
sion begins, new pressure being
brought TO bear by patent attorneys.
manufacturers and inventors Of the
country who are complaining OF .eri-
Gus injury TO business by the Patent
Onice congestion.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-24
CAPITAL STRAINS EARS FOR JINGLE OF SANTAS BELLS TONIGHT
YuLetide Bells
ToMng Dismal
Dfrge for Rats
Pied Pipers Haze Gone,
But Rodents Find Lite
Strenuous Stu.

There is no joy in this .lushy
fule for the rats that hold dominion
IN the dank waste paper rooms OF
the Capitol Easements.
Death snares are set for them.
Ry the hundreds they are dwindlinr
in population. Where they frolicked
in high carnival amidst Supreme
Court briefs and Senate speeches.
romping over the cement floors and
peeking at breathless stragglers or
the human world only a month or
SO ago, they are huddliSg together
now in the silent crevi&s, solemnIy
checking up daily casualty lists.
Boards have been placed abou.
the basement rat haunts and COW
cred with a paste that holds fast to
whatever touches them. When q
cautious rodent makes a sneak to
get a lunch bucket from a janitor's
locker he steps upon this board and
finds his foot stuck.
He puts another foot on to push
the board away. and then starts
bucking and squeaking for help.
The harder he struggles the worse
on he is. By morning he is down
and out. Upon some boards are
found half a dozen rates-mother,
father. Bill. Joe and the girls.
There is a daily harvest of fifteen
TO twenty rats from the dozen
boards or more. The rat war has
been going on for several weeks.
II is the first for more than a
year. The Capitol architect has or
dered a thorough eradication.
Just before the war the Capitol
was ridded of rodents by a pied
piper OF the name Hirsch, who
spread a mysterious power thar
caused the rats to disappear. He
would never disclose the secret of
his success He finally disappeared
himself.
A few years later he was fol-
lowed by a piper with a powder
that was strewn by the barrel, and
some of the janitors say IL drew
rats to the Capitol from as far
away as Alexandria. There were
more rats at the end of this piper's
visit than at the beginning.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-24
FINDS DRY AGENTS
EXCEEDED POWER
Court Orders Return of Per.
sonal Property Seized
In Raids.

Revenue agents with search war
rants, which call for the seizure of
Intoxicating liquor alone, must not.
according to q decision BY Chief
Justice Mccoy in Criminal Court
No. yesterday ransack the prem.
ises mentioned in the warrant and
remove articles of personal prop
erty or commit acts of vandalism.
The decision arises in the cases
Of Eddie Butler. of 1o15 Lamont
street northwest; william Butler
of 3a4 T street northwest, and Silas
Jefferson. Of s12 Twenty-seventh
street northwest, who were arrest
ed in wholesale raids last October
and charged with violating the
prohibition laws.
Because the search warrants In
these particular raids called for the
seizure only of liquor. the court or
dered returned to Edward Butler
safe, several shotguns. private
papers and other articles Of per.
sonal property. Butler alleged tina
the safe had been broken open witt
sledSe hammer in the presence Of
his wife, who was i'll in bed, anc
rified of its contents.
In granting the application o.
Attorneys James A. O'Shea anC
John I. Sacks for the return Of thi.
property. the court inquired IL the
attorneys had taken any steps to.
ward legal action against the reve-
nue. agents for the alleged vandal.
ism and was advised that no &C
ton had been taken as yet. The
charges of violating the liquor laws
against the persons mentioned are
still pending. The decision yester-
day does not call for the return of
any liquor.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-24
Charlottesville Police
Find Still in Henhoust

