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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-21
IL ENTRIES START
IN AERIAL DERBY

The aerial derby was won on Sat
urday al Hendon England by j. ii.
James. 1t consists of two 100-mile
circuits around London.
There were IL starters in the race,
which started at Hendon. with turning
points AT Brooklands, EPSON, West
Thlrrock. Epping, and Hartford.
James who is considered the best
flyer since the death of Harry Haw-
ker, was the winner of two trophies,
both for the fastest time and handi-
cap. with 5000 in cash presented by
the ROYAL Aero Club.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-21
AIR BICYCLE POSSIBILITIES
SPLENDID, SAYS CAPT. JOYCE
Maryland Suggests Combination Of Developments In
Pedalng And Gldng-Resuant Planes Would Have
Speed OF About 80 Miles Per Hour

That the day may come. perhaps
in the not distant future. when men
will De pedaling about in the air In
air bicycles. whose only motive power
is supplied by the ayiator's feet, j.
the belief OF Capt. Temple Joyce. him
self flyer OF considerable experience
and a member OF the Maryland Ayia-
ton Commission.
Captain Joyce says that Gabrielle
Poullain. the Frenchman who last
week succeeded in flying three feet
above the ground for stretch OF IS
feet on bicycle with wings mounted
on Il. was merely demonstrating the
practical character OF principle
which can be extended. Poullain won
a prize OF ~, 900 francs offered for the
feat
Captain Joyce. who has attained
fame In aviation is well known in
Anne Arundel county and Annapolis
He is son OF II. b. Joyce. engaged
in the scientific lightning rod business
in Baltimore. and scion OF the Joyce
blood OF Anne Arundel. He grew NJ
on a big farm al Odenton In the Fourth
district. which Is still in the Joyce
family Asa A. Joyce. OF Gambrills
is an uncle OF Captain Joyce.
Germans Glide Aud Soar
STANLEY Beach tells in The Avia-
ton and Aircraft Journal" says Cap
tain Joyce. that the Germans have
been experimenting for over year
with gliding and soaring machines and
have obtained some very interesting
results. A gliding and soaring com
petition was held last year and an
other Is 20 be held this year.
In August of last year Eugen Won
I.eessel in one OF these soaring planes
covered a distance OF 1926 feet. soar.
ing against wind OF IA miles pei
hour. The next day he was killed
IN fall when he attempted TO soar
against wind OF 20 miles an hour
Engineer Klemperer's cantleveI
wing Aachen monoplane made flight
OF 5000 feet. staying in the air two
minutes The Germans now propose
to award a prize for the longest dura.
ton flight exceeding five minutes with
a drop of not more than 164 feet in
a flight OF 5000.
The German interest in the glider
is attributed to the destruction OF
motor-driven aircraft made necessary
by the treaty of Versailles am nc
special admirer of the Germans, but
II cannot be denied that they are pro.
gressiye people.
Suggests 4 Combination
"The point is that IL the Germans
can glide and the Frenchman can gel
on the ground by the force supplied
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-21

By the feet the two principles can be
united with the result that man may
stay In the air for some time in a
plane. the motive power for which is
supplied first by the momentum of the
iake-om and then by pedals worked
By the feet and operating the propel-
Ter. Beach's article doesn't describe
how the German planes got on. but
il was probably by the wind taking
them up or a drop on height Once
up in the air from this force. the
aviator could pedal and extend the
time he could stay up. Yes. and he
could direct his plane so as 10 fy
anywhere he wanted.
"Of course. such plane could never
make great speed lie would be doing
we'll al 30 miles an hour and the
height TO which he would rise would
be measured in hundreds OF feet rath-
er than thousands. but ! believe an
air bicycle is one Of the possibilities
OF the future.
German Planes Weigh 125 Pounds
The Frenchman. as | understand
his performance. rode a bicycle over
level piece of ground. wings mount
ed in front of the handle bars. When
he had pedaled hard and fast. he sgd
denly brought the handle bars. attach
ed 10 the planes. over toward him and
lifted the plane II caught the wind
and his straight-line momentum, car
ried him for 80 feet The German
gIiders. whereas the lightest motor
driven plane weighs 500 pounds, are
planes weighing only 125 pounds. with
wings 30 feet wide and a fuselage in
when The man sits. Instead of wheels
they have frames covered with light
material 10 overcome the resistance
Iof the wind.
"A plane as light as this can glide
much longer distance in proportion
TO its height above the ground than
can motor-driven plane. and can
alight in a smaller space because ii
moves at slower speed
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-21

