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The Washington herald., 1921-05-20
Among His Own Kind.

URIe BILL" HAYWOOD leading spirit of
ID the l. w. W., is delighted with Soviet
Russia. He says so and no to doubt his
sincerity By his laudatons of that government, he
but confirms the basic object, purposes Aad aims OF
the l. w. w. in this country which he SO long con-
troed. That he does not agree with Emma Gold
man, who openly Communist before her de-
portation is an incident. She wants to come back;
Haywood, who has just reached there, wants to
stay. S.,
She says she would rather be in prison in the
United States than free in Soviet Russia, but she
is not permitted to come back. He return
when he will to prison in the United States. The
Herald is satisfied that he should stay where he is
with his kind as his associates and the oppor-
tunty for the full of his great talent for organ
izing disorder.
He says there is no "WalI Street there. Rus
sia has need of Wall Street with Lenn,
Trotsky and Haywood to absorb all the country's
finances They Russias Wall Street. He says
all children there are in school, well fed, well
clothed and with the "best equipped teachers avail
able" He was wise to include that word avail
able as where Russia get teachers from a
population of 100000 of whom 90 per cent
iterate and where the educated 10 per cent
have been butchered in prison banshed. 1t is
Soviet Russa's boast that there is of the borr-
geoise educated class left.
) He says, too, there is unemployment. Prob
ably he that with compulsory military service
and compulsory industrial service and the added in
ducement of being shot if any complain, is
idle. They are all at work for Soviet Russia's
wall Street" and being of that favored few, Hay
wood might at least send back the amount of his
bail bond which he forfeited and which his former
friends have had to pay
The Washington herald., 1921-05-20
Franklin K. Lane.

THE one member of President Wilson's Cabinet
i who weathered the storm of seven years of
Mr.. Wilson's two terms, without saverse criticism,
was Franklin X. Lane. Through all the censures.
complaints, scandals and political earthquakes which
rocked and finally shattered his chiefs control and
policies, he passed unscathed and with only COM
mendation By common consent he was classed as
Mr.. Wilson's abest adviser.
That the storm which reached the volume of
tornado, did not engulf him was not because he
was nnocuous. He held the Interior portfolio, one
of the most important He was active and has to
his credit much that constructive He was the
only Secretary of the Interior who understood
and rightly interpreted the governments obligations
and right attitude toward the Indians That his
great ability, his wise and absorbing Americanism,
his breadth of vision and intensely human appre-
citation of every national situation, might have been
given greater opportunity, many have believed His
long service on the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion marked him the logical director of railroads
and the other public services when placed under
Federal control.
The confidence in which he was held by the
leaders Of both parties, marked him also, logi-
cal lieutenant and trusted adviser capacity in
which he did not seem to be used But wherever
he was, whatever was his immediate duty received
his loyal devoted attention. He had the gift, too,
of clear, gripping statement He got to the people,
the great body of average citizens whatever he said
whether spoken written 1t was wholesome sane,
appealing and gripped. He did vastly more good
than he knew and to do good, help to steady the
ship was his controlling desire.
81 accept" has his response to every call and it
was always for Others for his country for his fel-
lows His was splendid life; life of inspiration
to others, as we'll as of unfaling service.
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NsxS !1Is!!: q Prk eitzPayB4yPpNi}! I, yIpNi{}!

NEW YORK, May 19.-Thoughts
while strolling around New York:
A little pelicsn-like man with a
gold-headed cane. Probably the di-
rector of many banks or a chiropo-
dist. A fat boulevardier. Pinkly
barbered and check suited. His
puffed eyes in the eternal quest
And cloyed with life itself. There
goes Nine. Petrova. And how the
heads do turn.
A fife and drum corps. Another
drive. l wish I could play a saxo-
phone. The pre-luncheon fiapper
parade. Mouths punched for baby
talk. And ciinking with chatelaine
fol-de-rol. The comic masks OF
Tragedy. A grizzled old man doz-
ing On the curb. Chewing the cud
of bitter years. When l get old 4
hope / can live in Paris. Alta. boy!
The saddest words these days are:
The place is pulled!" Funny how
red plush ropes across a cafe en-
trance makes il look classy. Os-
car. the famous chef. Like all the
chefs he's fat. But / could get tat,
too. on $50.000 a year. That is. IL \
Nouiu puaN BulpiHB my 1000.
married couple sagging with
bundles and quarreling. Frank
Goodwin, the artist. A walking.
living Hermes of Praxiteles, who
ever that is. Anyway it's some
thing like an Apollo. You can't
know everything. / certainly was
hattered this morning when Verne
Porter phoned me TO know IL
white vest was all right with a din
ner jacket. And i acted like
knew.
window filled with Oriental
pearls. And pile of bricks near
the curb. Business of spurning
temptation. That's a queer sign:
''Calandra-Soul Specialist" Moth
ing so awkward as man carrying
typewriter through the streers.
Or so embarrassing as being caugn,
admiring yourself in a window mir
ror. Talk about the vanity Of
women,
Hassard Short out for an avenue
stroll. All the book titles ask silly
The Washington herald., 1921-05-20
The Chief Justiceship.