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Dec. %
The police yesterday unearthed a
full and complete still Of fifteen gal.
Ions capacity within a few square.
Of the Police Court building, on the
proderty Of Bob Smith. on Scottsville
road. The officers found copper still
putting away merrily In the recesses
Of the henhouse in Smiths back yard,
together with some 100 gallons Of corn
mash all ready for the boiler. and
worm and two gallons of liquor ready
for the bootlegging fraternity.
In police court this morning Smith
faced Justice Shackelford, who levied
a fine Of 800 and ninety days in the
city Jail. He took an appeal to the
Corporation Court and win be tried
by a jury at the next term.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-24
IL OPPORTUNITIES
REMAIN UNTITLED

Twelve Christmas Opportunities re-
main to be filed. the day before
Christmas. Seven Of the seventy-one
folks in these fourteen families are
assured home for the coming year,
leaving sixty-four to be taken care of.
Two Of the other opportunities are
within striking distance their goal.
One opportunity needs less than 5000
to close and another a little less than
5000.
The total received up to Last night
was 35.734, leaving $7.432, or more
than half. yet to be secured. Contri-
buttons may be sent to the Associated
CHARITIES, John Joy Edison, treasurer.
s23 H street northwest, or to the
Office Of The Herald, and win be
promptly acknowledged.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-24

Threatened obstruction to the In
vestigation by the Federal grand
jury into activities of Charles w.
Morse, his sons. and corporations
owned or controlled By Morse in
connection with transactions with
United States Shipping Board Elmer
gency Fleet Corporation. was swept
aside suddenly yesterday. Wilton
j. Lambert, counsel for Morse, with
drew objections to investigation of
the corporations records.
Justice Walter /. Mccoy, in Grim
inal Court, No. 1, commenting on
Thursdays refusal to produce all
the books. despite subpoena. de-
clared Somebody has been playing
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-24
Stultz-Valentine Wedding

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. Dec. %
William L. Stultz, Of Roanoke. and
Mis-. Gladys u. Valentine, daughte-
of Mfr. and Mrs. William r Valen
tine. Of this city, were married yes
terday at the parsonage of the High
Street Baptist Church, the ceremony
being performed by DIR. Henry w
Battle. Mr. and Mrs. Stult1 left i'm
mediateIy after the ceremony for
Richmond. Norfolk and other points.
They viii make their home IN Roanoke.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-05
THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.

We believe that the Board Of Edu-
cation made wise selection when II
chose David A. Ward Of Cameron.
West Virginia. TO become the super
intendent Of our city schools. Mr.
Wards recommendations are excellent
and the records as school executive
which he has made elsewhere are
pleasing. He had as his sponsors.
when he applied for the local position,
some Of the best-known educators in
the collegiate world. who willingly
testified to his ability AID knowledge
Of his subject.
Now We would bespcak for Mr.. Ward
not only the loyal cooperation Of the
entire school system. but likewise the
good feeling Of our citizens toward
him. Mr.. Ward comes from another
State. hut ne is an American citizen,
born and bred, whose ancestry reaches
back into the dawn Of our country s
life. we can make his work much
easier for him If we take him into our
community life. and make him feel
that he is not a foreigner merely
because he was born elsewhere. but
one Of US.
The Board Of Education gave him
cordial greeting when he was notified
of his appointment. It would be a
graceful, as well as tactful thing. if
the leading citizens of the community
would tender to him a reception upon
his arrival here. so that he may fee
that ne has our best wishes for sue.
cess. Why not make such a reception
a community affair?
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-05

REDUCTION Is THE NEED.

