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WOMEN HIKING TO MIAMI
VISIT o. c. COMMISSIONERS

Two pretty Irish women. clad in
knickerbockers. yesterday visited the
District Commissioners. while en-
route by foot from Atlantic City to
Miami. Fla. Commissioners Oyster
and Rudolph gave them a signed
statement to show they visited Wash
ington.
The mixers. Kathleen O'Malley.
twenty-three years old, and Winifred
OMalley, thirty-three, left Atlantic
City February l. They plan to reach
Florida, walking from eight to
twenty miles a day. by June l.
The say they left Atlantic City
without a cent. They got money
since then by selling post card pic
lures of themselves.
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subscription with letter praising
the project. ...-
M. A. Leese was appointed chair
man Of a special committee to pre-
sent the proposition to a number Of
the larger commercial firms.
Robert N. Harper presided at the
meeting.
At the regular weekly luncheon
held at the City Club yesterday the
Typothetae of Washington Endorsed
the proposed erection of an audi.
forum in the District of Columbia
for convention and other purposes,
and have pledged themselves to con.
tribute $4,000 toward the successful
termination of the project.
Oscar II. Wright was named chair.
man of the Washington auditorium
committee of the Typothetae.
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$4,000 GIVEN
FOR BUILDING Of
D.C.AUD|TOR|UM
Success of Convention Hall Is
Now Assured-Mabel Board
man Lauds Project.

Reports at a meeting of the audi
forum organization committee held
at the New Willard last night indi-
Gated the SUCCESS of the Convention
Hall project. according to officials
of the committee.
A total of $437 900 in pledges and
subscriptions has has been received
SO far, out of the 100000 to be
raised.
Among the subscriptions received
last night was one from Miss Mabel
Boardman, who accompanied her
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The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion will hear rebuttal evidence Of
the various railroad companies
March 2, 8 and in the general In.
Vestigation of the rate situation
which the commission is now holding.
Oral argument will begin on March
8 and continue until March II.
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MIR. Hapgood knows
1.-The Men on the Inside
in Washington, DC, and in
every other capital of the
world.
With the great leaders of
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, 1922-09-01

eDt repositories, and constituting each the guard
ian II the public veal, against inyasions by the
others, has been eYinced by experiment, ancient
and modern; some of them in our country and
under our own eyes. To preserve them must be as
necessary as 10 institute them. If, in the Opin-
ion of the people, the distribution or modification
Of the constitutional powers be, in any particular,
wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the
way which the constitution designates. But let
there be no change By usurpation; for though this,
in one instance may be the instrument Of good, It
Is the customary weapon by which free govern
ments are destroyed. The precedent must always
greatly overbalance, in permanent evil, any partial
or transient benefit which the use can, at any
time, yield"
II would have been easy for President Harding,
in the strike disturbances, to oyerstep his consti-
tutional authority and Usurp the power of the
states in preserving peace and protecting life and
property. That power, once assumed and CON
coded, would mean tho devitalizing of state and
municipal governments, and the weakening Of the
sense of responsibility of the people for the kind
of government they have at the hands of their
chosen state aud municipal officials. No act Of
President Harding means more for good govern.
ment in America than his refusal to change the
federal constitution by ursurpatiou.
, 1922-09-01
What Is Lining Woge2

UHE RAILWAY shopmen and the maintenance
L organizations have asked the federal labor
board for a ruling and a definition of the principle
Of a living wage' as laid down in the transporta-
tion act. The board holds that it cannot go beyond
the act which prescribes the establishment of "just
and reasonable wages"
The trainers Of the law do not contend and the
public is well satisfied that the Esch-Cummins
act is not a perfect one and calculated to fit all
of the various situations arising in transportation
employment.
Tie men hold that a Giving wage" is nothing
less than As cents an hour, the minimum of the
wage scale which maintenance men have asked the
board to establish.
If the labor board is to take refuge in techni-
calities and retire behind the act as written in
words and has no power or authority to rule upon
questions that arise, the quicker congress amends
the act to give it the necessary elasticity the bet
ter for all concerned.
As a general thing powers should not be dele
gated promisciously, but here is a case involving
the life of the country and the welfare of a great
and deserving contingent of the population, and
the issues hold back the peaceful adjustment of
long standing grievances.
Argument there has been in plenty. Action, and
prompt action at that is all that remains to be
done.
Grant the railroad board the power not only
10 enunciate the principles established for 1t, but
the power to fix the wages and adjust the con
troversies that arise in the complex employment
of men governed by the act.
, 1922-09-01
Declines to Usurp

