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Evening star., 1922-11-23

ment. A dust explosion Is definitely
preventable. Dust will not explode
unless it is afoat In the air or accu'
mulates In dry form on the tops OF
timbers or on lodges. 1t seems diff
cult to. conceive Of dry dust in an
underground working Of any char.
acter. for there Is almost invariably
much moisture in a mine. But If q
mine Is SO dry that dust forms 1t
should be protected by constant
sprinkling to lower the explosion risk.
Government bureaus have worked
out these matters through experiments
and have given warnings and sug.
Gested remedies for dust conditions.
There is scarcely a conceivable situa.
tion involving the possibility Of dust
in mills. shops. grain elevators and in
subject Of special study. If these pre-.
scriptions have been ignored by the
Birmingham mine management re,
sponsibility has been incurred.
A coroner's jury has rendered a
verdict holding responsible the man.
agement of the mine at Spangler, Pa,
in which seventy-seven men were
killed by an explosion November G.
This explosion, the jury finds, oc.
CURED from the use of open lights
after the mine management had
knowledge Of the accumulation of ex'
plosive gas in the mine," and for other
reglects increasing the risk of disaster
in case of an explosion.
1t is tragic to see these repeated
sacrifices of life attributable to mis-
management, neglect and dangerous
economy. Our mine death toll in this
country has. in the face of all sci
entiac knowledge on the subject, be-
come a criminal waste. for which
those accountable should be punished
Evening star., 1922-11-23
|Shipwreck, Savages, Wild Beasts
All a Part of the Days Work

several hundred persons were drowned.
For divers reasons the lifeboats could
not be put off,"
Finally, by the use Of wireless. several
small power boats we're called from
village down the coast and they took
off DIR. Klein and the others without
loss of life Immediately the natives
swarmed over the sinking ship and
stripped it Of everything they could
tear away.
DR.. Klein and the others were in the
small power boats on the open sea.
They were picked up by Peruvian
boat. which was already overcrowded.
Then. said Dr. Klein. 1--WE felt>as though
we had jumped from the frying pan
into the fire." They had a circus
aboard-one of those one-ring affairs
which just swarm over Latin America
for one night stands. The animals were
picked up at bargain rates because OF
their evil dispositions.
I'VE were crammed in among those
flimsy crates in which were tigers and
lions and other vicious beasts ILL
claimed from the wilds." he narrates
1.-The ship rolled continually, and as we
were tossed and jostled among those
bad-tempered animals the native keep
ers regaled US with accounts of theil
! meanness and the damage they had
done. They were all killers and
thirstins for human blood"
Finally. DIR. Klein and his ship.
wrecked companions were dumped un.
tremendously on Peruvian hospitality
at Callao. with only the clothes the!
had on their backs.
After about a weeks delay, Dr. Klein
continued his trip down the coast ano
had to put out into the open sea. They
reached. Valparaiso. Chile. during the
worst storm in many years and they
had to put out into the open sea. They
had hardly landed. and with extreme
peril, when an even worse storm struck
the harbor, killing seventy-seven and
sinking more than fifty ships.
That's all in the life Of a commercial
attache." DIR. Klein remarks, and al
evidence that his was not lonesome
experience he calls attention to the fact
that one Of his foreign agents wal
caught on a ship that sank in the Par
ana, a branch of the La Plata river. In
Argentina, only the other day.
Evening star., 1922-11-23
EDITORIAL DIGEST

the Newark News shows that no
affront to Japan is indicated ana
Japan has no cause to feel ag-
gricved The United States has a
right. as has Japan. to decide for
herself the qualifications for citizen
ship. America has officially recog-
nized Japan as among the great ma
tions Of the world. On international
questions affecting both nations we
have admitted Japan's greatness and
her right to be consulted. On inter-
nal affairs we hold. and hold prop
erly, that no one has the right to
interfere with our decisions" The
belief likewise is expressed by the
Utica Observer-Dispatch that "the
American stock and the yellow races
can never peaceably mingle. They
are entirely distinct and separate
peoples and should be kept so. They
can tolerate each other in business
and that is as far as they should go.
The law that the United States Su-
preme Court has sustained in the
present decision is entirely just and
reasonable" 1t also is. the Boston
Transcript feels, "a desire to main
tain our racial purity that has i'm
PEELED the United States to deny
American citizenship to the nationals
of Japan"
Evening star., 1922-11-23
The Senate Minority.

