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Evening star., 1921-07-31
AMERICANS DETERORATING, SAYS EDISON

that the man upon the street in the
United States. not to say the college
man, would make record of about
IS per cent in any tests 30 simple.
that those who qualified as Amen
could have answered not only the few
simple queries which we put, but tens
Of thousands more. The capacity OF
the good mind, rightly handled. is re-
markable. The inertia of the other
sort is as astonishing. Only three or
four attempted to reply to What is
the value of gold per Troy ounce
and all were college men.
uTHIS system for obtaining good
men for important places in
my business is the same which gave
me the material for the hlament OF
the incandescent light-that of elm
ination. Before l found the sub
stance which 1 finally adopted I had
tested many thousands. The deeper
now get into like process of
elimination among men the more
am astonished by the quality avail
able today. I now have made up my
mind that when a man, under the
present system, not started right.
reaches the age of twenty-one he's
through. Atrophy of his intelligence
has started. Apparently. as q mat
ter Of fact. it may begin earlier, at.
say, eleven. Atrophy means shrink
age. whitening due to lack of proper
exercise, and there are no correc-
tive processes.
been allowed to atrophy through lack
Of definite. continuous hard work
has few possibilities or none. His
time is passed. He's through before
he starts.
1.-TWO chaps start even. One does
and one does not feel interested In
life. the difference between them al
ed even, to training at home or
school. The interested one. even
though ill-equipped to start with,
can acquire Intelligence. and the
other, though elsewise far more for
tunate. will be helpless. fixed for
Nothing new will stick to him. OF
this 1 have made sure through wide
experimentation. Thousands of the
atrophied cumber American indus
try. One l know Of, for he is my
employe, has an eye as good as
mine, vet cannot see. He went
% our Factory and wholly failed to see
the many discs that had stopped
whirling.
"At another time a foreman's tour
around at night with an inspector
led them past two men sleeping in
their chairs. The foreman did not
mention them. The inspector steered
the course SO that they passed them
for a second time. Still the fore
man did not mention them. Then
the inspector pointed to the sleep
srs, and the foreman naturally went
wild with wrath. On the other trips
he had seen only that for which he
had been looking.
"Such men. Of course, cannot see
whether work is right or wrong.
They make bad foremen. There are
thousands Of them-well meaning.
doubtless, but entirely hopeless. It's
atrophy-atrophy Of the connection
between the eye and the brain. The
eyes perceive, but the brain does not get
q message from them"
%k'A X
AT this juncture q bright-looking
a chap came into the room, alert,
plainly thinking hard. and stepped
up to Mr.. Edison with query of
some sort. 1t was replied to with
an evident satisfaction and the man
went out.
HE is q questionnaire 'A-man,' "
said Mr.. Edison with cheer. He is
In charge Of q department He has
executive ability. good business In
Evening star., 1921-07-31

"A MOTHER CltatlOn9 John -. odTA
"A ley. private. first class. Company X,
4th Infantry. For conspicuous sallantry
and intrepidity above and beyond the
call of duty in action with the enemy
near Cunei. France. October z. 1915.
Private Barkley. who was stationed In
an observation post half a kilometer
from the German line. on his own ini-
tiatiye repaired a captured enemy ma
chine gun and mounted 1t in q dis
NAlsd french tank near his post. Shortly
af.Arward, when the enemy launched .
counter attack against our forces, Pri.
vAte Barkley got into the tank. waited
under the hostile barTaSe until the
enemy line was abreast Of him, and then
opened fire. completely breaking up the
counter attack and killing and woundin1
q large number Of the enemy. Five
minutes later an enemy seventy-aeven-
millimeter gun opened fire on the tank
point blank. Ono shell struck the
drivers wheel Of the tank. but this SOL
der nevertheless remained in the tank
and after the baYrago ceased broke up
. second enemy counter attack. thereby
enabling our forces to gain and hold
HIN asa"
As amended by the act Of July 9,
1S1S, the congressional medal of honor
may be awarded to any person who.
w&ils an ofncer or enlisted man of the
Army shall hereafter. In action fnvolv-
Snesactual -conotck with an-ensmXs dis.
Evening star., 1921-07-31

THE distinguished service cross and
the distinguished service medal.
established in January. 1913, also did
much to raise the standard Of the con-
sressional medal by providing recogni.
ton for aerIess-which. though Of un-
The Washington herald., 1921-10-09
international Debts.