What the country Is demanding is
not revision of taxation but re-
duction of taxation, and the Instincts
of the country are sound. Private
individuals are compelled by circum-
stances TO curb their expenditures.
They are driven back by sheer neces-
sity to a pre-war basis in SO far as it
is possible of attainment. yet the gov
ernment stubbornly refuses to reeog-
nize any restraints
Revising taxes may help few in
dividuals but 1T will not meet the prob
lem. nor can the country be benefited
by lifting the burdens from the rich
and transferring them To the poor
and the moderately well to do. The
trouble lies with the amount of money
that the government is taking away
from the American people and devot-
ing TO productive uses. No matter
where 1t finds it's 1000 900 900. every
dollar of IL must first be earned by
hard labor. Somebody must dig it
out of the ground before the govern
ment seizes it, and digging out ST.,
500 600, 900 does not happen to be SO
simple a task as voting appropriation
bills.
Any scheme Of taxation which takes
81. 600, 600 900 out OF the pockets Of the
American people in tho present con-
tlition of industry is iniquitous. and
no Congress that provides for such
colossal expenditures cah ever de-
fend it's action except on the ground
that il Is mentally and politically ir-
responsible. If Congress is displeased
with the Mellon schedules, and it has
every right to be displeased, the nn-
ever il not new form of manipuia-
tion, but downright, bed rock econ
omy that viii relieve labor and in
dustry and give the American people
chance 10 get on their feet.
Not revision but reductionl II Con.
greas does not know that by this time
| It knows nothing.-New York World
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-05
LOOKING BACKWARD.

Looking back TO August /. 1914. II
will be remembered that In this coun-
try few imagined a world crisis to be
at hand. 1t seemed impossible that
the combat was more than local. The
war consumed many millions of lives
i'm the tented field, reduced many more
millions To state of dependency and
cut of from normal birth many other
millions, while with objectionable
recklessness a considerable fraction OF
the accumulated property of centuries
was destroyed. Much of this property
represented human life in the sense
that IL was physical and spiritual en-
denvof.
There are those who think that
property losses have been stressed as
IL they were not essential of civili-
zation itself. From Mother Earth
through at least ten thousand years
of recorded history and countless more
millenniums of prehistoric struggle.
there has been developed a civilization
which is incomplete, but is great
advance on the Stone Age. The fine
arts. intellectual progress, religious
development and ethical culture have
progressed along with mans power 10
SfGuft Itlt itNt6Sl1ktN VI tiAi ahlfiifAf1i-
~ 10 permit OF leisure for better
things.
All the world has suffered. One
might say that IL is as badly off as
| in 400 A. D., when the barbarians
wrecked the Roman Empire. The
difference is that now we have abun-
dantly more opportunities and greater
possibilities for achieving reconstruc-
ton than after The Napoieonic Wars
of century ago. Some nations are
working hard-Germany harder than
any-and some are trying to make
something out Of nething.
Let us continue the fight To re-
store and improve upon conditions Of
seven years ago. Let us not permit
the vanquished to become conquerors
80 the economic field. Nothing counts
| but creative industry. The last seven
years have been n horrid dream. but
| the same amount of energy in con-
structive work with spiritual progress
| in the direction of peace, viii he worth
| the cost Of the war and may make
/ the world better for posterity. That
/ is the lesson. Otherwise the last state
Of this generation will be that Of the
1 Dark Ages Of Europe.-Philadelph
Inquirer.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-05

ton. Del, witch makes Speakman
showers and fixtures. Is working on
fun time schedule with its full nor-
NAL, force. Asked how they have
been able to maintain demand, the
management gives chief credit to con-
sistent advertising, TO giving the full
est possible attention to the interests
of the dealer. iobber and manufacturer.
and to making a special drive on
showers and special fixtures for the
home and for institutions. both pri-
have always pioneered any new de-
velopments, and that they have taken
special pains during the period Of
inactivity in general business to slim
ulate buyers interest by bringing for
ward every special feature designed
and attractiveness of their products.
Furthermore. the labor problem has
been handled in way that has in
creased efficiency to such an extent
that drastic wage cuts have not been
found necessary
The reading public--and 90 out
of 100 men read today--know
that the Speakman Co. has probably
done more within the past year to
help people to approach God than any
other commercial agency-for It is
that concern which has made the
shower bath popular, and cleanliness
is next to Godliness" today just as it
was centuries ago. Even an Eskimo
after reading one of their advertise
mcnts would be tempted to take a
shower bath. And the beauty of this
is that the Spealman Co. has backed
up its advertisements by delivering
the goods"
A great many people made money
easily during war time. 1t takes en-
ergy. ability. foresight and all the
other business virtues in the catalogue
to make money now. But the fact
remains. some people are making it,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-05
AMERICAN VALUATION.

