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Evening star., 1921-03-07
Revolts in Russia.

The reports of the Russian anti
bolshevik revolt indicate that some
real progress is being made toward
ity in North Russia. Mutineers have
taken possession of kronstadt and or
ganized a provisional government
there. An attack has been made on
Orsnienbaum. but apparently without
success. One dispatch states that
Lcnin and Trotsky and other soviet
leaders are in panic of fear and pre-.
pairing to fee. This, however, is i'm
probable, as Lenin is at Moscow, a
long distance from the scene of the
northern uprising, and Trotsky is re-
ported to be at the front directing
military operations. The fact is, all
Russian dispatches are to be accepted
with distinct reserve.
These sporadic outbreaks against
the bolshevik regime are symptomatic
of a deep-seated antagonism toward
the bolshevik rule on the part of a
large percentage of the Russian peo-
pie. Probably if d plebiscite should
be held at which the people could vote
freely on the question the Lerlfn-
Trotsky regime would be rejected.
But such a referendum is impossible.
The soviet leaders, though claiming
to rule by virtue of the popular will,
have no intention of permitting the
people to determine for themselves
the character of the government they
wish and the individuals they want to
administer their affairs.
No signs appear Of a nationalistic
movement in Russia at present. The
revolts that have thus far appeared
against the Lenin regime have been
mainly inspired by the sufferings of
the people. Denekine, Kolchak and
Wrangel had definite aims, probably
of a monarchistic nature. The Kron-
stadt revolt is a proletariat movement
The new government is composed
chiefly of sailors and workmen. Prob
ably such will be the course of the
soviet breakup if the power is really
wrested from Lenin. In all likelihood
these local revolts will multiply and
soviet Russia will literally go to
pieces. What will happen in such an
event is one Of the great puzzles of
the time.
Evening star., 1921-03-07
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHTLANDER JOHNSON.

We talk about the weather irA our
happy little home.
We're very careful how we let the
conversation roam,
Since feminine opinions are in politics
so strong,
The arguments, though friendly
might become unduly long.
For Father wants protection. Mother
says she can't agree
To miss the bargains floating in
from far across the sea-
The league Of nations often caused the
family to fret.
We all had our opinions and they
haven't changed as yet.
Dear Uncle Bill declares his cough
requires some rock and rye.
Aunt Jane is thoroughly convinced
the country should be dry
And when it comes to picking men to
run affairs of state.
Each member of the household likes
a different candidate.
Our serious conversation with the
young folks made no hit
They Joined in the discussion and
they jaZzed it up bit.
Now each locks his opinions in his
intellectual dome
We talk about the weather in our
happy little home.
Evening star., 1921-03-07
Round Up the "Gun-Toters.

A roundup OF gun-toters, IL is re.
ported, will be conducted in this CITY
in the hope Of catching some Of the
violators Of The concealed weapons
law. This is good work. The police
may save many lives if they can bring
these pistol -pac kers" into court and
head them toward jail. The concealed
weapons law is all righ, if II can be
enforced; that is 10 say If the people
who break il can be caught. But il is
one Of the most dificult Of all laws to
enforce because Of the very nature
of the offense. The hope is that in
this roundup no one will be killed
Dramatic accent was given TO the
pistol situation in Washington last
Saturday by the shooting of former
Senator Henderson, who fortunately
was only slightly wounded. No light
has been thrown thus far on the ques-
ton Of where and when the assaiian MT
got his weapon. Under the present
conditions in Washington he might
have bought 1t that morning without
the slightest difficulty. Perhaps this
close approach Of crime to the legis.
lative body will give force to the Dis.
tricts plea for ii law that will really
protect life. Whoever constitute the
new board of District Commissioners
should present early at the extra ses.
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Pittsburgh's Distinction.

Pittsburgh is enjoying unusual dis.
tinction. 1t probably has not occurred
before that two members Of a cabi-
net have been taken from the same
town. But Pittsburgh is an unusual
town. and President Harding has
levied on her according to her dis.
tinctions.
She is a great money center. Men
Of great money sense have been de-
veloped there. Andrew Carnegie. and
Henry c. Frick, and A. w. Mellon,
all won their financial spurs in that
field. Either Mr.. Carnegie or Mr..
Frick would have been an excellent
choice for financial adviser to the
government. In their day and way
they achieved big things. So has Mr..
Mellon in his day and way. and hence
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The Cabinet Table.