MANY MANIFESTATIONS of respect for the
VI ancient landmarks of American government
have come from President Harding. These have
demonstrated his wisdom as a statesman and have
justified the confidence reposed in him by the
people.
The president has never once lost sight of the
fact that he is the servant of the people and not
their master, and that the constitution measures
his powers as it also fixes his responsibility. The
return to government by law instead of govern
ment by individual ipso facto, is the most promis.
ing as we'll as the most pleasing feature of our
effort to return 10 normally.
The American people have the initiative, the en-
~terprise, and the resourcefulness to continue our
marvellous development as a nation unless their
efforts are hampered by governmental repression
or discouraged by a Socialistic policy which re.
lieYes the individual of responsibility and robs him
of opportunity. The Harding administration very
wisely instituted the policy of less government in
business.
Because public discussion has most frequently
directed public attention to Washington's advice
on avoidance of foreign en~tanglements, many PEG
pie overlook other and even more important fea.
lures of the famous farewell address. Before
liking of foreign relations, Washington pre-
Sc two subjects, which he apparently consid
We vital to the perpetuity of American lib
re first emphasized the Importance of pre-.
srvlng the national unity which constitutes us one
speople, and then warned against the dangeres OF
I usurpation of power. The text of this portion OF
his address is we'll worth quoting in these times.
"1t is important, likewise, that the habits OF
thinking in a free country should inspire caution
IN those intrusted with its administration to con
fine themselves within their respective constitu
tional spheres, avoiding, in the exercise of thu
powers of the department, TO encroach upon an
other. The spirit of encroachment tends to con
solidate the powers Of all the departments in one
md thus TO create, whatever the form of govern
ment, a real despOtism. A Just estimate of tina
love of power, and proneness TO abuse it which pre-
dominates in the human heart, is sufficient TO sat
isfy us Of the truth of this position. The necessit,
of reciprocal checks in the exercise of politica
power, by dividing and distributing it into differ
, 1922-09-01

water by pushing it on rollers, then
they climbed into II excitedly, after
that they looked blankly at eaeh other
while Uncle Ben on shore was driving
away. trying to hide his laughter,
Wait Oh. Uncle Ben. wait for
u.s. they shouted ana they climbed
out Of the boat. dragged it up, and
ran for the tsam.
why don't you boys so and play IN
your new boat" he asked them with
a most innocent expression. but they
knew that no was having a fine joke
on them and they falt rather sheep
ish about It.
IAN right, laugh at US II you want
to" said Ned with a grin. "In admit
we were hasty. we-er-we forgot
to make any oarst'
And tho boys had 70 Join their uncle
in his laughter. He helped them
make oars from some boards and Il
wasn't so very long before they had
sold enough pond lilies and fish to pay
for their target rifles. CMonday-Ad.
venture Trails
, 1922-09-01

The saving OF more than three
million dollars a day in the admin
tstration OF the government is n
gigantic Feat OF economic house.
keeping that cannot fail to interest
the women of America The gov
eminent of the United States is the
biggest job of housekeeping in the
world. Just what methods have
been adopted by which the cost Of
running the government has been
reduced nearly one-third in one
year may well receive the atten-
4ion of the women Of the country.
The answer lies in h inaug-
uratIon of the budget system The
national budget Is on the same
plan as the domestic budget A
calculation is made of the approx
mate sum which must be raised
by revenue each year. This cor
responds 10 the income of h head
of the family. The beauty of the
domestic budget system is that the
housewife must sacrifice n some
places in order to crafty her wish
70 add some books to her library
or to give a child some advantage
that might not be had otherwise.
Her sacrifice will make her value
all the more highly what she OBJ
tains as the result of it. The
beauty of the national budget is
accumulated by the fact that with
At the whole nation benefits.
A woman In trying to live within
a domestic budget does away with
all waste. She knows that when
she roasts. she must also bake,
thus cutting down on fuel. She
, 1922-09-01

