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Evening journal., 1921-07-19
T0WNLEY DISL0YALTY
CONVICTION is UPHELD

ST. PAUL. July 1s.--As the result
OF the decision Of the Minnesota
State Supreme Court denying 20 A.
c. Townley, president OF the National
Non-Partisan League. a rehearing OF
his conviction on the charge OF vio-
lating the State espionage. he has
only twenty-seven days In which TO
decide either 10 begin serving his
ninety days sentence or 20 appeal 10
the United States Supreme Court.
The latter court IN an identical
case, that OF Joseph Gilbert. upheld
the action OF the State court.
Townley was convicted OF '"con-
spiracy 10 obstruct enlistments for
the war with Germany" He was
found guilty July 70. 1919.
Evening journal., 1921-07-19

man. To direct questioning ~ -
whether he had advocated r>s
equality tho preacher refused TO A.
swer.
Irwin dcclarod that. while be wsz
a British subject. ne would not IN
suH the American rag BY applying
to the British authorities for proteo-
ton
The men who kidnapped tho min
lister tried TO make him promise to
leave Miami within forty-eiKff
hours under threat OF being lynched.
Irwin said. but this he refused TO do.
Evening journal., 1921-07-19
PREACHER TARRED
FOR RACE TALK

MIAMI. July 19---The Rev. Philip
S. Irwin. British subject, rector OF
church In the Negro quarter Of this
city. was attending TO his duties
yesterday. though suffering from in
juries received Sunday night when
masked men whipped him and ap-
piled coat OF tar and feathers
The clergyman was found on tho
street about midnight by a police
Evening journal., 1921-07-19
SWEDISH WOMEN WILL VOTE

STOCKHOLM. July s.-King Gus
tave in council has dissolved the
Second Chamber OF Parliament
Elections have been fxed for the
middle OF September, when the new
electoral law will become operative.
Under this law women over the
age OF 25 win be permitted to vote
and hold office. and the franchise is
to be extended 20 all persons ire
spective OF former restrictions con-
cerning the payment OF taxes. The
number Of voters is expected 70 be
increased by 165 per cent
Evening journal., 1921-07-19

Want a safe place for a holiday for
the ohiidren7 5randy~lne Springs Park
fills the bill.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1921-07-19
UNCERTAINTIES OUTING

About sixty members OF tho Deb
aware Funeral Directors Association
will attend the banquet and business
meeting OF the association next
Thursday afternoon and evening at
the Saengerbund. Grubb's Landing.
The business meeting win be held
al 3 o'clock and the banquet at s
o'clock. A program OF music and
vaudeville has been arranged.
Evening journal., 1921-07-19

spirits viii be seized and the con-
signoes ined-
Thirsty folk OF Ontario have given
thought to tho cellars and large
shipments OF intoxicants have been
rushed into the province during the
last few days. so that the new pro-
vincial dry law will not be felt By
some persons for months to coma
The Washington herald., 1921-05-26
Makes Cowards Of Us All.

TT IS strange that anyone stays sick in this
modern world, it is so full of One Of
the oldest is fish diet Fish were supposed to be
brain food. We believe it Mark Twain, who
suggested that a man he knew should start with a
whole whale for breakfast and eat it not
to lose any beneficial effect But the later fish
cure is not to eat but to watch them.
The head of aquarium society says that if
one has case of nerves, a bad stomach or a bum
head all that is needed is watch pair of gold FISH
wigse their fms switch their tails occasionally bat
an eye and move with dignity and swiftness within
their narrow pool He says city hospitals are
putting bowls Of fish in the rooms with GONZALES
cents for the curative effect. Maybe pair OF tame
mice would do as we'll or canary bird
Psychotherapy vouches for all of this. Whether
it is fish or anything else which distrscts the mind
from the contemplation of self and the ament, the
cure is quite as we'll assured. Every business man
knows the curative qualities of just plain work.
There is not one who has not seen the day when
if he could he would not have stayed at home and
been sick. But instead he went to his work and
got we'll by forgetting it." 1t in him that allied
him. Nothing is so bad, if we can stop think
ing about it.
Thinking breeds fear, dread, then certainty.
Nature lovers say, and prove, that wild animals,
even the supposedly hercest of them, hunt only
those who fear them 1t is much the same with dis
ease. Fear has killed more people than have their
physical ailments, and those who just work are
always more physically fit, than those who also
WORRY A cure is cure chiefly according to the
degree of confidence one has in it. whether it comes
in a bottle, an aquarium, or in human torm
The Washington herald., 1921-05-26
No anonymous eommuni-
cations will be printed In
the "Open Court cslumn.
THE EDITOR.