Mr.. Coolidge at the cabinet table
will be at home, and contribute some
thing OF value to the discussions. Go
back fifty years. and observe how
we'll suited to such service have been
the men who in that time have filled
the ofi1ce of Vice President.
Either Schuyler CoIfax or Henry
Wilson had had a larger experience
in public affairs than President Grant.
William II. Wheeler was as well
known in the political world as Presi.
dent Hayes.
Chester A. Arthur came to the vice
presidency with but a local reputa-
ton, but, later, in the presidency,
demonstrated fine ability for national
affairs.
Thomas A. Hendricks and Adlai f..
Stevenson had held national Office be-
fore Mr.. Cleveland was known out.
side of Buffalo.
Levi p. Morton had been a national
quantity longer than Benjamin Har.
rison.
Garret A. Hobart was a successful
man Of large affairs, and Theodore
Roosevelt highly successful poll.
tician, when chosen Vice President.
Charles w. Fairbanks and James
S. Sherman had both served in Con-
gress, and Mr.. Fairbanks was recog-
nized as the head Of his party in In
diana.
And Thomas r. Marshall had been
a contender for the nomination for
first place at the Baltimore conven-
ton.
President Harding has inaugurated
something from which the country
should long have had the benefit.
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The People and the White House.

Resumption of the pre!war freedom
Of access for the people to the White
House will add greatly to the pleasure
Of those who come to Washington for
a short visit and who wish to see
everything possible in the govern
tment equipment. A visit to the capt.
tal without getting inside the grounds
at least is incomplete. With the
gates thrown open and within certain
limitations the doors open as well
the home of the President can be seen
1T close range and even entered.
In former years Presidents have
held public receptions in the east
room regularly each week, receiving
and shaking hands with numbers of
callers. 1t may be that this custom
can be resumed. The President is a
very busy man, whose strength and
time must be conserved, but a half
hour with the public weekly is not a
bad Investment for both. 1t is well
for the people to get within range Of
the chief executive. OF course, GER
tain precautions must be taken, and
doubtless they will be in any event.
The hope is that when the season
for the open-air concerts arrives the
old custom of Marine Band programs
In the White House grounds will be
renewed. The Saturday afternoon
musicals on the south lawn were fea-
lures Of great delight to many thou
sands. and it would seem to be in line
with the present policy Of free public
access to the little park to restore the
old practice.
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"a Fighting Navy

Speakins several days before AS
suming the duties of Secretary of the
Navy, Edwin DENLY declared 1or
maintaining whatever Navy Congress
gives us at the highest peak of power,
ready for battle at any notice
sneskinc in this town Saturday
night before the Navy League, Sec
retsry DENLY declared for "a fghtins
Navy; a Navy prepared for any con-
tinsency; a Navy as large as that OF
any other country In the world.
We have long coast lines to defend.
We have great national interests.
Such a Navy would not be aimed at
ANYBODY. II would be like insurance.
When a man has adequate fire lnsur-
ance on his home may / not also have
fire insurance on my house as great
as the insurance my neighbor has on
his house,"
Secretary DENLY, it will be observed,
repeated in substance what Edwin
DENLY had said. The first declara'
ton WAS made before, the second after,
the delivery of the inaugural address.
The declaration made before the
league, therefore, may be accepted
rs the Interpretation of the address
so far as the Navy is concerned. The
Secretary spoke for his chief as we'll
as for himself.
The sentiments expressed should
ind an echo throughout the country.
and are likely to. They are of the
very essence of Americanism.
Strengthening the Navy to the point
urged by Secretary DENLY would not
be for the purpose of putting any ma,
tion on notice, but only for putting
ourselves in condition to meet our
obligations to ourselves, and take our
proper place on the water with other
nations already strong there.
Congress will soon have the ques-
ton before it, and it is to be hoped
will give it consideration in conse-
nance with its importance and the
views held by the administration.
Teamwork is the thing, and now is the
time for it
Evening star., 1921-03-07
The White House Dog,

