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The Washington herald., 1921-11-11
Revelation VS.. Science.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
1 am always much interested In,
and frequently am much edited by
the correspondence in your Open
Court. 1 particularly enjoyed the
correspondence on the Einstein the
ory of relativity. In that matter.
science is several thousand years he
hind revelation. The intention Of
the Creator and the accomplishment
of the fact (not merely a debatable
theory of the relatively of all things
in heaven and on earth, and particu-
larly in things astronomical, is
plainly. simply and fully declared in
the book of Genesis, chabter
verses 1918. The specific functions
of the entire starry host OF the
heavens are simply stated there.
Permit me to suggest to the astro-
nomical woIld that in their quest
for knowledge they make these few
verses OF the Creators declaration
their starting point
Touching another line OF CORE
spondence, why should there be such
a thing as a Sabbath question" any
more than a Fourth of July uues-
ton, or any other national memorial
day question. Every person with any
just clam to common knowledge Is
aware that the weekly Sabbath Is
the national holiday of, the Kingdom
of God, the Creator. His Kingdom
is not of this world. and no more a
matter for legislation at the hands
Of human kingdoms than the inter-
nal affairs of Great Britain are mat
ters for legislation at the hands Of
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11

To the Editor, The %washinEton Herald:
During this period of unempIoy-
ment il seems more or less remark
able that no one has thought OF
relieving the situation by remoy-
ing some of the hundreds Of mar
ried women employed by the United
States government, whose husban nds
are also employed by the same BODY
and are receiving salaries sum
GENTLY adequate to enable them to
support their wives comforta bly
without depriving others of the
chance to earn a livelihood II one
would take the trouble to investI.
gate they wouli find many instances
where married COUPLES are employed
Oy the government. owning fine
houses and motoring to the ONCE
IN their machines in the morning.
/ Oy no means contend that all mar
rled or single women who are de-
serving of employment should be
ousted from their places. However.
as the married women / have in
mind are not humane enough to re-
sign their positions to give some
poor devil a show who needs work
and needs IL badly, I say oust them
without further delay and let the
United States government and the
present administration show that
they are really trying to do some
thing ito relieve the unemployment
situation.
~ A W. RINGE.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11

WAYS Of avoiding the original payment one Of the
chief is through investment in tax-exempt securi-
ties II wealth refused to invest in these,- which
are provided BY direct exemption by Congress.
there would be still greater volume of complaint
Of which the senior Senator for Wisconsin would
not be the least note. Neither he nor any other
Senators who most critcise wealth for this form of
tax avoidance. would vote to make such securities
taxable.
Nor would publicity be of any value. anyone
familiar with State taxation must know. The tax
lists OF States are public. The assessment rolls
open to inspection of every tax payer in Wisconsin
Anyqpe can see II his neighbors wife's diamonds.
his Oriental rugs. his choice paintings his bits
OF art his silverware and other costly td-bits as
well as the mortgages, stocks and bonds which go
with such style of living, are listed They never
are in measurable quantity or value. Publicity as
complete as publicity be, has been quite useless
there and would be equally so as to Federal taxes
The jury which acquitted the man for stealing a
hog had all had piece of the pork
So far as the experience and observation of the
average man goes, there is just one form of taxa
ton wealth cannot avoid pass along. This is an
inheritance tax. Even as to it, unless the law is
carefully worded and the enforcement officials
Wsllant and honest, large estates will be found to
~ither away with the deceased, having been trans
ferred before death. There is no specially in the
praetee OF the law more profitable than that of
devsing ways of avoiding the law.l Wealth pays
larger than Congressional salaries for this and gets
back full value ~.
Inc Senator, however, made fine speech 1t
was full OF FIRE and vitrol II was quite I'D to form
and the national galleries will enjoy reading il.
Possibly Mr.. Mellon has not vet fully adjusted
himself to political life and it may have hurt But
otherwise it only renews the query of the curious,
II ever there was another Senate With Bob La
toilette, Tom Watson. Pat Harrison, Hi Johnson,
and Jim Reed! Samson when he wrapped his arms
around the pillars of the temple was hardly their
rival :
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11
Urges Pledge to France.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
The eyes of the whole world are
centered upon Washington as the
delegates are arriving for the Dis
armament Conference" Much will
be expected of the statesmen, who
will gather here, in reducing taxa
ton by reducing armaments, and
at the same time minimizing the
possibility of future wars by re-
moving as far as may be the causes
of war.
Some people seem to think the
time Opportune for the conference
in November. There are others,
view in face of new wars flaming
the prospect Of renewal of the
lighting in Ireland which is hang
ing by a slender thread. France
too, is wary of Germany, her an
cient INSCRIPTIONS and treaCherOus
foe. She will not favor disarm-
aments, they contend, without some
security against an unprovoked at
tack from across the Rhine.
without that security France will
be forced to maintain an immense
army for her own protection. In
her present financial condition il is
a tremendous burden for her to
carry Indefinitely. 1t will be utter
ly impossible for her to pay the
millions she owes US with every
good Intention to do so.
France was never known to repu-
diate a national debt regardless of
what form Of government it was
incurred under. France should be
spared this extra burden and re-
iieved of a constant dread Of an
unprovoked attack by the Huns
who are stoieally biding their time
for the psychological moment to ar
rive.
Thatffar-seeing statesman, Wood
row Wilson. pointed the way when
he promised France he would
recommend to the Congress that we
join with England, who favored
the plan, to guarantee France we
would come to her aid should Ger
many make an unprovoked attack
upon her A Republican Senate re-
jected The plan for the same reason
IT rejected the league Of nations
mo entangling alliances" What a
powerful influence for good we
could exert upon all nations II we
could only convince ourselves that
we have outlived the slogan NO
entaigling alliances" All nations
knowing our altruism in our deal
ings with Cuba and the Philippines
would look to us in confidence to
point the way to peace, happiness
and prosperity by pursuing in
peaceful attitude to one another
and settling national differences by
arbitration and the International
Court all ready established.
JITSTINIAN
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11
Who Paws the Tax?

