The Washington times., 1922-07-14

Warn Railroads, Also.
Shooting, or Hanging7
It Works In Germany.
What Woman Is Create
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the army and in the marine corps.
That Is a warning to workmen
on strike--meaning that the
Government will enforce the
Presidents proclamation. with
force if necessary.
The railroads seem not very
conciliatory, not overanxious
to cooperate with the Presi-
dent in his peace efforts.
Whatever the railroads have
wanted they have taken--out Of
the public's pocket-ever since
the war started; hundreds and
hundreds of millions; also the
right to combine. to raise rates,
to do as they choose. Some
warning to them, following the
warning to workers, might be
timely.
Mr.. Woods, formerly Of Wash
tngton. convicted of killing his
wife in Salt Lake City, and al
lowed to choose death by hang
ing or shooting, chooses shoot
ing. Which would you choose
In that unfortunate position?
The colored Lady, asked If she
would rather bring up boys or
girls, answered: "If l had my
druthers. wouldn't bring up
neither"
Men forced to choose between
hanging and shooting would
choose shooting nine times out
Of ten, because 1t is less dis
graceful. But shooting is more
painful, unless a bullet enters
the brain. in which case there
is no pain.
And shooting involves a men
tai effort. You must stand up
and wait, contributing to your
fate; with hanging, everything
is done for you.
Curious is a law that gives a
man his choice, like a sort Of
executioner's table d'hote. The
brutal thing is that killing is
still officially done.
Railroad statistics for q week
show in 1922, as compared with
the same week in 1921, 67,047
fewer cars loaded. The business
of the country amounted to st.
900 carloads less in one week
than 1t had amounted to the same
week a year before.
At the same time Mr.. Haw-
thorne, secretary Of the mechani-
cal division Of the American
Railway Association, warns
Americans against German COM
petition. The railroad secretary
might notice that IN Germany
the railroads are nun By the goy-,
ernment for the benefit cS manu-
facturers and business. Here
they are run by private indi-
viduals and run for the benefit
of the stockholders.
Germany, owning her railroads,
encourages canal building. This
country, largely controlled by
railroads, 'discourages canal
building.
Here they say that govern
ment ownership Of railroads
must be a failure. Why must it?
Everybody knows that through
out the war the German rail-
roads, owned and managed by the
government, were marvels Of
efficiency, transferring German
armies rapidly and surely from
the eastern to the western front,
and back.
Women's clubs and some gen
tlemen are asked to name the
twelve greatest women Of
America" They have not an
swered the preliminary question,
"What is great woman ?" One
lady suggests, "She doesn't have
TO do anything great, she just is
great"
That is a little vague. You
call a man a great artist when he
paints great picture, a great
writer when he writes a great
book, etc. Nothing counts but
actual achievement, something to
show.
The greatest woman, Of course,
Is the woman that has the great
est product to show. Washing
tons mother was great, so was
her mother. Shaliespcare's
mother WIS 4 very great woman,
SO was the mother Of Sarah
Bernhard, who is herself a
great woman, and has proved 1t
for fifty years,
Unless you have done and can
show something t'1at can be call
ed great in itself. you may bc
admirable, but are not great.
Three men have naw bern SEN
fenced to death In .'nnr.ction
with the KIDNAPPING and iiiliuc Of
a child five years old, Giuseppe
Verotta. For kidnap;n,. ~ prn-
ishment could be too sewers, you
may say. The trouble is shat
when the penalty is death men
will inflict death to escape.