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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-06

" o the editor: Pretty near all
the papers and magazines you
i pick up now days is devoteing
considerable space to the
question OF whether they's spirits or
whether they amt spirits. and l don't
mean alcohol spirits which I guess
they's no question about life after
death for those kind as old John Bar
leycorn was suppose TO die yr. ago
/ last month. but you can still go to
banquet or a card party and find so
per cent Of the guests pretty well
haunted What I refer to is the spirits
that they claim Is in the human body
and keeps on liveing long after the
lodge has seen you properly sunk.
Most Of the wise crackers laughs
and calls it all bunk. but theys a few
bright minds that has fell for it. even
in country's where they still got the
kind of liquor that you can get plas-
tered without going cuckoo. Take for
| inst. Conan Doyle over in England
who / don't mean that he drinks, but
! il he did he could get good stuff. but
any way you got to pay some ten
| sion to his opinion in these matters
| in regards to life after death as he
spilled Sherlock Holmes into the royal
Geo. or somewhereS in one book and
| then brought him back to solve so
| thousand wds. of more mysterys.
X X u
DUT while 1 use to eat up sherlock
and always put Conan amongst
my favorite authors. still and all his
psychic articles didn't never prove
nothing to me only that you can go
to sleep whole lot easier reading
them than his detective storys And
amt even got no desire to believe
the stuff that was in that last one
/ read where 1t said that some kind
of dope flowed out of medium and
formed itself into the shapes of peo-
pie that had departed and one of the
shapes looked like a certain senator
with a musta che. If had wishes
the 4th. one would be to die and
then trickle out of some medium and
get in such shape that 1 looked like
certain senator with a mustache
They's no doubt but that Conan is
bright mind and has made a study
of the subject and is a expert on
it and he believe in it, but that don't
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-06
THE BOLSHEVIST MARAT By1HRo.ov

I whole body trembledf I have great
fear OF death-especially of a violent
death. A mist covered INV ewes
Through it I saw dimly three human
forms. me nrst was writing. the
second spoke; the third listened OF
put questions.
Il knew at once that the scoundrel
was the dvornik. He was accusing
me. without stint and in the most
vlo ent phrases. of having conspired
aga. INST the sovfets. My vision cleared
dvornik. and then on the judge. AS
constituent almost overcame my ter
ror. recognized that irregular beard,
! fuIl on the right, scanty on the left
that frogs face and that intermina BILE
fiat mouth.
1T seemed to me that the verdi =
| girls eyes also recognized me. They
were bent on me ferociously and my
| trembling came back again.
When the dvornik, had finished
the croaking voice asked:
"'Well, is he lying?
He Is lying I said. with all the
vehemence l could command.
Suddenly the atrocious face was
distended into a smile. Then it burst
| into a laugh.
"Come here cried the bolshevist
Marat.
He put his hand on my shoulder.
Then full Of satanic pride. he said:
See. You knew that l had a
world of ideas in my head! And this
dvornik is a pig Of liar. You I'M
derstand. dvornik? You have ac-
cused an innocent man. In that case
the accuser is guilty, in consequence.
deserves death. You are condemned
to die. Take him away and shoot
him.
1.-TWO red guards seized the dvornik.
who beloved with fright. and led
him away to the place of execution.
"If l had let him off, said Govlov
with a grin. he would have gone
somewhere else and denounced you.
And you would have been condemned.
Shake hands. brother. The reaction is
friEhtful. I have to work like dog.
but II anybody annoys you again,
insist on being brought before me for
trial."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-06