THE death of Edward Douglass White, Chief
i Justice of the Supreme Court, ends a notable
career. Few public of this country have had as
varied service. soldier in the Confederate army
State senator justice of the Supreme Court of his
State, Louisiana; Senator of the United States,
associate justice and then Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court, is record seldom equaled.
In no instance he an accident. His prog
ress came from fitness. President Cleveland took
him from the Senate to place him the Supreme
Bench, and President Taft made him Chief Justice,
though a Democrat. His ability was his indorse-
ment He served in each instance, from boy soldier
head of the worlds greatest court, with distinc-
tion. If he had prejudices, they wholly sub
merged in his decisions as judge.
1t is the sarcasm of destiny, if not the irony
of fate that his successor, if common consent and
approval prophetic, will be William Howard
Taft. 1t is not a secret that it has long been Mr..
Taft's ambition to be a member of the Supreme
Court. He would have preferred that office to the
Presidency. it then said 1t was in Presi-
dent Roosevets power to make him either judge or
President. 1t by his insstence, if then report
was correct, that doomed him to the Presidency.
As President he made Mr.. White Chief Justice
instead of Charles Evans Hughes his personal
choice but opposed because of his short experience
Judge If Mr.. Hughes had had the Chief JUS
ticeship he quite surely would not have resigned to
accept the nomination for the Presidency and subse-
qus~t history might have been very different
story.
Moreover, if Mr. Hughes was not now Secretary
Of State with complicated foreign policy to direct,
he would possibly be close rival of Mr.. Taft for
the vacancy. He has been justice, while Mr..
Taft has served Federal district Judge So it is,
the fates have woven the web of these two men $
lives with the threads OF each crossing and recross
ing each other. OF all American public men, they
are the two who, in public judgment are best fitted
for the Chief Justiceship. The appointment of
The Washington herald., 1921-05-20
Says Women Equal Pups.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
For many years men opposed
women suffrage because they
thought il would cause the women
to be to strict and mean with them.
Suffrage has not had that effect,
There is only one being on earth
that is sweeter than the average
woman. That is a pup. There is no
man that could compare with pup
in affection and loyalty. In time
women will equal pups, possibly
surpass them. Men will never be
as nice.
The styles of 1921 show how nice
women are TO the men. In>the past
the ladies' garments have been
decollete above: at other times
they have been decollete below: but
never before have they been decol-
lite above and below at the same
time.
l saw Charlie Chaplin as tailor's
assistant, measuring lady's ear.
She was getting ready to cover up
her ears; but, thank goodness, she
does not cover up everything. the
ladies are now covering up less than
at any time in history since the first
part OF Ewes administration. In
deed, the men should have rubber
necks to stand the twist of chang
ing the views from claviele to gas
tronomicus, and vice. versa (Boy!
page Noah Webster).
All agos are doing il. Looking
ahead 81 him one cannot tell wheth-
er the lady he sees ahead is grand
ma" or little Cutie Flapper."
While Congress is working on the
budget and new forms of taxation
why not tax each man cents for
an eyeful? Then we could pay on
the Victory loan which is redeem
able in 1922.
While the suffragists have been
good to the men, they are fast tax
ing their jobs. The only sure way
to prevent your lady rival from get
ting your job is to marry her and
keep her busy in a home OF her
own. THOMAS w. GibMEh-
Washington May IS. 1921.
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Mans best possession is sympathetic wife.
-Euripides.
Washington Street Railways.
xxi. THE w. T. & E. FINALE.