as authority. The result of refer
ring to a Biblical encyclopedia,
however, might prove somewhat
disappointing to one who was in
tent on believing that a change was
made by the papacy. For example.
reference to McClintock and
Strong's Biblical encyclopedia dis
closes the fact that. instead of the
papacy causing the Christians TO
change their Sabbath. what really
was that, in 32l A. D..
Constantine caused the Romans to
change their Nundinae to the Chris
tian Sabbath, or Sunday. Perhaps.
instead of accusing Catholics of
substituting a false for a true Sab
bath tas some doD. il would be more
appropriate to ask that those who.
it Is said, boast of having done so,
withdraw their boast.
Referring to the mention OF blue
laws by the writer. l would simply
state that I have not previously eN-
pressed, nor have ! the least inclin-
alton at the present time to express.
myself as in favor Of laws such as
he made mention of in this connec-
tion. J. z MEYER.
Washington. d. C, May 20, 1921.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-26
''The Urge of the Beyond. |"
Nv SAM SIMMONS.

Tn the Editor, The washinEton Herald:
/ Law within four walls one night
The air / breathed was foul and
stale.
The corridors showed dismal light
A ghouIish luminance, sick and
pale.
1 heard the turnkey on his round
With stealthy step slink past my
door.
His footballs left a mocking sound
That echoed on that stony floor.
The dead hours dragged themselves
away,
while clouds crept East the iron
bars
OF the window where j tried TO pray
To Him who heard above the stars.
/ glimpsed the sky now and again.
As jagged lightning flashed and
Ny tragic thoughts turned back
ward then
To childhood free and unafrsid.
The sudden clatter Of the rain
Made music for my dresry heart.
while flooding memories In my
brain
Came but 10 pain me and depart
1 felt the pail that overhuns
Ny house of steel and stone and
clay;
But when my broken plea was done.
The night had turned to early day.
Until my hour of freedom came,
That upward urge could not
shun.
II called me through my tears of
shame
o. God! I failed-I lost-I wONl
The Washington herald., 1921-05-26
Opinions on Merger.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
Reading the proposed merger OF
washington's street railway sys-
TENS. the result of which would
mean better service to the public
and a lower fare:
It would hardly be justice for
the people to be taken advantage
of. as they have been since the w.
r. & Els existence, to place the
perfectly regulated and highly
creditable service rendered by the
Capital Traction company into the
hands Of an incompetent, inefficient
gang such as the w. r. z.
My grounds for this outburst are
TO be more plainly seen by taking
in consideration the manner in
which the enormous crowd was
handled May Is and IL and the cir
Gus grounds. Never before has this
city had the chance to witness such
a test Of brains and cooperation
as on those days. Not one single
accident resulted from the two
days pressure of traffic over the
Florida aVsnUe lines.
have heard that the public does
not care who runs the railways,
lust so they get a lower fare. but
| can't believe that with as much
inefficiency as in past years on the
part of the w. r. & E. that the
public would tolerate the last men
toned controlling a company that
always was, and is yet supreme.
when it comes to giving service.
To give good service this COM
pany has always had the good will
81 the men who work for it-co-
operation-frst, last and all the
time.
Much praise is due the Capital
Traction company for the good
work of the trainmen and also TO
the officials for giving them a fair
deal.
B. HENRY.
WashinRton. d. C, May q. 1921.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-26
NelD Railroad ErDected
To Boon, West Virginia

WINCHESTER, Va. May u.s.
Formal opening of the Winchester
and Western railroad. extending
from this city westward to wardens-
Vile. Hardy county, w. Va. was
celebrated at the latter place today
with monster barbecue and speech
making by prominent residents OF
both sections.
The principal address was made
by former Gov John j. Cornweii. OF
West Virginia. Hundreds of people
from the mountain sections of West
Virginia, some of whom never had
seen locomotive. swarmed into the
town of Wardensville.
The new railroad is causing q
rapid development of the resources
of the country between here and
Wardensville. Arrangements are
being made to open saw and lumber
mills in virgin forests. and sand for
the manufacture of glass is to be
gotten out in enormous quantities,
while expert mining engineers are
working on a number OF coal pros
poets. Only a few days ago a COM
pany was formed, headed by former
Gov. Cornwell. to develop large de-
posits of mari Of exceptional value.
Other industries are in process OF
organization.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-26
interstate Crime.

