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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-11-01
EDITORIAL DIGEST

ested in the Navy, the Parkersburg
News is convinced. If for no other
reason than that naval defense is
a constantly changing science, and n
greater change has ever been mark
ed in 1t than is now taking place
through the development of the air
arm. Aircraft construction Is stilI
an experiment. We have merely gon.
far enough to sense its tremendou
possibilities. Not to follow up wha,
already has been done is to invite
future disaster if war should come"
Gov. Bakers opposition was no,
well founded" and it was "entireIy
proper to show the vital relation be-
tween the Navy and all the activities
OF our national life as they have been
demonstrated throughout our history
,arlStic and keeping Roosevelt's
Dlrthday anniversary as Navy day Is
not going to make them So" Assail
ing the motives behind the opposition
OF the Governor of Maine, the Bos, op
Transcript declared that "he is no,
he deliberately misrepresented" the
naval treaties and absented himself
from the citizens military training
camp because he was in doubt re-
garding the desirability of training
the youth of Maine with the colors
OF national citizenship" The Chicago
tribune. IN declaring that there WA:
be a serious attempt to reduce the
Navy below the point of safety" al
leges that "our Navy has wri+ter
many OF the glorious pages in his
tory and 1t needs friends today. Tn.
less II nnds them IN sufficient num-
Der the nation will be the loser In
the hour of trial which comes to ali
peoples and one day or another will
come to US"
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vengeance on the part Of the father
of one Of Villas former followers in
his military campaign. whom Villa,
he believes. killed in anger after re-
treat from a town the Villistas had
occupied.
seemed to be smooth at the big ranch
which "Pancho" was seeking to make
model for all Mexico. with educa-
tional facilities. with improved ma
despotism. There have been no indi-
cations that the former bandit chief
tain was politically inclined, and he
seemed to be consistently cooperating
with the new administration of Mex
leo to stabilize the country. This pres
ent trouble does not suggest that Villa
may return to the warpath. 1t seems
to be Il personal private feud. If
"Paneho" follows his old course he
may go after his assailant and those
who participated in the recent upris-
inSs. When such thing starts in
Mexico there is no telling where it
will end. If Villa decides on this
course he may soon be back in the
saddle ranging the hills.
Villa has made many friends in this
country by his reformed conduct since
the late unpleasantness subsidized, and
his admirers. many of them formerly
now that this affair will not turn him
back into a brigand. TO make Mexico's
reorganization more difficult.
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Permanent Safety Work.

Efforts to make Washington less
subject to traffic accidents have
reached the point of a proposal by an
organization committee of citizens to
form permanent public safety COM
mittee, to operate continuously. with
perhaps a special week to introduce
the work marked by demonstrations
ly with the need Of greater care on
the part of both drivers and pedes-
TRANS. This plan will be finally con-
sidered tomorrow, and it Is expected
will be made at once toward organiza.
ton.
True safety work is not spasmodic.
but continuous. Safety weeks have
their undoubted value through pub
LEFTY and display in bringing home
directly to everybody the need of
greater care in using the streets. But
unless this demonstration and the in
tensive instruction accompanying are
followed continuously the impressions
of d particular period will fade, and
soon the habit OF carelessness, both
awheel and afoot, reasserts itself and
once more the casualty records are in
creased.
The work of permanent organiZa-
ton such as that proposed will con-
sist in the maintenance OF constant
instruction and warning TO keep per-
petually before the minds of all in
Washington the need OF the utmost
care in the use of the capital
thuroughfares. 1t is essential also for
such Il committee, representing natu-
rally the motorists Of the city in large
degree, to work for the Improvement
of the traffic conditions through such
changes in the regulations as expert
ence may have shown to be desirable
and through their enforcement to the
strictest possible point.
Accidents cannot be wholly elm
mated But accidents through care
lessness, through the needless actions
of people who walk in the streets. both
old and young. through the reckless
speed or corner cutting or inconsider-
ate crowding by motorists can be pre-
vented by the invocation Of habits Of
carefulness. perhaps stimulated by
punishments for those who violate
rules.
The capitals Traffic Court is now
working satisfactorily in that it con-
centrates all cases Of this character
and makes certain the scrutiny of rec
ords to detect repeated offenders
against the rules. Penalties are being
increased, and it is no longer possible
for rulebreakers to evade the price Of
their folly or disregard for safety. Yet
further advance is possible and de-
sirable along this line. Perhaps Wash
ington needs a larger traffic police
force. The citizens safety committee
may. upon study Of the situation, SO
determine. and it will doubtless work
in that event for an increase in the
appropriations to the end of making
Washington. with its broad and well
paved streets and its lack Of heavy in
dustrial traffic, the safest city in the
United States.
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italy and America,

