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Evening star., 1921-06-19
Great Variety in Pressing Issues
Demanding Attention Of President

to the plan as containing the possibility Of the
creation Of a new line Of securities
r. Il \ \
When sugar got below cents. pound.
wholesale. last week. the wise ones in Congress
we're asking what had brought about the lower
ing of cost; whether any miracle of legislation
had wrought 1t. They found that the operation
of economic laws. too technical to be interest
ing to the casual reader. had brought it about.
and that Congress. looked upon by the people as
the great miracle maker for the nation, had
nothing to do with It,.
Congressman say that it is almost pathetic
the way the people coming look to the
federaL government and to Congress to right
every disturbance that grows out of the eco
nomc laws. the action and reaction of trade in
normal now and the application of the ironclad
law Of supply and, demand. financial credits and
the tghtness Of money
The miracle expecters are still looking for
the government to do something" for the rail-
roads. the government in this case being the
Congress and the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. .
Last week tn. financial district in New York
was making earnest inquiries of congressman
and administration officials to whether the
roads likely to get the $s00. .o0O. 900 they
demanding. They received rather scant encour-
agement. Congress is doing it's best to cut down
appropriations just now. and the indications are
said to be that III there is any possibility of
Congress finding an excuse for side stepping an
appropriation Of nigh on to a billion. Congress
will do it.
Washington has come to be the great politi-
cal headquarters Of the country. Time was
when the two parties thought that they must
nestle close to the locality where the money
bags reposed. New York city. 1t was deemed
essential to he constantly "in touch" with the
men who had the millions which were to be
tapped for campaign purposes.
Now. legislation and administration are found
to be Of more importance politically than money.
Both the democratic and republican national
committees are to keep headquarters constantly
ION the job at Washington. and the two ma
tional chairmen will spend most of their time
here.
The democratic national committee has def
nitely taken the critical stand to be maintained
from now on until the congressional campaign
opens in 1922. There's millions in it" from the
democratic viewpoint. Anyway. criticism is the
only capital available to the minority party and
its value can only be estimated as time goes on.
1t is an outstanding feature of American
politics that one party must essay the construc-
tive role and the minority the critical role. One
does things or claims to be doing and the other
must insist 1T isn't 50: you are not doing any
thing" And experience has proven that with
certain element Of the voters. reader attention
is given the critics thaR to the eonstruetionists
tcshsNshE 1921 by ~ ws.h,nstA stsr)
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Dexter S. Kimball, dean Of the Col
lege Of Engineering, Cornell Uni
versity, will be the next president Of
the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers. The nomination of Dean
Kimball, who succeeds Edwin 8. Car.
man of Cleveland. Ohio, and Of other
officers was announced yesterday.
The nominations will be ratified by 4
mail ballot, in which the $4,000 MEM
bers of the society in all parts OF
the country .wfil take part.
Dean Kimball is one Of the coun-
try's best known engineers. and has
been active in promoting closer
union of engineering organizations.
With Herbert Hoover he aided In or
ganizing the Federated American En-
eineering Societies, and is one OF the
vice presidents Of the American En-
sineering Council, the executive or
gan of this federation.
Dean Kimball was born in New
River, New Brunswick. October 21.
1865, and was graduated from Leland
Stanford university with the degree
of A. B., in 1896. He pavs4 the way
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NEWEST sUN.sPoT GROUP
IS WITHOUT, PARALLEL
Cause Of Recent Aurora Roreal;s
Most Conspicuous in Mod
ezn History.

