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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-21
Wants Fewer Congressman.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
House Leader Mondell. in an
nouncing the Republican legislative
program. has stated that an effort
will be made this week to pass the
'reapportionment BILL" which pro-
vides for an increase OF twenty Ave
members in the House, or from 435
to 46o. 1t is further stated the
proposed measure, IL adopted. would
increase the total annual expense
on account Of the additional mem
bers in the neighborhood Of $780,
00O."
1t may we'll be asked: Are the
American people favorable to such
an increase of taxation to crafty
the ambition of twenty-five Office
seekers? ] verify believe II a ref
erendum on the question of Increase
or decrease Of the members of Con-
gress was submitted to the people
they would overwhelmingly vote FOR
decrease. Would II not be far
better to reduce the membership to
no more than 200, at most, and send
our ablest men to represent the
country in our legislative hallsp
We all know there are men in
Congress who would be more use
full following the pillow, pushing tar
plane or engaged in some other
manual vocation than occupying so
much space In the legislative halls.
We are told there are some mem
bers who send to their constituents
speeches never delivered but per-
mitted to be printed in the Congress.
sioral Record. literally punctuatsd
with applause" and occasionally
greeted with great applause" I
"an well imagine such a members
constituents getting together after
reading one of these undelivered
oratiops and praising Ruben for
such a grand speech.
BY all means, let us have a refer
endum as to whether there shall be
an increase to 400 members of Con-
gress or a decrease to 200 members.
With such a decrease in member
ship. hundreds of thousands of do,-
lars would be saved to the tax-pay-
ers. and we would have fewer and
better laws enacted
The country is calling for econ
omy and here is one way of re-
ducing expenses and at the same
time improving our legislation. The
country could then AFFORD to in
crease the salaries Of members to
$4,000 and Senators to $4,000.
JUSTINAN.
m
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-21
Has Faith in Ford.

~ inc EuitOfs Aue
What objection can there be
against permitting Henry Ford
getting possession Of the Muscle
shoals plant. and OF connecting a
chain of railroads, and buying up
some coal lands, and putting the
unemployed at work, and of sup
plying fertilizers at reasonable
prices?
methods will force some capitalists
afraid that IL will give him some
political power? Some capitalists al
ready possess this power, but can
1t be said of them that they are a.
patriotic as Mr.. Ford? Is their
political power used for the COM
mon good. OF is il used for the
benefit OF their own class!
Is there not a crying need for
cheaper coal? There have been
congressional Investigations" and
1T has been shown that there are
combinations in the restraint of
trade" price fixing, etc. and yet
nothing is being done: tNsre is
plenty of talk. but no doing. Mr..
Ford does things, and he does them
quickly. and pays for having them
done, and yet he is making honest
money besides. and no one be-
grudges him the making it. be-
cause he not only produces, but
pays his employees good living
wages.
Give Mr.. Ford a chance. and the
whole country will be quickly bene-
flied. Let him supply the farmers
with fertilizers within their power
to buy, and produce will be forth
coming, and the whole world will
be fed. Let Congress supply the
ships. or make it possible for some
one else to do SO. and hasten port
terminals, reduce freight rates. and
provide power to increase transport
tation equipments. and Mr.. Ford
will get the goods there, and on a
paying business basis too.
The whole world needs action
speedily, or millions will starve to
death. but the love of money" will
obstruct till ii can be run into GER
tain Golfers that are s'ready rust
ing with mildew, and ready to
burst to the hurt of owners.
AMERICUS.
;ro
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increasing them? IL is unnecessary
to have a large symphony orchestra
in a movie house. II a picture is
interesting at all, the music 10
secondary. as IL either blends in
such way as TO be unnoticed or
not appreciated, or else is interest
ing enough TO be distracting. In
other words, at the end of the show
you can recall very little OF what
was played by the orchestra during
the picture. or else you have missed
portions OF the picture, IL attentive
to the music. Would advise some
of the fans TO test this out. just for
an experiment.
MAS Movie Fan" says. a good If
een-piece orchestra is sufficient for
the showing of a picture. and IL we
want TO hear high class symphony
and soloists, we can attend concerts
and not be distracted by the pic
ture. In other large cities the
theaters give vaudeville and pic
lures at the same price as charged
by some OF the local houses. and
vaudeville is more appropriate than
symphony orchestrGs.
ANOTHER MOVIE FAN"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-21
TREATY A FAILURE.
SAYS MARCOSSON