In an interview yesterday with
newspaper correspondents-the United
States was represented among the
callers-the italian premier said:
We hope to achieve a policy of rap
procurement and closer relations and
and the United States. Please don't
quote me as wishing to give advice
TO the United States, because my
hands are full right here.
This is a new, .refreshing and wei.
come note. and sets Signor Mussolini
apart in the matter.
Many European statesmen, and men
outside Of politics, are on the other
tack They are assuming that the
United States stands in need Of ad-
vice, and are offering 1t freely. Some
are crossing the ocean In order to
give It. One might almost suppose we
were. or should be, in leading strings,
and in a toddler's danger Of tripping.
The assumption quite overlooks the
fact that American affairs are In
thoroughly competent hands. Mr..
Harding has been in Office continu.
ously for eight years-six 10, the Sem
etc, and two IN the whita Hsuap
ana thus has foiiowsds Nith a ~
opportunittea 1ue obeerynx No. 41G1 -
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Here and There i'm Washington
BY 1.-THE MAJOR"

the attorney listen to him for q few
moments and advise him as to the
chances of his winning the case.
There was nothing about the elderly
ones appearance to indicate that the
fee would be other than a small one
and yet, true to his early teachings,
he accorded the visitor a courteous
hearing. only to find that the pro-
spective client represented one OF the
largest business concerns In the
country. After the formal proceed
ings had been conducted the client
told OF an experience that happened
to him number of years ago when
he had visited another lawyers Of
fee, had been given the third degree
by a gum chewing gate custodian
and how, when he had been ushered
into the lawyers presence. the latter
paid but little attention to what he
had to say. He added that the re-
tainer in that case, in which the
lawyer in question did not partici-
pate, amounted to $4,000. Courtesy
pays.
i in sending fifty million dollars
in gold to this country as a partial
payment of the debt owed to the
United States has aided very ma
teriaily in lessening the anti-British
sentiment that was rapidly growing
in this country. While friendship
cannot. of course. be measured by I'll.
medium of dollars and cents or pound.
shilling and pence, yet between ma
tions. as between individuals, there
Is always a better feeling II the
debtor at least shows some DISPOSE
ton to cancel an obligation. If some
diplomats were really diplomatic they
would See that their countries made at
least some effort to show their appre
citation of what the United States dio
for them during the late war.
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COME day some bright mind will
~ conceive the idea of building a
modern and up-to-date apartment
house. the first floor Of which will BE-
used for the purpose of housing the
automobiles that belong to the ten
ants. Imagine what a comfort it
would be to know that when you are
able to rent an apartment you are
also in a position where you can fine
home for your flivver or twin six .
One OF the greatest problems that
confront the average home seeke.
today is that of finding Il place in
which to store the family automo-
bile. Stables that are none too good,
from a sanitary standpoint. are
bringing rents far in excess of the
price secured when they were used
for the home of Dobbin and Jerry.
Aside from the amount of money on,
has to pay for a place in which to
keep a car. there Is the great and
added difficulty of finding even a
moderately satisfactory place in
which to store ones machine.
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Rad Man Who Saw Owens Hand
Experienced Loss of Interest