90 FAR as the books, and accounts available,
- show, SI2oo2,7o4 was paid for stocks, bonds
and notes of the total face value of So47s-
o64 of all the corporations included in the Washing
ton Traction and Electric Company OF the total
paid S4723S37 for the Metropolitan, par value
Soo5SI7, and 81 100000 for the Columbia par value
100000. Also 81 for ST was paid for the United
States Electric Lighting Company and dollar for
dollar for the Potomac Electric Power. Excluding
these, it is the record that s3,eo6o4o paid for
the remaining securities with face value of Ss,-
33I,s62
According to this more than s. for ST was
paid for four companies and something under 80
cents the dollar for eight railroads. all of which
losing propositions These were the stocks
and securities held by the w. T. & E. at the time of
the foreclosure in 1901. Covering these properties
with the face value of under So5ooooo for which it
was claimed nearly $I3,oooooo had been paid,
charged up book value, investment account Of
S24,854,ooo and against them had been issued Sz4-
$4,000 of stocks and bonds The bonds alone, how
ever represented all that the records show was
paid for them. Certainly this was an example of
drunken finance, recorded.
The commissions record of valuation states
that the w. T. & E.'s failure because of fail
to the semiannual interest on its bonds due
June I, 1901 "The company met its first years in
terest (from June 1, 1899 to June I, Iooo) the
first issue OF SI2 100000 OF its bonds by using $780,
of the ST. 10000 cash received from the United
States Mortgage and Trust Company at the time of
the issuance of that amount of bonds and 81 900
of stock; that is cash pay the first years interest
its original issue of SI2ooo,ooo of bonds OBJ
tanned part of the proceeds of the sale of the
bonds and stocks themselves"
At this same time the report shows, the dvi-
dends of the u. S. E. L. Co., for which 81 for ST
of par value paid, dropped for the fourteen
months, October 81, 1898 to December 81, I8oo to
SI6,323 and thereafter it paid dividends, although
from 1890 1893 it had regularly paid $4,000 an
average, annually. Also against average annual
depreciation charge OF $4,000 for the prior
years of this corporation, this charge for 1901
jumped to S3o8,ooS
So it the w. T. & E. failed and fore
closed. So it was the Washington Railway and
Electric which had been waiting for two years
the side lines, called to bat. 1t took all
these properties and Immediately this depreciation
charge OF the U. S. E. L. Co., again dropped to
$4,000 and "after being joined by purchase to the
Potomac Electric Power Co. depreciation was
charged until 1900" Also the dividends OF the COM
bined electric companies, the union coming Septem-
ber3o 1902 right the heels of the control of the
w. R. & E. increased to S5I5,ooo in 1904 by
miracle, and have remained of like proportions
since.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-20

the United States. The United
States erred, perhaps, IN not sup
porting her soldiers and in apollo
giving to the Germans But IL was
easier for Britain to war on the
United States in 1912 than for the
United States to war on Germany in
ls2l-and thereby hangs a tale.
And the war of 1872 did not settle
the question of the war.
Panama is sovereign, and, there
fore, not subject to the United
States. Ireland Is not sovereign.
being subject to Britain. Sovereign
Panama was at war with sovereign
Costa Rica. But IL conficted with
the interests of the United States.
which commanded little Panama 70
stop warning. Sovereign little
Panama, in fear, stopped. humili-
ated and subjugated. But the lib
erty-loving, freedom-howling Irish.
bossting "3o.o0O.ooo strong in the
United States. in the nearby Pan
anna case. were as silent as canned
sardines at zero.
ANDREW JORDAN GREEN.
Washington. d. c., May Is, 1921.
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questions. Why Grow Thin? why
Die Young7 Why Eat Meat? The
clump Of a thousand feet. Human
ity milling and churning in endless
professions. And for what, I'm
going home.
New Workers looked for a general
rent increase on May /. But II
didn't come. Landlords are a bft
frightened by the new rent laws.
And also. strange to relate, there
are many vacant apartments in
buildings that were crowded a few
months ago. No one knows why.
Landlords expected that this would
!, be a summer of filled apartments
However. so many are going abroad
and moving to the country that II
looks like there will be a little
housing room here after all.
The nerviest prisoner who ever
went TO the electric chair in Sing
Sing was James L. Odell. convicted
Of murder. according to prison on
ciaIs. Odell spent his last hours
gazing at the picture of his baby,
born after he had been sent to the
death house. and whom he had never
seen. He made no complaint. we
all have to pass through the expert
ence called DEATH" he told the keep
err II have no fear. am merely
sorry that my life has to be wasted
in such a manner" He walked
steadily TO the chair and was clear
eyed and without a psllor. In a
clear voice he said ''Good-bye, gen
tIemen." He refused any drugs to
bolster up his nerves and held out
his hand, saying: Il am as steady
as a strip of steel"
A etoup Of silk-hstted young men
in frock coats with carnations in
their lapels left a hotel entrance in
a taxi on their way to a wedding
Near the chdrch entrance a head
protruded from the window and a
voice said: will some one call q
doctor" 1t developed that the
bride sroom-to-be had tainted. II is
an amusing contrast. to say the
least. from the nervy Sing Sing
prisoner
The Washington herald., 1921-05-20
FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1921.