according to latest scientific esti.
mate. the large group of sun.snots
which became visible last month. &C.
companied by disturbances of the
magnetic and electrical conditions of
the earth. manifested by magnetic
storms. Interruptions Of telephone and
telegraph services over the greater
part OF the world. with brilliant dis
plays. were the most conspicuous in
the history of modern astronomical
observation and research.
Some astronomers contend that
larger sun-spots often appear with
out producing any such terrestrial
effects, and magnetic storms some-
times occur in absence of sun-spots,
SO that the relationship between the
two phenomena is obviously excep-
tional. There is evidence that solar
prominences are more closely related
to the production of magnetic dis
turbanccs, which are only visible
effects of solar disturbances, the exact
nature Of which is yet beyond the
ken of the shrewdest scientific or as.
Economical intellect, or observation of
such celestial phenomena.
The last maximum Of sun-spots was
in 1917. In 1920 this phenomena con-
tinued to decline, the mean daily spot
area for that year being about 700
Of the suns visible hemi-
sphere, or half Of that of 1917.
On a few occasions. especially dur.
ing August 1920. the solar disk was
almost free from spots. while on some
days in January and March the total
spotted area was more than $500
The prediction has been recently
made by some scSentists that the
maximum sun-spot disturbances of
the past spring indicated a probable
medium temperature for the incoming
summer, which begins next Tuesday:
that is. not q continuous warm sum-
mer.
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TICTCRE mar below the me-
- dium in stature. plainly dressed,
alert, possessed of a pair Of
keen, brown eyes and a discon-
certing way of saying what he pleases
instead of what you would like
him to say. and you have partial
though accurate. description of his ex-
cellency. the Chilean ambassador.
Senior Don Beltran Matthew. dean of
the Latin American diplomatic corps
in Washington. and regarded as one
of the best informed men in the Unit
ed States on South American affairs
He is a skilled and clever diplomat,
yet there are few queries which ever
elicit from him the diplomatic Il
can't discuss it." His post is digni-
fed one. yet the casual caller can al
ways assure himself Of cordial re-
ception at home or Office. He Is
student of economics. an expert on
world trade, a wide reader and a pro-
found scholar-yet the subjects upon
which he loves to expand are the
high cost Of living and the trouble
one has in keeping cook.
Here Thirty-Two Years Ago.
Senior Matthew came to Washington
thirty two years ago as secretary of
what was then the Chilean legation.
Three years ago. in November. 1918.
he returned. after an absence in other
parts of the world extending over
twenty nine years. as ambassador to
the United States. the highest and
most important diplomatic assign
ment his government can give.
"Yes. there have been many changes"
the AMBASSADOR will tell you. Il left
here when your country had only one
story on it's foundation. Now It has
two. There were only about $4,000, 900
people here then-now there are
about twice that number. But there
was one thing I found unchanged in
Washington. Mr.. Alvey A. Adee is
still second assistant secretary Of
State He has the same desk he had
thirty years ago. and I wouldn't be
surprised If he sits in the same chair.
Everything has increased-taxes
especially. And another thing. the
cost Of being a diplomat" Senor
Matthew must resort to the gestures
which to the Latin American are born.
$4,000 vs.. $4,000.
In 1889, he says, one could live COM
fortably on the $4,000 a year Chile
then allowed her secretary in Wash
ington. more comfortably, he ruefully
states, than on the $4,000 salary
which he receives today as ambassa-
dor.
And rents-on his way to his down
town office in the morning. Senior
Matthew directs his chauffeur to drive
out of the way in order to pass a little
house in the 1900 block of 18th street.
1t has become his custom to pass that
house every day. He occupied it as
secretary of the legation thirty years
ago and paid $50 a month for 1t. To-
day it rents for $500 a month.
Senior Matthew has seen other
changes. He has watched the trade
Of the United States with Chile In
crease more than 400 per cent, until
this country today holds the majority
Of Chile's total commerce.
"Esaa you keep that trade? That's
Evening star., 1921-06-19
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