MAYBE Secretary Mellon mistaken when
lNI he told how nearly impossible it is to de-
wise tax system that will place the tax burden on
wealth and make it stick. Maybe Senator La Fol-
I.tte is right in declaring that there dozens of
wavs in which this can be done and that one which
he proposed is making Federal tax returns public
records so a mans neighbors can tell how much
he pays and on what sources of income. Just the
same. the Secretary's statement sounds more rea-
sonable to those who know merely something of
taxes taxation and the cost of taking full breath
The rule that taxes must be levied in propor-
ton to the ability to pay, is quite unobjectionable
Thev can be so levied and collected but the
ing authority and the collector then through
They can hardly prevent the taxpayer most able to
nav from in turn collecting his tax from someone
.ls. IL he can 1t is hardly feasible attempt to
prevent the merchant from including taxes in over
head costs, something done by all merchants and
traders for all time as to all taxes.
II merchants do this, why not others? If quite
eroper and accepted to them. it is, why wrong
As TO others? Owners of rental property have the
same rule, including any increase in the price Of
roa or ianitor service. The manufacturer has this
same system of business costs and so has every
business of every description which by any possi-
hity can hx the price of the things service sold
Even organized labor adds only individual taxes
but the taxes passed along in prices. tosthat cost
Of living on which wage scales based.
. How can this passing along be prevented? 1t in
lion 1t is the way taxes are collected indirectly
frorl every individual Comparatively few, not 10
per cent, pay direct FederPl tax AS to other
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11

occurred because Of that very hos
tile view.
No form Of personal property has
been so heavily taxed as the auto
mobile.
1t is entitled to at least a square
deal
Every city must provide some
public place, well paved, well
lighted. with substantial roof. and
with adequate police protection.
whcre the automobile owner can
leave his machine. and be assured
that he will find it there when he
returns
Automobile owners constitute a
very large percentage of the popu-
lation, and il is a remarkable ex-
position OF Judgment and patience
which has permitted the establish
ment and enforcement of the traf-
hc regulations in Washington and
other cities. The speed limit is too
high as 1t now stands. But the
present parking regulations are a
crime against every man who owns
or hopes to own an automobile.
CHARLES HUGHES
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11
Armistice-ThanksRiyins

