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it for $4,000, and the publishers are
said to have made slCo,O on the
deal.
The Partisan hit Mon Homme,"
for which publishers raced across
the ocean, will make a profit of
Sl50,000. so il is reported. A pub
Usher does not want too many hits
at the same time and that is why
the song writing profession is a
precarious one. Sales promotion
these days costs too much to be
boosting a half dozen hits.
One wonders what the Metropoli-
tan Opera audiences would have
done IL the late Richard Garfield.
New York's most famous gambler,
had been brought there as an hon
ored guest at a Four Hundred func-
-tion. And yet society had as an
honored guest the other night Monte
Carlos gambling king-the Prince
Of Monaco. The affair was held in
the Metropolitan. The prince is dis
tinguished in the science of ocean
ography. Garfield was the fore
most scientist in solitaire and then.
too, he was an American. That
makes a great difference in the
realms OF snobbery.
The New York employment ofices
are crowded with applicants. But
strangely they are reluctant about
accepting jobs. Most Of them are
sullen and discouraged. They have
been used to big wages and easy
hours. They resent going back to
conditions that are changed Do
mestic workers are plentiful but
housekeepers are not Offering such
wages as they did and they go to
the employment agencies without
results.
There is a Fifth avenue clubman
who has always spurned exercise
and is especially bitter toward golf.
His fellows leave him daily in the
gloom of a darkened grill slipping
his private supply. Golf" he said
the other day with a sigh lis need
iessIy prolongine the lives cf some
OF our most useless citizens"
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WEDNESDAY. MAY Is. 1871.

WEDNESDAY. MAY n. 1871.
Medical society. Medical society
Building. this evening. o'clock.
Regular weekly meeting.
TELLS VIVID STORY or
CHINA's ECONOMIC WEALTH.
Some OF the economic and min
ersl wealth of China which will be
available when railways penetrate
into Western China and connect IL
with the Eastern Coast was de-
scribed by Emil l. Fischer. OF New
York. at the meeting Of the Geo.
logical Society of Washington last
night ct the Interior Building.
The great province of Szechwan.
rich in minerals. man-power and
agriculture. but poor in transporta-
ton. can only be opened to Amer
lean commerce by railroads reach
ing across the mountainous barriers
that separate IL from the East,
Fischer pointed out. From Ia
CHEN Lu, the great Tibetan trad
Ing mart which lies on the high
way from Pekin TO Lhassa. mil
lions are transported annually into
How Great Britain wishes an out
Iet from the Assam Plains into
rioet and how she has been at
tempting to subdue the wild ma
tive tribes between BatanR and
Lhassa that have been blocking her
road into this rich territory. was
told by Fischer
me high gorges and RAPIDS Of
the fsngtze-Kiang River. the great
restlon works that have stood
Lor z'VVo years as the savior from
famine Of 6o.O0o.oOO Inhabitants,
Aho that section Of eastern China
that has recently been svept with
famine were among the features OF
his year-long trip illustrated by
pirtures-
In the 21s.533 square mile, q,
Szechvan. an area equal 10 ali Of
New England. New York State and
Pennsylvania combined. there is not
a transport cart or carriage drawn
by an animal Only the backs and
shoulders OF coolies furnish the
transportation for the riches Of
the province Hundreds Of thou
sands spend their lives as beasts
Of burden and conditions now are
exactly the same as they were nifty
years ago when explorers first
penetrated there" said Fischer.
TIA Ming Chang, an old salt pro-
ducinE seSion, is so rich in this
mineral that IN high water the
brine flows wastefully into the
river. Coal is available IN large
quantities. In another small area
the government collects $1,000, 900
a month in salt taxes alone"
Eastern China. where the great
famine has swept away multitudes,
is a relatively short distance from
the fertile ields Of Szechwan. which
produce enough to feed amply all
OF China but the amazingly primi-
tive transportation prevents COM
merce between the two parts Of the
lcountry, Fischer pointed out
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dency to make cattle of human be-
ings, we want the entire compul-
sorry systems overturned that man
kind may be reinstated in free and
normal life.
Again. says Brisbane, think of the
thousands of mothers and babes
lost to the country every year. ]
showed this to a mother and she
said: Think of the governments
treatment OF the poor, disabled SOL
diers who have been willing to die
for it, II IL treats its patriots thus
what can be expected by the ordi-
nary. out-of-the-way mothers. No
none of the Sheppard-Towner for
me. II l am poor, I'll pay for a
doctor and a nurse that will take
the care of me I require"
FRANCIS r. LIvESEY.
West Friendship, May l3.
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Raps Sheppard-Towner Bill.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald
Arthur Brisbane and others. with
a view of helping the Sheppard
Towner, bill, are rehashing some old
Socialist questions. thus: If the gov
ernment, through its Agricultur
Department, can look out for cattle
why should it not have depart
ment to look after its far more val
liable asset-human beings? The
answer is that the human beings
are too valuable to be looked after.
They are supposed to live in the
enjoyment of life. liberty and hap
piness. while possessed of reason
and intelligence sufficient to guide
them. They are not supposed to be
'.dumb-driven cattle" deprived Of
liberty.Snsde slaves to men and put
up in pens and pastures.
Instead Of 'encouragfpg this ten
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OIL CHEMISTS HEAR ABOUT
RESEARCH.

