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The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
Providing a Safety Valve.

Utah has surged clear TO the top of the list of
Puritan States Its senate by an emphatic major
ity, has passed law forbiddng the manufacture or
sale of cigarettes, smoking anything even the root
OF the grapevine, in any public place.
Sad as this may seem and full of grief to the
searchers for "snipes" the street smoker and the
makers of azure atmosphere in hotel lobbies and
like places, it will not be without its compensa-
tions, if it becomes law. AS the excess of good,
is said to always be evil so the excess of evil may
become good.
Surely no evil could come to man that would be
more manifest in its than snatch away his
where he will To jump with hobnail boots on the
cigarette, the least of smokes offensive only in
degree to its insignihcance is but to pile excess of
resultant good may be expected
1t is human nature to break laws. 1t is a part
OF that inherent spirit which has advanced the hu-
man race through combating restraint Surely it is
real craftsmanship to provide safety valve for this
rebellouS factor in every mortal mind and so give
the divine spark a chance.
Utah will do this. 1t will give to its people this
law which all may violate with comparative impu-
nifty, since what all do may be frailty, but can
hardly be classed crime-and made to stick.
Having this safety valve Utahans may be con-
tent to break this one law and observe all others.
They will not have to hunt for law to shatter;
this one will be ever present ready at hand, filling
the police with somnolent binding sympathy
Minnesota's legislature passed much such a law
in recent years. 1t lasted until the next session.
1t proved too easy. But then that State did not
have incentive which may be in Utah 1t is
said to be State of plural wives and women now
claim the smoke privileges along with men
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
Society. New \
HOME FOR NATIONAL RESEARCH
AND ACADEMY.

The National Academy Of Sci
cnCes and the National Research
Council are to have a new home in
Washington. The block bounded
by 3 and c streets and Twenty
first and Twenty second streets
northwest has been purchased at
the cost of about 100000. and this
provides a site facing the Lincoln
Memorial that is nearing compile
ton.
Donors to the land purchase fund
included: Ambrose Swasey, +. A,
Deeds, Charles F. kettering, Henry
Ford. George Eastman, Adolpn
Lomb Charles F. Brush. P. S. du
Pnnt and the Corning Glass Works.
Plans for the building which il
to be erected have been tentatively
drawn, hut it is understood that
immediate work on the structure is
not contemplated. The committee
having this in charge cunsrsps or
George +. Hale. Gano Dunn, John
c. Merriam. r. A. Millikan. A. A..
Noyes. Charles n. Walcott. together
with H. S. Pritchett who represents
the Carnegie Corporation. which
will defray the cost OF the building.
The National Research Council
now occupies a building at 1901
Massachusetts avenue, while the
National Academy of Sciences has
its headquarters in the Smithsonian
Institution.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
Need Not Expect Applause.

Cheeseparing is not a brand Of economy which
appeals to Americans. This people have not the
habit of saving pennies and nckels nor can this
sort of thrift when it goes hand in hand with spend
ing dollars, favorably impress them. 1t seems to
them like harnessng penuriousness to prohigacy.
The Herald's economic expert in chart COW
ering expenditures for ten years. shows that taking
the average for that period, the cost of the civil
activities has been but 81 per of the total 1t
is in this one-third divided among the ten execu-
tive departments and some sixteen bureaus outside
OF them. that Congress busies itself pairing
But taking the present time and the fruftIess-
oE~an attempt to make material saving on
those leaves of the ledger is the more apparent.
For 1870 the appropriations for civil activities were
s5pa5ooooo out of total of S3,2I3oooooo, and the
estimates for 1922 are $8o8,32o,ooo, of total of
$4o68ooo,ooo
OF the % per cent for the coming year which
is outside the civil establishment, no direct saving
can be made in interest the public debt and
probably none should be made in pensions or war
risk insurance But there still remains SL6z4ooo,-
600 for the army and navy alone or twice the cost
OF all the executive and administratonal activities
Congress must the latter, it has one
glowing opportunity. 1t has put back into its own
personal and private political plunder, S36oo
for garden seeds to be wasted on public that does
not ask for them 1t could with much
honor to itself and profit to the country, give this
in fact rather than pretense to agriculture by adding
it to the appropriation for the Agricultural Depart
ment which sadly needs it and would make good
use Of it.
From agriculture comes the bulk of the new
wealth OF this country. Any increase in farm pro-
duction is the most widely distributed of all new
values Ut goes the most evenly into the most
hands and from them into all the channels of f.
nance and trade. Even I per cent of increase
would reach to a total of nearer $2oo,oooooo than
sIoooooooo.
With this seed money, the department could so
increase its activities in every factor as to vastly
increase their value and reach effectively the
whole producing body. 1t could quiet much of the
present discomfort found among the farmers and
very materially extend its usefulness.
Congress is to be commended for saving every
wasted dollart But when it proposes for example
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
Sculptor Tells of Work
On Nashville PdrtheHon