HERE are eleven legal holidays so generally
i observed throughout the States as to be
called national. Of these, however, only four are
national in the of being legally adopted by all
the States These New Years. Washington's
Birthday, Independence Day and Christmas. 1t is
now proposed to add Armistiee Day to make full
dozen recognized by Congressional action
The Canadians considering combining
Thanksgiving and Armistice Day, and the Phadel-
phia Public Ledger seconds the motion for this
country. Why not? This would but definitely fix
November II as Thanksgiving Day instead of the
last Thursday of the month. The combination
would be appropriate for surely Armistice Day
should be that of thanksgiving. 1t would but
combine thanks for the fruitfulness of our country
with thanks for peace-peace and plenty.
Driving in another practical spike, the Ledger
adds that business find that Christmas shop
ping never begins until after Thanksgiving. All
individuals know this to be fact. This congests
this greatest buying period of this year into just
one month. If it could be spread out over two
more weeks it would be great relief to mer-
chants and buyers; it would reduce expense and
relieve the nerve strain. Incidentally it would not
run the Christmas school holiday quite so closely
on the heels of Thanksgiving vacation.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11

and injured and compensate in
Jured workmen--all laws long es-
. tablished in other countries,
"Bolshevism is used in Mexico as
a phantom to scare fools. In all
parts Of the world, but especially
In Latin countries, the capitalists
have always made determined re-
ristance to any concessions favor
ing the betterment of the working
classes. In Mexico, the industrials
and landowners have had what
amounts to a system of slavery.
We are seeking the liberation Of
the working classes from this
state. We want their children to
be educated.
I'VE want them to have at least
a small home of their own.
Under the old system poems had
to work twelve or, fourteen hours
a day for meals which consisted
of only a single tortilla. Their
earnings averaged about 12h cents
a day. American money. We are
doing away with the more inhurnan
features of this system
Gen.. Gales saij that propaganda
was under way to make IL appear
that friction had developed in the
Obregon government. He some-
what vehemently denounced an 9dI-
torial in the New Republic on this
subject.
Such statements are absurd, /.
said Gen. Gales. The cabinet
members are in unison with Gen.
Obpegon's policies"
Gen. Gales would not discuss the
Lamont mission, having been in the
hospital at Rochester when ths
mission went to Mexico. He. de-
MED a rumor that Mexico had re-
Gently obtained a large loan from
japan at low interest after being
reffsed in. this country. He also
denied stories that Japanese vers
entering Mexico by the thousands :.
and that Japan had obtained in
fiuence approaching DONNA tion over
Mexican governmental policy.
Gen. Gales declined to discuss
the question Of reeognitior for
Mexico, on the ground that II was
an American question. but he said
that absence of recognition had IN 4
erect of discouraging Investments
OF American capital in Mexico.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11

at Columbia University in lsIs ANA
has the degrees OF A. r. and 4. u.
from the same institution. He he
gan his education in the Anglo-Cht-
nese College at shanghai.
DIR. Koo began his public career
by being secretary 20 the President
of China, Yuan Shih-kai. and WAS
councillor OF the Chinese foreiEn Of
fee, lel3-l5. He was appointed
minister 10 Mexico, later to the
United States and was then trans
ferred to the London post.
He has served on many commits
sions in China, and among the
younger Chinese there IL none more
imbued with he ambition to place
China in the road OF progress. II
was DR.. KoO who, as delegate 70
the Versailles conference. fought
for recognition of Chinese rights,
il was he who protested against the
Shantung award. and IL was largely
through his influence that China
refused 10 ratify the pact
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11
Plea for Little Beer.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Please publish die following let
ter in the Open Court column. which
is a reply to Clifford H. Mooers' let
ter of November 2:
Clifford H. Mooers is so biased
to liberty and justice that he has.
to my thihking. really not read the
new ruling on wine and beer. He
says that the advent of beer means
the opening OF saloons, which is
not correct My understanding is
that physicians must prescribe for
this beer at all times. And / wish
to say to Mr.. Mooers that IL he does
not wish to drink a little beer he
can leave II alone, but please don't
try to stop me from drinking a lit
tie myself. Don't be a dog In the
manger."I
EDWIN c GEORGE
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11
CAN TELL rEMPERATURE
AT WHICa INMRsr0wu 10,