he CHICAGO TRIBUNE has suggested a
i Mann act for all criminals. This is worth
more than passing glance 1t has lot of merit
1t may be but psychology, and it may be human
nature, it may be based upon the greater relent
lessness shown by the federal than by state govern
mens to criminals; but whatever the it is true
that lawbreakers have greater dread OF federal
than OF state authority.
A thief is thief matter where he got the
goods. A criminal is criminal no matter where
the crime committed. Crossing a state line
does not alter guilt but it does make detection, ar
rest and conviction difficult The automobile
is great criminal agency. 1t is promoter Of
crime. 1t makes getaway comparatively easy
and quick. Most major crimes have it sort of
accomplice.
A bank is robbed, messengers with payrols, or
with bank exchanges slugged, men and women
are held up, stores entered, whatever the
crime. the guilty with their punder step into wait
ing and head straight for the state line To get
them becomes a great expense. The police are
hardly alert and efficient in gathering in criminals
who from outside their jurisdiction. That is h-
man; it is only remarkable that SO many caught
Cities and states cannot send detectives to follow
all criminals from state to state
The Mann law has stood the test of the courts.
So would a law covering what might be called in
terstate crime. 1t would give the federal author-
ties and courts jurisdiction whenever criminal
fed from the state where the crime was COM
mitted. 1t could make the criminal the chase Of
federal authorities and trable in either state fed
era courts. This would at least put another agency
on the trail, and the guilty much the more in
jeopardy.
The mere mental effect would be apt to give a
wholesome pause to those inclined to criminal acts.
The bare fact that the crime was not only against
the state but against the federal government would
have a deterrent effect Nor would the expense be
great as it would be necessary only to expand an
already existing organization which needs expansion,
as it is. 1t would but be in the same line with
present duties and would but demand an added force
which largely would work through local, state and
city police agencies giving the direction and interest,"
the alertness and recognition to get results
The Washington herald., 1921-05-26
ODen Court Letters to The Heralk
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ing the least danger TO the pedes-
trian, is the vital question.
Ny experience, and that of thou
sands of others, including the post
men of the city, is that the safest
place for US to cross streets, while
automobiles are scudding in almost
unbroken lines along the ways. is
at a point midway between the in
tersections of the streets. This
place of crossing is not only least
dangerous to the footman. but also
most favorable to the autoist VINO
has less fear of accident at that
point. The greatest trouble for all
concerned is experienced at the in
tersections of street. A general
expression from the people OF this
city will confirm the view. as to
street crossing, set forth above.
As a means of decreasing the
traffic dangers, ] would suggest a
liberal decrease in speed rate and
a greater degree of responsibility
OF the owners of vehicles causing
damage. / can see no good reason
for the preSspt dangerous speed
rate in the city. il is the driven
machine that causes the danger. not
the pedestrian.
JOHN r. wEATHERS-
IL Iowa circle, Washington, ID. C..
MAY -, 1921.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-26
Forest Protection Week.

ny PROCLAMATION of President Harding,
ID this is forest protection week, when, not the
fancy but the serious consideration of Americans
is to be turned, neither lightly sadly, but con-
structively to the protection of our remaining for
ests and the retaining by tree planting, otherwise
useless lands. We have wasted forest substance
like the proverbially drunken sailor does his pay
1t is within the memory of man when most of
the state of Maine almost unbroken forest
region. From there and New Brunswick, those
stalwart specimens of manhood, the old time lumber
jacs went west in the COS and '7o's to northern
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota The northern
halves of these states known for their
cutover lands where great stumps with their wide
flung roots cumber the ground that it costs from
S2s to SIoo an acre to clear.
Now so per cent of the remaining forests are in
the three Pacific coast states, but mainly in Oregon
and Washington. Minnesota lumberman-there
still some-recently stated that 70 per
OF the cost to the consumer of of lumber was
in the freight charge. Much of this western lumber
moves to the east by way of the Panama canal.
Every year, also great chunks of old and young
forest trees destroyed by fires This week was
ushered in by such FIRE on either side of the
Canadian-M Minnesota boundary in the forest reserve.
AL of which but naints .L- >ral which adorns
The Washington herald., 1921-05-26
Dangers in Street Traffic.
To the Editor. The wa.hinrtou n.

