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Evening star., 1921-12-23
American Relief for Russia

Final action by Congress on the bill
appropriating s20.0OO,OO0 for the pur-
chase Of food for starving Russians
completes the legislative process and
puts the bill up to the President, who
undoubtedly will approve it at once.
Shis will add another item to the long
record Of American beneficences
spread over all the world and totaling
. vast sum and reaching countless
hiliions.
Nearly thirty years ago this govern
Nent sent relief to Russia in a ship
1hak sailed from New York with cere-
Qony and carried supplies for the suf-
ferers from the famine then sweeping
ever that land. Since then Russia has
greatly changed. That was in the days
q the cars regime. The war with
Japan has meanwhile been fought; the
peAsant's revolution has led to the es-
ilphaashment Of a semblance Of popular
9owsrrment; the great war has broken
- .O01A Russis mobilizinS the great.
04UD = History; the cars govern
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Reservations.

The reservations which the United
states government has made to the
four-power pact in the Pacific pos
sessions were necessary on account
of the failure of the United States
Senate to accept the treaty of Yer
sailles. The four-power treaty is a
conference treaty and not much else.
1t requires that in case of disagree
ment among the four over their South
Sea island possessions they shall con-
fer and do the same to secure joint
action If the rights of any one of the
four are threatened by any other
power.
A good many of the islands in ques-
tion were disposed Of by the Yer
the different powers for them to eX-
ercise mandates over. When the
United States refused to abide by the
Wilson signature to the treaty the
United States gave up any authority
conferred on it by the treaty.
The new Lodge reservations" to
the Washington four-power treaty
reserve the American right to dispute
If need be the mandates under the
Versailles treaty and call for a new
deal all around.
Mandated territory under the major
treaty of peace signed at Versailles is
of vital importance to the United
States and the State Department has
been busy on this matter since the
new administration took hold. AS be-
tween the American and British gov
ernments strained relations have re-
suited already over British mandates
in the near east Oil fields are in
volved and oil is what all the world
is seeking. Mexico is being played
against Mesopotamia.-Rock Noun
tain News (Denver, independently.
Evening star., 1921-12-23
"Opportunities' Time Passing

Ever since the fourteen opportu-
mites" have been offered annually to
the people of Washington to give di.
rect practical help to needy families
and individuals at Christmas time the
subscriptions have been slow in reach
ing the total required. But somehow
they have always been finally suf-
ficient. In the last hours of each
campaign" for this most worthy
beneficence the spirit of Christmas
giving has stimulated the contribu-
tions and the sum has been assured.
This year. again, the opportunities
gifts are slow.
At the close of the account yester-
day of the s13.156 asked for the sup
port through the year Of the fourteen
groups of people, only s4.Ss6.75 had
been received, leaving ss.769.25 still
to be subscribed. One Of the fourteen
opportunities has been closed. If by
Christmas morning all Of these people
comprised in the fourteen groups are
to be assured of sustenance during
the coming year through this agency
only a few hours remain in which to
send subscriptions.
One hour will suffice if enough peo-
pie are inspired at the same time and
in season to do this bit, toward a
healthier, happier Washington. In a
city of over 100000 people there are
surely enough who have thought for
the welfare Of others to give these few
dollars between now and Christmas
morning.
Evening star., 1921-12-23
Henry Watterson.