AT WHICH LIMESTONE FORMED,
II is possible TO read from a
metamorphic limestone, or marble
TO what Temperatures it has been
heated during its formation. DR..
Pentti Eskola, a Finnish petrolog-
lst at present at the geophysicaI
laboratory Of the Carnegie Institu.
ton, told the Geological Society a
its last meeting.
1t has been known for a lona
time that calcium carbonate reacts
with silica 20 form calcium silicate
(wollastonite) and carbon dIoxide Al
definite Temperatures which rise
with Increasing pressure, and IL has
been calculated theoretically that
the rise Of temperature is rapid Al
low pressures, but very small AT
pressures higher than 1000 atnos.
pheres, and that the reaction ther.
takes place at about 500 degrees"
ne said Such a pressure obtain,
In the eArth's crust at a depth Of
about six miles. As IL is safe 10 a.
sumo that most Of our deep-meta-
morphic rocks have originated Al
deeper levels than that. the occur
renee Of wollastOnite in a silica
bearing limestone indicates that tie
rock has been heated to about SOC
degrees or more. But limoston
generally contain, also, magnesium
carbonate in the form OF dolonile.
In such limestones are formed dif-
ferent magnesium-cal silicatcs.
such as diopside and tremolite."
BY his investigations OF lime
stones in his home country. I'm
land. and last summer also In ,as
Berkshires in Massachusetts. Dr
Eskola has been able 70 stat. that
diopside requires lower tsmpera-
lures TO form than ollastOnite
tremolite lower than diopside and
certain micas still lower Each
mineral indicates definite tempyra-
lures Of formation. At present We
do not know exactly how high the
temperatures are, and even the cal
culated values for calcium silicats
are uncertain, but Il is hoped that
they will be determined experiment
tally in the near future. Now we
can only say that the heat is not 30
formidable as one might be inclined
to believe. The Berkshire marble
has been metamorphosed by i'm
mense masses OF molten magma
which have been intruded in then
and now appear as granite, and yet
IL nowhere has been heated to the
temperatures required TO form vol.
lastonite. At the immediate con-
facts Of granite diopsioe has beer
formed. but a few hundred yard
away the marble contains free
silica that has not combined at all
with the carbonates
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11
Price of Uniforms Drops.

In bids for the furnishing OF FIRE
department uniforms before Com
Oyster yesterday for sp-
proval, a decrease OF sS.o7 was evil
dent in the cost o. the total uni
form. as compared with last years
prices. Last year each uniform
cost the department s4S.25. while
this years figures are s37.23.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11

Communication will not be returned
unless specific request for such return
Is made and stamps enclosed.
letter. should Be typevritten when
ever possible. Communication extremely
difficult to read will not be considered.
No communications signed with fictitious
names will be used.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11
WHO'S WHO IN
THE DAYS NEWS

DR.. Vi-Kyuin Wellington koo
former Chinese Minister 20 TIE
United States, and at present hiS
country's representative at the
Court Of st. James. has come To-
Washington as a delegate to plead
for China's welfare
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11

The charge of
Bolsheyism does not
mean much in Mex
leo. because II Is
used as a term of
political .reproach,
not as a real de-
scription," said Gen.
Gales. interviewed
In New York. Men
are called Bolsheviks
for enacting eight
hour-day laws, mini
mum wage laws and
measures such as the
requirement that In
dustrials and land
owners shall main
tain schools for their
employees and hos
Difala for fha aiok
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11

Or. kCo T.
one Of the Few
delegates to
the Washing
ton parley who
saw service al
the Versatile
gathering and
is one OF IN,
younger mcr e.
bers Of tn 2
c onf er q n c e,
having b e 2 q
born in lNNN
He X n o "
America Ncll.
i.svinE b e %
educated "
tn is country
He got a de-
gree Of IN. D
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11