"Laddie Boy" President Harding s
Airedale, will become a national figure.
The presence of dog at the White
House is a welcome sign, especially
an Airedale. That breed of dogs has
been popularized during recent years
and those who have come to know
them are firm in the conviction that
Airedales are decidedly satisfactory
canine companions. The Airedale has
the reputation of being a ''one-man
dog" While friendly with all, he is
especially so to one particular person.
The hope is that I.addie Boy and the
President will be affinities.
During President Roosevelt's ad,
ministration dogs were numerous at
the White House. The boys pets
made free Of the grounds and were
we'll known to all callers. One of
them in particular had a history. a
little terrier that had made a gallant
fight against bear out west and
saved a dangerous situation. Col.
Roosevelt's adoption of him followed
as matter of course, for he admired
the little fellows pluck.
In picking an Airedale for his Off
cial dog. President Harding has clinch-
ed the Scotch vote at least. But there
was probably no politics in the Sc.
lection. If he proves to be one of
our walking Presidents" Mr.. Hard
ing and Laddie Boy will probably be
familiar figures in the streets of
Washington.
Evening star., 1921-03-07
Should America Pay an Indemnity
for Having Won the War?

| II the government Of the United
States received it's funds from the
| planet of Mars. then We could see
no harm if this government decided
| TO ignore the debts which the Euro
| pean nations contracted with US dur
! ing the war.
! But this is not the case, and if our
ex allies do not pay their debts, it is
we, the population, who directly or
indirectly must pay: therefore we
| cannot condone or look with
sympathy upon an act which would
| touch each Of our individual pockets.
| Every one knows that we are at
| present being taxed far beyond our
! possibilities in these difficult times.
| and it is not nece to add to our
! burden the weight of others debts.
Charity should begin at home. and
when these propagandists tell US that
we should think of humanity. we
| cannot be convinced that there is any
humanity Of which we are not a
part.
| What mental process is there that
can lead one to the conclusion that
! America should pay any indemnity
| just as il she had lost the war?
| To excuse Europe from paying her
| debts would mean to pay all the ex-
penses Of a war which we are not in
any way responsible for. and which
| has given rich spoils to those who
now refuse to pay their debts-Il
lGloFnale itallanO tltanan, republ can
| Mars progress-Yap. Jap, scrap
GAINESVILLE (Wis.) Gazette.
| Half price yes, but half of what
price Journal.
Again we are about to enter the
era of whiskered diplomacy.-Wichit
! Eagle.
| What would our Navy Department
be without a Roosevelt as assistant
secretary Cincinnati Enquirer.
| Men who are fair-mindcd will not
Judge the new Secretary Of the Navy
by the cigar that was named after
his father.-Toledo Blade.
Modern skirt styles have robbed
| March winds of their one-tiine popu :
larity-Greenville Is. c. Piedmont.
That Central American war didn't
last long enough for the correspond
! ents to engage rooms overlooking the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Star.
Most Of these vaudeville stars who
! say that they have sung before the
crown heads of Europe mean that
they sang before the crown heads
were born.-Nashville Tennessean.
| Persons who have abandoned the
habit OF writing letters during eight
years of Mr.. Burleson are reminded
that now is the time to resume.-New
] York Herald.
Evening star., 1921-03-07
Keeping the Course.

We're steering for future great,
Though storms may rise anew,
1t is the same old Ship Of State,
But with different crew.
Evening star., 1921-03-07
Silent Act.