For daily journalism Henry Waiter
son possessed an unusually full equip
ment. He would have excelled in any
department Of a newspaper. His vo
cabulary was rich and racy. and the
range of his sympathies and informa
ton wide.
Had he addressed himself to
dramatic criticism he would have com.
manded attention. He liked the drama
and was on terms of intimacy with
the leading players Of his day. As a
reviewer Of musical performances he
would have taken high rank. He had
music 'in his bones," and for a time
when young studied the piano. AS q
book reviewer he would have been al
home; and the wonder is that he never
tried his ,hand at a novel. Had he
taken station at London or Paris as q
correspondent for some leading Amer
ican journal he would have done work
equal to that of George w. Smalley OF
Harold Frederic.
But Mr.. Watterson's work was cut
out for him. The son of a distin
guished Tennessee politician, he was
born in Washington while his father
was serving in Congress, and thus
grew up in an atmosphere Of politics
He ate, drank, slept, dreamed, talked
politics until his system was saturated
with it. He would not have been
happy in any other employment than
in helping to shape and commenting
on political policies.
Soon after the close of the civil war
in which he had participated on the
Confederate side, he found his oppor
tunity at Louisville. where a distin
guished journalist-George D. Prem
tice-was in decay. Mr.. Watterson ac
quired the Prentice newspaper prop
erty, and it became the foundation Of
his extraordinary success. His pro
fessional labors from that time were
confined to the Kentucky metropolis
and he made his newspaper known
throughout the Union.
Mr.. Watterson counted eighty-one
milestones. A long life: and during
the half century that passed between
1879, when he first acquired national
reputation, and year or so ago, when
he retired from the newspaper field
American journalism produced nc
more active or picturesque figure.
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SHOOTING STARS.
RY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Small Boy.
Unto the small boy defer
And bid Friend Santa Claus bestir
Himself. and call on me for aid.
You see I am bit afraid
OF this small boy. For life is strange
And shows US many startling change.
Nobody hesitates to say,
"He might be President some dayr'
He has advantages, you see.
Which long since slipped away from
me.
He views the world with trustful eyes
Nor fears the ills that may arise.
We were created for his need.
Unto his favor give heed
And seek to serve him as may
He might be President some day.
Evening star., 1921-12-23
The Car Service.

According to reports received by the
Public Utilities Commission from the
local street railway system the service
on those lines is now more nearly up
to the standard fixed by the commits
sion than for several years. Both COM
panies have put moro cars into service
not only to meet the stress Of the pre-
holiday shopping rush but to care for
the ordinary traffic. The Washington
Railway and Electric Company, which
in July was short sixtyfour cars be.
low the commissions standard, had re-
duced the shortage to less than thirty.
two cars in October. while the Capital
Traction Company was only sixteen
Evening star., 1921-12-23
The Value of the Recess.

: Will senators and representatives
Improve the opportunity afforded by
the recess to sound sentiment at home
on legislative subjects and the arma
ment conference, or devote the time to
holiday recreations?
The recess was voted solely for holi-
day purposes. The old and familiar
Christmas spirit conquered. There
was good deal OF business on hand,
some Of it pressing. But here was
Christmas again. and it was remem.
bered that it comes but once a year.
So the brethren scattered for home
with Christmas doings in mind.
They will find their constituents
with the same things in mind, and
probably with small desire to talk
shop.
Besides. matters in Washington are
only in the shaping now. The arma.
unent conference is making progress,
but there is a good deal more to be
made. The Senate finance committee
& still occupied with the House tariff
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drafted. The merchant marine ques.
zion awaits attention.
The legislators. therefore. will sim
ply get a rest. and return to duty re.
.tfeshed for labors that may take six
months, or even longer. to complete.
They ought to be in good shape for
the work. The complexion of the next
Congress may depend OH bow well the
work is done. And the complexion of
the next Congress may influence the
situation in 1924, when both Congress
: and the presidency will be in the scale
Evening star., 1921-12-23
Is There a Price Understanding"