Reconstruction Of the Nashville.
Tenn. Parthenon was explained nr
George Julian Zolnsy. Washington
sculptor. before the Art and Arch
aeOloEy League in the Crrr0-an
Gallery Of Art auditorium yesterday
afternoon.
The Parthenon is an attempted
reproduction Of the Greek Ta-thr0C~
and was constructed several YEARS
ago for the Tennessee r,Ul,DT.a
celebration. IOlnsy Is rnE ,0-
gagged in reConstruCtinE tho s'-s
ture into permanent form Tr"
Greek Psrthenon is being rrT-0-
duced as minutely as possible.
Zolnay explained. for there rs 00
human Improvement which may he
made on the original structure
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
Commissioners Consider
Deficiency Estimates

Estimates for the 1922 deficiency
bill were considered by the District
in a board meeting
yesterday and Auditor Daniel J.
Donovan was instructed to compile
the data presented at the meeting
Tor final approval by the District
heads.
Before returning the figures to the
Commissioners, Donovan will confer
with the District subcommittee Of
the House appropriations commit
tee. The Commissioners will de-
eide on the deficiency measure I'm
ally at a meeting this week.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
Ragged Clothes to Win
Prizes at Poverty Dance

The Mutual Relief Association of
Lansburgh and Brother announces
the presentation of poverty
dance" in the Arcade ballroom, at
$3.50 p, m, February Is. Prizes will
be offered for the most ragged
clothes.
The tickets themselves are printed
in an unusual manner. being on the
cheapest grade of paper obtainsble
and containing many typographical
errors in printing. carrying out the
idea of this unique dance.
The general committee consists of
B. W. Holmes, chairman; George c.
DeNeale, Sidney Dannheisser, War
rem Dreibelbies, James G. Caldwell
and william r. Schmucker.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
EXTEND ANNUAL TEMPERATURE
RECORD BACK 10000 YEARS.

Can we extend our annual tenn
perature record back for $4,000
years? is a question asked by DR..
Charles F. Brooks, of the Weather
Bureau, in the current number of
the Monthly Weather Review.
Baron Gerard De Geer, of Stock
holm. Sweden, has come to America
to count the layers of glacial clays
that summer after summer some
thousands of years ago were formed
on the bottom of fresh water lakes
by the receding continental glaciers
and to connect the glacial chronol-
ogy of Scandinavia with that of
America. That we can convert these
glacial clay laminae into records
of temperature and precipitation
when we have additional data on
existing glaciers, is the hope that
is held out.
annual temperatures may pos
sibly be determined, as we have
before us, says DR.. Brooks: Accu-
rate instrumental observations for
somewhat more than a century, his
torical records of ice in rivers and
of unusual seasons for a dozen or
more centuries farther back; tree
rings giving approximate annual
conditions back score of centuries
farther; then glacial clay laminae
back 100 to $50 centuries more. Be
yond this our annual record fails
and we measure climatic epochs by
units tens of thousands to millions
of years in length.
Among those of the Diplomatic
Corps who are concerned with scien-
tific work is Carlos A. Vallejo, ag-
ricuIturaI attache of the Arasntine
Embassy. w. ID.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
Dixie History Increment
Starts in Public Schools

HARRIsoNBURG, Va. Feb. IA
movement to teach Southern his
tory in the public schools has been
started here by the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy. -
- They claim that Virginia school
children study textbooks devoted to
such. an extent to New England his
tory that they lose respect for some
of the heroes of their own State.
A small library devoted to South
ern history has been presented to
Harrisonburg High School
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
Aviators Hurt in Fall.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Feb. L.
Lieut.. Edward Bobzian received
painful injuries and Lieut.. Martin
was slightly injured yesterday aft
ernoon. whep both officers narrowly
escaped death in the, fall of their
airplane at the flying station. The
officers, with Lieut.. Bobzian as pi-
lot. reached a height of about 400
rect, when the machine became un-
manageable in "sidestep."
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
Commission Merchants
Voluntary BdHkruptS

E. D. Means and Company. Com-
mission merchants, SO Louisiana
avenue northwest, for an alleged
debt OF $S22-2S, who were sued 200
the District Supreme Court lat
week by Perry L. BiEEs, ol Crys'a'
Springs, Miss. filed d petition 10
voluntary bankruptcy YESTERDAY
The FIRMS liabilities arc listed AZ
$l2,94l.2S and its assets at Fs.SlSsa
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
Sees U. S. as Importer.