~ EALIZING that agriculture
~ is the principal industry in
this country, and that unless
opricnlf,fre q IN stable ecD-
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Ambassador From Chile Is Not Afraid
to Discuss Diplomatic Affairs Frankly

q question which ought to concern you
1t applies to Chile alone. but to all
Latin America. Europe Is regaining
the trade lost in the war. slowly TAX.
ing it away from the United States
Europe offers lower prices, easier
credit, and buys from US in exchange
No amount of talk is going to change
the fundamental laws Of commerce
which now point to a loss of South
American trade by the United States
I would not say. however. that you
are going to lose it,"
Fishing for compliments from the am.
bassador gets no bite.
How does the American business man
compare with his European competitor
in the eyes Of the Latin American?" he
is asked.
There is no difference. Personality
counts little there. It's the simple propo-
sition Of who sells cheapest and offers
the best terms
German Agents Active.
making themselves prominent in the
South American trade field. the ambas-
sador says. Every day sees the arrival
Of more men seeking to revive relation.
with old customers. Germany is losing
no time in regaining the position she
once held in Latin America. She Offers
goods at low prices. and what is more
she is willing to buy South American
products in exchange. Senor Matthew
forecasts a rapid recovery for Germany
financially and otherwise.
The emergency tariff-any sort oi
tariff. in facts sort Of a persona nor
grata in conversation with Latin Ameri.
can diplomats. Most Of them will side.
step the question with diplomatic dex-
terity. Not SO the Chilean ambassador
You build a WALL" he says. land you
will prevent anybody's coming in. True
enough. But while you are building the
Evening star., 1921-06-19

The present administration has evidenced in
dication Of intention to give more attention to
some Of tho dwellers under the nag Of the
and not in position to crowd around the center
OF government and legislation and make their
wants known. Alaska. according to definite an
nouncement from high administration source
few days ago. whose people and their wants
have been long neglected, Is to have attention
from Congress and from the executive branch.
President Harding is said to have agreed to
the contention that what Alaska needs most is
enlarged federal authority to deal with the in
terests of the territories. and Congress- at the
regular session next year, is to be asked to
grant it 1t may go to the extent Of federal
autocracy to an unusual degree. but decided to
be necessary and salutary. Hawaii. the Philip
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wall don't forget you must also face
that barrier when you 60 out Trade
is an exchange Of goods 1t means buy
ing as well as selling. II you don't buy
anything from US how are We going to
get tho money to buy from your
Frankness Not Peaainisn.
But the ambassadors frankness can.
not be mistaken for pessimistic atti-
tude on the relations between Latin
America and the United States. On the
other hand, Senior Mathieu has watched
the friendly interest in Latin America
which has grown with the development
Of trade. This country is learning to
know her sister republics Of the south.
he says. and this acquaintance or friend
ship is going to ripcn with time. The
future will tie tighter the bonds which
already unite the republics Of the west
ern hemisphere.
Talk of the future reminds the am
bassador of question Of moment.
What must one pay for q cook in a
few years?" he asks. when secre-'
tary Of the legation here I could hire
a cook for $50 a month. Now I have
to pay $50"
Sees Benefits IN Union.
Like most Of the thinking men in
South America. Senior Matthew is
watching with interest the formation
in Central America of the Federation.
Or Central American Union. He sees
in it promise for the future Of Central
America. He compares the effort to
form a Central American republic to 4
combination Of similarly engaged in
dustries: pooling the individual re-
sources that the gain may in the end
be greater.
Senior Matthew is dean Of the Latin
American corps here in more than one
sense of the word. He ID the guiding
star for the younger diplomats Of the
south who come to America on their
most important assignment Their
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NEW JUDaEsHIPs SOUGHT.

Two new federal judgeships in New
York city are created by bill passed
Friday. by the Senate and sent to
the House. Senator. Wadsworth, re-
publican. New York. said present court
calendars were conse.tedr with busi-
ness. due in part to tsnforosmSnt Of
national prohibition laws, ..
Evening star., 1921-06-19

Calls on him are not confined to those
OF diplomatic courtesy. His advice is
eagerly sought. freely given and per-
haps' II tales were told out of school.
more than one Of the international
problems which beset the members of
the Latin American representation in
me capital may trace their solution
TO touch Of Matthew wisdom,
Copyright. 1921, BY The washinston s,.-,
Evening star., 1921-06-19