! The bad man" was bad no longer.
He pleaded for his life. Mr.. Owen
answered it was time to put an end
! to threats and attempts on his own
life. Notwithstanding the fact that
Mr.. Owen was recognised as a law
| abiding citizen. his enemy realized
he was in desperate danger and that
few would have blamed Mr.. Owen
,, had he pulled the trigger. At that
, moment he caught sight of a Ma
sonic pin which Mr.. Owen wore
pinned to his vest.
I'm a Mason" he told Mr.. Owen.
and continued his pleading. Finally
Mr.. Owen released the man after he
had promised never to threaten or
to attack him again. Owens enemy
returned to the saloon from which
he had issued forth not long before.
much like a dog with his tail be-
tween his legs after a beating. He
had boosted to his pals In the saloon
! he would make. Owen show his
hand"
'Did you make him?" they asked as
the man entered the saloon.
"Yes." he said; but Owen had a
gun in it."
At another time word came to
Senator Owen that another enemy had
hired two men to assassinate him.
There were men who willingly would
have hired themselves to owen, too,
to put his enemy out of business. One
of the. latter came to him with an
offer.te do the job for $76. But Owen
would not consent to such a plan.
Instead. he made q bargain with this
man, that the enemy in question
should be killed. He offered the man
and pal Of his sum of money for
the john. case 'he (Owen) first
should be killed. Then Mr.. owen saw
to it that tho news Of this bargain
should reach the ears Of the man who
Iwsl. yS1nt N hsys him kiitsd: That
|bnt IS sadstx further treuSSs from
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lease was worth more. In the end the
Indians obtained 100000.
Not only did Senator Owen put an
end to the hopes of easy money
hut he also brought about the indict-
mont of one of the mon involved In
tho attempt to swindle the Indians
This man was known as a bad man.
He became enraged and threatened
the life of Owen. He went to the
offico of Senator. Owen with the
avowed intention Of killing him.
Senator Owen was never the kind OF
a man to sit still and allow himself
to be killed, however. When the gun
play started---as. start It. did on tho
entrance Of the man into Owens ofiesv'
Senator Owen leaped for the mans
wrist. caught Il and showed the gun
slxsl. Il 4 - - ) * ss 1 ats
-: -, q
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A Near East Program.

1t came somewhat as q sur III iSe ~
the American people when the allied
powers invited this government TO be
come an active participant in the near
east peace conference at Lausanne.
The American position with respect
10 involvement in European AFFAIRS
Fad been so often and so fully stated
that it had been thought there no
longer could be lack of understanding
in the. chancelleries of Europe. Ap-
parently this assumption was I'M
founded, else the invitation to l.au-
same would not have been sent for
ward.
So again the Washington govern
ment is called upon TO state It's posi-
ton, and again it is stated Win
clarity and couciusivenesS that
ought to get over" to even the most
obtuse Of foreign diplomats. Briefly,
The American position is that whi!e
this country has no intention OF tax
ing part in political or territorial. iu-
iustmcnts in the eastern hemisphere
II will not consent that any material
and lust American interest snail ne
s,critired in such settlements. So.
while no American pienipotentiaries
will sit in the conference AT Lausanne,
observers will he sent there WHO Will
he in position to define American IN
forests and to see that they are not
encroached upon.
If other ministers Of state would use
a. simple and as direct language IN
their communications as was USED oS
Secretary hughes in declining the
Lausanne invitation misunderstanding
ings between nations would have less
chance TO develop and grow. lie tu4d
rot only what the United States
wants, but what it does not want.
Declaring strongly against secret
treaties and agreements, the COM
@ nlllnica ton says:
II is no. fell that the arrangements
previously made with respect TO Iurk-
ish territory which provide FOR the
,rtabIishrnent cf zones of special conf
Tn,rc;ai ard economic influence
IRE conEonant with the principle OF
.dua,fty of economic opportunity
a.
seeking for itself or its nationals po-
siri1n OF special privilege, but II desires
70 protect its rights and to assure the
open eeor.
In, addition to points which touch
its own rights and the rights of Amer
p lean. citizens. this government wants
t1 see suitable provision made for safe
sy harding the rights Of minorities in
: Tllrkish territory, and a fair field of
opportunity for all. That is the sum
ssi,,at .of American policy in the near
-raxt. If the statesmen OF Europe are
cslT&fse for u solution Of the problem
e och will have some promise OF being
permanent they cannot do better than
,,dont the American program. Ger
ta,irly the experiment Of a square deal
all around is worth trying in Euro
pean diplomacy. European diplomats
ought not to reject so promising
prospect merely because the idea is
new 10 them.
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SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Child Play.
The little hobgoblin Is sleepy
As Halloween play finds an end.
The shadows come silent and creepy
And mothers q dear, welcome
friend.
The mask with the grimace unholy,
He had worn for awhile with such
glee,
He lifts from his face. very slowly,
And whispers, Its only just me-"
Like others, grown old but no wiser,
He laughed at the fears he might
spread;
Disdaining the friend and adviser,
As the dance Of the moment he led.
But pretence Is a joy unenduring.
Affection soon offers Its plea,
So wistful, and all reassuring,
Don't be frightened. It's only Just
me-"
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Life-Master Dramatist,

