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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-20


been, reading the articles published IN your
paper in the Barometer ut Public Opinion re-
gardin. a bonus for soldiers and have rcfranod
from expressing M opinion about as long as Is
possible. So here sOcs.
To begin with wish to make II plain that |
was soldier In the recent struggle. having spent
two years In thy service, half of which WAS
spent overseas With one uf the best divisions
over there. We were - straight days on tho
front excepting five days when we were out OF
line changing sectors, and believe We saw about
AS many hardships as the average soldier did
IN say right here that II the government owes
| don't know what II could be. came through
the Who'll" thing without scratch. Upon enter
ing the army | LETT good position and came
| was little moro lucky than some of the sol-
dcrs in getting my old job back, but I'VE quit 1t
hard times the loudcst. | got "a better position
and IT didn't require much of an effort At that.
"'Hh 10 say 'Nt am not m'mh'r q the
American Lesion ana nave no intentions OF be
coming a member. Too many small town pol
ilcans within it, ranks ia Su.t me-. Tho legion
reminds mo "i the Young Democrats club of
Muskugco. So noisy, and that's about all My
candid opinion is that any man who can't SERVE
his country in time OF war. withunt mcas4, ta-
his services in money Is a damn poor man and
shouldn't hc allowed the rights of an American
citizen as ne has done nothing To- preserve thos,
sonnet hing sacred, too sacred To Doe measured low
"A few hundred dollars ana when I tbinE ~
some OF the good old huddtrs saw fan to never
Eot up Hsun IN pretty sure I'd feel about as
Il thct should uk" money for something for
which they paid with their lives.
CT course. it was pletty soft for the "sta, at
homes to set lu uu HI the good jobs while the
made while Mas gone wont do ihrm as muru
good as 70 docs mr NOW when ask them WHY
they were not lu th" army I am Inclined to be-
h''' ihai most "l ih'" }"INuE for bonuses Is
coming from Ia, silver striped element who
Saw about three months service in some training
amp her, ih the states and probably had more
90 eat ANA moro money than they would have
had lhcy stayed ai h'm" and are su,l nursing
'umr petty gludgr against their captain or som,
hard rNul|'d tNpr,uittr
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-20

OF French invention is an auto
matte device for controlling the cur
rent thdt enters and flows from
storage batteries used on automo-
hilee.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-20

Raised and lowered hv a dctach.
1hl" crank. cooking grill that can
be adjusted without danger OF burn
ing the fingers has been invented.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-20

For fastening the ends Of wtrr
used to tie packages a twisting tool
operated like a brace and bit has
been invented by New Jersey mar,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-20

Tho Mexican state OF Chihuahua
is to have a combined wireless telc-
graph and telephone station OF 1000
miles radius.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-20

Japanese experts have estimated
the amount of coal in the Formosar
fields between 70O,0Oo,o0o ana $780,
900, 900 tons.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-20

A company has been formed 70
inaugurate the manufacture OF oe-
ment in Ecuador from native ma
terials.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-20

Its inventor has patented a golf
bag carrier that can be attached 70
an automobile running board with
thumb screws.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-20

For maniCurinE four emery sticks
OF as many degrees OF fincncss are
enclosed in a handle ike pocket
knife.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-20

The government Of Ecuador has
accepted the proposal Of "A French
company to establish II new radio
telegraph stations in that country.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-20

A German scientist claims 10 have
perfected method for obtaining
pure copper wire directly rrom an
eleCtr!lytic bath.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-20

An automatic feed operated by 4
spring has been developed In South
Africa for doing the same work win
rock drills that usually is done BY
hand
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-20

Genuine diamonds sparkle II i'm
mvr~cd I'm clear water in bright
light while imitation stones, espe-
c.ally If made of paste appear dull.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-20

The intensity OF the spray OF pain,
applied by new air brush is regula.
ted by the angle at which the de-
vice is held,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-20

Australia is planning to establish
several aerial mail routes covering
areas whore there is little or no
train service.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-20

Featured by a water spray arps-
ratus has been invented In Italy 70
prevent smoke arising from ships
fuDnelS
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-20