Jupiter and Uranus rule in benefic
aspect today, according to astrology
Neptune is strongly adverse.
Under this sway the mind should
be exceedingly alert and fertile in
its resourcefulness. with power to
carry out what is planned.
Measures for the benefit of the
people will be planned by legisIa-
tors and persons in places of power
and many will be put into effect.
While projects of general welfare
Will be well thought out and wisely
delegated to those who will make
them operative. Neptune probably
VIII cause motives to be impugned
Neptune Is In a place that en-
courages criticisms and causes sus-
picion and for this reason public
servants may meet with much mis-
judgment.
Scandals multiply under this rule
since the great as well as the small
In mems estimation will be as
sailed.
The triple trine of the Moon, We
nus, and Saturn Is read as benefi.
cial to trade and employment.
Holland is to experience grave
troubles that will culminate proba :
oiy before the end of the year. The
former Emperor will focus one
great problem. IL the stars are read
Alright
Persons whose birthdate II is have
the augury of successful year in
which money and business or pro.
fessionai interests will increase in
value.
Children born on this day viii be
quick, active, and independent
These subjects Of Taurus are likely
to be stubborn but successsfuI In
carrying out anything they under.
take.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-20
Says Letter Typifies Irish.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
A letter in the New York Times
on Irish characteristics" is very
appropriate to the time. II typifies
the Irish charcter perfectly. He is
ever shouting for liberty and free
dom under all governments whether
national. State, city or town, and
when they get it TO the fullest, IL is
about the opposite of liberty or
freedom in the sense civilization
uses the words.
think The Herald everybody's
paper and gives both sides OF every
question; something your contem-
poraries fail, IL il effects special in
terests. Yours very truly.
ELIJAH E. KNOTT.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-20
Explains Sun Spots.
To the Editor. The Washington Herald F;

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Sun spot are due to the creation
of immense volumes of free atoms
that for some reason or other fail
to reduce back into molecular con-
dition at once by the electric bolt.
These free atoms have the power
of gravitation intensified through
lack of a coordinate center to the
stage we call magnetism This
naturally produces the electric cur
rent running around 1t just like
happens to our ordinary magnet.
The earth is also a magnet and feels
the influence, with the result tnat
our own electric condition is thrown
out of gear. 1t seems strange to me
that seeing the cyelonic condition
of the spots. and spiral nebulae
free atoms liberated In spaced our
The Washington herald., 1921-05-20
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FRIDAY. MAr %. 1871.

FRIDAY. MAY %. 1871.
Visit Of Nine. Csrse te1sy sssa a. N.
Nine. curie. her two daughters.
Irene and Eve. and Mrs WIN.
Brown MeIoney arrive At Union
Station and proceed directly 70
home Of Third Assistant Secretary
of State and Mrs. Robert woods
Bliss. 17s5 Msssackusetts avenue.
tp. m.-Reoeption at the white
House and presentation, by Prest-
dent Harding. OF the gram of ra-
dium. the gift OF American women
to Madam Curie. Prominent
scientists and educators ana
heads of women's organizations
from New York. Chicago, Boston.
and other cities which Madam
curfe will visit; and also a dis
tinguished group Of government
oncisls. diplomats. educators. ana
presidents of the larger women's
organizations Of the Capital. viii
witness the presentation. 3
p. m.-Aeeting in honor Of Madam
Curie at the National Museum
DR.. Charles ID. Walcott will pre-
side. Miss Julie Lsthrop will er-
press the welcome Of the women
OF Washington DR.. Robert A
Millikan. noted physicist Of the
University Of Chicago. will give
a brief Illustrated talk on radium
and Madam Curie's connection
with IT, Madam Curie will de-
liver a short address.
n
the National Research Council,
To-Day: ~ a. m. report of COM
mittee on ways and means for
Increasing interest in watchmak-
ing; 1880 D. m. visit 20 white
House to pay respects to Presi-
Dent 2:So p. m. report Of COM
mittee on the feasibility Of and
methods OF certifying watchmzk-
ing: report Of committee on Ma
uonal Horologicsl Institute.
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either would crafty all classes and II Is the earnest
hope of the great body Of the folks that both may
have place on the Supreme Bench before the
close Of President Hardings administration.
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No anonymous communi-
cations will be printed In
the .Opeu Courf- column.
THE EDITOR.