"Josh's teacher says he simply won't
pay attention TO his grammar" said
Mrs Corntossel.
Il spoke to him about it," replied
her husband. Josh says his way of
talkin' won't make any difference, as
he has decided to be motion picture
star"
Evening star., 1921-03-07

While he did not enjoy Vice Presi-
dent Coolidge's privilege of attending
cabinet meetings. it is probable that
Mr.. Thomas Marshall is just as well
satisfied.
Evening star., 1921-03-07

The fact that Mr.. Knox is not Sec.
retary Of State this time is not likely
to prevent Minister Crane from re.
ceiving another invitation to return
from China.
Evening star., 1921-03-07

"Normalcy" is new word in pub.
lie attention, but it is good one.
Even art and literature may profit
by reminder that abnormalcy does
not necessarily imply progress or
originality.
Evening star., 1921-03-07

II is a frolicsome time for the po.
]itical supersutionists. The inaugura
tion was held on Friday; the figures
Of the year 1921 add up to IS and SC
do those OF the Sixty-seventh Con
gress.
Evening star., 1921-03-07
4 Courteous Formally.

II have sent word to my constitu.
ents that / will welcome advice at
any time" remarked Senator Sor.
ghum.
But you'll get so much you can't
remember it
"All l am saying is that will give
j: =. polite welcome. I'm not promis.
inl 10 stay awake and listen"
Evening star., 1921-03-07

A Vice President is always perfect.
ly willing to keep long hours and
work hard if circumstances will only
develop the opportunity.
Evening star., 1921-03-07

Thanks to the enterprising and
alert camera men, the entire country
caught glimpse of the inaugura-
ton. notwithstanding its simplifica-
ton.
Evening star., 1921-03-07

1t is somewhat paradoxical that
Bergdoll should be free while the men
who sought to arrest him went to
lail
Evening star., 1921-03-07

The republican party has never felt
that country could be prosperou
and happy without certain amount
of tariff debate.
Evening star., 1921-03-07

Marion, Ohio. citizens are now com.
PEELED to admit that Washington.
d. C.. is as distinguished commu.
nifty as their own.
Evening star., 1921-03-07

There is an impression that Ger
many should be liberal in money mat
ters SO long as everybody else is ex-
pected to be SO.
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Human Carelessness.

do you remember when some un.
informed people used to risk their
lives by blowing out the gas?'
yes" replied Uncle Bill Bottletop.
"And we still have the same style O.
foolishness. Only, bein' as there is
no gas to blow out. men show their
ignorance by drinking the alcohol out
OF the flivver."
Evening star., 1921-03-07

Jud Tunkins says IT will soon be i'm.
possible to mark the cost of women's
clothes in plain figures because
price tag would cover up too much
of the dress,
Evening star., 1921-03-07

Persons who have abandoned the
habit OF writing letters during eight
years Of Mr.. Burleson are reminded
that now is the time to resume.-New
York Herald.
Evening star., 1921-07-03

Indian wilderness Of the Alleghenies
to the greater Indian wilderness of
tho Ohio valley. One of the old and
main north -and-sou roads of the re-
gion is that which bridges the Poto-
mas river at Point Of Rocks and
leads south by the villages of Luckett
and Goresville. through Leesburg.
across the Goose Creek country and
then down through the Bull Run
country. following the eastern base Of
tie Blue Ridge.
Loudoun county was established in
1857, It was created out of the west :
ern part of Fairfax county. which
county had been created out of a part
of Prince William county in 1742. In
"Henning's Statutes Of Virginia" you
may read the following:
On April %. 1857. a petition of sundry in
habitants Of Fairfax praying division of said
county was presented to the house and read
and referred to the consideration Of the next
session of the assembly.
ter from the committee on propositions and
grievances. reported that the committee had
had under their consideration divers PROPOSE
tions from several counties. to them referred.
and had come to several resolutions thereon.
which he read in place and delivered 1t In at
read and agreed to by the house. as follows:
Resolved. That the petition Of sundry back
inhabitants OF the said county OF Fairfax
praying the same may be divided into two
distinct counties. BY a line from the mouth up
the main branch OF sDificult run to. the head
mouth Of Rocky run, is reasonable.
The act dividing the county Of
Fairfax and creating the county OF
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Picturesque and Prosperous Neighbor Town of Washington
THE Man Visits Seat Of udoun County, Where Many Homes Were
Built and Laid Out Before for the Capital Was
About Half Mile the Main
Climb of Catoctn MounnA Word the Battle of Balls Bluff
Officers Principal Industries Churches