Attorney General Daugherty orders
a searching investigation of the prices
"f necessities, wholesale and retail, to
ascertain whether there is combina
tion or agreement for maintaining
them at the present heights. which he
uenounces as ''unconscionable." He
expresses the opinion that "all over
the country retailers have an under
standing
Assuredly if there is such an under
standing" if the prices of the goods
necessary to the life and the comfort
Of the people are being kept high by
cooperation on the part of the dis
tributors, it is the business of the gov.
ernment to act in punishment and COR
rectton. A condition such as the Attor.
ley General indicates is a violation Of
the law.
Ever since the prices of the neces-
sites of life began to advance with
the outbreak of war in Europe there
have been inquiries and investigations.
now on the part of states, again on
the part Of the federal government
and frequently on the part of private
agencies seeking to protect the pub
lie welfare. But none of these re-
searches has actually led to any ma
terial relief. Either there have been
no combinations sin restraint of trade
or they have been so skilfully con-
eealed and camoufiaged as to escape
detection.
In every one of these inquiries the
public has heard the same protests
from the producers and distributors
of necessities. They have explained
that the prices have risen in response
10 the law of supply and demand, that
the fault if any has existed. has lain
with 1.-The other fellows" The retail
ers have charged the wholesalers, the
wholesalers have accused the produc-
ers and the retailers, and all these
have agreed in charging that the mid
dlemen have had too large a share in
the profits Of distribution.
The war has been over for more
than three years. The industrial ad-
iustments necessary to the change
have been effected. Supply and de-
mand are once more normal. Yet the
prices remain higher than before the
war began, in some cases extremely
high. i some only moderately so, but
all above the average of 1918. and even
earlier. What is the cause? Attorney
General Daugherty says he proposes
to find out whether it lies in an "un-
derstanding." He orders the chief of
the bureau Of investigations to make
q thorough research. Mr.. Burns may
be depended upon to get the facts, for
which he has a peculiar genius. The
hope Of the buying public is that he
will get them quickly, and that upon
them may be based such action as the
laws permit to bring about that final
postwar adjustment for which it has
been prayerfully waiting.
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delegates are.
Its all bunk" was his comment,
for instance, upon the suggestion that
the Japanese had overrun all of the
province of Shantung.
Mr.. Hanihara, apparently engaged
the greater part of his time in social
duties while on duty with the Jap
anese embassy here, was a close stu
dent of events. He has made rapid
strides In his chosen career-that Of
diplomacy. While in Toxic. after he
left this country, Mr.. Hanihara fire.
Quently gave talks to the young men
there. giving them an insight into
western civilization and the problems
Of Japan as q world power. He has
a keen sense of humor and q droll
way Of expressing himself
Evening star., 1921-12-23

An English novelist has printed a
description Of heaven. Earth has
proved so baffiing that he is justified
in passing on to a realm where imag-
ination may have wider scope and the
prospect Of less searching criticism.
Evening star., 1921-12-23

Battleships may be regarded by tax
payers as temptations to nurse along
liabilities when attention ought to be
devoted to the accumulation Of as
sets.
Evening star., 1921-12-23

Statisticians delight in figures which
show how much money could be saved
by dispensing with simple customs as.
sociated with human sentiment and
happiness. Such calculations arc
harmless enough until some well
meaning effort is made to give them
practical application.
Evening star., 1921-12-23

Christmas trees undoubtedly repre-
sent a destruction Of timber Of great
value. They also represent a stimula-
ton to business which every merchant
depends upon in his annual calcula-
tions. It pays to advertise, and Santa
Claus, though a myth, is the greatest
advertiser on earth.
Evening star., 1921-12-23

The average small child cherishes
an aspiration to become President of
the United States. Since participate ton
in recent holiday festivities his next
greatest ambition will be eligibility to
membership in the Rotary Or kiwanis
Club.
Evening star., 1921-12-23

Chinese bandits who kidnapped the
wife Of the president of the south
China republic selected an inoppor-
tune moment for their operations. 1t
is most desirable for the Celestial en-
pire" in its current communications
with other countries to present q
united front.
Evening star., 1921-12-23

There is obvious advantage in a
form of taxation which enables the
consumer to pay in advance and per-
mits Uncle Sam to avoid the always
unpopular role of bill collector.
Evening star., 1921-12-23
Idle Miners and Wartime Prices
for Coal.

Word comes from the Pennsylvania
fields that $4,000 miners are idle, the
reason for closing down the mines
being that the coal market is dull.
not very pleasant at the beginning
of winter. 1t is an economic paradox
that so many millions Of people need
more coal, and yet the miners able
and willing to dig it out Of the
ground are forced into idleness Re-
people are not buying coal as they
did last year because the price is too
high. They are holding back their
orders in the hope that the operators.
the railroads or somebody else will
soon relent and cause the prices to
that hope. springs eternal in the
human breast, but the stern facts
ought to teach US coal consumers
that there is no basis for hope in
the anthracite coal situation as long
as the operators and railroads can
manage to make so deep a mystery
of the cost of producing so vital
necessity.-Albany Times Union Gnde-
pendent).
sailles Notwithstanding Is. c.
Piedmont.
A pact is usually known by the
reservations it keeps.-Indianapoli
Star.
After. a thousand years China be-
gins to see the grit required for
integrity.-Boston Herald.
But that Yap agreement with Ja-
pan is not going to dispose of the
monumental yap problem we have
at home.-Iouston Post.
Harding Is urged to intervene
against Turkish atrocities" and our
own opinion is that the Virginia weed
is Observation-Disclosures 'Times-Dis-
patch
Two good excuses for the absence
of Christmas eggnog-prohibition and
the present price Of eggs.-Harris-
burg Telegraph.
A reader wants to know the diff
ferenoe between q comedy and q farc6
It's simply q question OF whether the
characters get into the right or the
wrong bedroom.-Arkansas Gazette
Evening star., 1921-12-23