Now and then l nodded my head Of
murmured:
Its astonishing. What a head 20,
have little father! There's who'll
world of ideas in it,
~ had touched his weak spot
n! ne was all swelled up with pride ant
vanity Moreover. ! thus avoided dis
cussion. which ! abominate.
In 1907 I changed my residence
and also my restaurant. 1 no longer
saw this jaundiced philosopher.
Then the revolution broke. Ke.
rsnsky was supplanted by Lenin
reign of terror began. There was
nothing to do. All those who re.
PEELED were either killed or were
forced to hide or to get into exile
me red terrorists shot men down like
RABBITS; they drowned officers in the
was necessary to wait for a reaction
to santty-and I waited.
AS this was at time when many
people were being shot, the jurisdic-
tons of the tribunals were vague
There was court in my quarter
presided over by a certain Govloyl
nicknamed the bolshevist Marat.' He
held sway in a big building which the
people called the house Of blood. The
red guards took me there. With
thirty other prisoners l found myself
in low-ceilinged room. where it was
very cold, because a window had been
broken out. We shivered while we
awaited a sentence which would al.
most certainly be death. The red
guards constantly stood up victims in
the passaEeways outside. We heard
fusillades, followed by cries, and
sometimes by applause.
FINALLY, with fifteen associates
they took me into a long hall. where
we were thrust on bench along
side the wall. This was the court. A
screen separated. US from the judges
tribunal. Every three or four min
utes a voice-the voice of Govlov, the
bolshevist Marat'-creaked hoarsely:
death. Shoot him"
I'VE didn't hear single acquittal.
l saw most of those who had accom-
panied me disappear.
my time came. Two red guards
dragged me roughly to the other side
Of the screen. I confess that my
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-06

walk in the little courtyard. when
there came knock at the outer
gate and Old Chang, the gatekeeper
| laying down his teacup and his pipe
threw back the bars and handed his
master little red chit-bo "Tai
from the College for Girls}. "Yao
hwai sing. Yao hwai sing" r"rhey
| desire an answer, They desire an
answer!"D wang Foo. took the let
| ter. which was addressed in a ladys
hand, and. opening it. read as fol-
| lows:
| My Dear Mr.. Wang:
! 1t is of the utmost Importance
| that you come to the college to-
! morrow morning. Please name a
convenient hour by bearer. Sin
JULIA DU BRAY.
He thought for a moment and then
| writing Nine o'clock. sharp" on the
! edge OF the page. he initiated the
book and handed it back to Old
Chang. Ascending the steps to the
glade OF quiet reflection, he made his
PREPARATIONS to retire: but before
going to sleep he reread in the Eng
fish and Chinese papers the evidence
in the shipwreck case. in order that
he might be quite ready for what
he felt would most surely be Miss
Du Rray's pathetic appeal to him in
appeal to him with all the eloquence
and persuasion in her power. 1t
| would not be an exaggeration to say
that she really implored him--for
her sake. for their sakes, for every
body's sake-to secure the release of
Yung Wing and save dear little Chin
Chez from a broken heart.
ITS all a mistake! It's all a mis-
take" she said. rising from her seat
in the school parlor and walking
nervously up and down the carpet ;
tits part of Chinese conspiracy to
involve him and his friends In dis
grace. My own native teachers have
told me 30 and I know that they're
right. Why, Mr.. Wang. that young
man Is just as innocent of this as I
am"
How do you explain his mysterious
visit to the lighthouse then, a week
or 80 before the wreck?" asked the
detective.
why. that is as simple and inno-
cent as anything in the world Mr..
Yang Loo. who was Yung Wings
classmate at Harvard. came from the
village Of PAX Lao just two or three
miles back Of the Point. His old
parents and grandparents live there
still and he goes back to visit them
regularly every few months. This
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-06
The Bachelor Tax.

DR. WILLIAM S. SADLER. spe-
- cialist of Chicago, said at re-
cent meeting of the Federation OF
Women's Clubs:
"To live to be a hundred the hrst
requisites is to marry young Inc
married always live longer than the
single. , r
favor bachelor tax. Another rea-
son is that bachelors, coddled as
they are, become very conceited.
"a pretty girl at dance was
waltzing with a bachelor.
when I marry the bachelor said.
Goodness how many are you 60
ing to marry said the girl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-06

sculptor Peter Vladimi-
! rich. II frequented for a
time the little Savinoff
restaurant, whose habitues were a
sorry-looking lot. But things were
not going well with me. My patrons
had either left Petrograd or lost their
interest in art. Rubles and kopecks
were scarce,
THE Savinoff restaurant was a pic
turesque place. however. full of half
lights. like Rembrandts. and It's GUS
toners gave me an Inspiration Tor
more than one bas-relfef, from winch
l expected to make a little money and
reputation II art ever came back to
it's own.
Among the regulars there was a
hideous man in the forties. whose
beard grew luxuriantly on the right
side of his face. but was very scanty
low, with a visage like a frogs. a
distended mouth and eyes Of verdi
girls. refrained for long time from
speaking to me. ] am silent man.
and also little deaf. and since my
interest is chiefly In what L see, l
don't talk much.
FINALLY this strange-looking crea-
ture decided to break the ice. He
made advances to me and gradually
confided to me his Impressions and
trines. which didn't repel me. how
ever, since / am rather Indifferent
to ideas, and am. in the bargain. a
fatalist. He said that the world was
rotten to the core and that it would
have to be revolutionized from top to
bottom.
what is this war;? he grumbled.
ONLY child's play. The social war
will be far bloodier. We must sup
press millions and millions OF para
sites
phrases my countrymen usually go
the limit l have met many of them
who wanted to destroy everything
and who have never even killed a
hare.
~ listened benevolently, watching
meanwhile the picturesque vagabonds
uho rotharad In tho cayern.1io rnom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-06
OVERRIDING 1t.