1t isn't the allies that are cracking lrs the
rest OF us
Evening star., 1921-12-01

course with them he has found but
few who regret their coming; more
over. he is confident that they form
group who will be more and more
appreciated by Americans as time
goes on and additional opportunities
for them unfold.
Drinking nothing but water himself.
Ambassador Ricci thinks highly of
the wines Of hts native country. and
regrets the diminution in Italy's in
come caused by the impossibility of
34,00O,000 hectolitres manufactured
yearly. 1t may be. also, that he thinks
America is missing something in
these days of unpreventable poison
Gus connections, for. he says. with a
twinkle in his eyes. They are good
wines"
Next to farming Senator Ricci is
fond Of literature. of which he Is both
a great consumer and, to some extent,
a producer. Lawrence Sterne once
wrote that a man should accomplish
four things in his life: he should have
two children; should build a house;
plant tree and write a book. The
ambassador has fulfilled all four of
the great novelist's requirement. He
has two grandchildren. whose great
grandmother. the diplomats mother.
now eighty-six years of age. is the
principal reason why he dislikes to
stay so long away from Italy. He is
a great smoker. consuming Italian
cigars exclusively. as he considers
American cigars too sweet. For forty
a flower on the lapel of his coat.
Sometimes it is rose, sometimes a
carnation or other blossom, but it Is
ALWAYS and invariably mink
Evening star., 1921-12-01
NJ. Brands Return.

A lively reception, we are told,
awaits NJ. BRAND in the chamber Of
deputies. The opposition is LOADED
for bear Communists, socialists,
conservatives will besiege him with
questions.
This is from ii Paris cable:
Franco British relations, the Fran
co-Turkish accord. the anti-French
agitation in Italy and the protection
of Christians in Cilicia after eVacua-
tion by the French troops may pro-
woke warm debate in the chamber.
AS NJ. BRAND never declines COM
bat, and carries himself in one with
great dexterity. this engagement will
probably afford both entertainment
and instruction.
While no mention is made in this
cable of an Interpolation on the sub
ject of NJ. Brands visit to Washing
ton, it is most likely that the subject
will come up. Indeed. it is impossible
to conceive of silence on a topic of
such universal moment.
The French premier attended the
armament conference with a particu-
lar object in view-to explain the size
of the French army at this time,
three years after the signing of the
armistice. His speech, delivered with
much fire and force. was heard with
profound attention and complimented
on all sides.
The French public heard it by wire.
So that what NJ. BRAND says now will
not be strictly new.
Still. it will have an interest all its
own, and particularly if the speaker
adds, as seems likely and proper, some
observations on the conference based
upon a study of the meeting close up.
He touched shoulders with it. looked
it in the face. took its size and true
purport. and has an opinion, we may
all be sure, of value everywhere, on
this side as well as on his side of
the Atlantic.
Evening star., 1921-12-01
Landru was arrested three months
after the ast disappearance. aF=

Landru was arrested three months
after the last disappearance.
Though there was little doubt Of his
guilt, it seemed at the outset that
it would be impossible to convict
Landru, inasmuch as no corpus
delicti" could be proved. In other
words, the bodies of none of his vic
Tins could be produced. The women
had. simply disappeared. Landru de-
fed the state to prove his guilt. He
did not declare his innocence until the
close of the trial. He simply stood
back upon the principle that it was
up to the prosecution to demonstrate
guilt. This attitude undoubtedly had
a psychological effect to his disadvan-
tage. But with all the suspicion
incidence of successive disappear
ances Of women last seen to enter
his home. it would probably have
been impossible to fasten guilt upon
him had it not been that certain teeth
demonstrated to be of human origin
were found in the debris at his villa.
Landrus only defense against this
was the negative claim that the prem
ises had been left unguarded and that
this evidence could have been plant
ed there by the police. Apparently
the jury did not believe in this possi-
bility. for it rendered a verdict of
guilty and the infamous "Bluebeard"
has been sentenced to the guillotine.
Several cases of this kind have oc-
Cured in the United States. There
was the celebrated DIR. Meyer, who
poisoned q number Of women after
marrying them and paid the penalty
for his crimes. There was again a
woman in the middle west who few
years ago conducted a veritable "mur-
der farm and slew several men,
burying them on the premises. The
wholesale slaughter of peonage pris-
oners in one of the southern states
recently was of this same character.
Monsters of iniquity of this type recur
from time to time, and society must
protect itself from them. The French
conviction of Landru is a gratifying
evidence that this fiendish manifesto
ton inevitably meets its just pun
ishment.
Evening star., 1921-12-01
Who's Who Conferences essas As~:
Ex-senator Vittorio Rolandi Riccii
. ENATOR vittorio Rolandi Ricci.

