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Evening star., 1921-07-25
The Coming Conference.

When President Harding made his
proposal of an international conference
to promote the cause of disarmament
hailed what was indubitably a master
stroke of craftsmanship with much the
same type of enthusiasm with which
it is wont to greet home run by Babe
Ruth in the first inning. There were
cheers all around and tendency to
count the game as slowed away on
ice" And then, as is likewise it's wont
that same American public settled
back into it's seats and, having done
so. began to wonder if, after all, the
proposition before it was not more
complex than a splendid start. Their
favorite had 'come through" the fig
ures just set up on the scOreboard
were certainly heartening, but then
the game had to be played out. I'm
reasoning assurance gave way to sober
appreciation of difficulties ahead. And
while their threats still ached from the
vocal appreciation with which they had
applauded the opening score they be-
gan sagely to consider the innings
still to be played.
1t is we'll that this should be so. 1t is
well that as civilization makes its
latest effort toward the goal upon
which its life may depend it should do
so not in a spirit of unqualified assur-
ance or unreasoning optimism, but with
q clear consciousness of the many diff
ficulties with which the project is sur.
rounded and a sober will to succeed
through the surmounting of those diff.
ficulties. Nothing would more surely
spell defeat in the great undertaking
than a failure on the part of the ma
tions concerned to enter the confer
ence hall with that consciousness and
that determination. Nothing can go
further to insure the attainment of the
goal President Harding has envisioned
and outlined than that the people of
the United States with the peoples of
the other nations concerned should ac-
united and unstinted support to which
it's character and purpose entities it.
The time is ripe for the great effort
in so far as America is concerned.
Weary of controversy and recrimina-
ton, sick or that type of partisan
mania which would jeopardize the Sc
curity of America and the world
for monetary political effect,
American men and women. with the
exception of an obsessed minority,
march united in the quest for national
and international peace and prosper
ity. Today they grasp the fact that
the coming conference offers the op-
portunity to achieve much that their
hearts and their minds tell them must
be achieved. They are prepared to
make such sacrifices as may be neces-
sary to insure the success Of the un-
dertaking. On the maintenance or
collapse of that temper, here and
abroad. depends success or failure at
the conference table.
Evening star., 1921-07-25
Repeal a Vicious Law.

The apportionment of offices law,
which distributes the classified service
offices like bandit spoils among the
states in proportion to their population
strength. is unsound in principle and
vicious in practice. 1t is hurtful to
and in peace. 1t is helpful to nobody
1t demonstrated it's vicious ineffi
cheney in the wartime and had to be
suspended. 1t is proving itself equal.
ly hurtful in the peace era of recon
struction and ought to be repealed.
1t violates the merit system, deprives
the youth of Washington of local
means of self-support and obstructs
the development of the Americans of
the District from the status of tran
sient occupants of a political camp
into a homecoming. homogeneous COM
munity. strong in civic loyalty and
community pride.
The national interest demands re-
peal of this bad law. Under true
merit system the government should
be able to use in order to do the ma
tons work the best fitted of American
applicants irrespective of the state or
territory or section from which they
hail. As an integral part of the sys-
tenn of business efficiency to which the
new administration is sincerely COM
mitted this hurtful law should be
quickly repealed.
This contention is elaborated in ed
itorial correspondence printed else
where in today's Star.
Evening star., 1921-07-25
I, w. WIS in Kansas.

Out in Kansas the farmers need
help, especially at the work of wheat
thrashing. In many of the towns
especially in the Wichita and Edo
rado oil districts, number of men
are gathering who are believed to be
members of the International Workers
of the World and who are now, it is
thought, engaged in a well organized
propaganda to establish a minimum
wage scale in the Kansas field. Their
cry is mo work for less than IS or 81
a day" The farmers are offering these
men 81 day for the thrashing gangs
and they are refusing. The sheriff in
one of the counties has issued an
ultimatum that these International
Workers of the. World must go to
work at the wages offered, go to jail,
or be deported from the state. No ac.
ton is yet reported in the premises
and it remains to be seen which of the
three courses offered will be chosen.
In the light Of past International
Workers of the World performances
these men will probably do anything
rather than go to work. They really
do not want work. They want to
make trouble. They want to get
other men into trouble-making
mind. The wheat can rot for all they
care. They have no interest in Kan
sas. They come from Oklahoma,
Texas. Nebraska and the Dakotas.
They have been centering on Kansas
Evening star., 1921-07-25
Six Dead at Crossings.