You should first make sure that
another auto or street car is not
approaching before you start your
car.
When pulling ON 10 a car track
TO pass a vehicle ahead always
make sure that no car is APP
preaching before you start your
car.
In passing street ears at inter
secting tracks. be sure that the
car is not going TO turn; the
front or rear end of the car may
swing out and strike you.
Most of us know Safety: what
is wanted is to practice it.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-21
Suggests A Combination

"The point is that il the Germans
can glide and the Frenchman can get
on the ground 10y the force supplied
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-21
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YACHT AMERICA TO
PASS IN REVIEW
ON TRIP TO CITY

Continued From Page ~
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-21
Make Them Walk The PLANK

Maybe those pirates who are sup
posed to be working off the Atlantic
Coast are merely some profiteers who
have found their game too dangerous
on land dayton Daily News.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18
HUMANISMS
BY WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY

IEIHEN representatives Of the great ma.
w tions Of the world gathered in that most
classic structure in America. the building
of the Pan American Union. for the con-
ference on disarmament, they found many
odd interests gathered there from different
parts of the Western Hemisphere.
DIR. Don Santos A. Dominica, Min
lister from Venezuela. showed them. for
instance, the hoatzin, a very rare bird
about the size of grouse. which halls from
his native land. This bird is stuffed and
stands in a glass cage, and to look ut II no
one would realize that to scientists it is the
connecting link which proves a theory that
is little less important than it would he to
establish that of the evolution Of man from
the apes.
The hoat7in lives along the rivers OF
South America. When it's young are but re.
Gently hatched in the nests that overhang the
streams they VIII leap into the water II
frightened by creatures of prey. They ap.
pear as clumsy and helpless as any other
hedglings, but, as q matter Of fact, upon
such occasions tlcy easily swim ashore. In.
Stinct guides them to ehe tree in which their
nest Is built. Having reached 1t, they per.
form stunt the ability TO accomplish which
is given to no other creature on earth today.
These baby birds back up against the trunk
of the tree and lift their formative wings
about their heads. On the first joint Of
each of these formative wings there is a tiny
horn and this horn they stick into the trunk
of the tree. First one horn and then the
other they drive into the tree and climb Il
much as the telephone lineman goes up his
role. They follow out the limb upon which
their mother has built her nest and return
thus to their home.
Then when their feathers grow and they
are given the power to fly, the horns slough
off and disappear forever.
Now. the scieutisrs' theory has long been
that all life came from the water, and here
in this new found bird of South America,
they say, is the final proof of their contsn.
tion.
Senator Frank E. Willis. OF Ohio. went
home during the recent recess of Congress
and painted his house with his own hands
and paint brush.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18
A CHINESE EYE-OPENER

THE bonhshell method introduced into tho
/ Disarmament Conference by Secretary
Hughes appears to have been deeply appre.
catcd by the Chinese delegation Indeed,
for irankuess Of treatment and direct con.
tact with facts, Il would be difficult to sur
pass the en-point program presented to tho
session by Minister Sze,
In effect the plan Is an extremely candid
plea for the complete national integrity Of
China. The problem is not merely scratched
1t is explored back to its Origins and in
the process there is not one IT the major
Powers whose special privileges are un.
touched
1t is possible In Shanghai TO purchase an
American postage stamp and dispatch
letter 20 the United States at the modest
cost Of two cents, Special extra territorial
arrangements provide for this anomaly
| In this same "treaty port His Majesty 5
| Supreme Court for China was established in
| 1863 and a United States Court for China
in 1906. Under treaty agreements, one Of
which is eighty years old, the Chinese Gov
| ernInent is poweress to impose duty of
more than per cent ad vaorem on inCom-
ing products
For half century-in fact, from the
TAPPING rebellion 10 100G-thc post of In
spector General of Customs was in British
hands Sir Robert Hart formally assumed
this Office In 1868, and found himself at the
head of an organization which collected a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18
Member of the Associated Press
RoPER's DAMNINc FIGURES