Instead of being an instrument of
reconciliation. the Versailles treaty
has proved to be merely a declaration
Of further hostilities." declared Isaac
F. Marcosson, noted author and ma ga
zine writer, speaking recently in New
York. 1T Is now regarded as an
economic and political failure for the
simple reason that 1t was framed by
politicians, eager to exploit their own
interests. Europe is Uttered with
treaties, but most OF them. so far as
producing concord Is concerned. are
merely scraps Of paper The illusion
of peace is like the Illusion OF pros,
perity that followed the armistice. 1t
IL a punctured bubble.
with the German control Of Silesia
repudiated. reaction or extreme Social
ism is likely to get the upper hand
and Germany will be forced into ma
tional bankruptcy
THE new crisis in Germany may
mean more than bankruptcy for the
republic. France. Belgium and. 10 a
lesser degree, England are vitality de
pendent upon the payment of the in
demnity. Europe cannot prosper With
out a productive Germany. and Arheri,
can commercial expansion is now
vitality dependent upon a restoration
Of business in Europe.
The most pitiable spectacle in Eu-
rope today is Austria. Vienna is a
capital without a country. The re-
public is like a man who has lost
his head. his legs and arms and vet
continues to function. Her future de-
ponds upon further American credits.
The one bright spot in the survey
Of Europe in transition is the fact
that Bolshevism is dead everywhere
except in Russia, and it seems to be
lettering there.
After Germany, Russia is the sec
ond important factor in the world
sterilization. So long as the. purchas-
ing power Of its nearly 200,000.00O
people is eliminated from international
commerce, conditions cannot be ad-
justed
What is the remedy for all this
European discord and conflicts? First
of all, there must be co-operat ton
among the nations. In the second
place, l believe that the allied debt
to the United States should be can
celled. not for philanthropic reasons,
but In the interest Of that larger self
preservation which fs today the chief
task Of the world. With this tremend-
Gus debt burden of their shoulders,
our European debtors. and France in
particular. could 60 forward with
something like renewed hope and
courage.
The disarmament conference will
be futile unless the delegates have au-
thority to act and can forget their
.nationalistic politics. 1t seems to me
that the first function Of the Wash
ington meeting will be to disarm the
mind Of envy. suspicion and malice.
In the end you find that America
remains the hope Of the world. We
could aid, IL, in conjunction with Eng
land, We gave France a guarantee that
we would come to. her assistance In
the event Of unwafranted aggression
by Germany. The French army Of
100000 men and all the Imperialism
that attaches to II would be demobil.
lied and the great republic could turn
once more to normal pursuits. We
have a definite stake abroad ana by
remaining on the Job can retrieve the
peace. Just a we saved the war"
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and absolutely worthless to any
country. especially a democracy,
than to have a fully employed.
highly productive working class.
And here is where the word de-
fation. as commonly used to de-
scribe the conduct of the Federal
Reserve Board, comes in: Labor
having for more than two years
taken unto itself an unheard-of
share of the proceeds of it's toll,
thus greatly diminishing the divi-
bends of the wealthy, the big ones
got together and through the Fed
eral Reserve Board deliberately
contracted the currency. completely
destroying credit which, OF. course,
resulted in the paralysis of bust
ness, of industry, throwing 1,0oo.-
900 men, including 100000 war
veterans, out of work.
And that is defiation, the putting
over of which will rank in inn
partial history as among the great
est of crimes against the trusting
but defenseless producers of this
country.
J. r. MUNROE
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NEW YORK. Oct. 2o.-rhoughts
while stroliins around New York:
Staid looking apartments skirting
Broadway. Filled with philanderers
with discreet Jap servants and dummy
book shelves. Why do the Amazon.
ian females always pick the little
runts? Curb comedians INDUCING in
smoking car humor. Hall lidded
smoke blowers wondering hov they'll
get the next meal.
IItinerant preacher stemming
Broadway on a soap box. And gets
only an occasional spiritual knee
jerk. The newspaper bulletin board.
Coatless clerks. Drab wives. Tired
shoppers and chianti Bohemians.
There's Roi Cooper Megrue. who
writes stage comedies. .
I've forgot the woman's
ADDRESS. lit Is two flights up-ring
Finnegan's bell. But what's the num-
Der! Faversham in the Lambs door
way. shoe sinner reading the
Bible. Shrunken figures in hand-me-
downs going to the library-the far
away look Of the scholars.
Ny idea Of a soft existence is to
sclerk In an Oriental rug store. Still
there's something nice about being
a Christmas tree salesman. There's
a fellow with four nat tires. Female
Peter aPns splotched with war pain
and rarin' to go.
worried looking PASSENGERS hurry
Ing to trains. 7 like to browne about
the Grand Central newsstand. OF
course. there is a pretty girl there
and all that. Three new afternoon
tea places. Wonder II the psyche
pathic morons will stop tea drinking.
John Nee. Bowman, the hotel
king. Used to be a riding master.
Looks like a college boy. Chronic
wall-howers peddling sex hygiene
piffle. Fluffy expert fudge makers
Unemployed men with lips tightly
sealed and hoping for the best. I'll
stop here and talk to the corner
cop 1t makes one look important.
One of those tragedies Of the work
a-day world. desperate uncomplain-
ing struggle to make ends meet by
holding down two jobs. was disclosed
at the Friars Club in the death OF
John A. McKenna. He worked at
the Customs House. by day and at
the Friars at lint, putting in
eighteen hours daily. He had a wife
and several children to support. He
knew almost every one along Broad
way and no one had ever heard
him complain. "Overwork" was the
coroner's verdict
NeNw Workers who lived in eight
room apartments last year are now
living in two rooms with bath All
the large apartments are on the mar
ket. Yet 1t is almost impossible to
get a single room. Many people on
small salaries are spending their en-
tire earnings to pay for room rent
and pawning clothing and other
valuables to buy food. Conditions
are even worse than the public ex-
pected. A proprietor Of small sta
tionery store where I frequently pur-
chase small articles told me the other
day that he averages s26 a week
profit on his business MY rent"
he added. lis SIPS a month. can
not find any place cheaper. am
Just drifting along. have got to
the point where I don't know what
is going to happen. Any day I will
be thrown into bankruptcy. but I
have to provide a roof over the head
of my family
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-21
Assails Rent Profiteers.