Governmental scientific research
should be organized so that each
investigative unit deals with a Civ
en- field OF work or a certain COM
modiy. not a theoretical or didactic
division OF pure science or econom-
les. DR.. c. l. Alsberg, chief Of the
Bureau of Chemistry Of the L. S,
Department OF Agriculture, told the
convention Of the American OIL
Chemists Society at Chicago yes
terday.
while chemistry, botany, biol
ogy and the other sciences must
each be utilized in tackling a Ger
tain problem. they must be blended
and used together" he pointed out.
Neither can research in applied
science be organized under the the
oretical divisions OF the economist,
such as agriculture. transportation,
trade or commerce"
Industry will receive even great
er practical benefit than now from
technical research. whether govern
mental or private, II the investi-
cations are organized according to
practical divisions Of the industries
themselves. he told the chemists
who control ard devise processes
for extracting and refining edible
I ana technical oils and fats used
in foods. drugs and the industries.
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British Propaganda Means.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
l offer this for the convenience of
your readers who, see, are having
rather hot arguments in your COL
umns on the Irish question.
As to England flooding this coun-
try with propaganda. and it being
denied by certain people that Eng
land did and does not do this sort
of thing. I offer the following taken
from the March, 1918, number OF
Harper's Magazine. Sir Gilbert
Parker. who had charge of the dis
tribution Of British propaganda in
the United States, boasts Of the part
which he played in the plunging of
his country into the hell of war in
the following language:
Il need hardly say that the scope
Of our propaganda department in
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Am. Tel. e Tel. Co.
Raises Its Dividend

NEW YORK. N. Y. May 1.-THE
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company today declared a quarterly
dividend of "a per cent. an increase
of Il of per cent from the previous
quarter. The dividend is payable
July Is to stock received June 20.
This places the stock on per
cent basis compared with s per cent.
which has been in effect since 1907.
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IRRIGATION NEEDED SAYS
GOVERNOR OF WASHINGTON.


GOVERNOR OF WASHINGTON.
Irrigation is an absolute neces-
sity IL we are going to produce
enough food to feed the American
people" Gov. L. F. Harp, of WASH
ington. declared yesterday after
noon at the New willard Hotel.
\ Twenty million acres of this
country are arid, which IL properly
watered. will not only prove the
most productive farm lands in the
world, but will open an absolutely
new agricultural field and will be a
great inducement to the soldiers
who are still out of work. The esti-
mated eost of irrigating the land is
800 per acre and bill Is now pend
ing in Congress asking for an ap-
preparation of s250,0o0.000 to be cx-
pended in the next six years. The to-
tai sum Is to be used as a revolving
fund as soon as sections of this arid
land are irrigated profits gained will
be put back into the fund for the
cultivation of another section. In
eighteen years the total sum Will
be returned to the government, II
all goes as expected.
THE production question is per-
haps the most important problem
that America now faces. and these
regions must not be allowed to go to
waste as they have in past years.
With an enormous percentage of
the population unemployed 1t is i'm
perative that these new fields be
opened"
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The President is reported to have withdrawn
his opposition to passage of the Borah disarma-
ment resolution. Looks very much like making
good on prediction promises OF cooperation be-
tween the executive and legislative branches of
the government
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Mrs Bergdoll, mother of the notorious Phla-
delphia slackers was sentenced to a year and
day in the Federal prison for conspiracy to aid
her sons But it only takes the payment OF
$1,000 fine to have the sentence remitted Now
watch that pot Of gold come to light.
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Funny how quickly Germany can dig up the
cash when once convinced that excuses no longer
will be of avail. Must have had it hidden away
with those guns the allies couldn't find for SO
long.
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GLASS OF sPoP- BOTTLE WILL
FIZZ LIKE SOFT DRINK.