Within fifteen years the InIiee
States will be an importinE tus'"se
of an exporting nation. II the pop
ulation continues to increase al the
present rate. in relation to food pro-
duction, according to Dr. z. n. Bal
Assistant Secretary OF Agriculture.
who will address the weekly forum
luncheon OF the City Club al 1850
tomorrow afternoon on A Policy or
National Development"
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
Widow Inherits Entire Estate

H. H. Newlin, is TO inherit the en-
tire estate OF her husband. accord
ing to the will fled yesterday. The
estate includes the residence prop
erty at 1Sl4 Girard street north
west.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08

Senator-elect Tom Watson may be ex-
pected to appear in Washington March with
Mr. Coolidge's overcoat stolen in his State of
Georgia. Nothing less will let him enter the
sacred precincts and daily look for recognition
from the presiding officer, with clean bill of
health of State morality.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
Opinions S
of Other
Ed / t O r S
Brief Comment From
Leading Newspapers
Throughout Nation
Mr.. Dawes and His fuss Words.


'NeW York World
Mr. Dawes does not speak softly.
He is not easily overawed or in
The clesrness with which
he expressed himself left no doubt
as to what he thought Of the meth
DDS of partisan defamation and
abuse that Congressional investigst-
ing committees have been pursuing.
He took no pains to repress his CON
tempt for critics who had tried to
detraCt from the glory OF the Amer
lean army's achievements in France
by petty fault-fndinE 5000 miles
away. To one of his questioners he
administered the Just rebuke. There
is no use trying to throw mud when
you were not there to know condi-
tons"
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
Scientific
Notes and
Comment
Calendar of Meetings;
Activities of Societies
In Washington.
Dental Society. George Washington

Dental Society, George Washington
University Medical Building. this
evening, s o'clock. kauIumr
Treatment for Carcinoma Of the
Mouth" by DIR. Charles Stanley
White.
Society, New M
tional Museum. today. AS o'clock.
old and New Samoa" by DR.. w.
F. Stafford. of the Department Of
Agriculture.
American Institute of Electrical En-
ginecrs. Washington Section. Co.'S
mos Club. this evening. s o'clock.
Harold Goodwin. jr.. OF the Su-
perpower System will speak on
The Superpower System and its
Relation to the Capital"
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
]. d. Higgins Estate $4,000.

John d. Higgins. a contractor.
who died January 4, left an estate
valued at approximately $4,000, &C
cording to the petition for letters
OF administration filed yesterday by
Mrs. Charlotte c. Higgins, his widow,
who is named sole beneficiary IN
the will.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
New York herald

Hell and Marian" shouted Gen.
Charles G. Dawes, to the statesmen
who are looking into the war ex-
penditures, IF wasn't struttinE Up
and down and cussing no attention
would be paid to this committee"
Is Cussing then so necessary TO a
peoples economic and social awaken
ing? And must the cuss words be
uttered by some single master Of
the Cussing art? Is this central
concentrated cussing better than the
private kind?
IT is not given TO most citizens
to cuss so vividly and spontaneously
as Gen. Dawes cusses. But millions
have privately done their blank
blank best over certain national
subjects and nothing has come Of
their efforts.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
New York Times.D

1t. is refreshing to hear a man
talk who isn't afraid to say 'whaI
he thinks. The petty partisanship
which is always searching for flaws
in the noblest and most momentous
achievement of our history needed
to be rebuked. The politicians needed
10 be- told. as Gen. Dawes told the
House investigators yesterday. that
the war was not Republican or
Democratic, but American. and that
the Congress Investigations were
Nitiated by partisan motives and
proceedings.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08

According to health experts, tuberculosis
has increased ever since determined and or
ganized effort has been made by the States and
cities to combat it Why? 9fn it be that the
more we tight disease, the mofe it grows2
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08

With the beginning of the next Congress
Senator johnson, of California, will cease to be
Progressive and become a Republican
What's in name? Will it change either Hi
rams spots or his disposition?
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08