yTJHE defense offered by Arthur Morrow,
I \ chief clerk of the Municipal Court,
against the charges of extravaganza made
by Councilman Roper would have greater
weight if it were not notorious that the local
court employs about double the force of any
similar court in the country engaged in the
same kind of work.
A survey of the court was begun by the
Bureau of Municipal Research some months
ago in order that there might be authorita-
tive and impartial information available on
the success with which it was performing
the work for which it was established
! The bureau is n non political body inter-
ested only in the ascertainment Of facts to
assist those engaged in municipal govern
men: in solving their problems 1t would
have told only the truth about Judge
Browns tribunal. But it had not been
engaged on the survey very long before all
further information was denied to its agents
and they had to abandon the work.
! The public has to take the word Of Judge
Brown and Clerk Morrow, who arc inter-
ested in defending what they have done and
what they arc doing. Mr.. Morrow insists
that because it is a poor mans court it
needs ninety stenographers and forty lone
tipstaffs, although all the other county
courts combined are served with nineteen
stenographers and thirty-nine tlpstafs.
And we have to take his word also for the
necessity of the large number of probation
officers, although it was shown that some of
these probation officers supposed TO give
their whole time to the court. were actively
engaged in private business. Photographs
OF them at their business places were printed
in this newspaper few months ago.
When the Council meets on Monday 70
resume its consideration of the budget. with
3ts large appropriation for the Municipal
Court, Mr.. Roper announces that he will
ask the representative of the court to ex-
plain in detail why it needs so much money.
The explanation is likely to be satisfactory
to the Job Combine members. for they seem
committed to the protection of every job
holder who owes allegiance to them and to
their friends. But will it be satisfactory to
those taxpayers who object to the use of
their money to support in comparative idle.
ness the hangers.on of politics:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18
revenue Of 5000, 900 taels annually at four.

revenue Of 5000 900 taels annually at four.
teen treaty ports.
The work was directed with conspicuous
ability and fairness and the administration
completely eXtermnated corruption and mis-.
management in the customs department.
Eventually, however, the awakening of
national consciousness brought about some
alteration Of control. and Chinese admin
istrator was installed and declared superior
to the British staff. The limitations regard
ing the imposition of a tariff, none the less,
remain unchanged.
Although the United States continues to
exercise certain claims of extra tcrritoriality
in China. it is undeniable that the American
Government has consistently advocated the
policy of the open door, and outside sover.
eighty over any portion Of Chinese soil has
never been favored in Washington. At
present Great Britain is installed at Wei
Hai-Wci, France at Kuang Chau- Wan. and
Japan, vice Germany, forcibly ousted, in
Kao- Chao. The status of Manchura, once
under Russian now under Japanese influ-
CnCc, is extremely cquivocal. Tho annexa-
tion of Korea to Japan is an accomplished
fact.
For generations China has been a sover-
eign nation--With reservations. II Is the
formidable array of qualifications which the
present pcking Government in a sense de-
nOunCCS and hopes to sec, ut least TO some
degree abolished.
Article " of the SEC program is pregnant
with vigorous meaning. It runs in part as
follows "All special rights. privileges, i'm
munitiCs, commitments. whatever their char
actCr 0r contraCtual basis. claimed by any of
the Powers in China are to be declared, and
all such future claims not SO made known,
are deemed null and void"
Similar in content IS Article V, request
ing that Immediately or as soon as clrcum-
stances will permit, existing limitations upon
China's political, jurisdictional and admin
istrative freedom of action are TO be re-
moved In other words China Orientally
aged, is convinced that she has also matured
as a nation in the Western sense.
Aristide BRAND has already indicated the
willingness of France to CyaCuatc the least
port of Kuang- Chau- Wan, provided Great
Britain surrender Wei Hal Wei and Japan
the Shantung possessions. This is a daring
proposal, dramatically in keeping with the
bodness of the Chinese contentious.
The situation : enormously complex. but
there can be littlS question that China has
promoted clear thinking by stripping the
issue of all disguise.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