The hzzing, cooling soft drink and
the glass of the bottle that contains
il are much alike. Like the pop"
the glass contains dissolved gases
that will cause foam to form on the
top. In fact. the drink and the bot
tie both have the properties Of
liquid, except that the bottle is not
fluid when a bottle OF pop is
opened. thus releasing the pressure.
the liquid effervesces violently,
owing TO the rapid escape Of the
dissol ved carbonic acid gas. Prof.
Edward W. Washburn. Frank r.
Footitt and Elmer y. Bunting. in
vestigators in the ceramic lsbora-
tories Of the University Of Illinois.
have found that ordinary glass be-
haves in a similar manner when
treated in the same way. In an eX-
pertinent a piece of clear glass free
from bubbles was heated in a closed
furnace until it was in a fluid mol
ten condition. The pressure inside
the furnace was then suddenly re-
duced by connecting the furnace 70
a large tank which had been prev
iously evacuated with an air pump.
On opening the furnace after il had
cooled, practically all Of the glass
was found on top Of the pot in the
form of a large mass Of white foam
hlled with countless tiny bubbles OF
gas. Analysis OF the evolved gas
showed that IL consisted Of oxygen.
nitrogen and carbonic acid gas.
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Now It's said Uncle Sam will not have any
thing to do with Russia officially until all Amer
ican prisoners released. And by the time
that happens there probably will be new crop
in the Soviet jails. l
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TELLS OF NECESSITY
OF PAVED HIGHWAYS.

The governor declared that the
highways must be given even more
attention than they are at the pres
ent time.
with the great increase of auto
mobile and truck traffic. roads all
through the country must be i'm
proved" he said. "Only rs per cent
of the primary highways in the en-
tire country. are paved. the rest are
dirtI and a great part Of them are
poor dirt roads. No matter how
good improved roads may be, steady
rains quickly make them impossible
to heavy motor trucks.
II do not think that the increase
of road traffic will do any harm to
the railroads. As we approach nor
malcy there will be plenty of work
for them, to do and, OF course. they
should be protected until they are
financially strong"
DO you have much trouble in
getting the boys to return to the
farms in Washington" the governor
was asked.
Not much" he said. The thing
that has made the farm labor ques-
ton difficult is that the boys who
were in the service got used to hav-
ing a lot of other men around them
and now It is hard to get them to
go back to the rural districts where.
to say the least, life Is not ex-
citing. But with the automobile.
the telephone and the community
centers that are established all
through the State. the boys are
being given more inducements.
COMMUNITY CENTERs
IN COUNTRY DISTRICTS.
Schools in the country districts
of Washington are just as good as
in the city. The great thing in the
country is the building of commu-
nifty centers. where dances and
other social affairs can be given.
Normally in this country will
come within in the next five years."
declared the governor. Financial
and social conditions are improv-
ing rapidly. OF course, there will
be many changes in the country,
as there always are following big
wars
Gov, Harp is here in company
with Cows. Campbell of Arizona
Boyle of Nevada; avis of Idaho !:
and Maybey. of Utah. They are
sendeavoring to obtain a Federal
policy toward the reclamation of
Western States.
II. G.
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CAUSE OF FAT
RANCIDITY DISCOVERED.

Rancidity. that yearly spoils a
large number OF fatty food prod
ucts, has been found TO be a chem
ical change or alteration in the
composition Of fats due to the ac-
tion Of the oxygen OF the air. Rob-
ert II. Kerr, OF the Bureau OF Ami
NAL Industry OF the L. s. Depart
ment of Agriculture. told the Amer
ican Oil Chemists Society at Chi
cago. AS a result Of investiga-
tions just completed. It has been
found that the action OF the air
is promoted by several accessory
factors. chief OF which are heat.
light, moisture, and contact with
certain metals. notably copper and
zinc.
"Rancidity can be absolutely pre-
vented by complete exclusion Of air
and can be delayed by avoiding ex-
posure to air under conditions ia
vorable TO oxidation" he declared.
In the island of Palswan. one Of
the Philippines. a long subterrsnesn
river has been explored by the
Coast and Geodetic Survey. II is
navigable for a small boat for a ala
tance of about "a miles from It's
mouth. ". d
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Suggests Beauty Contest.