&" A NYTH1NG can be overdone' SAID
n DR.. Leslie Pidgeon in an ad-
dress at a convention in Atlantic CITY.
1.-TWO partners were talking ABOUT
"a clerk. ,,,,
CO. said the senior partner he
getting very slack and forgetfui-
EeRlects his work scandalousiy
az wonder what's the matter VIII
him?' said the junior partner. He
seemed an ambitious lad in the past.
.Tt's this efficiency craze said the
senior. jackson is giving so much
time and thought to his efficiency cor
respondence courses that he's got no
energy left for his regular work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-06
-Unprofitable.
DEAN HoWELLs LEI

ssx11ILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS left
w a fortune of $4,000. This was
q very unusual thing for an Americaa
author to do. We, as rule. leave
very little"
Novelist Theodore "reiser WIS lee
turing in Gre, lwicn village He went
on: s.z..
"A young man was talking to gciz-
xled old author the other day.
ado YOU know, Mr.. Plume he sail,
Il believe | have y real literary BENT.
IAN right my by said old t'.umt.
All right, keep on. and you'll be worse
than bent-you'll be broke"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-06

what happened to the man that took
the advice and what happened to
the man that didn't. so ! jumped on
a train and went to n. Y. city and
bought myself q new ribbon and set
up most of that night getting ii fixed
o. X. in the typewriter.
X X X
THE next day 1 set down at tho
desk again and waited and this
time it was hrs. before my fingers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-06
Automatic Writing Don't
Pay Mortgages, Says Ring
By Ring w. Lardner.

and before they stopped they was a
sentence wrote on the paper but SO
dim couldn't hardly make il out.
Here is what il said:
Now is the time for all good men
to come to the aid of the party and
get a new ribbon"
That was what was wrote on the
paper and set there maybe a couple
hrs. more hut not another word
showed up and finely remembered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-06
Another Wang Foo Story by Sydney c. Partridge

weave a pretty good case out of that.
does it?"
mo, sir. it does not. That is pro-
vided you believe Inland are willing
to convict on-pure circumstantial
evidence. For, when alrs said and
done, chief, that's exactly what we've
got and nothing else
well. perhaps something else will
turn up@
Perhaps it will. l hope it will. for
unless the old agent with the wig
talluding to the crown advocate) has
got much more up his black sleeve
than he has shown US so far, I'm not
a-goin' in my own mind to convict
two honest English tars-as / still
takes them to be-of goin' into a
Chinese wrecking game like this
even for a lot of their old ginseng"
X X X
A T No. 5-5-5 in the Red Cloud alley
Wang Foo. the man OF mystery.
was taking his customary evening
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-06
Translated From the French by
William l.. McPheFson.

- CRING the war" said the
sculptor Peter Vladimi-
rich. II frequented for a
.;.~o %ha l;ttlo Covipof
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-06

STHEY certainly were having it. The
entire store was transformed into
o reception room and banquet hall
and the guests were enjoying the
''tien ii eng shing" Cor gracious.
in both solids and liquids to their
hearts content. In the inner apart
ments the genial host and his good
wife were receiving the congratula-
fions of their many friends. Having
spent many years in Singapore. where
strict native customs are greatly mod
ified by the European surroundings.
the ladies' and gentlemen of the part y
mingled much more freely together
ss>AA-- they ordinarily would have done
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-17
NEW ENGLAND
STATES COUNCIL
q. Staples Member of Executive
Committee-Its Work.