Ever and again comes living proof
that fiction has no monopoly on ro-
nance, that the mind OF the creative
artist can devise no situation more
filed with human interest than can
life itself. Such evidence inheres in
the reunion of the family of Wilson
Fox at Dover and the incidents lead
ing up to 1t.
two daughters disappeared, leaving
behind her husband and two sons. The
girls were Small-nine and eleven
years old-scarcely fitted toy contend
with the storms that buffeted them
as they were taken on and on by the
for the trio. the boys We're taken into
the home of friends. Then the father
disappeared. The dissolution of the
family. apparently. was complete.
Four years pass. The boys-now
young men-are returning from work.
Of the house the youths have learned
to call home spring two girls, arms
outstretched. A moment of astonish-
ment and brother and sister are in
each others arms. Nearly one-third
Of the way across the continent these
teen now-had come to join their
brothers, unwilling to remain longer
with the mother they felt had not
been true to her parental trust.
1t is not the last act. Two days
approaches the house. 1t is the
father. whose four-year quest for his
children is about to end.
The fictionist. doubtless. would ring
down the curtain here on a happy
doubt. but not the end. Life must 60
on for the father and his children,
and for the mother who is excluded
from their httle circle IT, mys ~
of the future is still before them,
Observation-Disclosures News.
The height of fashion is descend.
ing-Asheville Times.
Many a sheik at the office helps
wash the dishes at home.-Bridge-
port Post.
"Have women souls?" Sure. Ambas-
sador Harvey. Also they have a vote!
Boston Globe.
October" says press humorist.
as summers colored supplement"
Then November must be its Congress
sional Record.-Boston Transcript.
The immigration bars may have to
be lowered to offset our loss in popu-
lation through the triangle MUIR
derseIpdianapolis Star.
An American in Paris has been ar
/, rested for attempting to sell hotel
| he did not own. Possibly he thought
his receipted board bill was a trans
fer Of title.-Paasaic Herald.
Now that Bonar Law has moved
fiNto 10 Downtn3 street Iond6h. 4feat
/ - IA sss1 tn S1Nl1q1 4 ISISek1f
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with high station. the development Of
affairs that has brought the world to
its present pass.
Mr.. Hughes has been in Office almost
clear and keen intelligence to our
foreign relations, How well he has
mastered the subject Is attested by the
marked impression he has made on
foreigners and his own countrymen
alike.
America needs no outside advice as
to her duty to the world or to her
self. but If she did she could not at
ford to take it from those whose hands
are, or should be, full at home.
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cry often you give your auto
mobile a complete overhaul
Ing. you let 1t rest for sew