= ENATOR Vittorio Rolandi Ricci,
Italian ambassador to the United
States and second member of the
Italian delegation to the arma-
ment conference. is a man so physically.
mentally and socially robust that one
fortunate enough to meet and converse
with him is reminded of a Roman pater-
familias of tle best period in the his
tory of that ancient empire. The smile
is carried further when one recalls the
simplicity of the well-to-do citizen of
the republic or early empire, desiring
most to live on his rural estates, sur
rounded by the members Of his house,
yet patriotcally willing to sacrifice his
privacy and his wealth could he but
serve the state in peace or war Sena-
tor Ricci gave up mucl IN the way OF
personal gain 10 enter the field Of di-
plomacy, while scientific husbandry on
his estates in Tuscany. Umbria and
Piedmont is his greatest aVocation.
Senator Ricci'S experience in the
realms of international diplomacy was.
at the time of his appointment, limited
to nothing at all. There are those who
have said that his non-confOrmity to the
generally accepted diplomatic type Is
one of his greatest assets. Where
other mature diplomats began their
present careers at an age little past
boyhood, Senator Ricci did not inaugu-
rate his until he was past middle life.
From the ages of twenty to sixty he
was a corporation lawyer. That his ex-
pert services were in general and fire.
quent demand is evidenced by the fact
that his income taX> at the height OF his
active practice was not only the highest
paid by any member of his special pro-
feSsion in Italy, but was six times as
great as that turned into the treasury
by the corporation lawyer who paid the
next highest amount.
Ambassador Ricci. when asked to
interrupt lucrative practice and en-
ter a field of work quite new to him,
did not hesitate. He felt that II 600.-
900 Of the young men of Italy had
been willing to sacrifice their lives he
could not well refuse to contribute to
his country what he has been known
to refer to as "the worn-out remnants
of his life" However, any one who
knows Senator Ricci and has seen him
at work will testify that, to use the
mercantile phraseology, if Italy got
remnants she also got a great bar
gain.
senator Ricci likes America and
Americans He finds the latters'
frankneSs of manners and words con-
genial to his own IDEAS Furthermore.
the United States government will
find in him, sitting as a delegate.
cola aborator fully. persuaded as to the
sincerity of its ambitions for interna-
tional peace and good will. Signor
Ricci's habits of industry and sim
plicity have made him sympathetic
with Italian emigrants, and his in
tereSt in this class has always been
a cUnStruclively helpful one. lie
thinks they bring to these shores
contribution of cheerful labor which
is an asset both to themselves and to
their adopted country In his inter-
Evening star., 1921-12-01

is capital investment for q fixed
plant. 1t should be treated as basic
expenditure. If the current revenues
will not yield enough for a school
building program of this character
the accumulated surpluses Of District
tax money should be drawn upon to
pay the Districts share of this ex-
pense.
Much of the trouble today is due to
the fact that buildings once author
lied by Congress are slow in compile
ton, owing. in most cases, to the fact
that especially during late years the
bids for their construction have eX-
ceeded the appropriations. 1t has been
impossible in these cases to proceed
with the work without additional
legislation, and thus authorized build
ings have Jagged months and even
years behind schedule, and. when
finally put into condition, have been
Immediately overcrowded in conse-
uuence of the growth of the school
population since the original appro-
priation was voted. 1t would make
for speedier construction if allowance
could be made in the writing of the
for possible increases
III cost. The Commissioners, now
kept down to rigid limits of available
funds, must not be held accountable
for delays in construction which are
due to bids that are too high at the
outset and to consequent changes in
plans to bring the cost within the
funds available.
More buildings, provided On care
fully considered plan of successive
additions to the plant. with no subse-
quent departure from the general
scheme, will alone cure the ills from
which the school system is mainly
suffering today. The joint COM
mittee will doubtless reach that
conclusion. and the hope is that it
will so strongly report to that effect
that a broad. liberal building bill will
be presented and passed at the coming
session.
Evening star., 1921-12-01
The Primary School Need.