BOSTON, May 1.-THE New England
States Council, following its establish
ment at an earlier meeting on April ii,
got under wav yesterday at the Hotel
Bellevue, when the executive committee
appointed temporarily on April IL was
made permanent, permanent chairman
and secretary We're chosen and the ma
chinery set in motion through which
five sub committees will be appointed
to study and report on as many of the
important problems facing New England
today.
These subjects include the st. Law
renee waterways project, which is TO
be considered with special relation to
another question, that of New England s
natural watersheds and their relation
to the economic situation; the general
New England railroad situation, with
special reference to the consolidation of
New England railroads; the industrial
situation, with the reasons why indus
tries are leaving New England and how
they may be retained and industry eX-
banded; the situation of the New Eng
land ports and how they may be de-
veloped, and the problem of the restOr-
alton and development of agriculture in
New England
DR.. Arthur w. Gilbert, Massachusetts
state commissioner of agriculture. was
elected permanent chairman of the
council and of its executive committee
and Edward c. Stacy, already general
secretary of the Massachusetts State
chamber OF commerce. which has fos-
tered the new organization, was elected
permanent secretary.
The executive committee is as follows
without the representatives. of Rhode
Island and the finance and transpOTta-
tion groups, which have not been Sc
lected because of the necessity of wait
ing formal action by executive boards
which have not vet met for that pur-
pose; Maine, Ex-Gov William I. Cobb;
New Hampshire, Ralph d. Hetzel of the
New Hampshire state college at Dur
! ham: Vermont, Charles G. Staples, pres
ident of the Vermont Bankers associa-
ton: Massachusetts, Pres, Horace a.
Carter OF the Massachusetts, State
chamber of commerce: Connecticut
! George b. Chandler, president Of the
| Connecticut state chamber of com
merce; representing commerce, lsadore
| Wise, Hartford, Conn. and James A
| Gulnac of Bangor, Ne, industry, f
! Kent Hubbard, president OF the Connec-
| ticut Manufacturers association, and
! Ora L. Stone. manager of the Asso
ciatcd Industries of Massachusetts; az
ricuture, William ]. Thompson. master
! of the Maine state Grange, and DIR. 4
| w Gilbert. Massachusetts state com
missioner of agriculture.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-17
100000 TAX
ON CRANE ESTATE
Property Valued at S9,22S,9s2 80
Million Invested in Liberty
and Victory Bonds.

PITTSFIELD, Mass, May 1.-THE
estate of Winthrop Murray Crane, paper
manufacturer of Dalton. and formerly
United States senator, viii pay an inheri-
lance tax of $4,000 900 on his property,
which is inventoried at 50. DDS, $50. This
tax will go to the federal government,
Dominion of Canada and Massachusetts,
New York. Maine and New Jersey.
Mr. Cranes Liberty and Victory bonds
holdings totaled 100000, according TO
the Inventory filed yesterday by Attor-
ney James f. Bacon of Boston. The
largest single item in the personal prop
erty. which totals $9.O54,6S8. is the tesla
tors interest in the Crane & Co. plant at
Dalton, which makes the government
note paper. and the Z. & w. NJ Crane
plant, listed at 1885,, 962. His stock
holdings are in 53 corporations.
The home place at Dalton is listed at
S91. 900. and the country estate on Wind
sor hill at sol 40. Jewelry is valued at
1.12S, and five automobiles at $780,.
Mr. Crane carried policy in the Berk-
shire Life Insurance company of Pitts
field valued at S13.121. He held not a
share in any railroad or street railway
corporation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-17
URGE OFFENSIVE
AGAINST LABOR
Committee Says Manufacturers Should
Push Open ShOp-LabOr Seeks
Business Domination.

NEW YORK, May 17.-Manufactur-
ers and business interests of the country
are urged to take the offensive and resist
the alleged attempt of labor leaders to
dominate industry, in the report of the
committee on industrial betterment,
health and safety, presented here yester-
day at the annual convention of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers.
The leaders of labor cannot, and ap-
parently do not care to hide their deter
mination to rule the industry of the
country" said the report, and aspire ia
govern it politically, as well. The bust
ness existence of the members. of this as
ISOLATION is involved in defeating their
interest. and it must therefore of neces-
sity oppose them. A defensive battle is
a losing battle. Therefore the asSocia-
ton should boldly expose to the public
the attempts of minority to dominate
business and govern the state i'll its own
selfish interest"
The committee urged the open shop
movement be stimulated by the extension
of plans for industrial representation.
The report declared no cooperation
from the leaders of present labor organ
izatiOns can be hoped for in reducing
costs of transportation, housing, rents
and labor. adding they are all pyramided
on labor costs aud cannot be successfully
reduced except by the cooperation of la
Dor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-17
DEFIES GRAIN EXCHANGE.
in House, Says Chicago Board
of Trade Is BIuffing.