The problem of the cancellation or the reduction
of international obligations which were among the
legacies of the has again been given publicity as
the result of speech at Dundee by Winston
Churchill British colonial secretary. In the course OF
his remarks Mr.. Churchill said he considered that a
conference the establishment of normal exchanges
would be found more valuable even than the confer
ence which is to be held in Washington on disarm-
ament He expressed the hope that one conference
might lead to the other. Regarding the international
debts, he declared that the world would be greatly
benefited If these obligations reconsdered and
reduced to practical dimensions. In this way the ex-
change situation would be improved and it would be
possible for the nations to do business with each
other natural and normal basis.
There is little likelihood that any attempt will be
made to extend the scope of the Washington confer
to include the subject of international finance.
The questions which this conference to take up are
Of sufficient complexity and offer enough difficulties
without the addition Of complications.
ference finance might follow that the limitation
Of ornaments and would doubtless be able to achieve
better results il the Washington conference Is in any
degree a success.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-09

THE Bdslek Ndehriehtcn publishes the following in
i formation regarding Polish agriculture and in
dustry:
"The ministry of agriculture has stated that Polish
agriculture has improved considerably In 1913 there
100000 morgen Cog acres) untitled soil in Con-
gress Poland. but this untitled area has entirely
disappeared In Galicia the which not titled
100000 morgen last year, but it is only $780,,
Even in the regions which had been ravagco by
the Boshevists much progress has been made Through
rehabilitation the ministry of agriculture obtained $1,000
horses from the government and the landowners them
selves bought the corresponding number Further 700
tractors have been bought and the has de-
lvercd to the peasants $500 wagons of cereal and
tivated has increased to the following proportions
Wheat, $4,000 ha, rye Io6 ha, barley, 2I2ooo ha
potatoes, $4,000 ha. The output of sugar bees las
increased by 40 per and the number If cattle
also increasing
"The output of petroleum in 1920 was 76sooo
crude OIL the refneries produced the following
number Of tanks each of 10000 kgrs: petroleum. H.
o3s; benzne, 1888; gas oil, oo37; ubricating OIL
8,o84; parafin, 2,I4I. The governmental mineral oil
rehneres in Drohobycz produced 2I3 per of the
output and of the nearly all was produced by the
Polish naphtha factories.
"The tobacco monopoly has yielded to the gov
months of 1921 and for the whole year an income of
six milard marks is expected. 1t has been said that
the government about to let the tobacco monop-
oily to an Englsh-American company but this has
been denied by the finance minister
The Washington herald., 1921-10-09

responsibility for the famine This resolution was sub
sequently withdrawn and the whole question of relief
for Russia passed to the international Russian
relief committee which is to meet in Brussels shortly
but which has been refused admission to Russia be-
cause the Soviet government does not believe in its
sincerity. As the governments represented this
committee more likely to contribute funds or
materials for relief this meeting than now there will
be but little this organization do beyond adjourn
ing to meet at a later date.
In the meantime the several American private
charitable agencies working with and through the
American relief ADMINISTRATION actually feeding
children and invads not only in Moscow and Petro-
grad but in the most severely afflicted districts along
the Volga Over 5000 tons of food have been into
Russia already, and have left Moscow
for the Volga districts Thirty carloads of medical
supplies the way to Russia from Paris The
Soviet officials we'll the great mass of Russian
people are cooperating loyalty with the American
workers. That the influence of the American relief
action is already being felt is attested to by Kaenn
president of the central executive committee who told
Dr. Vernon Kellogg that where the Russians saw that
American methods were better than their own, those
methods would be adopted and in this fashion Russia
will become to a certain extent Americanzed.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-09

the purchase of seed and foodstuffS for the
famine areas. The announcement OF this plan
raised storm OF opposition in, the conserya-
tive press of England. France and other coun-
tries DR.. Nansen's agreement with the Soviets
was attacked on the ground that it would give
the Soviet officials an opportunity to divert
the relief materials from those for whom tn.
were intended. The request for credits was
even more violently opposed because it would
serve only to strengthen the Soviet govern
ment In spite OF this opposition DR.. Nansen
asked the assembly Of the league to request
the governments to supply this credit. When
the assembly adopted a report of one Of its
committees stating that the nations were I'M
able to raise This amount of credit but were
very sorry for the starving Russians DR..
Nansen charged that there was organized
effort on the part of certain nations to block
Russian relief. He declared that fear lest
lief would strengthen the Soviet power was the
cause of this opposition He challenged any
member of the assembly to say that he would
allow 10000, 600 people to die OF starvation
rather than help the present government OF
Russia.
Except for Lord Robert Cecil, who
charged the government with insncerty, DR..
Nanscn got nothing but few kind words from
Mr.. Fisher of England, Mr.. Hanotaux Of
France and NJ. LaFontaine of Belgium. The
representatives of Jugo-Slavia, which has just
enacted most drastic law against Com
munists, introduced q. resolution charging the
Bolshevist economic and political system with
The Washington herald., 1921-10-09