The joint congressional committee
that is considering the public school
welfare in the District of Columbia
cannot fail to be impressed primarily
with the imperative need of more,
better and larger buildings. What
ever may be the deficiencies of the
administrative system in it's broad or
detailed aspects, the most urgent re-
quirement is for space in which the
children can be housed while receiv-
ang their educational training. At no
time in the history Of the public
schools of Washington have they been
properly equipped. They have always
been crowded. Successive additions
to the plant have been tardy and in
sufficient.
When the District was poor and
lacked funds the allotments for public
school purposes were inadequate. In
date years Congress has been un-
willing to spend out of the more
abundant money sufficient to make
up these long-accumulated arrears. A
10" IllOhlAS d5o q dDlC du-
vance was made, but at the average
rate of construction more school
houses will be necessary by the time
these buildings are finished and ready
for use. In fact, the new building
projects Of that lately authorized
group were in themselves not suf-
ticient for the immediate needs.
Surveys Of the pubdo school situa-
EieE have been made showing the
points Of congestion and the areas of
immediate prospective growth and it
Is possible to determine just what
buildings are necessary to bring the
system up to par and how rapidly
they should be erected and put in com.
mission. On the basis of such sur
~ey a broad, comprehensive building
plan should be proposed, covering
several years of construction designed
to catch up with the arrears, and to
provide at the same time for the
current growth Of the schools.
Such a broad building program
should not be measured by the allot-
tosnts Of District funds possible an
Sszallx Nat as l1Izalt -zaKaRAss. This
Evening star., 1921-12-01
EDITORIAL DIGEST

tady Gazette tdemocratic) sees them.
they look dangerously like the old
symptoms of classification and Teuton-
izing methods Of running people of
foreign traditions into a mold" 1t has
been pointed out. the Sioux City
Tribune independently remarks, that
under Porto Rico's constitution its
government is good or bad. stupid or
intelligent. according to the behavior
and capacity of the man chosen to ad-
minister the island" and because that
man Ought to be of a ripe culture
and broad sympathies" the Springfield
Republican independently thinks that
should Gov. Reilly feel it helpful to
the administration to resign, it seems
quite certain that President Harding
could find successor more con-
spicuously fitted to represent the
United States in Porto Rico"
Evening star., 1921-12-01
'Bluebeard" Convicted.

Conviction Of Henri Landru at Ver-
sailles on charge of wholesale
murder closes a trial that for three
weeks has held international interest.
The "Bluebeard," as he is called, has
seemed a figure Of fiction, fantastic
and unreal. He had killed, according
to the police, at least ten women and
one boy in the course Of his diabolical
scheme of robbery and murder. The
women had been lured to his villa
successfully by offers of employment
and matrimony. In no case was any
of them seen after entering his house.
The known crimes began in January,
1915, and they followed at intervals
Of 1aW ,xpouttR until sIaps2axX~ -la19
Evening star., 1921-12-01
The President and Legislation.

1t is evident that Mr.. Harding is
to have an experience similar to Mr..
Wilson's in the matter of party
tangles in Congress over party meas
ures. That is to say, when factionism
has produced deadlock he is to be
expected to produce the key. Will
he respond as willingly and often as
Mr.. Wilson did?
When the democratic party took
full charge in March, 1918, it had
been out of power sixteen years
time enough to get rusty in the role
of legislator. At the start it seemed
to lack confidence. 1t faced a large
order. So it turned to Mr.. Wilson in
it's dilemmas and he evinced much
pleasure in responding. He united
factions and showed the way.
When the republican party took
full charge in March last it had been
out of power only eight years. But
it faced large order, and factionism
soon developed. And factionism has
been growing. The regular session
Of Congress will open with the party
divided on number Of propositions.
Mr.. Harding has already been ap-
pealed to in several disputes, and has
responded. This, of course, will en-
courage other appeals. Will he con-
tinue to respond?
There is no improperly either in
such appeals or in such responses.
On the contrary, both are within the
practice. But Mr.. Harding would be
within his rights if he intimated to
his party friends on Capitol Hill that
there is considerable business to at
tend to at his end Of the avenue, and
that it has the first call on his time.
Evening star., 1921-12-01
The Vanderlip Plan.