!, Due de Rechstadt became the title OF
the son OF Napoleon Bonaparte after
the latters final downfall
=, The Rio Grande forms part of the south
ern or southwestern boundary OF the
United States.
g. A rogue elephant Is one driven or llvlnE
apart from the herd and Of savage
"ly-ken."
s. The oft1ng is the part Of the visible sea
distant from the shore or beyond the
anchorage ground
g. The first Emperor Of Rome was Augustus
Caesar, originally named Caus Octa'
yianus. He died in II A. d.
Z A dolman Is a long Turkish robe open Y
front; a hussar's Jacket, worn win
sleeves hanging loose; womans
mantle, with flaps for sleeves dol-
men Is a prehistoric structure consist,
ing usually of large fiat stones lalo
horizontally over upright ones, W
parts OF the British Isles this Is known
AS a CromleCh. In Brittany, France
it Is a dolmen.
g. 4 fagot Is bassoon. ,
o. Beulah Land Is the name OF the land 81
Israel, when 1t shall be married,
For thou shalt no more be ternlou
forsaken neither shall thy land Az. alS
more be termed desolate: but tnnu
shalt be called Hephzi-bah. and tnh tnhS
land Beulah for the Lord dellghlo.n
in thee and thy land shall be i'"''
rled," Isaiah, lxii, T.
TO- In the expression for ever and Tor hy~
aye" should be pronounced to rhEm'
with the words bay and lay.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18
IN LINE FOR MORE TREATIES

ITNHE appointment Of Ellis Loring Dresel
i to the post of American Charge d'Afairrs
in Berlin is not surprising Although Neace
between the I uited STATES aud Germans !.
technical'y established, long and intricate
array Of practical problems awaits adjust.
tnent.
American financial claims against Ger
many have never been satisfied. It will he
necessary to negotiate now compact Of
trade and commerce, which, however. l.
hardly likely to take ,hape unit. the com-
pensation question has been sotDlcd, mrud-
ing, of course, the American bill for the
nost of maintaining troops in the RhineQnd
IL is improbable thar Mr.. Dres" viii be-
seriously distressed by hours Of superAuous
ease.
Rumors Of the carjv nomination Of an
Ambassador are current, but the elevation
of Mr. Dresel at least oIggests that the fur
diplomatic status will not be restored until
new treaty arrangements are under way
The two nations have declared thar their
war is over, which is a cheering gesture but
In this case it has comparatively little to do
With the collection Of long standing debts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18
PLAYING The OLD CAME

rrYIIE CIV I'ourriI is nov, eugaged in r,lov.
| i,c .bo o1d n.,,o - fo,,;r, +bo .ov,,arors
g., ,hn old ,,ar and .binls a. oon oot oy,ov
,,.i,h -
T. rsod ., ho .bo c,,s.or, ., doo,do what
tbo TOW ro,o u.os 60 bo ro,,rd,os. 90 ,ho
- 49, ri.s ,-s,..n...,,s WI -. ,iJ
NOT roieo enough r,o,,or 20 nov crrror+ az.
nenscs tbo dofc,t vas corrisd oror 70 tbo
novt voor and u.bor tbi, dofcit booor,o Too
largo IN c.co,o ,otico u ,ros ,,;nod or+ h,
b,rro,,.ir,, r,nrcv or love, form, hords vorv
n,urh . In Niravrhor
And ibcr tbo poli,icio,s boostcd ~ tbc,r
ability to r,,ogo tbo cororrr,ort of tbo
CITY win fax rate of 81 an orcrv S1oo of
valuation. Those votors ,rbo lid nor trorbIc
themselves 70 study ,I,o tio,ros ,yoro foo,od
Tho Council bo. or,oror,1r do,ilod +Lot
thc CITY tox ratio for novt vcor :. ,o hc fvcl
al 81 g. or at fftv cents loss than tho rate
for this wear. II is brsiIv engaged in emf.
ting down tbc estimates in order to vot the
nominal sun, to bc cyrcndcd nox+ vcar within
tho amorrt tho, can no raised NJ that rotc
Various estimates have been swollen bv
officials FRIENDLY n the lob Combine so thar
there might bc n great show Of econon,v in
reducing them.
The sum that can be raised at 81 6J.
however. is admittedly 81 600 900 less than
the amount which Council plans 70 onnro
pirate. The Combine has been assured by
Controller IIadlcv. who r,avs the game with
It, that tho actual revenue will be large
enough to cover this deficit.
The actual revenue might he large enough
if the departments planned keeping within
their appropriations. But IT has been init.
mated that additional sums will be provided
if the original aprropriations are not large
enough Therefore no ono knows what the
deficit will be next year. although it is pretty
certain to exist Whether it is $500. 900 or
81 900, 900 is not material, for the whole
plan is in violation of the pay as you 60
provisions of the Charter.
Bonds may not be issued to cover tbc
deficit. It will have to be provided for in
the budget for the following year. And in
order to keep the tax rate down for that
year still larger deficit will have to be
allowed to accumulate. and 80 on until the
city will have to appeal to tho LEGISLATURE
for permission to fund the deficit if it is to
escape A tax rate so large tina, il will be-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18
ucToRY FOR THE DEMAoocUEs