The chairman of the tariff commits
sion says the American valuaue
plan. nov in the Fordney tariff bill,
will cause confusion in the customs
laws. will make foreign business nigh
II speculative, and add another ele-
ment OF uncertainty TO a business
situation already chaotic.
But he thinks it can BE- administered
successfully ultimately
Maybe so. But we are now concern
cd with presently rather than ulti-
mately, for the country.s business i
carrying all the burdens 1t can man
age. our foreign trade must be high
" speculative at best. We cannot af-
ford TO make ii more 10 by ultimately
experiment, even If such experiment
is Theoretically promising.
Another member of the tariff com
mission favors the plan because the
proportion of imported goods under
valued is very large. That is an evil
and we do not doubt 1t exists, but this
Commissioner is looking at the situa-
lion from the revenue viewpoint ex-
clusiveiy, whereas the primary con
sideration in existing circumsta noes
is the fate Of our business and Of our
ultimate consumer.
The upshot OF the matter is that
even If the arguments in favor of the
system were conceded. the objections
would outweigh them as arising from
consequences more injurious 70 the
country at this time than the evils
the new system IS expected e di-
minish or correct.
The American valuation plan. W
believe, should not be tried under
present Chicago Tribune
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-05
Firemen's Carnival a success.

The carnival given for the benefit
Of the Fairview Fire Co, No. l, OF
E.lslnere. closed on Tuesday night and
proved a big success. The net pro
ceeds amounted to s2,1o0 and those in
charge were much graufied. The mem
bers OF the Ladies Auxiliary were es-.
pecially active in making the affair a
success. The committee is grateful
TO all those who donated 10 the car
niyal The new chemical engine has
been delivered and is much admired by
all who see it. The building commit
tee is working hard and expects to
have the company's new home ready
for occupancy by next Christmas. .
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-05
MAKING MONEY TODAY.

Wilmington's Dollar Day was sue
cess both for the merchants and their
patrons, and according to the state
ments Of certain cautious minded per-
sons who arc not given to exaggera-
tion Of fact, it demonstrated that the
people viii buy when genuine values
are offered, no matter what the price
may be.
We are hearing much Of hard times
now. But are we really, suffering
from such conditions? It is true that
there is some unemployment; some
plants are not running full capacity;
others are not filling orders with tho
rapidity Of war days. But was this
not also true back in those halcyon
days before the Kaiser kicked the
German bucket?
some Of our friends in Wilmington
are suffering from grave malady-
to wit, fear. Coupled with this dis
ease is an entire loss Of the faculty
to perceive conditions in their right
perspective. These persons were so
glutted with money during war days
that they think that because they are
not making millions now the world
must be coming TO a sudden end
Fear Of the unknown business future
has paralyzed their actions. Instead
Of going out and hustling for business.
they sit idle, waiting for the United
States government to bring them pros
perity on a golden platter. But would
not these gentlemen be content with
their pre-war profits? If not, they
had better make their wills and plan to
die a long and tortuous death, for the
days Of big and quick profits are gone.
Probably never again will this coun-
try evolve %, 600 millionaires within
twelve months. as happened once dur
ing the war period.
There are some firms in Wilmington,
however, that are going out and knock
ing Prosperity down with a sledge
hammer and claiming it as their own.
For example, there is Joseph Ban
croft & Sols Co. That corporations
mills are now running at fun capacity
More than $500 persons. are on its
pay roll. and it is producing goods
which the nation needs. A news item
in this paper yesterday stated that
Normal times have returned to JOS
eph Bancroft & Sons Co" That state
ment was not exactly true. for it was
he executives and the representative
of the corporation who went out into
the business world and grabbed nor
n1alcy" by the neck and brought hel
back into the fold. Hard work brair
power. and plain elbow grease hac
much to do with it.
/ Another concern we might mentor
is the speakman Co.. known every
where this side Of Paradise" wher,
plumbing fixtures are used-and tina
means in all Of civilization. b. &
Forbes, the business expert. in a copy
righted article which appeared yes
terday in The Philadelphia Publ,
Ledger, said this Of that concern
! "The Speal<rnan co. Of Whining
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-05

