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The Washington herald., 1922-04-14
Anent Sir A. Conan DOYLE.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Some friends have asked me to
send to the open Court letters OF
your good paper my estimate. or my
opinion. as they put II. of Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle. In response. 1 sub
nit the following brief comment;
brief. I say. as II is but frag-
ment of what may be said of that
distinguished author.
There is no dispute as to the pur-
pose of Sir Arthur's visit to Amer
lea. at this time. He states frankly
knows. now. that he did not know,
life-after what we call death. He
comes well advertised. as he de-
serves to be. as a writer and think
er. He is more than a story teller.
He is both a scientist and a philos-
opher, quite as much. so as such
great writer's as Victor Hugo and
Count Tolstoi: though unlike those
eminent writers in many particu-
lars.
Let us give Sir Arthur a hearty
welcomed! And give him a fair. but
critical. hearing. as was given his
eminent countryman, Sir oliver
Lodge, but recently. The song of
these two eminent scholars Is the
same. but their treatment of the
theme may be enough different as
to prove the more convincing and
fascinating. in both argument and
Illustration.
Sir Arthur will find his American
audiences expectant hearers. But
ne must not be surprised IL skeptics
and bigots appear. also. We have
some of each yet. The man and
his theme, however. should insure a
fair hearing anywhere under the
Stars and Stripes. We believe in
free speech. But Sir Arthur need
not look for mass conversions to his
theories, however sincere he may
be. Paul did not convert all Athens
upon his first appearance.
The British knight does not come
as a crusader, nor as a preacher.
This is not Rome, nor the age OF
the Caesars. And tho Conan Doyle
has written more than St Paul. he
will not need go to prison for his
speeches while with us, though no
one doubts he is brave enough. He
comes to us as a scientist; he says
he has the facts to support his
claims. We shall be delighted to
hear them. He may not convince
us. That may not be his fault.
Not as a novelist. then. does he
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14
Defends Civil Service.
To the Editor. The Washington Herald:

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
"Justinian" is very caustic about
my recent comments over Civil Serv-
ice in the Open Court. First he
comments on the case l spoke OF in
regard to a postoffice appointment in
Virginia This was an accurate
statement Of facts and can be veri-
fed from the files of the Civil Serv-
ice Commission. As to my duty in
the matter will say that the post
master who was removed had a
prominent lawyer go to Washing-
ton and he reported the powers that
be would listen to nothing. Repuo-
lican postmasters had to go. Ex-
aminations did not count where
Republican was slated for removal.
I hope this will be specific enough.
As to my assertion. that neither
party will adhere to this law. the
Republicans are on trial. i say wait
and see. The case is already proven
against the Democrats. AS to the
Civil Service employees heing strictly
on their jobs. a free citizen OF this
country can have an opinion and
from my observation much idleness
exists among them and II seems
some OIL tht ~
finding out things.
''Justinian" talks Of idle vapor-
ing. This idea was conjured up in
his own brain. I will inform Justi-
nian l am neither a disappointed or
disgruntled Individual. but am
practical and busy man who works
each day. have had reasonable sue
cess in both public and private life.
believe in facts not in theories. and
apply them to business. Civil Serv-
ice is full of theories but destitute
Of many facts as applied and why
appointments under Civil Service
are better with than without Is not
clear to me. 1t may be to you. And
why a Civil Service employe should
not be expected to render as much
service in return for the compen-
sation received as any other person
doing the same work I can't see.
but I believe such is fact. The
thing that proves they are having
an easy time was uttered by the
immortal "Grant" when he said few
office- holders died and none re-
signed.
D. E. G.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14

TIME several bills introduced in Congress, rela-
i tive to deep waterway from the Great Lakes
TO the sea, which some feared might delay action
that project through confusion of purposes, are
not likely to have any such effect. No hearings
will be asked any of them until nterna-
tional understanding is had AS it takes two to
make a bargain it would be waste OF time and
effort for Congress to hold hearings enact
legislation until the other riparian has been
heard FROM
The Canadians, sngle-handcd, spending
something like $6oooo,ooo on the new Weland
Canal which is much relatively as $4,000, 900 900
or $1,000. 100000 would be for us, and there may
be limit somewhere to the public spirit of that
empire minded people.
1t should be noted, also, and to their further
credit. that the Weland Canal when completed will
be free to the ships of the United States.
AS our lake cities are larger and our trans.
portation situation critical than theirs, they
may not feel the same imperative need that we do
OF outlet to the But they joined in
the survey of the project and their commissioners
were unanimous for the favorable report an early
understanding and concurrent action of the two
countries the probable outcome.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14
A Champion for Reformers
To the Editor. The Washington Herald:

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Permit me to use some space In
your paper to comment on the re-
marks Of B. r. c., H. S. S. and ex-
Buck II in their triple attack upon
]. J. r. for his views concerning
cigarettes.
may not agree with all re-
formers o. the causes they advo-
cate, but 1 admire and respect them
as men and women who are trying
to make the world q better place to
live in. The great mass Of people
in this world are too content with
leaving things as they are. If the
world had been left in their control
we would still be living like cave
men. The world is where 1t is to-
day because the ancestors of the
present-day reformers prodded the
ancestors of r. F. c.. II. S. s. and
Ex-Buck II into realization OF
the fact that some evils needed Cor
recting.
The abolition of slavery. the
eight-hour day. child labor laws
and the establishment of safety
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14
Disappearing Wild Flowers.

GONE OF the commonest wild flowers in the
- District, Maryland and Virginia are disappear
ing rapidly according to Washington naturalists
1t is occasion for real regret for the results
oi thoughtlessness and negligence.
The love OF flowers is one of our earliest pas
sons, and probably OF the most enduring. What
child will not reach for a flower and smile with
pleasure at the new and beautiful playthng? Rare
indeed is the person who would willingly and know
ingly contribute to the disappearance of natures
priceless heritage, the wild flowers. Why, then, is
it true that native fora is becoming thinner
and thinner and its members scarcer each year?
What is needed to the cause2 The answer
is cducation-the creation of healthy sentiment
appreciate plants being far more attractive in
their native environment than in faded and often
poorly scented bouquet.
The recent back-to-naure and nature study
movement, the introduction OF nature study courses
in the curricua OF high schools, normal schools
and colleges, all contributive causes toward the
thoughtess promscuous plucking of flowers, often
to be cast aside in few minutes when signs OF
whiting appear. The saddcst part of it all is that in
the manner that kills off the finest - our
manhood. the upon plants conducted by the
thoughtess collector kills off the beautiful and
attractive OF flowers, while the ill-scented nr
conspicuous otherwise less appealing ones remain
20 take the place OF their handsome relatives
This is especially true OF annual plants; they
-have but one OF reproducing their kind and
that is by seed. If the flowers are picked, these
plants robbed OF their natural right to reproduce
their Kind because Aowerless plant will never pro-
duce seed. Have right to rob posterity of the
pleasures we now enjoy from the beauties of our
Wild Howcrs' Does not the greatest good for the
greatest number demand that we leave the flower
its stalk to perpetuate its kind for the pleasure
OF those who follow us?
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14


cession- The mission laid the foun-
dalton fo- the treaty recently rati-
fed by the two nations.
He came here again in 1911 as
minister to Washington.
Gen. Ospins was born IN the pres
idential palace in Bogota while his
father, u. Mariana Ospina was pes
ident of Colombia. The elder ospina
was forced to fee to Gustemala TO
avoid political persecution while
Pedro was a youth. II was on his
fathers return to Colombia that the
younger Ospina was sent to the
United States. From the United
States he went to France fo- post
graduate studies. Then he organ
he'd a smette- firm TO obtain pre-
cious metals In the department of
Antioguia. Later he became actio
in the cotton and cattle e-rsising in
dustries.
In 1915 he served as pleniro-
tentiary TO Holland and Belgium
He becomes president next Au.
gust
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14
Air DEVELOPMENT.

DEPORTS on aircraft development in Europe
II made by Brig. Gen. Mitchell chief of staff
of the air service, at least disquietng.
While America stands still, he says, France,
Germany and Great Britain are striving for air
supremacy. Perhaps they look ahead to another
war. Perhaps they clearly the still greater
value of air navigation in peace time
We hope that OF military disarmament
has started. But it is difficult consider airplanes
and airships in the light destroyers, sub
marines, tanks machine guns. These latter are
valuable exclusively in case OF hostilities. Aero
nautics will have reached status in few years,
we hope, where its value in will be only
secondary.
The air is the last Of mans conquests 1t may
require far vision into the future to the era
when ships and locomotives will have become anti
quated engines of transport. Perhaps in a
century, if material civilization progresses at its
present pace, only the most bulky and least valuable
of freight will be entrusted to such slow carriers,
while air lanes crowded with thousands of COM
carrying fleets.
Money expended aerial development need
not be charged entirely to the waste of war.
The whole subject sets peerng, it were
through a smoke screen at gigantic workshop in
which dim figures are forging and incalcuable
instruments for the world of days to come.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14
Good Friday.