vision is made for minority represen-
Can you imagine a state con-
vention OF any party nominating al
most every candidate from three or
four OF the larger cities OF the state
a county convention nominating
all OF the candidates from one pre-
cinct7 At the recent primaries most
of the Republican state nominees are
from Casper and Cheyenne and the
Democratic nominees from Cheyenne
and Sheridan. Or the county tickets
a large majority of the nominees on
both tickets are from Douglas.
Even the old-time party boss, when
he controlled a convention through
proxies (which. in our opinion. should
be ruled out Rlwnys) would make
every effort to induce capable men 10
become candidates. for he knew that
he could nominate winners. The con.
vention system lean strong. well
balanced tickets. The direct primary
means party disorganization."
, 1922-09-01

This leaves for uue In the United
states s6.72g enlisted men for the per
Torrance OF the many duties assigned
under tho national defense act.
in the distribut' N of troops in the
United States says the war depart
ment, "the greatest reduction neces-
sarily had to be made in our coast de-
tense and in the mobile force. By the
mobile force is meant that force used
for emergency purposes for the pro
lection of our southern border, as
a model and demonstrating .orce for
the citizen soldiers. and as a basis
for expansion in the event Of an at
tack by another nation or group of
nations. II was impossible to reduce
to any considerable extent the num-
Der of men allotted TO the overhead
of the three-part army. to the school
system, and on special duty with the.
national guard. organized reserves,
and r. o. T. C" This force which,
under the national defense act was to
consist OF 107, 600 men, must operate
with 3 1000. a substitute being found
for the divisional organization in the
reinforced brigade, and the training
centers abandoned.
II public opinion with respect TO
the whiting down OF the army was
reflected in the apprcpriatin act which
slashed 1t 55 per csI.. the public VIII
at least be glad to know what the war
department has made the loaves and
fishes perform miracles in the way of
distribution. Certainly the times war
rant 20 further reduction in our mill
tary forces unless we wish TO blow
taps" over the remains of the estab-
lishmenL
, 1922-09-01
SAVING THE PUBLICs MONEY
By
!. Mrs.. HARRIET TAYLOR UPTON

sees how foolish It is to have hot
water heater, wood or coal range
and gas range all lighted at one
Trme. In keeping within the fed
eral budget the department ex-
eeutives at Washington have prac-
tised constructive economy on a
tremendous scale. not easily COM
pretended by the keeper OF a.
small budget /.
A budget is a fixed thing. Every
body in the family knows Just how
much a DO spent The children
do not tease for extra money for
amusement because they know
there is none. In tho same way a
stop has been put to teasing in
governmental housekeeping under
the budget system. \ federal de-
partment which formerly resorted
to teasing tactics, when. for In
stance, 1t decided. It should have
more clerical help. knows that un-
der the budget system teasing Is
futile. It therefore turns It en-
orgies to readtuBtment and 20
ordination and In the majority OF
Instances 1t ands Il can get along
very well without additional cler-
icaI hire.
One of the nrst acts of the new
Republican Congress which came
into power under President Hard
ing was the passage OF a bud
set law. This was promptly sign.
by the President. Tho saving
under the federal budget system
is today as one OF the outstanding
achievements OF the present adj
ministratIon.
, 1922-09-01

The first thing 10 DO was TO deter.
mine how this reduced army, which
represents one soldier for each $500
citizens, could bs distributed among
tho several arms OF the service. The
distribution arrived at is as follws: In.
fantry, 45,42a; cavalry, SSH: field ar.
tilery. iz,17S; coast artillery, l2,o2s;
air service. $500: engineers, 5000;
signal corps. 2,1s4; quartermaster
corps. 5000; finance department, 3ss:
ordnance department. 2,5O7; chemical
warfare service. 445; medical depart
ment. 6.s5o; D.. z. NJ. l.. 5.7O4: unal-
lotted. 1o4. The force held r%esponsi-
BILE for the maintenance OF law and
order in our overseas possessions num-
her 2s.2T7. -apportioned as follows.
Philippine islands. 4.5I2: Hawaii. IA
755' Panama, sls5s; Porto Rico, I174.
, 1922-09-01

tions an earnest effort was usually
made to nominate a strong ticket; to
see that each section Of the county
or state was represented on that
ticket. At these conventions many
members OF every party were brought
together to talk over party matters
and organize and prepare for the cam
paign that followed. The system was
not perfect, and no other system ever
viii be, but the result was always bet
ter than # ever has been since the
change was made to the direct pri-
airy. The direct primary Is very ex-
pensive. It is disruptive of party or
g~apization. 1t is unfair, for no pro
, 1922-09-01
Feat of a Blind Man