Fatal collisions between automobiles
and electric cars at railroad grade
crossings are now replacing deadly
encounters with steam trains in the
records of this country's needless sac
rifices Of life. Yesterday two such
''accidents" occurred, one near Toledo,
Ohio. liz which three people We're kill
near Roebling, N. j. in which three
were killed and one was mortally in
jured. In the excitement following
the latter disaster small boy was
run over and fatally hurt by an auto
mobile rushing to the scene.
The trolley car grade crossing is as
dangerous as the steam railroad cross
ing, save that the electric car can be
brought to a halt to avoid collision
more quickly than steam train. But
in both cases the appearance of the
motor car on the crossing is so swift
and sudden that there is practically
no chance for the motorman or the
engineer to avoid hitting it.
" Hllc II 10 IL uC tiidl Slctuc oSSfIiSS
should eventually be eliminated, and
while maintained should be strictly
guarded and protected by the trans
portation companies, much of the
blame for. these collisions rests upon
the drivers of cars. They rush their
machines through the country with
little regard for speed rules and warn
ing signals. They depend upon their
speed to get over crossings. Rarely
do they bring their cars to a halt be-
fore crossing tracks in order to make
sure that the way is clear.
In the case of an electric car in the
country the average motorist regards
It as he does the city street car, or
another motor. He figures that he
can make the crossing ahead and
usually he "steps on the gas and
pushes his machine to its limit in
nprder to reach the crossing point first.
Evening star., 1921-07-25
Senator Calder's Choice.

Senator Calder prefers the national
to the local field for his political ac
tivities. He is resisting an effort tC
draft him for the coming mayoralty
campaign in Greater New York.
Mr.. Calder is a veteran in the ma
tional field, and has been successful
in it. His service in the House as,
sisted in his promotion to the Senate,
and his term in the Senate. which
will expire in March. 1928. has been
marked by useful work there.
Hence his desire to succeed himself
as senator. Moreover, national issues
are very interesting now, and men
who have had a share in shaping them
naturally wish to see them through
Another point is that a transfer
the transfer proposed-to the local
field would be attended with consider.
able risk to Mr.. Calder's future in
politics. He would lead fusion move.
ment; and fusion movements in local
affairs often show lack of staying
power. A victory over a regular or
ganization is achieved, and then the
fusionists either lose interest, or fall
out among themselves by display
of too great interest. In either event
the man who has led the movement
suffers in his personal fortunes. and
drops out-sometimes permanently
of all political calculations.
Mr.. Calder is popular at home, and
doubtless would make a strong mayor
atty candidate. But he is popular also
in Congress, and naturally has an
opinion as to where his training and
experience will best capitalize for his
party's and the public's good.
Evening star., 1921-07-25

Although Lenin has made no prog
ress in .terrorizing the world, he man.
ages to keep up enough agitation to
hold Trotsky in fear of being sent to
the front again.
Evening star., 1921-07-25

The disarmament conference may
not take action in time for definite
mention in the Thanksgiving procla.
nation. The world will be content
if it can figure in the Happy New
Year sentiment Of 1922.
Evening star., 1921-07-25

AS guest at recent garden party
at Buckingham Palace, Col. House
found nothing to contradict the ideas
Of man who regards it as desirable
pulsive conversation.
Evening star., 1921-07-25

Moliere's birthday was celebrated in
Paris by formal eulogistic speeches
Moliere, whose gift was satirical, might
have been surprised could he have
known that he would one day be
taken so seriously.
Evening star., 1921-07-25

Bergdoll might have had credit
able record if he had as much bel
ligerent inclination as some Of the
members of his family.
Evening star., 1921-07-25

The fact that the Dempsey Carpen
tier fight was technically only box
ing match did not prevent distinguish
Evening star., 1921-07-25

American statesmanship regards a
war as one of the forms of foreign
to be avoided as far
as possible.
Evening star., 1921-07-25

Large areas in Russia are suffering
from famine. The situation gives
Lenin an opportunity to show the
world that he is man of genuine ad
ministrative ability.
Evening star., 1921-07-25
Advice to Those About to Marry.