To what extent, if at all, will VIII.
sonism enter into the choosing. of the
minority leader Of the next Senate? 1t
is early for the question, but the early
question catches attention. This ques.
tion has already caught attention.
Mr.. Underwood. who is retiring from
leadership, has never been rated as a
Wilsonite. In the days of Bryanism
he was not rated as a Bryanite. His
reputation Is that of a man who, al.
though true to true partisanship,
walks under his own hat and wears
his own collar. That accounts for the
influence he has come to exert in
democratic councils.
Neither has Mr.. Simmons-maybe
the most prominent Of those mentioned
In connection with the succession
been rated strictly as a Wilsonite.
While on terms with the two Wilson
administrations, and never once off
the reservation. the North Carolinian
was never among the senators who
between 1913 and 1921 found their
way the most frequently to the White
House. His name did not appear on
the list Of the elect
Mr.. Harrison is a new man in the
Senate. and making himself useful to
his party there. But his talents are
we'll described in his sobriquet-the
chief of scouts. He harries the opposi
ton. A ready and entertaining
speaker, he flies out at unexpected
times and places, causes as much com.
motion as possible. and then retires.
Whether he would be equally good in
planning general engagements and
selecting and assigning executants is
a question. He is rated as Wilsonite.
AS the matter may not call for a de,
cision for possibly twelve months
views can be formed and expressed
with deliberation, and many are ex.
pected.
Evening star., 1922-11-23
Our Election Returns Abroad.

In Europe, in lay circles as well as
in professional political circles, there
is much puzzlement over our recent
elections. What do the returns sig
nifty? That America regrets the re-
lection of the league Of nations, and
is veering around to a revival Of the
issue and its acceptance In some form?
Or, IL not that, do they assure that
we have revised our notion about
keeping wholly aloof from political
Europe, and that under q regime as
sumed to be on the way-to arrive in
1925-a scheme will be worked out for
putting America alongside the picked
nations of Europe for practically the
governance of the world?
In Europe and in America here
more in Europe than here-there is
sentiment in favor Of such a policy.
Indeed, there is propaganda In in
creasing use looking to its establish
ment. The argument is that as Amer
lea is rich and powerful, and showed
in the war how promptly and effec-
lively she can put her power into
action, she should now do for peace
what she then did for war-put her
full resources at the worlds service.
There is considerable puzzlement in
this country over those returns, and
q movement is on foot to give them
practical expression according to this
European hope and expectation. But
there is much intensely earnest senti-
ment against the proposition, and it
is alert and active. giving to politics
two years before the presidential elec-
ton an interest almost as keen as
though that campaign were already
formally under way.
Evening star., 1922-11-23

he was sent to Buenos Aires as COM
mercial attache in 1919. He went down
the west coast of South America in a
small Chilean ship. When just off Paita.
Peru. the ship struck a submerged reef.
This was about where Pizarro landed in
1885, when he set out on his great
achievement of conquering Peru and
reveling in the riches of the Incas.
In the early morning-about o'clock
the heavily loaded steamer was
jammed on the reef. The Pacific ocean
is notorious for its long swells. AS the
boat was swung around parallel with
the beach it was being pounded to
pieces. on shore came a lot OF In
dians. very ominous in appearance. with
long knives, even as their forefathers
came off to encounter Pizarro when he
started his reveling.
at looked as IL we would have an
extremely interesting time" DR.. Klein
recalls. 1--WE were expecting the boat
to founder. 1t belonged to a company
that had a startling and even suspicious
number of wrecks to Its credit. A sister
ship had sunk a few days before. when
Evening star., 1922-11-23
Electrocuting the Fly.

So far as we are concerned. con-
siderations of humanity have nothing
to do with the fly. Any way to kill
the fly is a good way. II the most
brutal method CHANGED to be the most
efficient, then the most brutal would
certainly be the most desirable.
1t happens. however. that electro
cution in this case not only is the
most humane method of putting him
to death. but also the most efficient.
Therefore, we unhesitatingly recon-
mend electrocution.
Some enterprising inventor has
made a fly-killer which employs cleo
tricity as the agent o. death. 1t con-
sists Of a frame strung with wires
which are connected to any lighting
socket. The wires are placed close
together to catch the fly's eye and
stimulate his curiosity and arouse
his unclean greed.
He flies to the frame. alights upon
wire and instantly 500 volts of
electricity pass through him, burn
ing his legs, obliterating his wings
and reducing his repugnant body to a
cinder the size Of the head of a pin.
Another fly sees his corpse and flies
to it, ever in pursuit Of his Scavenger
instincts, and the current hits him
and he becomes a cinder. And SO on,
ad infinitum, until the wires are clut-
tered with incinerated flies.
And the advantage of the electrical
fly-killer is that the current does not
pass through the wires until the fly
alights. and, as one commentator re-
marks, "one more fly on the wheels
Of the meter won't do your elect ric
bill much HARM"
Another advantage is that the
wretched rat can also be extermi-
mated in wholesale quantities with
this device, whose workings are
delightful to contemplate.-Atlan
journal.
Evening star., 1922-11-23
The Tigers Tempest.