The plan of Frank A Vanderlip for
handling the foreign debt of $11 ,OO0,.
100000 to the United States cannot
fail to arrest the attention and fire
the imagination of the American pub
lie. Mr.. Nanderlip, one of the leading
financiers of the country, has but re-
Gently returned from a study of finan-
cial and economic conditions in Eu-
rope. Upon the basis of that study he
advances a proposition to his fellow
countrymen which combines with
sound economics and broad fiscal
sagacity qualities of vision and hui
manity which civilization is today de-
manding of its leaders.
Briefly stated. the proposed plan
contemplates the spending of all that
could be paid in discharge of the debt
for many years to come for the re-
habilitation of European civilization.
Under it the debts owed to the United
States by it's late war associates
would be recognized as just, and the
policy OF cancellation uncompromis-
moneys for an undetermined period
would be expended by the United
States, through carefully devised
loan system. in bettering the lot
Older that the economic and social
structure of the old world may be
rendered sound and secure. Ultimate
~. when the rehabilitation of Euro
pean civilization shall have been
achieved, the United States may ex-
pect the payment of the principal Of
the debt.
1mpediments to the unqualified col
lection of the debt at this time have
been so thoroughly discussed in Amer
lea that they require no elabora tion
by Mr.. Eanderlip. Briefly and lucidly
he points out the fact that the inflow
Of foreign goods incident to such pay
ment would bring disaster to our in
dustrial system and menace the in
terests of American labor and capital
alike. Then, conscious of the fact that
thoughtful men and women through
out the nation recognize the impos-
sibility from every point of view of
forcing Europe to meet in normal
manner her Indebtedness to us. he
volunteers his solution of the problem.
The details of Mr.. Vanderlips
scheme remain to be perfected. There
are difficulties incident to its operation
which will require delicate adjust
ment. The basis upon which Amer
lea shall retain title in the enter
prises initiated abroad through the
expenditure of the funds in question.
as guarantee for the repayment Of the
debt, must obviously be determined.
The question whether moneys which
cannot be raised for unqualified pay
ment of their debt to the United States
may be raised in European countries
for their own industrial reha utilization
must be answered. These are, how
ever, but matters of detail. 1t is with
Mr.. Vanderlip's proposal in it's broader
aspects that the public will be pri-
marily concerned. In those aspects
the plan, whether viewed from the
angle of expediency or altruism; of
narrow American interests or the in
terests of humanity in general,
has infinite possibilities.
Evening star., 1921-12-01

There are predictions as to the
future of central Europe so pessi-
mistic as to create forebodings that
years must elapse before recent pur-
chasers of vast ducal estates can hope
to settle down and enjoy them.
Evening star., 1921-12-01

More conservative observers failed
from the outset to share the enthu-
siastic expectations that by this time
the delegates. having gotten through
with business. would be drawing up
chairs and telling funny stories.
Evening star., 1921-12-01

When reduction of armament is
proposed it is necessary to give the
statesman accustomed to regard big
naval equipment as the greatest ma
tional asset a little time to think mat
ters over.
Evening star., 1921-12-01
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The BenefactOr.

The BenefactOr.
The merry Christmastide draws near
And happy little children say
The good old Sanity by and by
Will harness up his generous sleigh.
The elder folk when burdeped with
The cares that cannot be forgot
Declare that Sanity is myth.
But how they wish that he was not!
Evening star., 1921-12-01

A boycott of cold-storage eggs has
been proposed in Chicago. Refusal to
eat a cold-storage egg. if it can be
detected in time. involves very little
sacrifice on the part Of the consumer.