Az NAt AohNOtE luz Ahthsho-
While reading the interesting eN-
change of views pro and con the
X. X. h. in the columns OF your
very liberal paper, ask myself
whether il would not be more time
ly to air our bitter experiences with
more dangerous enemies of our So
cial fabric, / mean our landlords.
who suck our very lifeblood and
drive us to sheer despair.
While we salaried people. who
form the majority of the citizenry.
have spent our best years hitting
ourselves for useful work and
spend the rest OF our lives in per-
forming such work as well as in
trying TO raise" future useful citi-
sens, q minority absorb most OF
our meager earnings by monopoliz-
ing and keeping down the supply
of shelters. We must starve our
selves and our children. both body
and mind. in order TO keep a roof
over our heads.
In Argentine the President issued
decree forbidding landlords to
raise rents above the pre-wsr level
for the next two years. Why cam
not our government do as much for
the people? Or. still better. why
cannot our government go into the
landlord business.
Our children are advised 20 re-
main at school and further increase
their stock OF knowledge instead OF
seeking employment. But what in
ducement can higher education
have for them and how can they
enjc" staying at school when they
see their poor. educated parents
work all day and every day in or
der to enrich a few?
ONE OF THE VICTIMS.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-21
SCAcH cyulk;
Scientific
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QndConn7cuz
FRIDAY. OCTOBER n. ,s.r.
COUNTRY GETS IT'S LEVEL
FROM GEoDErrc SURVEY