ME sun this morning rises the most solemn
day of the Christian year.
Good Friday represents the services of
way that Easter represents rejoicing the
resurrection OF humanity.
Washington churches of all creeds have
ranged special programs for the observance Of this
day, the nineteen hundred and twenty-second an
niversary of the crucihxion of Jesus Christ. There
swill be sublime atmosphere to these services which
: cannot fail to make deep impressions those who
.--attend.
Most days aside for observance are those
OF rejoicing. 1t is not improper that there should
be at least anniversary OF mourning for Christ
tian peoples. The message of Good Friday sums
up the entire spirit OF Lent 1t calls for a pause
in the occupations of life consider the littleness of
man. the. nearness of DEATH the mutablity of hu-
manity.
There has been, OF recent years, steady de-
= cline in the elaborate fashion of Good Friday OBJ
: servance-a decline which has caused alarm to
-cergymen of many sects. Looking ahead to the
merrymakng OF Easter, people prone to forget
the sorrowful period which precedes.
This day is the third. and perhaps least i'm
pOrtant anniversary Of important happenings in the
life OF the founder OF the Christian religion. The
others Christmas and Easter They days Of
JOY. days when thought of suffering is put far
away. Perhaps neither leaves so beneficial i'm
precision the souls of men Good Friday.
There is reason today for all to pause and re-
feet what life amounts to-after ALL
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14

sometimes drift into the twilight zdne of monopoly"
where they are afoul of the law. 70 such business
men and to such trade organizations Secretary
Hoover's offer of the good Offices of the Depart
ment of Commerce to show them "just where they
are at" must be very welcome.
American business is in the process of recovery.
A false step step wasted delays that process.
Without any drawbacks its movement is slow
enough There should be and will be central
point to which business can look for counsel
in such cases 1t will be another step toward
putting all American industry basis of eff
cheney.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14
oCAeNe,uAa;,
Notes

YRxDAy. APRIL Il. Iszz

.- FRIDAY. APRIL IL. Isz1
PATENT OFFICE AND
CHEMIST DISCUSSED.
Although legal matters play q
larger part In the Patent once
than scientific. the chemist both
within and without the once, plays
an important part in the admins
tration Of our patent system We'll
lington b. johnson. OF the Patent
once. told the Chemical Society OF
Washington at its meeting at the(
Cosmos Club last night.
Early in the development Of the
patent system litigation rose ~
an important place, and the courts
became q part of the system. Then
patent attorneys became necessary
! to represent the inventors and pilot
their patents 20 allowance.
Up until the recent near collapse
Of the Patent Ofice-due TO lack OF
staf and low psy-the technical az
socistions showed only a perfume
/ tory interest In what might have
1 been a great technical authority
and educational institution, Mr..
Johnson said.
'of the forty-eight examining a.
visions in the once 1--WE are occu-
pied almost exclusively with chem
| ical applications. and of the nearly
| 900 classes into which the indus
J trial arts are divided sixty-four are
4 either wholly or partly devoted TO
chemical problems" he said
In order to fnd just how much
Of the invention is new. the exam
liner must search the literature and
patents of all nations. Thus the
chemist within the once must know
the chemistry of the past.
He has no opportunity for voy-
ages into the unknown. except as
the applications before him lead,
but must be abreast OF the most
advanced work. for every step for
ward brings a flood OF applications
into the once.
The chemist within the once 10
handicapped by the review Of I'd
work before nontechnicsl courts, BY
lack of sufficient library facilities.
lack of testing laboratories and by
the necessity of handling many
more applications than he can thor
ouHhly consider.
i The chemist outside the ONCE
will find at his service a cstslog
of chemical literature comprising
25o.o00 cards, and postnotes from
all nations having patent systems.
and an excellent library OF scientifc
literature.
The chemist should patent nj,
inventions. because the thorough
search within the ONCE will deter
mine how broad IL is in its spplica-
tions to Industrial purposes"
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14