heavy draft horses are bred in Lou.
doun In addition to farming and
stock raising there are canneries,
quarrieS. grist mills. and saw mills.
The entertainment of summer board
crs is an industry of some import
anCe.
T EESBURG has about four times the
l. population of any other town in
the county. The other towns and
villages are Purcellville, Hamilton,
Middleburg. Lovettsville. Waterford,
Round Hill. HilIsborough. Ashburn.
Sterling, Bluemont. Airmont, Aldie. Ar
cola. Belmont Park. Bloomfield, Brit
ain. Clarkes Gap. Conklin, Daysville.
E,lvan. Evergreen Hills, Georges Hill,
Hughcsville. Irene. leighton. Lena,
Levy, Lincoln. Iuckett. Lunette. Ma
hale. Mechanicsville, Mountain Gap,
Mount Gil!ead. Mountville. Morrison
ville Neersviile. North Fork. Datland,
Paeonian Springs, Paxton, Philmont.
Royville. Ryan. Silcott Springs. Sy-
coline. Stumpton. Taylorstown. Trarp,
Unison, Watson. Waxpool. Melbourne,
Wheatland. willard and Woodsurn.
On the organization of l-oudoun
county in 1851 1t was determined TO
erect the county courthouse at
point in the northern part OF the
county. near the Potomac and close
to the base of the Catoctins. Nicholas
Minor, who owned the land at the site
chosen for the county seat. didlVed
his farm into lots and streets and
Evening star., 1921-07-03
LEESBURG ACADEMY.

Leesburg has an $50, 900 bond issue in
course of fiotation for the building of
a new high school. and these bonds
are going like hot cakes when you are
hungry, the Wcathcr'S cold and the
butter and sirup are It your hand.
IN the Union cemetery at Leesburg
many monuments called The Star
man TO attention, but there were two
which he marked down in his notes
as having a place in this story. One
marble shaft was inscribed: "Co!.
Elijah V. White, born August 90. 1892;
died January II. 1907" Beneath that
inscription is this: sarah Elizabeth
White. wife of Col. Z. V. White, born
January Is, 1896; died March ~. 1885
And this: stephen. Melvin, Richard.
Mary Elizabeth, children Of f. V. and
s r, White" In a distant part of the
cemetery is similar marble shaft and
on one face of it is this: To the un-
known Confederate dead who lie near
this monument and to the many nohle
sons of Loudoun who fell and were ie-t
on the field of battle. ON another
face: "At Balls Bluff. near this town,
on the threshold of Virginia and the
Confederacy, the invading Union army
of the north was, on October Il, 1861,
utterly defeated and driven into the
Potomac. This monument Is erected
TO the memory of those who died IN
defense OF the lost cause by their late
comrades in arms and grateful and
admiring people, October Il, 1S7 On
another face: The gallant soldiers
whose memory this monument Is IN
tended to perpetuate We're attached
chiefly to the following commands, VIZ,
Sth and 18th Virginia Infantry, Lou
doun Artillery, Whites 42d Battalion.
Virginia Cavalry; Mosbys 43d Bat
talon, Virginia Cavalry; 18th, 11th:
18th and 2lst Mississippi Infantry.
That little monument was erected
forty-four years ago, and 1t was deol.
Gated on tho sixteenth anniversary OF
the battle of Balls Bluff.
About two and a half or three miles
from Leesburg by road is stretch OF
slants steeply down to the Potomac
river opposite Harrisons Island. That
, was called Balls Bluff because it was
part of the farm of members of the
Ball family, and their old farmhouse
is perhaps half a mile back from the
bluff In a clearing near the woods
| that cover the bluff is a little ceme-
| terry. national cemetery. which was
establi shed soon after the close OF
the war, probabl in the summer Of
1865. Around it is a red-broWn stone
wall, above it floats the nations flag
and around the base Of the flagstaff
lie the bones of fifty-four men, fifty
three of them unknown. This shows
that the bones were reclaimed from
shallow battlefield graves after the
war and laid in that little cemetery:
A few yards outside the cemetery wall
Edward p. Baker. Colonel: Il Pa
Inf, Killed Here in the Battle of
Balls Bluff, October 81, 1861" The
casualties officially reported at Balls