FRANCIS b. LIN ESE
West Friendship, Md, May b.
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If am Sophocles, am not mad; and if I
am mad, am not Sophocles.-Sophocles.
Washington Street Railways.
THE w. & G. F. E. CHARTER.

h EFORE considering how it happened that the
\ Washington Traction and Electric Company
failed in IooI bringing the Washington Rail-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-01-24
STAR ICE
CUP ON
DISPLAY
TUESDAY

The Star trophy for tho second an.
nuai Ice races which viii be prcteni.
I'd TO the winner Of the finals az the
Vancouver Seattle hockey game
"Wednesday night al the Arena. viii
he on display al the Arena office
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Five men arc competing for the
trophy The five who qualified In
tho preliminary heats follow. ifhil
nonahue James McGrath. Jim Price.
Paul chaplin and Buster Brown.
Tho race viii be held ietwcen the
first and second periods and will be
n laps around the rink The men
will start on the blue line on the east
side and south end Of the Arena and
Will finish on the blue line In front
Of tho press stands The ~ laps are
little short OF mile. The men
will circle the ends in front OF the
hockey nets. as usual.
Numbers. which viii denote the
position Of the men a the start OF
the race. viii ho drawn az = o. m. az
the Arena and It's important that all
the finhilints be on hand 20 draw
their own numbers.
OFFICIALS for the race will b, se.
lectcd Tuesday.
Prizes for the second and third
place winners have also been lined
IN.
nonahus. one ~ the finhiliaia. won
The Star fucrn last season.
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FOUR FAST
CITY HOOP
TEAMS MIX
TONIGHT

Two good basketball games should
be on TAP Ia the city cage league %.
night when the Y. NJ. G. A. five
tnngieH with the System siFn Co
team ana the Eokmann Furniture CO
and the University Commercial club
teams get together.
al four tcamh are considered con.
tenders for the title nH they have
particularly strong teams. The first
game will get under way Mt 3. m.
The teams viii line up ns follows.
Y. NJ. G. A.-Sco,t and Thompson.
forwards. B0nney. center. Cairns and
Saberhngcn, guards
System Sign Co Kcichner and
MarburRer. forwards. George. center.
Nirguson and Bowen. guards.
University Commercial club Ban
and Woodcock. forwards. Rennle.
center, ioRg and Williams. guards.
In the game Saturday night the
Puget Sound Paper BOX team wns
returned "a winner over the Eiks by
a - 10 81 count and the System Sign
Co walioped the Silent Frata ~
90 TO rs tally.
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BAR TOWEL
THROWING"
in AUSTRALIA

We learn from Australian papers
that a fighters second has no right
to toss towel into the ring as a
token OF defeat for his man This
happened when Charles. the French
there recently. w. y. COrbett. in
the Sidney Referee has this to say
regarding the manipulation Of the
laundry:
The throwing Of the towel from
the French angle on Saturday night
caused great deal OF talk. In
my report OF the contest I referred
to a stadium rule which debarred
seconds from interfering. The
referee only was allowed to stop n
battle. For some time this provision
was rigidly insisted upon but after
a while IL became more noticed in
the breach than the observance.
The management has now decided
to prevent an occurrence similar TO
that Of Saturday night taking place
in the future. They will not inter.
fere with the throwing up OF the
wipe while the boxer concerned is
In his corner for the minutes spell
unless It appears 10 them that do
ing so Is unwarranted But no
second shall be permitted 10 declare
his principal beaten while a round
= In progress. 1t Is contended. and
correctly, that when boxers are
fighting. the referee sees as much
as the seconds. and Is equally. or
more. competent 70 form an opinion
as 10 whether one or the other man
IL In such a condition that he
should not be allowed to continue
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sieger thinks he might as well
get Il as Young Andy CLANCY. who
also wants to box Johnny for moth.
ing.
Johnny Murray looked Hike one
Of the best iss Founders until he
ran into Siegefs rightcross wailop
the other night sammy knocked
Murray down five times In two
rounds and put another feather In
bis throne dustcr.
Kilbane thinks $500 the riEht
price for his risk In decision
show.
Offers OF sleFer and CLANCY 10
do their bit for the hole In the
doughnut gives a promoter a lot
Of latitude to work on.
Kllhanc win pack en- in when
he defends his title no matter who
boxes him.
CLANCY II more Of a vet than
sieger. But he doesn't hit 20 hard
Andy could possibly win from
the champion on points. Sammy
would have 10 bring his right.cross
Into action 10 win.
Kilbane IL a smart fellow. sl.ger's
three years experience might not
prove enough 10 vanquish a boxer
who has outwitted all the feathers
for years
But when young fighter f. com.
ing as fast as Sieger he might ring
the bell In his first start against
a champion.
Stranger things than this have
happened.
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Bush Handed
Great Tyrus
Real Sian,