Now we are beginning to under
stand why they call him the Tiger
of France" Nothing is more calcu-
lated to stir up commotion in peace
full ard self.satisfied community than
the appearance of a tiger. And the
appearance of Georges Clemenceau
seems to have much the same effect.
former French premier.
Clemenceau is doing some plain
speaking. We ought to like. rather
than upbraid. him for that. We claim
the right of plain speech for ourselves,
and it would be ungracious not to con-
cede the same right to others. We
may not like the things he says or
care to accept the advice he gives, but
we have said lot of things which
France did not like and given her a
lot of advice which she has not
accepted: so now. if Clemenceau pays
us back in some of our own coin, it is
poor sportsmanship for us to show
resentment. 1t must be remembered
that Clemenceau is an unofficial visitor
to the United States on a mission of
his. own appointment, and his ut
terances are not on a parallel with
those of an officially accredited rep
They are not on parallel. for in.
stance, with those of President Wilson
when the American executive appealed
to the Italian people over the heads
of their government.
OF course. we are not going to ac-
oept all the advice NJ. Clemenceau gives
us. The American people refused to
follow their own President into un-
warranted involvement in European
affairs, and it is not likely that they
can be led there by even so admired
a foreigner as we now have with US.
CIemenceau thinks such involvement
is necessary to the salvation Of his
country, and, as patriotic French
man. placing the interests Of France
first. he tries to involve US. Can we
Justly blame him for that? We can
not, unless we are unwilling to con-
cede to others the rights we claim
for ourselves.
Since the armistice was signed the
press. the statesmen and the econo-
mists of America have made the CIV
ing Of advice to Europe their favorite
indoor sport. and in giving it they
have pretty consistently kept in mind
what they have believed to be the
best interests of the United States. So
let US give Clemenceau all the latitude
he wants. We are being superbly en-
tertained, and it is barely possible that
he may tell US some things which
will be good for us to know. Not all
the wisdom of the world abides on
this side of the Atlantic, and Clemen-
ceau has lived long and strenuously.
Evening star., 1922-11-23
Another Mine Sacrifice.

Another big mine disaster has oc
Cured, taking. at latest accounts,
over 80 and perhaps 100 lives. II
occurred near Birmingham, Ala, in
an iron mine. The cause is believed
to have been the ignition. by q spark
caused by a short circuit. Of dust,
which detonated with terrific force, kill.
ing many by the blast itself and others
by the liberation Of gases from the min.
erals. A dust explosion may be quite
as destructive as an explosion Of gas,
and the Birmingham disaster 10 an
other proof Of the fact that danger
exists In all underground workings
in confined spaces.
An inquiry into this explosion will.
of course. be held for the purpose Of
ascertaining, If possible. the. precise
cause and whether any precautions
were neglected by the mine manage
Evening star., 1922-11-23
Advocates So Safety
Weeks for Each Year
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
The necessity for the observance OF
a Safety week in this city is very
obvious from the increasing number
Of accidents occurring upon our
streets. But the observance should
not cease at the end Of one week: 1t
should continue through ffty-two
weeks, and then some.
The selection. however. Of Don't
Get Hurtw as tho slogan for the
Forthcoming Safety week seems to
mo unfortunate. It directs attention
to the matter from the wrong angle.
It places the emphasis upon the re-
suit that 10 sought to be avoided by
the proposed observance. and says
nothing at all about the means to be
employed in avoiding the undesirable
rssuit. The suggestion has also been
Evening star., 1922-11-23
Senator Caraway on Reputation.