~ RESIDENT HARDING. in his exercise OF
- the functions Of chief executive. finds an
amazingly large number of public. near
public and political subjects widely diff
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pines and Porto Rico also are to be given at
tention more generously than heretoforef

. tention more generously than heretofore<
Congress bids fair to he in session through
out the summer and well Into the fall even
though the President does not expect action
upon important legislation beyond tariff and
taxes. President Harding does not make the
complaint that he has Congress on his hands,.
and could not very well. since he summoned
the Congress in extraordinary session in ad-
vance Of its regular meeting time. In fact he
feels rather sympathetic for the statesmen. and
hopes that they will be able to get long re-
spite from labor before the regular session COM
mences next December
In congressional circles the feeling is said
to be growing that it possibly would have been
wiser to have put tax revision ahead of tariff
amendment Whereupon large number Of
senator's and representatives are now going
around saying. Il told you So" But when the
procedure was decided upon. 1t will be recalled.
the most strident call for legislation was pro-
ceeding from the farmers. who pictured their
condition verging on complete ruin unless
immediate protection of the tariff was provided.
Are the farmers cheering up?" is a question
administration officials frequently ask of their
friends in Congress. who keep in touch with the
grangers The burden Of the reply Is that the
farmers are just now so busy that they are not
having so much time to grumble as a while ago.
All indications point to splendid crops put in at
somewhat cheaper cost than a year ago.
The farmers said to be very much
pleased with the attention which has been given
them by this Congress and the administration.
They find themselves under the protection Of an
organized section of the membership in Con-
gress. which is looking out for their welfare
at every turn and angle. Whether this is a good
thing for the whole mass of the population is
debated pro and con among the economists and
phlosophers\ in Congress, but standing out
above their dhputations is the concrete fact that
the party in power is making hit with bene-
fciares. the farmers. and although parties to
the plan include both democrats and republ-
cans, the political party in power hopes to bene-
ft.
Plans are declared to be progressing favor
ably fer the establishment Of credits for the
farmers through a system OF warehouse certi-
Hcates. For the moment, there Is division of
sentiment localizing or centralizing the
warehouses. but that detail is expected to yield
to treatment.
Secretary Hoover Is taking an important
part in the handling Of this subject, and during
the past week was in conference with grange
representatives from all over the country. The
attention Of financial circles Is being attracted
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BY N. O. MESSENGER.

~ RESIDENT HARDING. in his exercise OF
l. the functions of chief executive. finds an
amazingly large number of public. near
public and political subjects. widely diff
fering in character. brought to his attention for
final judgment thereon. Those associated with
instead of their multifarousness appalling
even tirng him. he seems to welcome each NEW
and different problem as it comes along, and
relishes the novelty.
Those around him seek of course, to present
questions to him in their crystallized state as
y far as be found possible. That Is to say.
they attend to the preliminary boiling down and
skmming OF until he can view the proposition
in what Uncle Joe Cannon calls 1.-The last
analysis" term he has used often to
have incorporated 1t in the lexicon Of legislation
and officia ldom.
President Harding's capacity for carrying
along at the same time variety of subjects is
marked. his associates say. by the power to keep
them fresh in his mind. and whenever the sub
ject bobs up for consideration. to remember just
where 1t stood the last time it up.
From Alaska to Haiti and San Domingo :.
from a phase of the FISHERIES of the Atlantic
to ultimate Philippine independence: from dis
armament or from peace with Germany to
apparently inconsequential but potentially dan
gerous, politically, row over patronage the
chief executive ranges. And then ever present,
the legislative situation in Congress- which is
of such great Importance to the whole country
and to the party in power.
In the midst Of all this mass Of public busi-
ness and tremendous correspondence he finds
time to the plain people," who call at the
White House in great numbers. to give them a
cordial welcome. and to take the necessary out
door recreation to keep himself in good physical
form.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-09-18