THE attempt to apply the rule of reason to
! the tax on large incomes has failed and
be House Of Representatives has accepted
he Senate rate of 30 per cent surtaN
As has been pointed out in these columns.
le House fixed the maximum rate at -
per cent. The Senate, in response to the
hemand Of the farmers bloc raised the rate
10 90 per cent, The farmers bloc in thu
House thereupOn set out to force the Con-
ference Committee TO accept the Senate
amendment
Z President IIarding's attempt TO bring
about a compromise at 40 per cent failed,
because the Representatives who thought
fhere was political capital for them in pen
alising wealth insisted on the larger figure.
This is unfortunate because 1t means that
The Federal Government will continue to
absorb large part of the annually accumu.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18

The parlcy plcases every man
OF every race and party.
TO rule themselves the Chinese plan,
But need assistance hearty.
And, littorally speaking, We,
Despite commercial fooling''
COld Doc SEE, e ses, res 'eD,
Must own the land we're ruling"
'"The open door wins little thanks
And starts uneasy tWinges.
As 1t has many foreign planks,
We ought to own the hinges.
The door of opportunity
Stands open, but, doggone 1t 80
COld Doc SEE, e ses, ses 'e)--
mo Jap may swing upon it ~
C. 4.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18

latins capita! that is needed for the devcl.
opment Of industry.
Some progress has been made, however,
toward the rule of reason, for tho now rate
will supplant the existing rate Of 60 per cent,
which, with the normal taxes, has been
compelling men with large incomes TO pay
- per cent Of them in taxes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

l. or what possession OF the United States
Is Agana the capital?
:. What was the Battle of the Pyramids
and between whom was it fought?
3. What are the signs OF the zodiac?
4. Who is the head of the Chinese delega-
tion at the Disarmament Conference?
8, What is the name of John Millions sequel
to paradise Lost?
6. Who was Lewis Cass?
I. In what century and in the reign Of what
French King did Cardinal Richetu
live?
s. Who was Phaeton in classical mythology?
D. How high were the hanging gardens OF
Babylon?
10. What is meant by a Nessus shirt?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18

Because Sunday funerals are against
the rules Of the union, sluggers broke up the
funeral Of an overseas veteran in Chicago.
The veteran had been murdered by a couple
of thugs on Armistice Day. Perhaps they
we're in the crowd that intimldated the Dis
IabIed American Veterans Association that
had charge of the arrangements. This
seems 10 be a great opportunity for the
Mayor Of Chicago to get In wrong again.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18

The showgirl who is suing Congressman
ilerrick for breach of promise says he Is
hopes to get the $5O,OO0 she asks for her
attorney should urge her to cultivate reti-
cence. Otherwise IA jury may arrive at the
conc fusion that she played In luck when the
Oklahoman refused to marry her
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18
Food proftccrs are run
, MING mn nrirpS m turkoN


q mCmbcr OF the New
York Exchange declares. Secretary of Labor
Davis says if the price of the bird goes up
to seventy nine cents (as he expccts), he'll
eat corned beef and cabbage for his Thanks
giving dinner. The example is worth fol-
lowing. Which contains q warning for the
prohteer. Two years ago when consumers
called the turn on them, many Spectators
went broke.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18

"Mahr yourselves good Americans, -
said General Diaz to men of his race in
Baltimore and thus proved himself states.
man us we'll as soldier.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18

When Admiral Sir Cvprian A. G.
Bridges says President Harding has saved
rlvluLation from destruction or bankruptcy.
be seems to have said all that Is necessary
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-18

General Dawes says that GO per cent of
the Government clerical force in Washing
ton is inefficient. AS he sees It, there Is
more deadwood there than In the docks Of
the Shipping Board.