Senator Caraway holds that the re.
publican party was repudiated on the
eth instant, and that the senators and
representatives of that party who then
We're defeated for reelection should
not now be permitted to vote on other
than routine measures.
Does the senator from Arkansas re-
call a visit President Wilson made to
Paris in the winter of 1918? Only q
little more than month before, the
President had asked for an express
sion at the polls as to his leadership,
and the expression had been emphat-
ically adverse. His leadership had
been repudiated. The republicans had
carried both houses of Congress.
But, undaunted and resolute, Mr..
magistrate of the United States, par
ticipated in a world peace confer
ence, committed the United States
government, as far as it was in his
power, to the proceedings, and re-
turned home with a world peace treaty
for ratification by the United States
Senate. The reputation Of his lead
ership had not restrained him in the
slightest.
The senator from Arkansas voted
for ratification. He, too, ignored the
reputation at the polls of Mr.. Will
sons leadership. and backed him up
in every move made in the Senate at
the latter's instance in behalf Of the
treaty just as it had been negotiated
and signed in Paris.
Was Mr.. Caraway in thoughtless or
in jocose mood yesterday? Or in the
matter Of reputation does it make a
difference who has been repudiated?
Evening star., 1922-11-23

made that the slogan should be Don't
Hurtv' That may be all right for the
motorist, but wherein can 1t be said
to apply to the person on foot, be he
a child or an adult? Such slogan is
too limited in its scope.
Why do accidents occur? In most in
stances, because of somebody's care
lessness. Then let US look at the ques-
ton from the positive side and place
the emphasis where 1t rightfully be-
longs-on the being careful. To this
end I would offer as a slogan apply
ing to everybody the following: Be
More Careful!
WALES C. BREWSTER.
Evening star., 1922-11-23

DID you ever attend a press con-
ference at the White House?
They are open only to the press.
man. Now let's go.
A uniformed policeman of the
White House staff opens the door Of
the executive ofices. We are shown
into a waiting room already COM
fortably filled. Presently it will be
overhowing, for there will be about
$50 Of US all told.
We como from everywhere-from
every section OF tho United States.
from London. Paris, South America.
the far east Each Of US represents
a newspaper or a press association.
We stand. There isn't nearly
enough room to seat us. And we
! stand on historic ground.
Those of us who have questions
write them and pass them to the door
attendant He takes them to Presi-
dent Harding. 1t is a new rule, put
into effect within the past year. 1t
works admirably. Also 1t affords the
President a chance to pass by such
questions as he does not care to an
swer, or such as might, II answered,
disclose secrets of state not yet
| ready for unfolding.
The attendant at the Presidents
door claps his hands. We walk in,
finding ourselves in a large circular
xu,{th hox =
which Is the Presidents desk.
1t is a desk cluttered with many
papers. On the Presidents left, as
he faces 1t and the room, is a great
vase Of roses. They are red-always
red.
Tho President IL standing. his back
to the light He has In his hand a
sheaf of papers. They arc our ques-
tions. He is reading them and for a
few moments continues to stand with
| Generally 1t is with something Of q
start, as IL he had not realized we
were there.
He is Immediately groomed-the
| best dressed President America ever
had, says Brooks. the White House
| valet-tall, handsome. He greets US
with Good afternoon, gentlemen" A
murmur of response comes from the
| semi-circle facing him. 1t is a sub
stantial semi-circle; We stand eight
20 ten. deep.
The President answers the Ques-
tions. one by one without further in
PRODUCTION. He pauses after each an
swer. for it Is q part of the rule that
any one may inquire further on a
subject introduced in this manner.
We make. notes as he talks. 1t is
the strict rule of the White House,
strictly enforced. that the President
is never to be quoted unless he him
self authorizes the direct quotation.
This he does occasionally. not often.
He talks mostly in the third per-
son, referring to himself as the
President or the Executive.
Laddie Boy may come in. He is a
pup unafraid. On one occasion he
dashed in at 4 terrific rate and al
most terminated the conference.
We glance about the room and find
that four or five of US are women. A
little wisp Of a woman. garbed in
mourning, has taken her stand di-
rectly in front Of the Presidents
desk. She Is correspondent of a
paper in Georgia.
What full life she has had She
is Mrs. Helen Longstreet. widow of
the famous Confederate general.
The conference ends, having lasted
from five to fifty minutes. The
President brings it to a close himself.
That is all have to say. gentle
men," he announces quietly. His eye
falls upon the little woman facing
| him.
"And girls" he adds.
Evening star., 1922-11-23

the Department OF
Commerce. selected
to be chief Of the
bureau Of foreign
and domestic COM
merce. DIR. Klein
knows what these
chances are from
personal expert
ence.
Like the daunt-
less Aeneas, famed
by Virgil. who was
" m Il C h t o 8 8 e d
about on land and
sea. :" DIR. Klein had
turbulent and ha- =
RAISING times when
Evening star., 1922-11-23