-0ay By DAY
impressions:
bACQeHshz1ire
fBat|a.Iltl!z.a

NEW YORK; Nov io.-Thoughts
while strolling around New York:
The saturnine figure OF great
hnancier. Thin-Iipped mouth and
nose that curves like the beak Of
an eagle. A rich mans ciub--as
private as toothbrush. Ancien.
oak pahelings and priceless shiraz
rugs, NAnd the atmospheric chilli OF
the Arctic. Pete Kyne's In town.
Faint cynical laughs Of the park
oehon Jopless. ominous. Huddled
together like sheep seekIne warmth
In q storm. A new electric cIgar-
cite sign a block long. A pun for
puffing. There goes that Handsome
Lou Teilegen with his rakish hat
and sassafras-colored gloves.
Plaster venders from MULBERRY
street with velvet coats and rings
In their ears. Patiently peddIing
cheap statuary. Venuses of Milo,
Laoeoons. Disc-throwers. Dull-eyed
chestnut vendors warming their
stin hands over tiny glowing Goals.
How tempus does fugit, There
goes a load Of Christmas trees.
They've done their Christmas shop
ping early.
Pantalooned Chinese woman car
rying shopping bundles for q
naughty dowager. That rathskeller
stiIl carries Teutonic inscriptions
over Its doorway. The theatrical
slump continues save In the Yiddish
theaters. Wonder where Charles
Dillingham; got that oyercoat.
A new Greek shoe shining parlor
with fifty chairs. The unceasing
drum OF footsteps on the elevated
stairs. A Futurist painting draws
crowds to a drug store window.
And no one knows what II Is all
about. Native yokelry. Wish some-
one would take me on an ocean trip.
I'd like to get beyond the three-mlle
limit for awhile.
The meekest little man on Broad
way has been found. He stood in
the Times Square crowds waiting
to cross the street. An Amazonian
woman parked herself at his side
waiting for the policeman's signal
to cross. A look OF pain, crossed
the mans face and grew with the
long wait Finally he coughed
apologetically behind a trembling
hand and said: "I beg pardon,
madam. but l am under your foot"
The famous old Buckingham Hotel
on Fifth avenue Is to be dismantled
to make way for a sky-scraping
office building. In the good old
days the Buckingham. the Broad
way Central and the Windsor were
the pride of the city. The Windsor
FVSN.
way Central is an interesting sur
vival of half q century past. 1t was
there that Stokes shot Fiske. Its
bar with its regiment of expert
drink mixers has vanished but its
marble, its huge diningroom, in
which meals on the obsolete Ameri-
can plan are served by bands Of
colored walters survive. The old
Astor House was demolished in
1913. Two other famous old-time
hotels were the Great Eastern, at
South Ferry, and the Union Square.
saw Broncho Billy Anderson on
Broadway the other day. Just a
few years ago he was the most
popular film actor on the screen and
was the first to popularize the Wild
West movie. He made a huge for
tune but dropped 1t trying to be-
come a New York theater owner and
producer. On Broadway he is re-
garded as a fallen star" yet the
rumor is that a new company has
been formed to back him and that
he will attempt what Broadway
says is impossible-for movie stars
to come back"
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11
CALLS MEXICO SAFE
FROM BOLSHEVISM

That Mexico is in no danger from
Bolshevism. is the opinion of Gen.
p. E. Gales, Mexican minister Of
government, and head OF the Obre-
gon cabinet, who Is now In the
United States.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11
CARNEGIE INSTITUTION
PLANS PUBLIC LECTURES,


A series OF three illustrated lee
lures by scientists Of the CarneEis
Institution Of Washington will b.
given on the next three Tuesday
evenings in the assembly room o.
the Administration Building OF th'
institution, Sixteenth and r streets
They will be open to the public.
DIR. Sylvanus Morley. associate IN
middle American archaeology. will
begin the series on November Is
with a lecture on The Chronology
OF Ancient Maya" The other lee
lures will be: November %. Re
cent Studies on the Ear as an organ
Determining Equilibrium" BY nr
George l. Streeter. director. De
partmert Of Embryology: Novern-
ber 90. The Eruption Of Mount
Lassen." by Or. Arthur 7. Day. d.
rector, the Geophysical Laboratory.
The neighborhood 81 MooduS
Conn, used 10 be celebrated Tor
subterranean sounds known a.
''Moodus noises" Sometimes eight
or ten reports. like the firing ~
small arms. were heard IN Nv,
minutes. and again the noise Wa.
like csnnonadinE or thunder. slight
earthquakes were probably thu
cause.
The electric railways of tr.
United States carry more than IA
900 900, 600 passengers annually. ter
times as many as are carried by
the steam railways
Cinders have been found useful
in English road making for prevent
ing clay Of the Sub-hase Of the road
rising 20 the surface
W n
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11

When you obey your superior" said the
wise man, you instruct your inferior in
obedience" and then he kicked the dog.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11
eChc Eezuzd.S
Scientific
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FRIDAY. NOVEMBER N. 1871.
Asseefafiea sf Ensaneers,
Washington Chapter. 1917 New
York avenue. tonight Q O'Clock.
Bank Loans and Discounts.- by
Joshua Evans. jr- vice president
Riegs National Bank. The En-
gineer from a Lawyers View
point by James N. Sheridan, for
mer special assistant to Attorney
Generals wickershAm. McReyn nolds
and Gregory.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11

If some American college makes Mar
shall Foch D. D. he may mistake the degree
for that of Devil Dog.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11

According to the administration claims,
the Federal trough must be mighty lonesome.
The Washington herald., 1921-11-11
Would Gust Employed Wives,

EDWIN C. GEORGE.