COUNTRY GETS IT'S LEVEL
IRON GEoDETfC SURVEY.
The work Of the Coast ana Gan
detic Survey. ranging from Ion,
lines Of precise levels over IN.
mountains to the locating OF ~.
hidden rocks that may wreck sun,
marines has helped the deyelon-
! ment Of the country, MAI. william
Bowie, OF the Coast ana Geode,ic
, Survey. told the Washington So
ciety OF Engineers at its recent
, meeting.
'Hassier. the first superintendent
had q very clear vision of the pe.d,
OF the country for accurate geo
graphic positions for the co-ordI-
nation Of charts and maps. TIA.
trisngulation for the determination
of geographic positions Initiated byI
Hassler. 100 years ago, has the
requisite accuracy to form a part
Of the present control system for
the whole country" he said
The charts and maps Of a l,rs.
area cannot be considered as seps J
rate units with no relation to each
other. They are simply parts OF
a whole. as pages are parts Of a
I book and must be co-ordlnated
to each other by a system Of pre-
else elevations such as the survey
/ furnishes, all on one datum plan.
The photographic surveys and
charts made by the survey are cd
value to the engineers OF Tn. army1
in their harbor improvement and
maintenance and TO engineers
building docks without an accul
rate chart il would not be known
whether a body OF water were suit
able as a harbor for the develop
/ ment OF our commerce.
The results OF the tidal word
Of the Coast and Geodctic SurveyI
are used by engineers in connectiou|
with the building OF docks maxim
plans for sewage disposal. and id
dredging operations in harbors and
in canals leading into the oceans o
their tributaries.
The magnetic work OF the Coss |
and Geodetic Survey makes il pos
sible TO retrace property lines orig
( inally run by aid OF the compass|
The successive resurveys Il
shore lines Of tidal waters are nee
essary on account OF the change
by nature. and they indicate TO th
engineer the degree OF stability II
the coast which is an important
factor in the planning Of engineer
ing structures. There are instance
where harbors have been made bI
the building out OF a strip Of land
and there are other cases wher
hsrbors have been destroyed by tn
washing away OF the natural bar
rier. AT the Asssteague Inlet Their
is now a harbor OF refuge whic
did not exist a few years sgd
Fire Island Inlet on the south shcI
/ Of Long Island. has moved west
ward two and one-half miles sine
( the first surveys in 1880
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tons each other This is exactly the obligation
of helpfulness, of understanding and cooperation
expressed by the President. 1t can lead nowhere
but to association Of all nations based upon co.
operation. economic and social and not upon force
which is This is the modern road the road to
peace and disarmament to be travelled together, not
by FIVE nations. or eight. but by all, since it is
already known that the problems of the Pacific are
no other nor different than the problems of all the
rest of the world.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-21

He left the diplomatic service in
1908. but re-entered IL in 1915,
when he was appointed special as
sistant to the Ambassador to Rus
sis. Beceiving in 1917 the rank OF
secretary to the Root mission 20
Russia and until lately chief Of the
Russian division OF the State De-
partment. He was also for a time
attached TO the American Embassy
at Berlin and once held an appoint
ment in the Postofice Department
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-21
FIND PREHISTORIC BONE
ENGRAVING OF MASTODON.

Ancient bones. engraved will
figures that resemble prehistoric
animals. have been discovered II
Jacobs Cavern. a prehistoric rocl
shelter, located near Ptnevile. Mol
by Jay L. b. Taylor and Vance RAM
dolph.
One OF these bones 10 Ornamental
with what appears to be a mani
math or mastodon. Another is bel
lieved to represent some member d
the deer family.
Bone and horn avis. flint imple|
ments OF stone, engraved and poll
ished implements Of stone. and shafI
strsighteners and smoothers wer|
also found In this cave, as wer|
portions OF an adult human skele|
ton, accompanied by an engraved
sandstone pipe.
The ornamented bones when hrs|
exhumed seemed to be perfectly
hrm and sound. but shortly ate
they began TO disinteErate. Befor|
this occurred, however, Il was pod
siole 10 make pen drawings OF an
designs and some OF the most iu|
portsnt OF the bones were treats
with a preservstlve. w. d.
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ference and has
had considerable
e X eri en- &c in
craftsmanship.
Mr.. Miles was
born in Philsdel-
phia in 1877 and
IL a graduate OF
the University Of
Pennsylvania and
Of oxford Univer-
sity. In 1905 he
was appointed pri-
vate secretary to
the American Am
bassador to Rus
sia and three
years later was
appointed third
secretary to the
an,haeSv skAra
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-21
Disapproves of the Orchestra.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
wish to add my protest to
Movie Fans" anent the high prices
at local theaters. Every week we
are advised through these theaters
to get back to normally and
stabilize business conditions in gen
erai. Now why cannot the local
theatrical managers follow this ad-
vice. and reduce prices instead of
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-21