Whenever Bill" Nye comes back to
town Washington forgets that she
has grown Indifferent to seeing her
notables. AS he walks down the
street with his easy, swinging stride.
people turn to look. Those who don't
know him likely as not will say at
their dinner tables:
I saw Woodrow Wilson on the
street today; and, say. he's looking
ane."
Erect, trim and aristocratic, profile
Evening star., 1922-11-23
: A Cautious Legislator.
This Is from Spokane, dated vest

TINS - 1fom Spokane, oAted ye6ter.
day:
United States Senator elect Clarence
C. Dill. democrat, announced today he
would not accept an invitation from
Senator La Toilette Of Wisconsin and
Representative Huddleston Of Ala
bama to attend Q conference Of pro
gressive leaders in Washington. D. G.
with any 'progressive" program. but
since recently elected democrats and
progresBives would not take seats
until March there would be plenty
Of time.
senatnr.elect Dfll b right. There 10
plenty of time. Who may say today
what tomorrow may brinss forth?
Evening star., 1922-11-23

Every generation has its advan-
taEes, and while the little boys of
today seem to have a great deal more
spending money and everything than
we had at their time of life, we can
not believe that it's anywhere near
30 much fun to pull bobbed hair as it
used to be to pull pigtails.-Columbus
Ohio state JoufnAl
Evening star., 1922-11-23

Clemenceau believes that Germany
is preparing for another war. The
belief Is one that has persisted for q
long time in France. with enough en-
couragement from time to time on
Germany's part to render it a habit
of thought.
Evening star., 1922-11-23
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Banqueteer.

The Banqueteer. :.
When a man of high position
Seeks his usefulness to prove,
And upon his lofty mission
Irresistibly would move,
He depends on one occasion
For his chance mankind to teach,
Using eloquent persuasion
In an after-dinner speech.
He may not be fond Of oysters,
Nor Of soup or fish or game,
But his grim digestion ROSTERS
Through the menu just the same,
Be he saint or be he sinner,
Hoping mortal souls to reach,
The great purpose Of the dinner
Is the after-dinner speech.
Evening star., 1922-11-23

It is somewhat irritating to find q
distinguished visitor waylaid by ban
quet committees in New York and
dulling his appetite for terrapin. can.
vasback and fried chicken.
Evening star., 1922-11-23

Will Hays and Judge Lands draw
large salaries, but fully earn them by
attending all the banquets at which
Evening star., 1922-11-23

Suggestions Of future war would not
be so terrifying if it were as easy to
limit the poison gas plants production
as it is to curtail the navy yard out
put.
Evening star., 1922-11-23

z IFE isn't just one round Of pink
teas, silk hats and frock coats
and handshaking for the men
- Uncle Sam sends overseas. Ship
wreck, surrounded by warlike natives
and close contact with ferooious beasts
Of the wilds are to be expected by the
commercial attache who goes voyaging
to build up foreign trade for American
business interests. And no one realizes
this better than DIR. julius Klein. whom
Secretary Hoover, when reorganizing
Evening star., 1922-11-23

The discreet policeman listens to
other peoples troubles, but does not
tell his own.
Evening star., 1922-11-23

Certain lines of sensational news
will sink into monotony when press
agents decide to censor the divorce
publicity.
Evening star., 1922-11-23

The fiction magazines are lamely
attempting to keep up with the New
Brunswick murder mystery.
Evening star., 1922-11-23
Worked on Shore.

DO you remember how our prof
iteerins old friend Cassius Chex, when
he was a boy, wanted to run away
and be a pirate?"
eyes," replied Senator Sorghum.
He changed his mind, at least to the
extent Of not running away"
Evening star., 1922-11-23

Kaiser" and "kaiserin" are titles
now important only as expressions of
domestic endearment.
Evening star., 1922-11-23

Having celebrated Beat the Rugs
week. 1t Is now necessary to observe
Take Out the Window Screens day
Lafayette journal and Courier.
Evening star., 1922-11-23

Among the things to be thankful for
this November are the weather bulle-
tins.
Evening star., 1922-11-23

We presume old age is beginning
to tell on you when no candy you
buy tastes half as good As 1t looks
Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette.