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The Washington herald., 1921-06-25
Disarmament Race.

W/HiLE the United States Congress is debat-
w ing words the Imperial British conference
has gone close to action in its very opening sessions,
on the subject of disarmament. There is good rea-
30 believe that it will request the British
government to call the three-naton conference con-
templated by the Borah resolution The race in
ornaments may become race in definite action for
disarmament between Great Britain and the United
States. In notable address at the conference,
Jan Smuts, that wise, clear visioned Dutchmsn,
said
We have on the field of battle Arma-
ments depend upon policy, and therefore l
press very strongly that our policy should be
such to make for armaments impos-
sible. That should be the cardinal feature OF
our foreign policy We should not go into the
future under this awful handicap OF having to
support great ornaments, build new fleets and
, raise armies while our economic competi-
tors are free of that liability under the peace
treaty. The most fatal mistake of all, in my
humble opinion, would be a of ornaments
against America. America is the nation that is
closest to us in all the human ties. The Do
minions look upon her the oldest OF them.
She Is the relation with whom most closely
agree and with whom we can most cordially
work together.
He then directly proposed that Great Britain
should take the lead in calling this three-nation dis
armament conference. Possibly it would be better
$50 than have this government issue the call. Japan
might respond more cordially But the frankly
uine expression of than friendliness, of real
brotherhood for the people of this country their
inclusion of this people of their family, have
been most impressive They stand stsunchly and
emphatically against anything which by any posi-
biity might lead to misunderstanding with this gov
ernment or seem to imply its exclusion.
All the addresses of all the premers expressed
this same sentiment and policy. Interlarding all OF
them were expressions of the supreme folly of the
continuance of ornaments in world torn by eco
nomic struggle Germany. the greatest single mill
tary power in the world, is disarmed. Her stand
ing army of 100000 in peace times, is now 100000
her navy is gone Any more than sporadic wars in
Europe are impossible for at least generation. 1t
is for that generation to make major wars impos-
sible forever.
The menace of war is shifted to the Pacific.
But this concerns the British nearly Euro
pean war 1t most intimately involves all of her
dominions. 1t even more Immediately concerns the
economic recovery and the cohesive strength of the
empire as whole. If it is to be peace by disarma-
ment rather than peace through the closer union Of
all nations and better understanding. in the
as in the other, her interests will deny her
waiting.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25
Potatoes for Fertilizer.

.1SHE farmers of Aroostook County Ne, famed
for its potatoes, have used $4,000 barrels of
these Irish apples fertilizer their lands They
could get but 40 cents barrel for them against
the peak war period price of $40 This is called
distressing news" 1t is for the farmers and it is
for those who are hungry
But old potatoes, and these were doubtless
leftovers, are off the market. The farmers having
probably fed all they could to their stock, made
the next best use of them. They excellent
fertilizer. The moral of the tale is not in this
1t is in the price There never was a time when
potatoes could be raised at profit at 40 cents bar
rel. The lowest price with a profit, fifteen and
twenty years ago. was IS cents bushel. In those
days, the culls and any surplus were made into
starch.
But then as now, the millstons around the
farmers necks was distribution. Today this has
the added burden of excessive freight rates. 1t
has not yet been made possible for the food pro-
ducers to reach directly even fairly directly,
their ultimate markets. This should not be their
job. 1t should not be necessary for them to enter
this field. They essentially producers. But the
way to the ultimate markets in the process of dis
tributon should be so organized as to be as GER
tain, as assured and free and untrammelled as is
transportation. -
These farmers made the best use possible of
of their potatoes. But probably all this surplus
would have been consumed if they could have been
gotten to the retailer without excessive handling
charges. Farmers should not be expected to build
starch factories to operate only when potatoes are
drug the market, though they have done this.
They should not have to enter the commission
field, build terminal warehouses, nor organize
not only shipping, but receiving agencies. This is
all business in itself, but it is which has been
made complex, not simple, and in which the farmer
after his product is loaded the car, helpless.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25
Backwater Education.

A RE the schools still too much concerned with
~ yesterday to the exclusion of today? Ac-
eordng the orator of its recently graduated class,
Harvard is His subject was Harvard College, a
Backwater of American Life" and he proved it by
saying: "The college man is altogether too little
Interested in the life and fundamentally of which he
Is. supposed to be learning. Elections come and CO.
international complications arise and blow over;
great book is written-and as far most of US are
concerned these events might just as we'll never
Have happened" ru -r
~ great many thousand Americans who are
oollegiates, learned for the first time during the
great war; that the present had any especial con-
nection with The past. They learned for the first
time that there such thing as sequence in his
tory. They renewed many old school text book ac-
quaintances among the peoples and localities in
VOWED in the There was aroused a new and
wholly strange interest in history which they also
found was the twin sister-Siamese-of geography
Then they began to think. Evidently they had been
taught wrong-backwards as it were Was this
still the process of the schools?
According to this Harvardite, it is Yet most
public schools now start geography with their own
localities and States They start here and spread
out to there, with names, river courses mountain
ranges boundaries. and the like, gradually coming
to, importance only they have real place in the
peture of cause and effect. Projects add the ele-
meat OF interest to memory and reinforce memory
hN vision, by applied art and by doing
;, 1t is not as yet with history 1t nowhere
begins with the immediate interest of now and
reaches out to then by tracing present events to
their primary sources Many schools inject cur
rent events, but just current events and not as
related even casually to any source. History is
like a river. 1t began with lot of disconnected
seemingly unrelated little streams, each important
only to its small territory. As these streams wan
dered along others joined them and they Joined
some other and still others added themselves to the
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25
STEEL WILL NOT REPLACE
CAST IRON CAR WHEELS,

More modern and eNpensive
metals will not replace chilIed-iron
as material for car wheels for use
on railways, IL the present wheels
arc made heavier with thicke-
fanges, II. J. Force, chemist and
engineer OF tests OF the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western RaiIroaa
Company. said at the meeting os
the American Society for Testing
Materials at Asbury Park. n. J..
yesterday.
The cast-iron wheel has a mar
velous history" he said. The gem
eral public knows little Of the
wonderful progress OF the chilled
iron industry; nevertheless. IL has
grown steadily with the railroad
and today the, commerce OF the ma
tion depends upon it. Approximate
ly 26,00O.oOO chilled-ircn wheels are
now in use in the United States and
Canada, serving under frsGht cars.
passenger coaches, refrigerator
cars, engine tenders. city street
cars. interurbsn cars and electric
locomotives. Eighty to ninety per
cent of all the equipment in the
United States and Canada is
equipped with csst-iron wheels.
w D
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25
When Wars Shall Be No More.

t. the Editor. The v ashinrton Herald:
When ancient Nature shall be
changed,
Our minds and passions so ar
ranged
That hating men shall hate no
more,
And greedful men forget their lore.
When demagogues shall get some
sense,
And hypocrites make less pretense.
And when the blstherskite de-
Foul-mouthed denouncer and de-
famer.
Is buried and forgotten,
With all his ISLANDERS rank and rot
ten
And when the prating politician,
The hgure-juggling old magician.
Shall have a change of heart and
liver.
And take a boat
For points remote
Way up along the Salty River.
And when Plutocracy's proud organ
Shall lose the love of ]. =. Morgan.
And with the jingoistic journal
Go sailing down to realms internal
And when the crazy "Vigilantes"-
Those long-haired dolts and short
haired aunties-
Shall gravitate to the bug" asy-
lum
And soak their swollen heads or
bile 'em.
1t matters not. we'll mourn them
not
But let their rot be soon forgot.
And when the folderoI professor,
ot quaint and curious lore posses
sor,
Shall find his audience on Mars
And lecture to the twinkling stars.
And when the fool shall cease to be
destroyed by his own idiocy.
Then wars must end for deartb of
food
The fodder" of the DamphooI
brood.
A dearth Of fools spells death to
war.
And wars alarms both near and far.
Then Sense shall rule and Peace
shall reign
Throughout the land and Ger the
main.
And then shall come millennium
And jingoists go on the bum.
And none shall wall and none shall
mourn
TIL GaSriel blows his bugle horn.
SILENT SMITH.
or the Silent Majority.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25
Local ENGINEERS ATTEND
MATERIALS CONVENTION.

Many Washington engineers ann
chemists have been attending the
annual meeting OF the American
society for Testing Materials thar
mas been held during the week al
Asbury Park, y. ].
This national society is IN. clear
Ing house for data and methods OF
testing all sorts OF materials and
one OF its chief functions is the
preparation OF specifications that
can be used in constructional and
other engineering work. All sorts
OF materials. including coal. coke.
timber, rubber, oils. concrete. cr-
ment. lime, gypsum. petroleum
products. steel and wrought iron.
cast iron and nonferrous metals
were considered by various COM
mittees, and apparatus for testing
the materials or the things built
from them were covered by papers
at its sessions
Among the washingtonians al the
meeting were: b. A. Anderton.
Gen. W. H Bixby. L @. Carmick.
watson Davis. W. z. EmIey =. n
Bates, Henry A. Gardner. A T
Goldbeck. L. II. Hart. W. d. Hears
chel, NJ. E. Holmes. D. r. Hoffman.
;. V. Hunnings. r. H. jackson q.
E. F. LundelI. F. r. McGowan. ] &.
Iearson, w. A. Slater. 2. r. Smith.
r: w. Smither, /. i. Steele J. G
Thompson, F. T. Veitch. P. n.
walker. r. c. Williams. Il. w.
woodward, p. L. wormeley.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25
War Service and the Ballot.

tn the Editor, The washington Herald:
The presence of world war vet
Grams in the District. approximating
$4,000 in number, practically all of
whom took the ballot-boN degree in
citizenship at their homes in the
Sates, and who now find them
selves automatically disfranchised
consequent upon taking up resi-
dence in the two by four seat of
government, promises a revival of
the clash of opinions as to who alls
who at the polls.
Only waiting the signal to fall
into step, as report has it, several
thousand women war workers here.
also veterans, and who are also dis
franchised through Federal decree.
are resolved to adopt the tactics of
the old guard of suffragists-the
pickets who besieged the White
House and Capitol bearing aloft
throughout night and day the trum-
pet call Of the cause-''Votes for
womenr'
Then there is the present-day at
titude of the 100000 more women.
resident in the District. and who are
still denied the franchise through
the failure of Congress to remove
the ban, thereby creating a situa-
tion wholly in conflict with the
Jeffersonian conception of human
rights as set forth in the Declara-
tion and the Constitution.
Were there any women slack
ers" in the Revolution that immor-
talized the Declaration and its au-
thor? No; nor has it been recorded
that any of their descendants in the
feminine line. nor the descendants
of any other line of feminine ances-
try who so loyalty and sacrificially
responded to the call to extra haz-
ardous duty in France were
slackers.
w H WALKER
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25
An Argument Against Great
Britain,

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Please publish the following in
in your Open Court col-
rmn for the benefit of my gal
liant pro-English friends. Justinian,
Ross and Andrew Jor-
Gan Green. There are several other
contributors to your column who
might be interested, but ! have
these persons because
they seem to stand out conspicu-
ously in their great love for the
union jack.
1t is getting to be an easy matter
nowadays for Anglo-Americans to
win English degrees and to be
feted by royalty. All they have to
do Is to 60 to London and slander
good American citizens. The more
the slander the more de-
srees they win and the greater the
praise they receive. II the English
know that anyone is coming over
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25
No anonymous communi-
cations will be printed In
the ~Open Court column.
THE EDITOR.
tcepyrisht. isa1. by ne chicago rrfsoss.,

who has sufficient hatred for the
Irish, they even send war ships out
TO meet them and escort them in.
when they arrive in London they
are given the freedom of the city
and plenty of English ale to drink.
Knowing what is expected OF them.
they then begin to vent their spleen
about the real Americans who love
liberty. Every knock is. a boast
when it comes from these profess
sional parasites. l am of the opin-
ion that the British government
would gladly send war ships 70
meet any of the aforementioned
persons If they ever care to take
the trip.
Thanking you in advance and as
suring you of my appreciation for
past faVors.
MICHAEL p. JUNGHAM.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25
Chide V0Istead in CheUs
Sent to House Members

Every member of the House re-
ceived by mail yesterday a small
plug of tobacco. On a card at
tached to each plug was this in
scription:
"Unft for chewing purposes.
Contains 1 grain tartar emetic.
please hand to Mr.. Volstead."
Volstead is chairman of the Judi
ciary Committee and author of the
dry enforcement law. as well as the
more drastic supplementary bill
which has been sidetracked by the
more conservative prohibitionists.
Although he is strongly opposed to
liquor in any form, MIR. Volstead is
extremely fond of chewing tobacco.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25
PROGRESS AND ILLUSION,
URGES EUGENICs As RELIGION.

PROGRESS AND ILLUsIoNt
URGES EUGENICs As RELIGIoS.
Much Of what we call progress is
an illusion and really We are slip
ping backwards while we seem to
be moving forward. said Prof. Iry-
ing Fisher of Yale University. IN
his presidential address before the
Eugenics Research Association al
Cold Spring Harbor. Long Island
n. " yesterday. This conclusion
seems TO be indicated by a review
Of the relations Of eugenics 70 the
great problems OF the world, such
az war. hygiene. birth-control ana
immigration, he declared.
Human ambitions under the op-
portunities afforded by civilization
seem TO sacrifice the race 70 the in
divfdual." he said. I'VE congregate
In great cities and pile up great
wealth but are conquered by our
very luxury. We seek imperial
power and not only damage but de-
stroy our germ plasm in war. We
seek social status and education
attracted by a candle. we fly to-
ward IL and destroy ourselves In the
act"
"Eugenics must be a religion" n.
declared In telling what ideals and
remedies can better these condi-
tions. 1T will prove a wonderful
touch stone by which TO Distinguish
between what is racially and rad
cally right and what is racially and
radically wrong. II will bring home
to parents the thought that much.
II not all, of their conduct may be
fraught with future significance for
their children and chfldren's chill
dren. II will throw its search light
into every nook and Granny IN the
life of the individual and Of society.
Therefore IL will help mould all
human institutions. Especially will
IL help mould that fundamental In
stitution, human marriage. While
marriage is most intensely indi-
vidual and private matter il hs.
been regarded, from time i'm
memorial, as of vital concern 10 So
ciety. Around this great institution
of human marriage have always
clustered many sorts Of FoIkways.
In civilized times the law has mad.
legitimate marriage a binding con-
tract and religion has given IL its
divine blessing. II now remains for
science also, science which in so
many other ways is remodeIing the
whole modern world. to affix its
seal Of approval"
And just as the law sps 70
llg1on discriminate and refuse their
seal Of approval TO alliances which
are round 10 be improper from their
respective viewpoints. so mus, sci
ence discriminate. Diseenic mar
riages must be discountenanced iust
as bigamous or incestuous mar
riages are discountenanced."
In thus Withholding or giving ,
coveted approval euSenic science
VIII elevate marriage in its wav as
greatly as have law and religion .,
theirs. II will shed the lieht Of
reason on the primeysl instinct Of
reproduction. II will exalt what IS
already legal contract" ana
holy matrimony" into a dedication
OF all we are TO what we want pos
terity TO be"
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25
Mrs. OrthIDein Free
OF Murder Charge

CHICAGO. June S4.-Mrs. Cora
Isabelle Orthwein, divorcee and for
mer st. Louis society woman, was
found not guilty tonight of the
murder of Herbert P. Zeigler, after
the jury had deliberated for three
hours.
company. when he broke into her
apartment on the night of March 1,
after they had quarreled in a caba-
ret. She said she shot in self
defense.
The trial brought out testimony
of sensational character. Mrs.
Orthwein testified that Zeigler had
promised to marry her five years
ago.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25
WANDERER TO HANG
If MIND FUNCTIONS

CHICAGO, June 24.-Unless Carl
wanderer. slayer of his girl-wife,
her unborn babe and an unidentified
stranger can prove that he has be-
come a gibbering idiot since he was
sentenced to death, he must hang.
Judge David indicated in Criminal
Court today.
IF Wanderer knows and under
stands the courts sentence and is
able to communicate with his at
torneys, even though he has all the
mental diseases that can be con-
jured. he will have to hang" the
Judge said.
wHnderer will be called to the
witness stand to answer the one
question IL he knows he has been
sentenced to hang.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25
Sinclair Oil Company
Loses $4,000 in Notes

NEW YORK, June 24.-Notes val
ued at s149.e00 have vanished from
the vault OF the Sinclair Consolidat-
ed Oil Company, 1t was learned to-
day.
was reported missing last Monday.
ohscials of the company said they
believed thief had opened the
three doors to the vault by working
the combinations.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25
DENBY SENDS
REPRIMAND TO
ADMIRAL SIMS

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
with white stripes. We know
that they are not horses and
some people think they are
asses; but each one of these
asses had a vote and IL is one OF
the Inconvenience of repub-
lican form of government that
American born citizens thought
IL necessary to cater to these
votes. This necessarily created
wrong impression on this
side as to the sentiments Of the
great body OF Americans: but
the people OF Great Britain
know how much confidence to
place in resolutions which are
forced by jackass votes.
VIII Run this Round Globe.
Eleven years ago / made a
prophecy which came true.
will venture another now: / be-
lieve / shall live to see the day
when the Engiish-speaking
peoples OF the world will come
together in bonds of comrade-
ship: and IL they do, they will
be able to run this round globe.
Personally, / believe shall live
to see an inter- English speak
ing policy and when we have
that we shall have all that is
needed to secure peace and
prosperity in the world"
4-The department insists or
maintaining both the precedent anc
the propriety which forbids a gov.
ernment servant OF your position
such matters in a foreign
5-Thst the impropriety of such
public utterances has onoe before
been brought to your attention {.
reprimand was administered to YOU
in 1911 for making the following
statement in a public speech in Lon.
don:
IF the time ever comes
when the British empire is seri-
ously menaced by an external
enemy, il is my opinion that you
may count upon ever man,
every dollar. every drop OF
blood of your kindred across the
sea"
Has Disregarded Instructions.
6-In the reprimand above men.
toned the duties and responsible.
tiles of officers OF the navy who
speak in public were clearly and
fully set forth. Your remarks on the
occasion now under discussion
constitute a fragrant and
disregard of specific in
structions.
THE department is not unmind.
full Of your record and achievements
as an officer Of the navy, but the
place you now hold
with the fact that you have
offended in a similar
manner, merely serves to add to the
gravity os the present offense.
s-The department deplores the
fact that IL is necessary to rebuks
a nag officer in public. but you have
made such action unavoidable.
s-The department expresses its
strong and unqualified disspprovsl
Of your conduct in having again de-
livered a highly improper speech in
a foreign country and you are here
by publicly reprimanded.
tSigned) EDWIN DENBY.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25
March. 'Na tional Emblem
Police Charged with Holdup.

MART1NSBURG. W. Va, June "a
Several Berkeley County oficers
it is alleged, one night this week
held up two men with a truckload
OF liquor and forced them tC pay
$3.50, all the money they had. in
the meantime permitting a local
bootlegger TO transfer the liquor.
to his car and steal &C.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25

The worlds greatest lighting machine, the
Battleship Maryland, has just gone to sea- 1t is
the first member of the new American associa-
ton OF nations to preserve peace. Great Brit
am and Japan are certain to make like appli-
cations to membership. War grins.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25

The class Of 1921 of this country will be
mobilized for industry. 1t will take up arms
'gainst a sea of economic troubles and by op-
posing will certainly make them either better
worse.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25

.-s The judges of bathing suits at the Tidal
basin today will have a detail Of live-savers
with pulmotors. 1t is feared that the rapid
succession. Of. shocks. may cause heart failure,
and they simply have to look
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25

If you buy something from all of list OF
100 kinds of things, you will discover that the
average price OF them dropped $40 per cent
in May Otherwise you may not realize it.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25

Keep your own name," is the
slogan of the latest club organized
BY New York professional women.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25
BAND CONCERT.

pm. By the Z. s. Marine Band. william
H. Santelmann, leader.
PROGRAM
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25
The Herald
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A<fzolfles ~ Se1ir6lus
o. Hssllseies
TT IT I

SATURDAY. JUNE -, 1874.
wnd Flower rreservstfer Society,
Flower Study Hike. tomorrow.
Meet at p. m at Fifteenth and
G. streets for Beltsville bog trip.
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25

w. H. WALKER
The Washington herald., 1921-06-25

June %. 1921.