Some years ago the London Lancet
cited a remarkable case IN which ex-
traordlnary ability in arithmetic cal
culation was associated with general
mental inferiority IL not actual insan-
ity.
The patient was completely blind
and was able to make elaborate calcu.
lations sue as the square root of any
number running into four figures in
an average of four seconds. and the
square root of any number running
into six figures in elk seconds. These
are mere %trifles. however, compared
with tho following:
He was asked how many grains Of
corn there would be in any one of 81
boxes. with one in the first, two in
the second. four in the third, eight in
the fourth and so on in succession.
He gave the W for the four
tenth (s,192l. for the eighteenth dS1.-
072) and the twenty-fourth G.sss, sosl
instantaheously, and he gave the fig
ures for the forty-eighth box u4o. 757.-
ass, 1855. 32s) in six seconds.
Further, on the request to give the
total in all the boxes up to and inclu-
ding the s~ixty-fourth, he furnished
the correct answer us,44e. IA 1913, 7o9.
551, el5) in IS seconds.
, 1922-09-01

y believe you boys want target
rifles" said Uncle Ben.
I'VE do shouted Ted and his
cousin Ned. un unison.
'H.m.m-m.' murmured Uncle Ben,
with a twinkle In his eyes. and Mr..
Dean the florist down TO the harbor
wants all the pond lilies he can get,
and Mr.. Streeter at the big hotel
wants all the fine fresh fish he can
get. and as both men are willing to
pay for them. why
We're off, declared TED. eagerly,
but Uncle Ben stopped him. The
swampy shore OF that pond is danger.
GUS. he said. and you boys viii need
a boat"
On Uncle Ben's farm was n large
pond with a shore so swamry that
could stand on it and shake it.
The result was that few people ever
flshed there or tried TO get the lilies.
Uncle Ben promised to help the boys
make a boat. Like so many other
things. It is easy enough when you
know how but the boys were disap-
pointed as they thought II would
mean weeks OF work, Instead OF that
it took them only two days.
First they selected two boards ~
feet long and 20 inches wide n cut
the bow from / to 2, 10 inches, FLOP
ing back from . to 3 three and a halt
feet. For the stern they sloped back
two and a half feet. This made the
sides. They made the boat three feet
wide. The seat In the bow flush with
the top Of tho gunwale, seats 3, c and
d were dropped down six inches and
under each of the middle seats were
placed square oil tins such as oil is
shipped m TO the Orient. shown al
(Gl and The cap at CD soidered. These
made tho boat non-sinkable. At E
are the eyes and at R) h hooks
showing how the rudder was fastened
on. At O is shown the block OF wool
that is screwed to h side for the
thole-pine or wooden oar-locks.
Now" exclaimed Ned. we'll hitch
up the horse to the hayrack and hau'
1t to the pond"
And watch It fill with water sale
Uncle Ben, cit has to be caulked ant
tarred." He showed them how tc
force shredded rope into tho cracks
and how to cover It with a coat o.
tar.
Ted made a hinged box Of the bow
seat for their fishing tackle. Nov
we're ready he said.
"Are you sure2" said Uncle Ben.
Tho boys looked the boat all over
they poured water inside and mad
, 1922-09-01

branches Of citizen soldiery; ozl to
maintain the necessary schools for
the training OF officers and enlisted
men Of the three components Of the
army. regulars, guards and reserves;
(9 to maintain the administrative
overhead for the three.party army; az
TO provide peace-time Earrisons for our
continental %defenses; (5l to pro.
vide peace and war garrisons for cur
overseas possessinB; tl to maintain a
well-trained force for pur.
poses and TO serve as a model and
demonstrating force for the two
bodies Of citizen soldiery. How to sue
coed in these missions with a force
less than As PEI cent OF that provided
in the act assigning them was. Of
! course. the problem which tn,
war department had to meet.
, 1922-09-01
Should Be Repealed