uc lpI CS di u as
feasible" sa y s
Rear A d m ira !
David w. Taylor.
head of the spe-
cial board of ad-
mirals studying
the best methods 8
of scrapping the
warsh!ps to b G
eliminated under
the naval limita =
tion treaty. Ad-
m i al Taylor's s
statement w a s
part Of a general
discussion of the
problem.
The navy will.
of course. :emove
all fitting tina I
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14

country today Is
coming to { he
United Statcs
Gen. 0spina Is
not a strange IN
this country. lie
came here the
first time in 1876
to take a course
IN en- : ineering
q nd TnetsllurRyl
He came again as
a member Of q
special mission
after Pansma's
secession TO pro-
test to the United
States against Tho
d ism emberment
of the republic
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The Washington herald., 1922-04-14
Open Court Letters to The Herald
Other Peoples Views Topics Of Current Interest

csmmunicatieus viii not b returned
unlsss specific request for such return b
made and stamps inelessd.
Letters shoad b typevrittsa vhsS
ever possible. Cemmunicattens sxtrsmer
ly difficult to read will not b oensidsrsd-
No communica tions signed with fetitious
uames will Be used.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14

BY the time a pawnbroker's bill is passed
by Congress the opportunity to have used it will
have passed for us all.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14

The United States will recognize Mexico
soon, it is said. This is the first time Mexico
has been recognizable since Daz left.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14

~ wife need not be good cook" says
judge. OF not. What delicatessen
stores for. anyway?
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14

dramatist is a man to whom there are
no happy marriages serene home life.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14
u. S. NOT IN JUNK
BUSINESS, HE SAYS

The suggestion that the United
States go into the junk business we
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14

To the Friend Of the respie:
Who the original siamese Twins? r. J. H.
The original Siamese Twins were two youths.
porn OF Chinese father and q Siamese mother
In Slam In 1911. They died in North Carolina In
Of two and ,one-haif hours. The name siamese
Twins recently has been applied the Black
sisters because of the similarity Of their physical
construction
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14
WHO'S WHO IN
THE DAYS NEWS
GEN. PEDRO MEL osPINk.

Colombia's president-elect and
one of the leading figures in that
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14

Of two and one-haN hours The name siauess
Twins recently has been applied to the Black
sisters because OF the similarity Of their physical
construction.
PARENT-TEACHER, ASSOCIATIONS.
To Friend Of the People:
How and when did the Parent Teacher Asso-
citation movement originate? Mrs. L. w. B.
The Parent-Teacher Association movement
grew out of meeting of mothers fathers. edu-
nsen snd s sp S held %s'
that time the Nationai Congress Of Mothers and
Parent-Teacher Associations was organized and
incorporated.
II. l.. MENCKEN.
To the Friend Of the People,
Give me q, short sketch of H. La Mencken's
life in the Friend of the People. Mrs. II. 4 B.
Henry Louis Mencken author and editor. was
born in Baltimore. September Y. 1880. He was
paper reporter, advancing four years later to
the city edtorship of the Baltimore Morning
Herald. Subsequently he became editor OF the
the Baltimore Sun with which he remained for
eleven years. Then he became literary critic and
editor with George Jean Nathan) Of the Smart
works. In 1907 he Travelled in Russia and Ger
many as a correspondent
CONCERNING CAPT. KIDD.
Tc the Friend of the People:
VIII you please tell whether Capt Kidd
was real or imaginary and upon what day June
II, 1906, fell? REDS
l. Capt William Kidd was sent to the Indian
Ocean In 1859 by the British government sup
press piracy He turned pirate and captured
in Boston in 1888 and hanged in London, England.
2. June II, 1906 was Wednesday.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14
The Friend Of the People
Answers to Your Questions
sIAMEsE TWINS.

ss:sss'ss s Sy n: MsH e s:sa:,s AZ
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14

nEPORTS aircraft development in Europe
II made by Brig. Gen. Mitchell, chief of staff
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14

The red caps at the railroad ter
minals say that their smallest tips
come from passengers on the extra
fare trains. Most of them want to
carry their own luggage. The best
Upper Is the man who Is paving his
first visit to the metropolis. He
generally wants to ask a lot of
questions and is also impressed by
stories of the generous tips that are
bestowed in New York.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-14