ferng fropcvi strife and the rulers OF the different
provinces have recruited separate armies The figures
in the of the other countries do not include re-
serves whoarc trained and could be called into service
in very short time In France, Italy Japan Switzer-
land, Spain Greece Poland and Czecho SIoyaka some
form of universal military service is IN force The
British dominons of South Africa, New Zealand, and
Australia have similar provisions Taking these uni
versa service into consideration, it is est
mated that in addition the number already stated
France has reserve of 4,2zoooo practically as well
trained the force under Italy likewise has
of 4,627,ooo and Japan IS45,ooo trained and
ready for service.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-09
The Worlds Armies.

According to recent announcement there are
100000 men in the armies Of the fourteen most i'm
portant nations of the world China credited with
100000 troops, stands at the head Of the list, The
other great powers follow in this order France,
100000; British Empire, 74o,soo; Russia $4,000;
Poland 100000 Italy 3soooo Japan, 100000; Greece,
The Washington herald., 1921-10-09

25s.ooo; Spain 253ooo Switzerland. 100000 Turkey
$4,000; Czecho-Slovakia $4,000; United States, I40
600; Germany, 100000.
The for the large number, OF troops at
tbuted to China lies in the fact that the couatry is su
The Washington herald., 1921-10-09

IT appears from press dispatches from Geneva that
the ghost of the league of nations, which still
troubles the sleep OF number OF Senators al
flicted with ENHANCEMENT complex, will not be
aid either by the ratification or the refusal to raty
The Washington herald., 1921-10-09
EVENTS OF THE WEEK OVERSEAS


I was part of the plan for the relief OF Russia
i, worked out by Dr. Frdtjof Nansen, high conn
missioner of the international Committee for Russian
relief to secure possible isom the governments ot
Western Europe credits amounting to. 100000 ior
The Washington herald., 1921-10-09

The Bureau of Mines is conducting an investiga-
ton in the Nevada gold mining fields of the of
gunite in metal mines. The possibility OF the cement
gun being used in the preventing or minimizing of
rock bursts in deep metal mines is being given at
tention.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-02
DAWSON

Tom Henry of Denver was in
Dawson Christmas week visiting
relatives and friends.
MIR. and Mrs. J. Dayton Of Gard
ner. N. M, spent christmas In
Dawson with their daughters, MRS.
3. q, Secrest and Mrs. Allen David
son.
On Thursday evening the senior
class of the Dawson High school
held a class election. Winifred
Teeple was elected president and
RaIph O'Brien secretary treasurer.
pans were made for the senior
lass play at the close of school. :
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Hart and
Mr. and Mrs Lowering and chill
drar left Thursday for Denver to
he gone during the holidays.
MIR. and Mrs. s. B. shannon an
nounce the birth of a son, Law
rance Kavanaugh, on December "a.
Harvey Springer, postmaster at
nawson. is confined to his home on
account Of illness.
Mrs H. F. Teeple left Thursday
for trinidad to visit her parents.
son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
A Gaffordon on December ~.
spreparations are being made for
. nroeram at the dedication OF the
naw high school on January z.
Mrs. Gus Covert and daughter,
sadie were in Ration Saturday on
a shopping trip.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-02
VAUGHN

christmas week was not without
80 wedding bells. Miss Ida @Oles
and James Elrod were married In
Roswell on Saturday, December II.
and on wednesday, December ~.
Miss Minnie Patterson and Albert
HARRISON were narri2t at Santa,
posa Mr.. and Mrs. HARRISON will
have charge Of the Palace Cafe
md remain residents Of Vaughn
on December 80. at the !. 10.
4 r. hall, was given the mid
hoi,day ball There was large
crowd. good music and refresh
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Of Neode-
shs Kans.. who have been spend
ms some weeks with their dauqh-
ear r Mrs. Hurst. left Monday Tor
Ssaitfornia. They will return later
n ne winter or early spring.
Surveyor n. s. Mullen is VISITING
4 The little. 1s-year-old daughter
& ot M. ana Mrs. Sandoval died Of
( cerapIIoation OF throat Troubles
Mt HadneGeby woFrane ILL 4
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-04-08
LOGGING TRUCK
OWNERS PROTEST
STREET CLOSING
Succeed in Inducing City Council to
Consider Amendment of Truck
Ordinance