1t is an old sporting maxim that a
difference Of opinion makes horse
races. But differences of opinion
should not be permitted to go so far
as to make wars.
Evening star., 1921-12-23

Nobody is sufficiently captious to
inquire what ex-Emperor Charles has
done to deserve a comfortable resi-
dence and a meal ticket for life.
Evening star., 1921-12-23

The Washington conference will
have accomplished much if it per-
suades nations to meet face to face,
instead of talking behind one another's
backs.
Evening star., 1921-12-23

While Europe comes to America to
study possibilities Of peacemaking.
America is compelled to go to Europe
to study bomb plots.
Evening star., 1921-12-23

The politics of Ireland, already COM
plex. may be additionally complicated
by a resort to the referendum.
Evening star., 1921-12-23
Valuations.

my face Is my fortune" sang the
milkmaid.
''That was very long ago when a
bucket of milk was not nearly so valu.
able as at present." :
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Good Old Days.

Good Old Days.
"Do you think we are getting back
to the good old days?"
"There isn't doubt Of it," replied
Senator Sorghum. People are going
into print with perfect confidence
with the same old anecdotes that made
me laugh in early childhood"
Evening star., 1921-12-23
EDITORIAL DIGEST
Financial Miracles.

tho general program announced by
the Harding administration"
Evening star., 1921-12-23

''In order fob money to bring hap
plness." said Uncle Eben. "it's gotter
be managed wifi judgment. A stockin'
full O. candy may bring mo- happiness
dan n r.earl HacklacAW
Evening star., 1921-12-23

Jud Tunkins says he can't see any
advantage, kind heart or no kind
heart, in having rough exterior. No
body wants to make a pet Of hedge
hog.
Evening star., 1921-12-23

The children who have no stockings
% hang up on Christmas eve are those
Who need Santa Claus most.
Evening star., 1921-12-23
The Real AutOcrat.

The emperors have passed away.
The only person men obey
Completely is the traffic cop,
Who tells use when to go or sto]
Evening star., 1921-12-23

Two good excuses for the absence
of Christmas eggnog-prohibition and
the present price of eggs.-Harris-
burg Telegraph.
Evening star., 1921-12-23

A reader wants to know the diff
ference between q comedy and q faro6
characters get into the right or the
wrong bedroom.-Arkausas Gazette
Evening star., 1921-12-23

"Harding Is urged to intervene
against Turkish atrocities" and our
own opinion is that the Virginia weed
is Observation-Disclosures 1Times-Dis-
patch
Evening star., 1921-12-23

But that Yap agreement with Ja.-
nan is not going to dispose of the
monumental yap problem we have
at home-Houston Post,
Evening star., 1921-12-23

After a thousand years China be-
gins to see the grit required for
integrity.-Boston Herald.
Evening star., 1921-12-23

A pact is usually known by the
| reservations it keeps.-Indianapolis
Star.
Evening star., 1921-12-23

Washington is doing over what ver-
sailles overdid.-Greenvflle Is. c.
Piedmont.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-07-16
20 MILLION TAKEN
in TAX CHECK. UPS
Government Running Down All
Fraudulent Returns