If Mr.. Lloyd George is big enough
to realize that his old enemy North
cliffe is right about the British
premier'S contemplated visit to Amer
lea, he will not hesitate to apply, even
at the last moment. Punch's advice
to those about to marry
Don't
This is said in no inhospitable spirit.
Mr.. Lloyd George could have had
every delicacy of this country, in all
the banquets his system could stand,
lacking only that part which we have
degrading. If we cannot make him
lose his head, we can ruin his diges-
ton He can, moreover. have all the
titular honors a republic can grant, to
the extent of being doctor of more
universities than he may have believed
the world contained; He can nave the
freedom of any city he likes. with
perhaps the exception of that of New
York. We can deny him nothing, but
perhaps he will listen to his real
friends here where he resents the
turoting of Lord Northcliffe.
The disarmament conference should
be one of COOL well informed business
men, unswayed by political prospects
or popular clamor; men who would
by no means play to the>gallery. Mr..
Lloyd George, with all his talents. is
not a business man. Mr.. Harding
knows how to depute to others duties
such as these. The last thing the
world wants is a reproduction of the
long-drawn-out farce produced at
Paris two years ago. Messrs. Lloyd
George and BRAND, you are as well
come as flowers in spring. But ii
you contemplate crossing the Atlantic
on this mission, take the advice al
ready quoted
"Dont."-Wall Street Journal Gin
n danendeDt1
Days are getting shorter, except the
one before pay day.-St. Joseph Ga
Zette.
You can't blame a man whose
smokes" cost him $40 week for
trying to think of arguments against
the use of the weed by his woman
folks.-Arkansas Gazette.
America spends billion a year for
soft drinks; but you never heard of
"the face on the drug store floor
Binghamton Sun.
A minister in Southern California
is being sued by his wife for divorce.
1t seems to be merely a clerical error.
Peoria Transcript.
Perhaps the Japanese have been
reading Kipling again. East is east
and west is west, and never the twain
shall meet."-South Bend Tribune.
1t is not surprising that clouds come
live high, are often dissipated. They
live high, are often dissipated and
can usually be classed with the vets.
Joplin Globe.
. Chicago bandits are reported to have
robbed a man right in Chicago city
hall Influence of environment, prob
fably.-Denver Times.
We are beginning to suspect that
all those forecasts about dry,
United States were made by the
weather bureau.-Columbia Is. CD
Evening star., 1921-07-25

A Texas embezzler who depends on
thrifty intelligence and Conscientious
ness is likely to be more successful
than the one who goes too far into
speculative finance.
Evening star., 1921-07-25

Prices necessarily come down when
purchasing power diminishes. The
ultimate consumer, though obscure,
cannot be entirely lost sight of in any
transaction.
Evening star., 1921-07-25

His human impulses might at this
particular season cause the eXkaiser
to prefer driving an ice wagon to chop
ping wood.
Evening star., 1921-07-25
Popular Attention.

"Why do you think a classical edu.
cation is not desirable for your boy
Josh?"
Folks don't appreciate it, replied
Farmer Corntossel. Il never yet saw
summer boarder who was educated
enough to hold his audience when a
feller pulled out q pack Of cards and
began to do tricks"
Evening star., 1921-07-25

The 1. w. w. hopes to be better
understood in Russia than when it
tries ito talk United States.''
Evening star., 1921-07-25

A battleship would be regarded as
an expensive luxury if it could in any
sense be considered a luxury.
Evening star., 1921-07-25
The Golden Sunshine.

"Does wealth bring happiness?"
"I'll say it does" replied Mr.. Dustin
Stax. You ought to see the head
waiter smile when I give him a tip"
Evening star., 1921-07-25

Every effort is being made to keep
the INSCRIPTIONS lobbyist out of base
hall
Evening star., 1921-07-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Land and Water.

Land and Water.
Make hay while the sun shines, the
proverb advises.
In spite of this wise admonition,
When the sun through the mist OF
the morning arises
I'd rather get out and go f1shin'::
The men who impress us as learned
and clever
Are oft in the selfsame condition.
Though faithful in purpose and strong
in endeavor,
They all like to quit and go fishin'
For toll and for traffic the land was
intended.
In the struggles of pride and ambi
ton,
Where the ripples begin all the strife
should be ended.
The water was put here for fishin'.
Evening star., 1921-07-25
39c Dress Ginghams, Csc
Up to S. Sport Hats, $1.95

Excellent selection of smart styles in
sailors. mushrooms and rolling brims.
Combinations of various coors. Stylish
soft crush shapes. with ribbon rosettes and
folded bands of crepe.
Evening star., 1921-07-25

We are beginning to suspect that
all those forecasts about a dry,
United States" were made by the
weather bureau.-Columbia Is. CD
Record. t.sss..A -
Evening star., 1921-07-25

A minister in Southern California
is being sued by his wife for divorce.
1t seems to be merely clerical error.
Peoria Transcript.
Evening star., 1921-07-25

. Chicago bandits are reported to have
robbed a man right in Chicago city
hall Influence of environment, prob
Times.
Evening star., 1921-07-25
Polite Prediction.