The Herald has found that certain
writer's sign fictitious names a. thstr
own. In . few instances We And these
have escaped eur notice. We viii hare
sftsi require not only the name but the
directory address. The orn Court must
net be abused. II IL for fair. tmpsr.
sonai, informative disesssiss aad stats-
ment Of opiuisa.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-21
WHO'S WHO IN
THE DAYS NEWS

Basil Miles. who has been named
as secretary to the American dele
cation to the conference on the
of ornaments. has been
active in the State Department In
making preparations for the con-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-21

The league of nations will undoubtedly be
delighted to know that it is still Endorsed by
Jimmy Cox and his cohorts. Others may re-
gard it as another instance OF birds of feather
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-21

Russia calls upon the Bolshevists Of the
world to finance loan for Soviet uses. If
talk money, SI,ooo,ooo,ooo could be raised
in week among the Reds of the United States
alone.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-21

When single drunk costs $50 without
counting anything for fine, it is time justice
was melted out to the bootiegsing profteers.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-21
HUNDRED POPULAR SCIENCE
BOOKS on EXHIBITION.

Members of the wsshingtoI
Academy Of Sciences had a chanel
TO see the 100 popular books {
science that their committee Ia
selected tentatively when. at thI
invitation OF DR.. George =. Bow
erman. OF the Public Library. the
visited the library last night.
More OF the titles Of the selecte
100 are given below, and the Una
installment OF the list will appes
tomorrow.
Abbot Charles @. The Sun. Al
pleton.
Ball. Robert S. The Story OF IN
Heavens. Cassell a Co.. London.
Dyson, +. W. Astronomy. Dut
ton.
Hale. George <. The Study d
Stellar Evolution. University d
Chicago Press.
Lewis. Isabel NJ. spl.ndors q
the Sky. Du1ield & Co.
McKresdy. Kelvin. A Beginner
Star Book Putnam's
Turner. II. II. A Voyage Througl
Space. Society for Promotin
( Christian knowledge.
The Adolpho Stahl Lectures
Astronomy. Stanford Universit
Press.
Slosson. Z. E. Creative chemi'
] try. Century.
Hendrick. Ellwood EverymsH
I Chemistry. Harper.
Duncan. Robert Kennedy. Tn
Chemistry OF Commerce. Harper.
Martin. Geoffrey. Modern chem
istry and Its Wonders. Van Nos
trsnd Co.
Physics.
Soddy. Frederick. Matter an
Energy Holt
Tyndall, John. Fragments OF Sc
ence. Appleton.
Einstein. Albert Relstivit
Methuen. London.
whetham. w. c. o. The Recen
Development OF Physical Scienc'
Blakiston's.
Ames. Joseph s. The Constitute
Fleming. J. A. Waves and RiT
ciety for Promoting Chrisiia
hnOWlCokts AOuuon-
Perry, John. Spinning Tops. So
ciety for Promoting christis
knowledge.
Miller, Dayton c. The Science g
Musical Sounds. Macmillan CO.
Bragg, william. The world {
Sound. Bell & Co. London.
Nicholson, A. A Light wsv,
anu Their Uses. University Of Chi
cago Press.
Abney, W. de w. Color Measure
ment and Mixture. Society q
Promoting Christian Knowledg
London.
Boys, c. ". Soap Bubbles: The
Colors, and the Forces whic
Mould Them. Society for Promol
ing Christian knowledge. Londol
Soddy, Frederick. The Interprt
tation Of Radium. Putnam's.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-21

The burglars who emptied the Letter wine
cellar did not leave a cellar full OF sympathy
behind them. d ~
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Washington, D. c.
White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-17
Ealley Claims
viii Ship High Grade

John Tilford came in this week
from Spring valley bringing some
line samples from the workings OF the
Rex claim.
The assure of high grade has been
exposed toward the main contact and
abont eight sacks of the high-grade
gold and silver ore was taken from
the preliminary work.
Preparations are being made by
The claim owners to make 4 shipment
Of the high-grade ore taken out u
ing location work on the various
claims, and from assays taken this
shipment should provide the owners
with the necessary cash to proceed
with considerable development work
Tilford returned TO Spring valley
Yesterday morning with John O. Nc
Herman. who is going out to look owe,
the rich strike which was made on
the Mystery group of claims last
week.