To the Editor. The washinstou Herald:
Your editorial in The Herald OF
May 81 relative to the proposed new
executive department in our ma
tional government is certainly COM
mendable. Education is. without
doubt, the leading function of free
government. Then why should it
be given. even apparently, a subor-
dinate place in departmental serv-
ice?
But. until we get such a depart
rnent. the beneficent public press
must be depended upon as the
prime educative medium. For this
reason i desire to reach the inter-
ested public through The Herald IN
2 brief statement relative to the
dangers In our street traffic. I see
that the automobile association
here contemplates formal sugges-
tions for the control of pedestrians.
Pedestrians are in little danger as
they go about the city, save when
they attempt to cross the streets.
Hence. the place Of crossing invoiv-
The Washington herald., 1921-05-26
Wants Stacker List Printed.
To the Editor. The Washington Herald:

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Once more we are at variance. /
do not believe that your attitude
toward publication of the Stacker
list" is in the best interests of the
ex-service man.
1t is regrettable that many men
who were in service should be list
ed as deserters. but the fact re-
mains, and the longer the delay. the
more difficult it will be to correct
such errors as exist. Future in
vestigation of a mans record is
much more apt to be conducted
through w. D. records than through
the back files of the newspapers
Most of us are small frogs and
our Immediate friends and neigh
oors know pretty well who was in
service and who was not. More
over, the legion offers an impartial
investigation, and with the Coop
Grafton of the press full publicity
Of the facts in any case wherein in
justice appears.
BY the publication you might in
cur the enmity of some men wrong
ly listed. Some of them hated US
when we were making them over into
soldiers: but their survival, or what
was OF more Importance, their CA
pacity for service depended on it.
1 have no particular animosity
toward the Stacker: only a consid-
cradle contempt. / have seen some
thing of war under several flags.
and venture the opinion that the
Stacker is indigenous to any coun-
try you choose to name. He is but
a "cootie" on the body polite.
l have not an unalloyed respect
for such of the. youth of America
as volunteered only to escape the
draft. / was with an r. A. outfit
and we had but few of them. For
seeing some such complication !
took up with their local boards the
cases of such men whose status
could be established. but records
were sometimes incomplete and un-
doubtedly there were many who
concealed IL, and I do not believe
IT is a real kindness to them to aid
in continuance of conceaiment.
We have done all we can for them
along this line. Now IT is up to
you. There will probably be suf-
hcient publicity TO bring such cases
to light. but having a friendly in
terest in your columns, / venture to
suggest my viewpoint
THURLOw WHITE.
Route 5, Alexandria, Va.
May %, 1921.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-26
BLowPIPEs IGNORE
OLD PHYSICs PRINCIPLES.

That an the o1y-scetylene blow
pipes made today and used for cut
ting and welding metal are built
without due regard to fundamental
principles and that some Of them
may prove TO be dangerous and
likely to cause serious explosions
during use. was the declaration of
r. s. Johnston engineer-physicis
OF the bureau Of standards. at the
meeting of the American Society Of
Mechanical Engineers at Chicago.
Sir Humphrey Davy, who in
vented the miners safety lamp at
the beginning Of the last century,
developed the laws that govern the
way in which gases burn. and these
same laws hold in the modern high
temperature blowpipe, Mr.. Johnston
declared But the makers and en-
gineers who have been designing
and constructing the oxy-acetylene
blowpipes In use today have sppsr-
emily ignored past history Of
physics. and in spite Of continuous
expensive attempts TO design a
torch that will not 'nash back
juts as the gas stove does at
times, there are no torches made
that are properly designed. When
the torch man is making the torch
eat metal or il joining two pieces
Of steel together. all the makes OF
torches that were tested in the in
vestigstion reported upon. would
at times go out or Fash back. ana
thus hamper the welder.
Occasionally. with the present
construction Of blowpipes. the gases
will flow In the pipes in such a way
as to cause an explosive mixture
At times this causes a disastrous
explosion.
According to Mr.. Johnston. the
two gases must be delivered at the
mouth OF the blowpipe in equal VOL
umes at equal pressures at all
times, even when molten Stag or
steel completely blocks the tip Of
the pipe. A blowpipe designed to
satisfy these conditions would not
fash back and would be perfectly
safe. and in addition. would be
capable of making much better
welds than can be made today.
The tests and researches that
were described by Mr.. Johnston
were made during the war period
in attempt to obtain the best oTy-
acetylene welding and cutting
equipment for the A E. +. in
France
The Washington herald., 1921-05-26