With all this fuss over coal, there never
has been time when a could not swap
ton Of white diamonds for an equal weight
of the black variety.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08

to skin $2ooooo from the salaries of the Consular
Service and spend $4,000 for garden Seeds it need
not expect curtain call, but rather "the hook"
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
is pauperized,

Congressmen say it is difficult to live on
their $500 salaries They might try cutting
down the preliminary cost of getting it, and
the biennial cost Of keeping it.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
(NiIsdeInhia LedrrrN

Investigations of the conduct Of
the war" Fare doubtless necessary
evils, and in some cases they serve
a useful purpose. But they are
too often conducted in a spirit of
petty iault-finding and are apt to
lose all sense of proportion, max
Ing mountains out of molehills and
leaving unprobed matters that real
ly ought TO be ventilated for the
future guidance OF the country.
The war emergency called into the
service business men of proved
ability end experience; and when
the direct methods of the modern
business world were brought into
conflict and contrast with the cir
cumlocution and red tape that have
been accumulated for ages around
the governments way of doing
things, there were bound to be fric-
tion and impatience.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08

Problem in differentials-Would it be easier
to dodge motor cars if there were more cross
streets or less of them?
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
Baltimore SUM-

We are all familiar with the old
phrase. catching a Tartar" but IL
Is rarely illustrated so deIightfuIly
as in the testimony Of Mr.. Charles
G. Dawes, of Chicago, before a
Houar war Investigating commit
tee. The committee went out to
shear ano adjourned Wednesdays
session quite shcrn. Mr.. Dawes
showed that he was a man NOT
merely Of positive convictions, but
uf imperative convictions, and his
flow of hearty language was un-
confined by any regard for parlia-
mentary decorum and was wholly
contemptuous Of Congressional
msjesty.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08

Mr.. Rockefeller gave away only $7o,ooo,-
600 last year. Sometime he may give his entire
income
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
PORTO RICANS QUICK
TO ADOPT AMERICAN VIEWS.

Wages and salaries have increased
in Porto Rico, Armstrong says IN
the same proportion as the Porto
Ricans have acquired American Gus
toms.
Porto Rico is now an integral
part of the United States" said
Armstrong. THE habits and man
ner of living of the American me-
tropolis have been gradually eN-
tended to and imposed upon u.s. all
due to the solidarity of financial in
terests, geological proximity, intl-
mate and easy commercial Connec-
tions, and social and political reIa-
tions. Thus have wages and sal
aries increased, and the cost of llN-
ing risen because of growing needs
and also because of the influence
constantly exercised on the prices
of all services in Porto Rico as well
as on the continent by the great
metropolitan labor organizations
The imposition of a protective
tariff on coffee, in the opinion OF
Armstrong, would not only provide
for the National Treasury respect
able sum which would contribute to
it's prosperity, but would also indi-
rectly benefit the American citizens
OF the coffee producing territories
who are at the same time forced
consumers of national products.
Approximately one-third of the rural
population of Porto Rico, or about
100000 persons, are engaged in this
industry.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08

The man who lets the contest fall is wise.
-Euripides.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08
Graham Bell
Works Nights
Famous InUeHtor Keeps
To Habits Acquired
In Youth.

Joseph H. Defrces, of Chicago,
who is President Of the Chamber of
Commerce Of the United States. ts
known to his boyhod friends who
are still living by the name or
Joey Half Bushel."
The way he came to get that title
was recalled to Mr.. Detrees' mind the
other day when he received a let
ter in a handwriting he did not
recognize. The writer said he had
seen the picture of Joseph Dcfrecs
published in a newspaper and since
it reminded him OF the Joe he had
known in school So years ago. ne
wished to find out il the original
of the picture was his old school
mate.
If you are the Joe Defrees went
to school with"thc Letter said. you
will remember the first day you
came to school. A boy came up TO
you-I was the boy-and said
What's your name
joey was the answer
Joey how much? was the boys
reply.
Joey half bushel'"
Alexander Graham Bell. whose
name has been given to the Ameri-
can telephone, in his active days, at
least, spent most Of the night work
ing and most OF the day sleeping.
A Washingtonian who wished to
see the famous inventor wrote to
make an appointment and was very
much surprised when he received in
reply an invitation to visit the Bell
home at "one-thirty" in the morn
ing.
The ld-be-caIler went to a
close friend Of Bells and showed
him the invitation.
Why" said this friend. he has
paid you the very highest Compli-
ment. He works all night and sleeps
in the daytime. II he had asked
to see you early in the evening it
would have meant that he expected
to give you only a half hour or so,
but when he put you down for half
past one it means he will give you
plenty of time"
The Invitation was accepted, and
Bell gave his caller his entire at
tention from 1880 to o'clock in
the morning.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-08