! landing let's and rights to the head
crush planted q hard right to the body
and lefts- and rights to the head with.
out return. Kilbane missed a lef,
% the jaw and took right to the
| jaw: They again clinched. FrusE
landed two more lefts to the head ant
the others to the body without re-
snrn, forcing Johnny to give ground
| kHDane kept up running converse
ton with the challenger. Frush pun
lshed the champion around the body
as the round ended.
~ Hound Three.
Frush hooked left to the stomach
! anad took a light one to the face.
They cfinched. Kilbane missed to left
to the jaw as they again clinched.
Frush slugged the champion with q
hard right to the jaw, dazing Johnny
and he ran into clinch. kilbane
ducked left hook and danced out Of
danger. Kilbane floored Frush with a
right to the chin. They continued to
fight after the gong. neither fighter
hearing the bell. It was Ki!bane's best
round but Frush weathered the storm,
though much weakened.
Round Five.
Kilbane rushed Frush to the ropes
and the challenger hung on. Kilbane
landed another right to the jaw. and
Frush clinched. Another straight left
landed on Frush's nose and in the
clinch Kilbane put hard lefts to the
boldly Frush hooked left to the chin
kilbane landed left to the head and
they spared for an opening. The
champion landed a. light left to Frushs
face and followed it with two more
lefts at the bell
Round Five.
They exchanged lefts and clinched.
kilbane's work in the c1inches showed
up better than the challengers. Kill
bane missed two lefts to the. jaw but
Landed a straight left to the chin with
out return. Both landed light lefts
to the head. Kilbane blocked a hard
left to the body, and Kilbane retaliated
with right to the chin. kilbane
laughed when Frush missed left hook
and continued to talk all the while.
They were IN clinch when the round
ended.
Round Six.
:Frush landed. light left to the
head and whipped over a right to the
jaw. shaking the champion. kilbane
LEV DdCh SdlHels. iAAA'hes WV A'S't7 "
the jaw and left to the nose.
The champion landed a left and right
to the jaw and Frush missed left
swing to the body. Kilbane rocked
Frush with a right and left hook to
the body. Kilbane. rocked Frush with
a right and left to the jaw and follow
ed it with a straight left to the same
place. Frush went down. He was up
at the count of four. 1t was tev-
rifle blow to the jaw and the bell
saved him from knockout.
Round Seven.
They rushed to the center Of the
ring and. kilbane landed left to the
face Frush went down for the third
time from left to the jaw and came
up Mt nine Only to go down again
with lefts and rights to the jaw. Frush
swayed into the ropes and received
terrific punishment from lefts and
right swings to the face. He fell off |
the ropes to the canvas where he stay
ed as the referee waved kilbane to his |
corner after counting Frush out
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-09-18
Bul1ts and Bingles
BY BILLIE BlNGiE
Snocial CORRESPONDENT of the Trih


~. Copyright. 1921, by The Tribune.
New York, Sept. 17.-One time
New Orleans threatened Memphis fol
the Southern league championship, but
it takes more than threats to win pen.
nants this year and Memphis came
through.
The New York baseball club which
trained at San Antonio during the
spring is not the New York baseball
club which has threatened in the Ma
tional league; It is combination OF
the New York and the Philly club and
ter the fact. n
When some one asked Ty Cobb who
was the best young player developed on
1.-THE Detroits this year, he modestly re-
fused to commit himself Only a few
days more and the player who is suf-
fering with Charley horse can get out
in an old punt and sit in water up to
his neck waiting to pop over mallard
or mud hen.
In the last New York Brooklyn
series, the champions surely were
thinking of those lovely automobile
trips they expect to take next month.
On it's own field. Reading won a
single ball game the other day from
Baltimore, the first of the year. Up
until then the Reading folks had for
gotten they had club in the league.
The Giants have got an ex-secret
man for secretary. Well that's new
combination. How long before the
players will call him 'Oul Sleuth.'
Cincinnati has relapsed to the old
days when the city knew that it had
ball nine by reading the papers.