Logging truck owners filled the
council chamber last evening to pro-
test against the section in the pro-
posed ordinance restricting them
from using certain arterial paved
highways in the city and succeeded
in postponing, upon motion Of Chair
man Forstell Of the street committee,
consideration of the ordinance until
the next regular meeting of the coun-
Gil on April 81. Mayor Bowen sug-
gested that the logging truck owners
draw up an amendment to the pro-
posed ordinance through their attor-
ney, Harry l.. Parr, and he assured
them that the council would give the
amendment due consideration.
Mr.. Parr, when Mayor Bowen an
nounced that the truck ordinance
was open for discussion, called the
attention of the council to the fact
that the proposed ordinance would
practically bar the logging truck
owners from entering the city from
the west and the south, and would
make ingress from the east very
dif1icult. This would prevent the
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-04-08
MUD BAY

Mr.. McInturf, who been sick for
several weeks. is improving slowly
We are anxious to have him out
amongst us again.
Ivan and Wendell Grant visited
the Plain View school today. Their
school is closed on account OF Mr.
O'Hares' funeral.
Ted Smith is down on Grays Har-
Dor working. We miss him at our
house gatherings. The funny man.
the children call him.
Schneiders Prairie social will be
given at the Grange hall Saturday
April 8. It was postponed last Sat
urday to show due respect for ouI
departed friend and neighbor, Mr.
O'Iare, and his family. There will
be . good local talent program. Bring
lunch for two and have your shadow
sold to highest bidder. The social IL
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-04-08
ARRANCES LOCATION
EDUCATIONAL OFFICE
Superintendent Preston Moves De-
partment to Second Floor OF
State House

Josephine Corliss Preston. state
superintendent of schools, has re-
turned from Spokane where she has
been attending the Inland Empire
Teachers Association.
Mrs. Preston is now arranging for
the permanent location of the educa-
tional department in the state house.
According to plans as outlined, Mrs
Preston will have her department
located on the second floor OF the
state house. Prior to this time, the
educational department has been
scattered from the basement to the
top floor of the state house, making
it unhandy in supervising the work
and also difficult for business visitors
from out of the city to locate.
Mrs. Preston will be given the Of
fees vacated by the state treasurer's
department for part of her offices
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-04-08
SOUTH BAY

Fred Moore drove to Seattle Satur-
day, accompanied by his father and
mother, who returned home. Mr..
Moore will visit his brother and sis
ter while in the city.
A few friends and neighbors of Mr..
and Mrs. Guy Taylor spent the even
ing of April at their home. A pleas
ant time was enjoyed by all.
H. c. Ellis had a misfortune last
A little grandson, playing in the yard,
saw the blaze and gave the alarm.
BY use of the telephone help was
soon summoned and the fire extin-
guished before much damage was
done.
We are pleased to know that
Grandpa Nealy is able to ride to
town.
South Bay Grange will have ques-
ton box at their next meeting, Friday
night, April 8. All members are re-
quested to be present and bring q
question and take part in the even
ing's program.
| MIS-. A. A. WOODWARD spent Null
day afternoon and evening with he1
daughter, Mrs. Charles Hudson.
Mrs. D. c. Springer is reported or
the sick list.
E. T. Pickett recently purchased
wild horse at Tacoma and proceeded
to bring him home in truck. Aftel
having securely tied him in the,
started on their journey. Imme
diately the horse proceeded to unload
He did stunts that would make tn
Pendleton roundup look like a do.
party. The show lasted half al
hour, but the horse unloaded himsel
through the windshield and is still
alive. He was led home behind tn
truck.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-04-08
South Union, March 80.
ditor Washington Standard,
nfvmnia. Wash.