ing, you let II rest Tor sew
eral days, you give 1t the
tenderest care, but how often do you
stop to consider that that wonderful
piece of mechanism we call our body
receives but scant attention? Do you
ever stop and think of the abuse to
which we subject 1t. how we eat i'm
properly balanced food. how we sub
ject Ut to strains that would wreck q
less beautifully designed piece of
mechanism, how we subject it to
tensions that defy all IDEAS Of good
eldfashio commonsense, how we
place upon different portions of 1t
strains that nature never intended to
be placed upon any section of our
being: did you ever stop and think of
that engine we call the heart that
functions from seventy to eighty times
a minute day in and day out. month In
and month out. year In and year out.
without ever a chance to have rest
how we strain those wonderful things
We call eyes, how we place additional
burdens upon our lungs, and then we
often wonder why we don't feel well?
~ y
IF you see the assistant head of the
household, the father of a young
boy, moving as if he had been taking
unusual and undue exercise. walking
as II his joints were slightly stiff
and muscles somewhat cramped, you
may know that the father of the
household has been out on the lot
1T 1t I~,l Il
and handing him the usual lot of
bunk of how when he, father. was at
school he was the captain of the team
and the champion of that year,
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\ CERTAIN young man in this city
"A is going to make his mark as a
captain Of industry some day, IL care
fulness Of expenditures means any
thing to him. He Is engaged to a
young woman in Chicago who likes
those little marked attentions to a
degree that necessitates his calling
her up at least two nights a week.
which he does exactly at midnight on
the days in question. He explained
to her by letter that he was kept in
his office until late those nights. that
he could telephone her from there
much better than he could from his
hotel and that 1t would. indeed, be a
pleasure to hear her voice just be-
fore she retired. Telephone rates
after midnight are much less.
y * X x
XIOU never can tell from the way
i they look or the way they dress
just how valuable a client may prove
to be. The truth of this can be
vouched for by young attorney.
who a week or SO ago was called
upon by rather plain looking old
gentleman, who came into the bar
rister's Office with the request that
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| sister Of an Indian
chieftain. took the
part Of the In
dians IN many con-
troversies. which
arose in the In
dian Territory. 1t
happened { h a t,
acting on his ad-
vice, the Indians
refused to lease
s ON Q 100000
acres of land to
white men for
100000. on the
ground that the
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Villas Latest Trouble.

Reports that Francisco Villa, Mex
ico's former bad man." had been
wounded recently in an uprising on his
ranch and been driven from the place
in flight. show that "Pancho's" pros
perity as a landed proprietor and head
Of - colony Of agricultural workers
has been rudely interrupted. Judging
1rum the somewhat confused accounts
IL the AFFAIR which have come nort5 |,
thA uouhls arose rom = motive ee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-11-01

The eminent detective Sir Basil
Thompson says that Scotland Yard
would have proceeded in a somewhat
different manner with the New Bruins
wick mystery. So would police head
quarters In Alexandria, Va, or
YonSers, N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-11-01

Lady Aston assures the English
workingman that she Is not trying to
take beer away from him.. thus demon
strating the fact that she has a prac-
teal sense Of politics as it applies to
a special constituency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-11-01

Nobody in England appears anxious
to persuade Rudyard Kipling to get
out and make few campaign
speeches.
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Halloween masqueraders enabled
Washington, D. c., to show the world
that it can stage a big street demon
stration with no politics.
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The Turkish troops are regarded as
displaying much self-control when not
Engaged in burning up town.
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Various publications have indicated
that the leading qualities of some
eminent cabinet officials have been ad-
mirable abilities in the line of sup
pressed emotion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-11-01

Occasionally a very rich man is
mentioned for high governmental
honors not because Of his wealth, but
in spite Of 1t.
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Definition Of the term Giving wage
Is not accurately arrived at, owing
to the different scales on which diff.
ferent people insist on trying to live.
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Italy finds confidence in dealing
with a situation which calls on men
to wear the black shirt instead of
hosting the black flag.
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Uncle Sam Is viewed with astonish-
mcnt abroad as one who refuses to buy
wine though abundantly equipped with
the price.
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Instead of lingering on the verge
Of war" as in days gone by. Europe
now fingers on the verge Of peace.
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Bonar Law has the official authority,
but Lloyd George is attracting the
audiences. .-..-
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Even those who approve a high
tariff resent the high prices.
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7 7 ow a thug in Oklahoma forced
ID Senator Robert L. owen. at
that time acting as Indian
= agent. to show his hand. and
what Senator Owens hand contained
is a dramatic incident of the earlier
DAYS in what was still called 'the
frontier country"
Senator Owen, himself a descendant
of Ouatsis, a beautiful Indian girl.