Last Tuesdays election has clearly
demonstrates one thing-that the
Wyoming primary should be re.
peaied,' declares the Douglas Enter
prise. Like many others we believed
for many years that the only way TO
eliminate party bosses was to place
the power to make party nominations
directly in the hands OF the rank and
file. It was n lovely dream
Under the convention system dele
gates were elected from each precinct
who met in county Convention TO nom
mate n county ticket r send dele
gates to a state convention to noni-
nate a state ticket. At these conven-
, 1922-09-01
Our Reduced Army

To get some idea o: the defamation
Of the United States army caused by
the appropriation bill for the fiscal
year 1923. it is only necessary 20 state
That the enlisted strength OF the army
vas, IN the score Of economy. cut from
$4,000 as provided for in the national
defense act Of 1920, to 125. 900 as at
present authorized This is 1O2. OOC
below b number provided for in ths
national defense act OF 1915.
Congress having spoken, the army
has moved stesdly to It's task. Th,
missions Of the army, assigned by tn,
defense act Of 1870 were ~ to trail
and develop the national guard an,
The organized reserves, ths two gtea
, 1922-09-01
Bad PoIicu

QUOTING the Sheridan Post as authority for the
Z statement coming from W. B.. Ross, Democratic
candidate for governor, to this effect:
me rents and royalties from the vast oil prop.
critics OF the state should be used for the reduction
OF lntolerable tax burdens that are now pressing
the people instead of being laid aside for the bene,
fit of future generations"
The Cheyenne Tribune says this:
rms statement may rise to plague Mr.. Ross in
the campaign. 1t is too much like the policy of the
INDIVIDUAL spending all of his income and placing
none OF IL out at interest. The strength of yyyo.
ming's finances today is in its large endowment
fund which is accumulating every year.
MT Hays policy of economy and reduction will
meeL WIN more general approval. The thrifty in
dividual spends less and saves more Ann.rs,t 81
Mr.. Ross would have us spend everything inclpd.
ing oil rentals and royalties" ~
The new chairman of the Renublicor g..
mlttee of Kansas eninrs the - - ~ I'm I'm
, 1922-09-01

Classified ads In the Tribune are
winners and possibly the keys we
gre with every SOC paid at office viii
win you a big prize. 8-1s-tf
, 1922-09-01

sure it was water tight, and then In.
sisted that all wan ready. Uncle Ben1s
eyes seemed laughing but he sais
nothing and they hauled the bo,t
down 10 the pond as near as the horse
could get. then they got It into the
, 1922-09-01

Use our signs first because our
signs last. Wood. the sign man,
S-qa.ft
, 1922-09-01

Tomor-ow-Merry Makinys.
Copyright, 1929, by, George Matthew
Adams. Y
, 1922-09-01

Wood. the sign man. Phone 1880.
S-29-5t
, 1922-09-01

me new chairman of the Republican state com.
mlttee oil Kansas enjoys the name of Hawk. They
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-03-09

Of vamping'' the young hero by placing her hand on his arm while they were dancing. This caused much consternation and horror among the readers. Also it was shame for a girl who allowed herself to be kissed or to kiss a man who had not tnten- ltlon or marrying her. But let me say that the young man today who Is Kissed by the modern girl is much safer than the man who was touched on the army by the hand of Mrs Humphrey Wards vilIainess
 Miss Rutz-Rees told of the very great importance in the yesteryear of being "ladyHke" and stated that Mrs Pankhurst sounded the death kneII of this belief when she said that if she was not ladylike she was nevertheless a woman.
 If you should notice the novels of grandmother's time which nice young girls would not read, the unsuspecf- ing heroine was dragged to her rufna- ton by the lies of some designing william, but you do not find it so much in books of the present day, why? because a villain hasn't got even a chance with the modern girl, she is too wise and too far sighted to believe him." the speaker said
 In conclusion Miss Rutz-Rees said The women of today should make the modern girl her companion and feIp- mate Do not be afraid to place re- sponsibility on her shoulders for she is strong and wise and unusually will ing to cooperate for public welfare"