A New York newspaper give:
first page prominence to dinner
in a hotel banquet room at which
not one drink Of liquor was con.
sumed.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-27
Two Killed, Z
Hurt, in Three
Auto Accidents
Driver Dies After Running
Into ~" Post To Avoid
Va>icah Which DaShcS
Across Ninth Avenue
Girl, 10, Nccls Death
Runs in Front of One Gar
10 Escape AnoiI,ct': Baby
.,ussains Skull Fracture

Nslerlo Domonco. Of i0i Wet
Forty-seVenth street. died 'n BolloVu'
Hospital yesterday from fracture Of
the skull received early in tho morn
lnr, when he drove his automobile INTO
pillar or the Nlnih Avenue elevated
l,ne st Nineteenth street IN an effort
70 avoid 3 taHicsb which dartcd across
the avenue
John Rhodes of 12A Grattsn Street
Brooklyn. who vas with bim. also sus
tanned fracture Of the ~tul and s at
Bellevue Hospital Rocco Trom'aro, Of
t52 West Forty sixth Street tho third
person in the car was cut on the faco
ard hands, but was able TO 60 home
after receiving attention from an am
hulanco surgeon
Ten-yosr old Katherine Krauss. Of
l66 WYckof Avenue, Brooklyu saw a
car approaching her on the driveway IN
Forest Park. Queens. and lodged TO the
other side Of tho road A car driven by
James + Bristol, Of 9il Fourteenth
street. Brooklyn. was approaching on
that side of tho drvcwaY and vas SO
close to the child that il bno,'Acd her
down I'm spite Of Bristol violent twist
OF the Steering wheel
Ills sudden swcrve sent the car
plungnE down an ombanhmont through
undorbrush 1t brought up against a
tree With jolt which threw Bristol
and two women who we're with him
from their seats The Krauss rirl was
taken TO St. Marv's Hospital. jamaica.
where She died from a fracturc Of tho
skull. The two women IN Bristol's car
required the attention of an ambulance
surgeon
Nathan Blitz. Of IL Pitt Street. driver
OF the municipal bus which upset Sat
urday night in collision at Madison
street and New Bowery, killing Pa
rolman Thomas O'Kocfc and iniurlnc
twenty flour other persons. was ar
falgned I'm the Iombs police court vos-
terday and released IN 81 900 bail for
examination on charge of homicide
TRENTON. y !, Feb 26.-Losine
control OF his automobile while at
tempting TO permit another car to pass
Philip Dlcdrick thirty-four wears old.
of Chrome. drove his car over pile
OF stones on The roadway near Rob
binsYile to-day, and in the upset which
followed mis- son, Charles, three and a
half years Old, was badly injured.
Diedrlck was accomDanied ivy his
wife their child and woman friend
W hen the car overturned all we're
pinned under it The little boy sus-
tanned fracture of tho skull and MS
parents werc cut and bruised All
three were conveyed to St Francis's
Hospital here. The other occupant of
the car was not injured
New-York tribune., 1922-02-27
Juvenile Hat Merchants
Admit They Stole Stock
Efforts 10 Dispose of Plumber
tilracf the Attention OF
poIicco,a,,

Catslino Gigiio. fourteen years Old
and Jamo Folseneo tuclvc. we're ar
rasted last night by Pauolman Law.
rence Kelly. Of Las l04h Street police
station. loaded down with expensive
selo4r hat. Whom the patrolmsn's at
tent.ou Wa attracted 10 tie boys the,
were tr, zig 10 sen orc or tho hats 70
ca 1ay store owner in business near
hisllo home 2l5l Second Avenue
81 Clio. Of dimlautlve stature. Va
standing or dry goods box trying to
Jam the hat down or his customor's
head. while rro folsen1o boy TODD bv
.@elalmlne ocstaticallY hat Ire never
before sax "such fuc look uc lid "
When questioned hv Patrolmau kelly
tne boy confessed having stolen the
hats from Joseph Cohen bat store.
2us4 lNra Avenue. They went vith
The patrolmau and showed him where
The! had broken window to gam In
sfess TO tho store ttoy mad taken
more hats they cspla ned. but ono of
taem LAD been stolon by boz thev
d'dn't sno" Both prisoners we're de-
.slned on charges Of juvenile deiIn-
1UenCy