Washington, July 16.-Approxi-
mately twenty million dollars was
added to the governments revenues
during the fiscal year just ended
through recoveries from false and
fraudulent income tax reurns, Com
missioner Blair announced today.
Indictments have been returned
during the year in every section Of
the country and many Jail sentences
have been imposed, ranging from 60
days to a year, in addition to fines and
penalties.
Fraud on the revenue by way Of
filing false and fraudulent tax re-
turns appears in many unique ways"
Mr.. Blair said 'Some taxpayers are
extremely crude in their methods
and reduce their taxes by merely
emitting large items of income from
their returns. Thus in one instance
prominent merchant in one of our
larger cities owned and operated two
stores. For three years straight he
omitted entirely from his returns the
income of enc of the two stores.
"In another instance prominent
man received approximately one-half
Of his income as salary from cor
poration Of which he was president
practically all the stock. The corpor-
alton took this salary as a deduction
and necessary expense; tho man
himself entirely omitted to report
this salary never thinking that the
corporations return would be checked
against hia individual return.
"Man1pulations of inventory are not
| infrequently found and these can al
! ways be checked accurately by the
| field examiners of the bureau and no
business Of any size can keep accurate
| books and at the same time manipu-
late inventories. Some taxpayers, evil
IDENTIFY are of the belief that they can
hire INSCRIPTIONS accountants who
reconstruct their books, and then il
the fraud is discovered blame it all
on the accountants, to whom they
usually pay large fees. In many in
stances field examiners have discov-
cred that taxpayers keep two sets OF
books, one set accurately setting forth
| the status OF the business and the other
set fraudulently setting forth their in
come and merely kept for the purpose
of defrauding the government. 1t is
| safe to say in nine out of ten of these
latter cases the fraud is discovered a
short time after it is perpetrated.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-07-16
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Leonard Fox and son of Maple
Hill will spend the balance Of the
month at East Orange, N. ].
Miss Alice Anderson is spending two
weeks at Lake Pocotapaug
e. G. Connolly is spending two
day for three weeks visit at Mill
brook, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Long left yester-
day for three eeks visit in Millbrook
". Y.
A. E. Thornton left today for Lake
Winnepesaukee, New Hampshire,
where he will stay two weeks.
John L. Doyle left today for two
weeks stay at Point O'Woods,. South
Lyme.
Donald Gaffney is home for the
weekend
George M. Landers, formerly ex-
mayor -, this city, and now a resi-
dent of New York, is visiting in town.
James Tobin, Of Curtiss street ha.
zone to Yale, where he will take
weeks summer course.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1921-07-16
NUMEROUS MINOR
CASES IN COURT
horans Freed From Cruelty to
Animals Charge

The benefit of an existing doubt in
the case of Lee Morans, charged with
cruelty to animals, was given the ac-
cused this morning by Judge Georga
w. kIett and ne was DISCHARGED.
Agents of the State Humane society
found a horse which was believed tn
have been owned by Morans. in a
weakened condition suffering from an
injury to foot. Morans made a claim
of having given the horse to LIE Row
Fisher. in whose custody the animal
had been for three weeks prior +o
the time it was killed by the Humane
society agents. For further inyesti-
cation the matter was continued from
"wednesday morning until today. Law
yer Michael A. Sexton represented the
accused.
Fisher told the court this morning
that Morans made an offer to sell
the horse but he refused to pay more
than two cents for the animal Morans
then agreed to turn the horse into
Fishers pasture and il it could be
cured to sell it cheaply In the
meantime the horse roamed around
and the matter was reported to the
authorities.
William Stockman was lectured for
assaulting, Joseph Bachukus, and
both Joseph and his mother were
warned against causing family
troubles on Hurlburt street. Stock
man is alleged to have punched Jo-
seph in the back Thursday evening
after the boy threw sand in the hair
of Williams children. Neighbors re-
ported that the boy is exceedingly
fresh and the mother even worse.
Two boys appeared as complain
ants against 10 year old boy
charged with the theft of bicycle
He was placed on probation.
A Is year old girl recited family
troubles which were responsible for
her appearance on an incorrigibility
charge. She is disobedient and does
not work, the complaint charged. A
continuance was ordered so that the
parents might be heard.
A IA year old boy whose 16 year
oil brother has been supporting him
was committed until the older brother
finds employment
Two orphaned children were COM
mitted to the county home and two
other children whose mother has
found it necessary to secure employ
ment were similarly cared for.
Four Shuttle Meadow club caddies
were lectured for DANA ging the links.
They were held for the police by an
employe at the golf club following
their improper actions on the
grounds.