CLEVELAND. Jan. 23.-They
tell a story around here that bears
considerable amount OF comic.
u happened last summer.
Tho Cleveland club Ind n run.
ner on second base when a slow
bounding single was knocked 20
center field. Cobb pursued the
hall and knew that he had no
chance 60 catch the runner al the
plate. Tho halter figured Cobb
would throw home and took big
turn around first base, Cobb did
not throw home but tossed high
TO second base Donnie Bush. lie.
troii HhortHtop. ieaped In the air
and got tho han. but the runner
WAS safe.
why didn't you get that guy
asked Cobb. coming OF the field.
why didn't you throw rlRhtT'
countefcd Bush.
You ought 10 have got him."
said Ty.
You've BEEN looking NJ Iris
Speaker play center field long
enough 20 know something about
u By this time" fired hack Bush.
and the Incident was closed.
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M'CREDIE SIGNS FLOCK
OF BASEBALL HOPEFULS

Boss Walter McCrcdie o, the
Portland Baseball club hopes 20 un.
cover n diamond in the rough out
OF the large number Of youngsters
lined up for tryouts for the 1871
team. The Beaver pilot Is no,
counting very heavily on any of the
youngsters. but he viii pat himself
on the shoulders II two or three
or even one Of them. show enough
ability 20 be carried as a regular
Those who show promise 81 do.
veloping with additional experience
viii be turned over 10 Pacific Inter.
national or Western Canada league
teams for seasoning.
Mecredle has about 30 youngsters
on his string. Whether all OF t1em
viii be taken south remains 10 be
seen. but Il = expected that a
una iority OF them will be asked 10
report. Most OF them have had ex.
perience In league ball
In Pilictte. who wac secured from
Regina. Mac believes he has a
conner. Piilcttc has speed. curves
and a good change OF pace and
ought 10 be n winner In the Coast
league. He has had experience In
the Northwest and Western leagues.
Sylvester johnson. the Portland
boy who was recalled from the Van.
couver club OF the Pacific Intcrna.
tlonal league. promises 20 make a
fight for n regular berth. johnson
was taken south last year. but lack
ed experience. In the few times he
worked for the Beavers during the
closing weeks Of last season he
looked 100 Der cent better than he
did at Ontario.
Fred Coune!l. right handler o'
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Modesto. Cal. looks like conner.
according 20 McCrcdle. Ia link. a
southpaw who halls from Nebraska
and Herman Ross brother 81 sam
Ross. arc a couple OF other highly
tou,ed pitchers.
Among the inficidsrs signed by
Mccredle are Goforth and Payton.
who played at Everett. wash. last
year They were recommended to
Mccredie by Zimmerman. former
san Francisco outfielder. s,obener.
recommended by willis Butler
former Portland ahortriop. l. said
70 he a high class haiiplayer. Grant.
ham. who comes from the Tacoma
team. u another promising irfielder
Frank Wilson. Walter Grnln and
Art BourE will receive trials in the
ouificid. Wilson. who cannot Be
termed a youngster. has had one
" hlFl az major league company. tho
White Sox buying him from Van
couver. u. G. several seasons ago
lie Is a long distance hitter. accord.
ing 20 reports Grnin has a bright
future. according 20 Gus Fisher.
Mleaud. who halls from Mime
sofa. and A. v. King, a Middle
Western player. are a promising
pair Of battery men who will be-
asked 10 report this spring.
Taken al in all the corp. Of
youngsters signed this spring " tire
best Portland has had for several
seasons
Judging from the number % let.
ter being received az the baseball
headquarters. Judge McCrrdie Fays
:, Will not b. long before some
future greats will be uncovered in
the bushes.
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SAMMY SIECER is ON
JOHNNY KILBANE'S TRAIL

Offers 10 box shaky champions
Tor nothing IL getting 10 be old
stuff
Budding ypingsters have every
thing 10 gain and nothing 70 lose.
Sammy Sieger Of New York is
squirting at the promised land
where Johnny KIibane has reigned
for nine years unstoppcd.
Sammy u a conner. lie Is climb
ing fast. His right-cross Jolt II
bad thing 10 run into.
The New Yorker has been box
ing for three years. Winning the
amateur championship in the Big
Town gave him his start.
lie wants a crack az Kiibane on
the nothing TO me" and all TO
you" basis.
The feather king. now fading.
IL under a heavy barrage OF similar
challenges from other contendors