Polite Prediction.
Didn't you tell me I was going to
get that appointment" inquired the
constituent.
Il believe I did," replied Senator
Sorghum.
You haven't yet kept your prom
ise.'
my friend, 1 didn't mean it as a
promise. 1t was only an optimistic
prophecy"
Jud Tunkins says economy with him
is like the violin. Every time he tries
to practice it, the whole family gets
uncomfortable.
Accomplished Without Armament.
The dove of peace flew round the ark
And gayly ventured this remark:
"The greatest voyage now is done,
And no one had to use gum"
Evening star., 1921-07-25

Perhaps the Japanese have been
reading Kipling again: East is east
and west is west, and never the twain
shall meet."-South Bend Tribune.
Evening star., 1921-07-25

. 1t is not surprising that clouds come
live high, are often dissipated. They
live high, are often dissipated and
can usually be classed with the vets.
Joplin Globe.
Evening star., 1921-07-25

America spends a billion a year for
soft drinks; but you never heard OF
"the face on the drug store floor
Binghamton Sun.
Evening star., 1921-07-25

You can't blame man whose
smokes" cost him $40 a week for
trying to think of arguments against
the use of the weed by his woman
folks-Arkansas Gazette.
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WATER FROM ARTESlAN WELL |
Why Method of Bringing 1t to Sur
face Is Only Successful in Ger
tain Localities.

Artesan wells are possible only in
certain localities. When there are
pervious strata lying between i'm
perviOus beds the water percoating
through will be imprisoned; lying up
on the lowest, and rising to some
point i'm the highest, when a previous
stratum brings it to the surface and
it escapes in the form of spring. IT.,
however, a shaft can be sunk to the
lowest point, the water of the whole
basin will pass upward for escape
and will rise to a level corresponding
to the greatest height to which the
imprisoned strata reaches. The wells
were named from one at Artois,
France, which was the first sunk with
fun knowledge Of the principle in
volyed. The Chinese from time i'm
memorial have used these wells, and
they have also been used for CEN
turtles in the neghborhood of Vienna.
The artesian well at Grenoble, near
Paris, throws water to a height of 80
feet above the surface at the rate of
more than 500 gallons a minute
Boston Globe.
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H0NORS RESTED WITH CHOATE
Possibly Because He Had the Last
Word in Witty Duel With
Chauncey M. Depew.

New Workers agree that either Jo-
seph Choate or Chauncey NJ. Depew
was the finest after dinner speaker
on earth. Some one says: AT an
annual dinner of the st. Nicholas so
ciety ChOate was down for the toast
The Navy while Depew was to re-
spond to The Army Depew began
by saying: It's well to have a spe-
cialist; that's why Choate is here to
speak about the navy. We met at
the wharf once ard l never saw him
again until We reached Liverpool.
When l asked how he felt he said he
thought he would have enjoyed the
trip over if he had had any ocean
air. Yes, you want to hear Choate on
the navy
"Choate responded: I've heard De
pew hailed as the greatest after-din-
ner speaker. If after-dinner speak
ing, as l have heard it described and
as | believe it to be, is the art of say
ing nothing at all, then Doctor De-
pew is the most marvellous speaker In
the universe Washington Star.
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An Ozark Genius.