South Union, March 80.
Editor Washington Standard,
Olympia, Wash.
Dear Sir:
Please allow me to correct state
ment in Tuesdays issue Of your paper
REGARDING the consolidation OF South
Union school district. No. l6. and
Tumwater school district, No. SOS'
which reads a. follows:,
south Union wants to consolidate
with Tumwater."
south Union does not want to con-
soIidate with Tumwater. and has
turned down the proposition twice
out OF three times. Many OF the
psople voting for consolidation are
those who have no interest In the
district. % they are only renters. and
most OF them are going away soon,
hence the hurry to call another cleo
tion. South Union school district IL
out Of debt and proposes to keep out
MRS. RANDALL.
Route 1, Box ~, Olympia.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-04-08
EAGLES INITIATE
NEW LODGE HALL
Visiting Birds from Tacoma Partake
JoyOusly in Impromptu Musical
Entertainment

Celebrating their removal into the
new hall last night, three hundred
Eagles crowded into the old Elks'
hall, recently vacated by the Ameri-
can Legion and the Veterans of For
eign Wars. Ten carloads Of Eagles
from Tacoma came over in a body
and helped to initiate the new quar-
ters.
Music was plentiful and the fun
was effusive throughout the evening
which turned out to be an i'm
promptu entertainment instead Of an
ordinary business meeting as sched-
uled. The rapid growth Of member
ship has forced the local aerie to
seek larger quarters than the old
quarters at Third and Washington
provided. A formal opening will be
announced in the near future.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-04-08
CHEHALIs RIVER VALLEY

Mrs. Fred Bessel of Cosmopolis is
visiting friends and relatives here.
Clayton Smith of Aberdeen and his
|fether, Ed Smith, Of Yakima have
been visiting friends and relatives at
Gate and Jamestown his week.
Mrs. Mary J. Brown of Gate, one
lof the oldest pioneers of Westers
Washington, is visiting at the home
Iof her son, H. e. Brown.
Mrs. John H. James and Mrs. Fred
Bissell are visiting their brother,
Harry Carroll, at Auburn this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Horner have
|got settled in their new homo at
jamestown.
Mrs. Neva Heck of Gate was visit
ing Mrs. Norman Brown this week.
The farmers Of the valley are very
busy with their spring work.
Palmer & Wallace are building a
new house on their land recently pur-
chased from S. D. James.
Norman Brown purchased tract
OF land just north Of the state school
and is building new house.
Misses Myrtle and Grace Parrish,
|Flossie Parker and Agnes James were
visitors in Centralia Saturday.
The Rochester high school baseball
team defeated the Tenino ball team
|by the score Of % to 6. A large
|crowd attended the game.
The Ladies' Aid, organized Thurs
day at the home Of Mrs. H. e. Brown
lat the Mound. Mrs. Dennison was
detected president by reclamation and
Mrs. Charles Thompson vice presi-
|dent Mrs. Nellie Matson was chosen
|secretary-treasurer. Those joining
were Mrs. H. e. Brown, Mrs. 8. D.
James, Mrs. C. H. Horner. Mrs. e. c.
Morris, Mrs. Frank Morris, Mrs. Dem
|ison, Mrs. Niard, Mrs. A. w. Thomp-
son. Mrs. Charles Thompson, Mrs.
Henry Balch. Mrs. Ruth Brown, Mrs.
Nellie Watson, Mrs. Flossie Parker,
Mrs. J. o. Parrish, Miss Grace Par
ribs, Mrs. w. B. Kelley, Ruth Buzzard
and Mrs. j. H. James. The visitors
were Mrs. M. J. Brown Of Gate and
Mrs. Fred Bissel Of oCsmopolis. The
next meeting will be held at the home
LOT Edith Morris, on Scatter creek,
April Z.
Little Jessie Vowel, aged years,
was quite badly scalded Friday even
ling when she fell backwards into a
boiler of hot water. She is getting
along nicely.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-04-08
HELMA RUNQUIST
DIES ON TRAIN
on Way to Portland for
Medical Treatment

En- route to Portland yesterday
evening for medical treatment with
her mother, Helma Runquist, aged
IL years, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Runquist of 1903 Central
street, died of hemorrhage shortly
after the main line train pulled out
of Chambers Prairie. When the con-
ductor saw there was mo- hope left
for the child he ordered the train
backed into the station, where the
mother with the child were left
waiting to be returned to Olympia.
DR.. ]. J. Mustard was called i'm
mediately and upon his arrival pro-
nounced the child dead. The dis
tracted mother brought the body
back to Olympia on the short line
train which meets the main line
trains at Chambers Prairie. The
body is at the Jesse T. Mills parlors
awaiting the arrival of the father,
who is employed at the Simpson log
ging camp near Shelton.
The deceased is survived by her
parents, two brothers and sister.