Writers of communication fer
publication IN the OpeH Court
are requested 20 make tLeir
contributions zoo words or Iess.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-02-17
Big Steel Bridge Is Now Ready
 For Service

The big steel bridge Over the Su- sitna River at Mile 264 which cost S8500O0 Is completed and ready for 0ervice according to Colonel Mears and the bridge gangs will De ready to leave in 8 week. The bridge is 5O3 feet long and the largest one-span Structure In Alaska. With the. approaches it extends a distance of 1909 feet. The movement of Steel for the bridge to De erected, over Hurricane Gulch has started from the mill In Gary Ind. This bridge will cost $6OOOOO and will span 8 gorge 300 feet deep. It will LreQuire 1200 tons Of steel and the work of building the Structure will start July 1st according to Colonel Mearsn L.. , ..
The daily Alaskan., 1921-02-17
Fire Ladies TC Give Annual
 Dance

The big social event of the month is the Firemen's Ball to be given in Elks Hall Feb. 9. No pains or expenFe is being spared to make this the event of the winter. The malle b. of Committees is enough tt insure the success of the event
 The Committes are as follows;
 General: :-Dan. Mcdonald.
 Refreshment Committee: Chair man Frank Fowler, Cecil Cole, R. G. Henry, Walter McBrien, P.NIur- ray. '
 Floor Committee:-Eric Telfer, Mark Phelps, Cleon Ask, Charles Wells, W. J. Flynn.
 Decoration Committee:-Guy Sip pereIlu, L. c. Gault. Roy Gault M. Cooling, B. J. Weste.
 The townspeople are invited and q peasant evening is a5Sured to all who come. The proceeds will go into tEc Firemens fund.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-02-17

Our new serial "The Shadaw of the ShelteFfng Pines" new story of the stoAm Country that magic land of mystery where readers first made the acquaintance of "Tess". Many will remember how thsy laughed with her and at her and how they cried oyer her. It will begin next Tuesday. Sub scribe now so that you will not miss one installmentn
The daily Alaskan., 1921-02-17

Approximately SOOOOO acres of land have been located by oil pros pectors within the territory since the Dhssage of oil lands leasing act E qb. 18th 1920 and it is probable that th.s will be increaHed to 1O0O- OOO acres by the time that the law has been in effect one year. Since Dec. lst total of 54 applications have nlcn filed. The Cold Bay ii strict leads in the number of Per mits sought since Dec. 1st 33 out of 54 applications being for claims situated therein.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-02-17
Store Head Dies In
 New York

Seattle Feb IA J Rhoades the head of the Rhoades department tore of this city and former head of the Chamber of Commerce of this city died at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York this morning. He had a brief attack of the flu whidh affected his heart and he succumbed.
 He had gone east on 0 mission for the Chamber of Commerce md other important matters.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-02-17
Cork ROrdS Out
 Of Commission

Dublin Feb 17-For Hundreds of miles to the' south and southwest the roads in the county of Cork have been rendered unfit for use. TrencheS have been dug barricads have been erected bridges destroy ed and in other ways the roads haVs been put out of commission. This report comes from Dublin Castle.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-02-17

Two Eastern paper companies Nlave made application for watsr power development in Alaska the J.; w. Butler Paper company of Chicago and the American Paper CoTporation of New York; It is believed this means the establish ment of pulp mills in the territory. q,
The daily Alaskan., 1921-02-17
Bandits Steal
 ! Sacks Mail

Toledo Feb. 17-BleVen sacks of mail h which it is believed Were large sums of money and securi1 tics were taken from three postal employees in the Toledo office ear ly this morning. The theft was made b. auto bandits.
The daily Alaskan., 1921-02-17
Mls5 CENT LUNCH.

Why s'S a cold lunch when you can Set a bowl of hot soup. Homo uRde Pies and a cup of best cof- fee fer thirty-tiTe cents at the Gol- den Nsrth Cafr
The daily Alaskan., 1921-02-17

To Cure c Gold in One Day
 TaEo Groves LAXATIVE PROMO cUININE tablets. The genuine bears the signature of D. W. Grove. 30 conts.