THAT is quite an idea of yours,
building your house on a side hill so
that the slope of the structure will
cause the front door to shut itself
when left OPEN" admiringly said
tourist in the OZarks.
"Eh-yop," pridefully replied a resi-
dent Of Straddle Ridge. ut saves a
heap of poster, one time and another.
But ii took me right smart Of a while
to figger out some scheme for open
ing it from the outside without touch.
ing it, but l got it at last. See that
there lever block at the lower end
of the house? Well. when the chill
dren come tearing home from school,
instead IF slamming at the door they
pile onto the lever, heaye no, lift the
house and the door flaps open as pretty
as you please. kansas City Star.
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how wOuld you like 10 nave 4,UOO
patients and have to examine them
all on Saturday afternoon? This IS
the task assigned to Floyd S. Young,
who has charge Of the fish aquarium
at a department store in Chicago.
Floyd has nothing 10 do all week long
except to see that his 400 fish are
supplied with food and water, but on
Saturday afternoon he takes them all
out and gives them an examination
and treats any of them that seem to be
ailng. They require baths; they have
TO have their fms looked over and each
one Of them is susceptible to num-
Der Of diseases.
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WOULD-BE RESCUERS PERISH
Men Plunge into Pond to Save Boy
Whose Aatics Lead Them to Be-
lieve He Was Drowning.

New York.-Thc shouts ana splash
ings Of Edward Anderson, eight years
old, were mistaken for the cries Of
a drowning lad aud two wOrkmen Of
Elizabeth y. Paul Saps and Mich
acl Sowenk--punged into a pond on
Staten island to rescue him.
The boy, thinking the men were go
ing to arrest him, swan to The bank
When me- looked back at the water
there was no one in sight.
Two policemen later recovered the
bodies OF Saps and Sowcnk from the
bottom Of the puud 1t is believed
| that cramps seized them
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Game Of Chess Old.

The game Of chess seems 70 nave
been known o lI.udoostan by the name
uf CbctuaUgn II was changed ny
the Persnn INTO Chetrang, but Inc
Arabs. nho a3b possession Of that
country hau neither the initial nor
tue hnnl Iet If that word ~ their
aIphahct Consequently they altered
the name e sGeuunj Though at one
time TIM Chinese claimed TO have
played Guess % IA u. G., the Hlhdus
.ayed & org before that time
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-29
Right Screw-Driver.

Probably the screw-drlver and the
hammer are The most used tools about
the house but il viii surprise many
people to know that there are three
different kinds If drivers 10 fit three
different sizes Of screws. II the cor
rect driver Is being used II will just
III the SLOT &c the screw and no pres
sure will be required TO drive the
screw Further, the danger Of the
drivers Slipping Is reduced 10 mini.
mum, thereby preventing accident
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other night while they were waiting
to be transferred to some other town.
Others were lying about and were so
helpless that 1t was difficult to dis
tnguIsh between the living and the
dead.
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VOlga Towns i'm
Hunger Despair

ent at Samara said the other day the
only way to handle the situation was
TO segrcgate those who have been
stricken They receive ratiOns when
food Is available. but there is no soap.
Five hundred sick children were
found grouped in one building in Sa-
mara. Some Of them were seen eat
ing lenyes from shrubs, while others
were lying about on dirty beds more
dead than alive. Most Of these chill
drcn were so ashcn and cmacioted
that they rescmbled old men and
women.
Germans Among Sufferers.
Many once prosperous German fam
HES from Mariupol and other Ger
man centers are among the refugees
at Samara ana are living I'm filth and
poverty in crowded dock sheds or
have no shelter at all. Several Ger
mans told the correspondent they had
relatives in Siberia and were trying
TO reach Omsk, but they had exhaust
ed their money and could not get per
mission TO migrate eastward.
Miss Anna lluiucs of Philadelphia,
a worker for the Friends relief organ
ization, IS In Samara ana recently
,nid the mortality among children less
tllau three years old is very high and
that nearly 90 per cent are already
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a-rL MhLntIer MereIu Aannn

Eureka COL Arrested fer whist
ling This sounds Iigc thc comic maG's
dea Of tho "blue law regime llni II
huppeucd t. Miss 50,st sliNsa; s2
Eureka
She Hbisiled. size admitted. Rut
George NeakIn. o stranger III town.
Eeard her aud rilsntcrpretlng the
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promptnps Of u sunny disposition, re-
ported 10 police that she was out of
her bend and needed attention. She
vns brought to police court.
Did the Judge drnw a long face ana
GN q heavy heavy penalty1 lie did
not ITS ~ Il mistake he said.
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MONUMENT TO FRENCH COOK
Gtrasshurg Committee plans Honor
for inventor Of Pate dc
Foie Gras

Paris, France a committee has
been formed al s'rassburg FOR the
erection Of d monument 70 the memory
" the inventor Of pata de foip gras
(fafted goose ligers) with tufles.
Hls name was Close aud De was cook
~ the Marshal lie Contades. That
game gratitude Is due from tie ancient