the tale. In all the states where there ever were
fne forests. are thousands Of acres wholly useless
for agriculture, but suited, as always to pine cul-
ture. The great sweep of territory from Lake of
the Woods east to the coast of Maine. many miles
wide average, such region. There are
like in all the mountain ranges.
1t is useless to bemoan what is gone. 1t is wise
to preserve what have by vigilant foresters and
state laws regulating cutting and the burning Of
slashings 1t would be still wiser for the states or
federal government or both, to take over all the
rocky areas where only the pine find places to
force its roots. and reforest them Then when what
we have left was gone, the coming generation would
have still greater supply under government con-
troll to be used without waste, or destructive
methods.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-26
SURVEYS TIDE MACHINE
REPLACES 100 COMPUTERs.

The large tide predicting machine
Of the Coast and Geodetic Survey
that does the work OF about Zoe
comPuters was demonstrated ana
explained by W. D. Lambert at The
recent meeting Of the Mathematical
association Of America
The tide predicting machines are
essentially computing machines and
do not depend upon an occult in1u-
ence exerted by the ocean on The
parts of the machine" he explained
as he told that some visitors have
imagined that the ocean affected the
machine in some such way as the
atmospheric conditions AFFECT ;ne
barometer and have looked for a
pipe connecting the machine With
-he water.
The smaller. earlier tide machine
of the Survey, designed by Prot.
Ferrel some forty years ago. tis;
does the work OF forty comp tiers,
was also shown The large ma
chine. completed seven years aGb
is now used to compute all Of the
tie tables.
The oscillations Of bodies OF
water Of various simple. regular
shapes have been investigated
mathematicalIy. but the oceans ana
BAYS of the world are so irregular
in shape that the tidal oscillations
in them defy a purely theoretical
treatment" Mr.. Lambert explained
The tide-prodUcing bodies are
the sun and the moon and they. by
their changing positions and dis
tances from the earth, give rise 70
variations in the tides. The perioos
but not the amounts Of these vari-
ations are derivable mathematically
from very accurate astronomer
data. This knowledge OF the pc
riods enables us TO discuss the OBJ
servations at a given port ana thus
find by observation the amounts OF
these variations and their relations
70 one another at any given time
quantities that theory alone can
not give.
The problem Of predicting the
tides Is that of recombintnE these
variations. the combinations being
in general different from those that
prevailed during the period covered
by the observations. This is a
problem Of computation Of a kind
not intrinsicanv difhcult. but so la
borious from its mere extent that
it is desirable to perform il me-
chanically.
The machine computes the tidal
formula and is adjustable to repre-
sent conditions for any year and
any port. but observations are in
dispensable in order TO anoro the
data for setting the machine. The
fundamental principle is based on
the idea of harmonic motion
The Washington herald., 1921-05-26

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THURSDAY. NAY u. 1874.

THUHtDAN, MAH ., WI
wefwhts and measures cenfere.ce-
bureau Of standards, today. 10 q
m. report Of committee on leg
islations discussion OF h r. 10.
bpI TO M the metric system OF
weights and measures as the
single standard of weights and
measures for certain uses: dis
cussion OF h r. 1881. the slack
nIIed package bill; report Of COM
nittee on resolutions. election OF
oficers. 1870 y. m, inspection
of the laboratories Of the bureau
Of standards.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-26
Mishap Fatal to Ex.soldier.

CUMBERLAND, Nd, May 25.-
okey Viilers, aged 81. Of Downs. en-
ploye Of the Consumers Supply
company, veteran of the world war,
died from injuries sustained when
crushed between q motor and = waii
In mine.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-26

In the course of time grass widows and wild
overs will doubtless be offered by established
dealers in secondhand commodities
The Washington herald., 1921-05-26

When statesmen in any part of the world
begin to run about in circles and make queer
little yapping sounds, knows that note has
arrived from Mr.. Hughes.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-26

When the hens stubbornly refuse to lay, one
wonders if they have become addicted to this
equal rights idea.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-26

A republic will never be entire success
until there are enough S5o,ooo-a-year men to
fill all of the $2ooo-a-year government jobs.