scientists do not see a simple a. b
c. point in English language.
FRED T. HAFELFINGER.
Washington, May II.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-20

Much of the loose talk about war with
Japan is done by men who are too old for mill
tary service and pay very little tax.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-20

There might have been another story if the
devil had thought to inhict old Job with black
.and-tan invasion.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-20

For forty days the prohibition enforcement
folks will be without money. Well warrant
Mr.. Vostead had part in this cold-blooded
trick OF Congress.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-20

And now when Europe hears courier
crying "On the Kings business" it knows he
is headed for pawn shop.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-20
PLAN CONTROL oF PINK
BOLLwORM COTTON PEST

Commendin the policies Of IN.
Federal Horticultural Board in
dealing with the pink bolIwo-n
situation. a conference Of entomolo-
gists and other oficisls OF Southern
States met in the National Museum
and decided that the only practica-
bic method Of Graduating the pink
bollworm is by the continued pro-
hibition in infested districts for a
period OF years.
There is a possibility Of exter-
minating the pink bollworm, but
this opportunity is one that must
be taken prompt advantage Of" de-
clares the conference report which
also urged the cooperation OF
Mexican authorities and the United
States Immigration Service in pre-
venting further entry Of the pest
into the border States The work
Of DR.. W. d. Hunter. in charge OF
field work in the infested States for
the Department Of Agriculture was
praised.
The pink bollworm came into the
United States from Mexico in the
autumn of 1917, appearing first in
Texas. The Federal government al
ready has spent about 81 600 600 TO
drive il out, but unfortunately the
Texas authorities failed TO provide
quarantine and control restrictions
which the scientists OF the United
States Department OF Agriculture
believed absolutely necessary. The
pink bollworm has now limited
foothold in FIVE areas in Texas. two
in Louisiana, and two in New
Mexico.
The seriousness OF the situation
is recognized by experts who de-
I clare that, bssing their estimates
upon the destruction the worm has
done in recent years in Egypt.
Brazil, Hawaii and Mexico. failure
to control the pest in this country
Undoubtedly would mean an annual
loss Of 20 10 20 per cent OF the cot
ton crop in the United States. or a
money loss Of several hundred mil
lion dollars a year.
The pink bollworm is a native ~
India II was carried from there to
Egypt in 1896 and 1907 in shipments
OF unginned cotton. and since then
has been scattered to most OF the
cotton-producing countries Of the
world through the agency Of Egyp-
tisn cotton seed. As soon as its oc-
currence in Mexico became known.
in 1916. the Department Of Agri-
culture obtained a special appro-
priation Of s5o.o 900 from Congress 70
protect Texas and other States from
the entry OF the insect. Following
the discovery in 1917 OF it's presence
in Texas there have been several
appropriations annually to continue
the work OF preventing further en-
try from Mexico and 20 eradicate
the pest in Texas and other States.
amounting IN all TO S2.5nO. 600. of
which sSSl.slo is available for the
coming fiscal year.
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Perhaps they called it an enduring peace be-
cause it functions in the manner as an
endurance test.
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to be established at the University
of Cambridge, England. Il will pro-
vide a place where the scientific
results OF polar expeditions can be
worked up, where the manuscripts
and log books Of such expeditions
can be permanently deposited. and
where information OF all kinds re-
lating to the polar regions can be
accumulated for the use OF prospec-
tive explorers and others. A mu-
scum OF polar gear and equipment
will eventually form a part Of the
establishment.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-20

In two regiments recruited during
the war from two Gulf States. hook
worm Infection was found IN 50 per
cent cf one command and 30 per
cent Of the other.
The Washington herald., 1921-05-20

According to the Nstionsl Asso-
citation for the Study and Preven-
tion Of tuberculosis. at least $50
600. 900 Is invested In the business
of making and exploiting fake cures
for consumption in this country.
and the miscresnts engaged In the
business make net profit OF sie.-
oeo. 600 year.