WASHINGTON. May 1.-THE state
ment of Joseph p. Griffin. president of the
Chicago board of trade, that the board
may withdraw from business if the bill
passed by the house to regulate dealings in
grain futures becomes law was charac-
terized yesterday by Representative
Tinchcr. Republican. Kansas, author of
the measure, as a bluff
This is an attempt on the part of the
grain exchange to tell congress what it
can and cannot do Mr.. Tincher said.
The Kansas representative charged that
the grain exchange men had changed their
stand on the bill.
When they were here before the agri-
culture committee and were confronted
with the facts of the evils of the existing
conditions" he said, they could not do
otherwise than say we welcome legisla-
ton but when they get home and are
besieged by the manipulating, gambling
element of the trade they have to find
some excuse for fighting the legislation"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-17
SENATE CLASH OVER ROADS.
Proposed Commission Is Called Death
KnpH of Federal Aid.

WASHINGTON. May 11.-Ihc Old
issue of states rights caused a clash yes
terday during senate postofice committee
hearings on the Townsend good roads
bill. the proposal to create federal high
ways commission to supervise construc-
ton Of an interstate highway system being
attacked by Senator Hetlin. Democrat, of
Alabama, who declared it meant the
death kncll Of government aid to state
roads"
federal commission was necessary, y.
G. Shirley, road engineer, of Baltimore,
told the committee. The present system
of federal road aid resulted in patch
work road building" he said, adding
State highway departments will, as d
rule, lay out only the roads that benefit
the states"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-05-17
SECRETARY PLEADS
FOR FARMERS CAUSE
Have Lost Millions in Crop Prices, but
Consumer Gets Little Benefit
Quotes Drops.

BOSTON, May I7.-Socretary of Labor
James j. Davis passed Yesterday in Bos
ton, lunching at the Touraine as the
guest of Gov. Claiming Cox, visiting
the lmmlgTat ion stations in East Bos-
ton and on Deer Island, and dining at
the Boston City club as the guest of
Meyer BloObheld. William w. HUs-
band, commissioner general of immigra-
ton, accompanied Mr.. Davis on his
Boston visit
In speech at the dinner. Secretary
Davis emphasized the fact that it must
| be the nation 8 policy to advance the
interest of the farmer.
There Is n great surplus of meat
and grain products in this country to-
day" declared Secretary Davis. 'The
farmers have lost millions of dollars
and yet the consumer must still pay the
| highest prices for the very necessities
fef life.
although live hogs, for example, have
| declined from . cents to eight cents
a pound during the past year, good ba-
| ham at from IS to so cents, and pork
loins at about 20 cents a pound
| -Four and half bushels of wheat are
required continued Secretary Davis,
TO make one barrel of flour. The
wheat raiser aHually gets approx
mately 81 bushel for his wheat. the
miller 50. the baker $45-and the hotel
| keeper no less than $500. 4 single pair
of ealfskin~gl oves--to continue the anal
| ogy-costs more than the farmer can
| get for calf.
"How long a time must elapse for
| the consumer TO benefit from the farm
| or s huge losses in the live stock mar
! ket If, with live stock down and
meat prices up, the packers are making
| only one quarter of cent a pound-as
they claim-who is getting the big diff
/ ference?
Failing markets have, in the last
| few months alone, cost the American
| farmer S5.0OO,OOO0O0 No greater calam-
| ity can come to this country at the
| present time than to have the farmers
lose heart-and money! situation
which is rapidly coming to pass. 1t be
/ hoOves us, of all things, to put farming
| to the fore in our national policy
| I'VE must make out a greater con
| structive program for agriculture and
put it through. giving out fullest CO.
operation to every plan which aids the
| farmer. The American people are in
| telligent, fair and square. | believe
| they will line up for such a program.
| eve must also work out a program
| for foreign markets. continued the sec
rotary of labor. creating a keener con
sumptive demand at home and paying
the farmers a self sustaining price for
their products. Let s get down to bus
| mess. The war is over and today the
| future IS calling us. 1t demands the
| best we can offer-team work, brains,
| determination, energy, but, more than
all else. action. -