the sugar maple thrives best in the
more rigorous New England ana
Northwestern climates
The American Forestry Association
has worked out answers 70 every
question that can be asked about ne
proper trees 70 plant ~ any section On
community, and this information Is
hi the disposal % individuals or or
eanlzatiOns undertaking d tree plant
ing program. But officials Of the
forestry organization ray that Il is
safe a. follow the course u planting
trees which already are thriving m
the neighborhood in which the trees
are to be planted
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-05
RIPPING RHYMES.
By Walt Mason.
STEPPING HIGHER.

I'm strong for things uphft-
ing. I'd see the world improve.
I'd hate to see it drifting into
a punker groove; 1 like to see
men striving to gain the heights
ahead, but few Will stand for
driving. though many may be
led. And nowadays reforming
is driving in disguise: we see
reformers swarming with fury
in their eyes. When wearied
ny my labors. and jaded in my
soul. | like to join my neighbors
in games of crokinole. And
though these games be sinful.
as moralists declare. they soothe
when I've a skin full of trouble,
grief and care. And if reformers
sought me, with gentle dance
and song, If patiently they
taught me wherein the games
are wrong. and If ! heard them
saying their protest calm and
meek. no doubt Ia quit my play
ing. and other pastimes seek.
But no. they rant ike thunder
and make their noisy raid. and
rend the board asunder on which
the game is played. They break
the grape juice bottles and spoil
my priced cheroots. and maudlin
anger notifies the maps of these
galoots. They talk Of jails and
letters, and statutes they in
woke. and thus annoy their bet
ters. and make their cause a
Joke. And if they'd meet me
kindly, and say to me, "Old Sox.
the game you're playing blindly
will land you on the rocks Id
think them sane and able, I'D
listen with respect and play
ing-board and table quite
promptly would be wrecked.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-05

wealths,
Leaders are needed 10 interpret the
great mass movements of the day. and
TO chart the future Such men are
needed as never before. Every Even
ing is aware that these men exist In
Delaware Democracy: but the ques-
positions where they can do the most
good for the greatest number? Every
Evening will fight for any man. or any
set of men who can measure up TO this
papers high standards. But Every
Evening will not lend its support To
any mediocrity. un-representative of
the masses and incapable of modern
thought. who by chance may be placed
at the head of his party. If the men
who are chosen in the future to lead
our Democracy are not statesmen in
the best meaning of the word. then
they must seek aid elsewhere.
But how gladly would this paper in
dorse the selection of an intellectual
giant-not necessarily lawyer. gen
tlemen-who would give promise of
eventually becoming a great national
figure, Henry l.. Mencken once
wrote: 1T is fine thing to face ma
chine guns for immortality and medal,
but isn't il fine. too. to face calumny,
injustice and loneliness for the truth
which makes men free?" This paper
would battle for him who is great
enough TO take the peoples side
against tho Golden Calf who now rules
our state. A man is desired who will
stand every earth fire before he will
desert his belief in the fundamental
right of the people to rule themselves,
A man must be found who viii dedi-
cate his life to the sovereign princi-
pies Of Democracy, and who will be
swaycd in his judgments neither by
predatory plutocracy or predatory
poverty" This man Every Evening
will support. He may have to face
"calumny. injustice and loneliness for
the truth which makeo men free" but
his reward will be exceeding great .
None other need expect
this papers Endorsement. The Demo
cratic party should govern itself in its
selections accordingly unless il wishes
to fight its battles alone.