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The Washington herald., 1922-12-21
Hdngn,an Hangs Self

n VEN the most humane sort of
person reads with grim salts
II faction that Comrade Youkoff
-Bolshevik hangman who has sent
on deaths mysterious excursion
1000 of his fellow Russians since
l92O-has finally taken his own
medicine, committed suicide by
hanging. Probably the best deed
OF his miserable life.
He that killeth with the sword
must be killed with the sword" +"
That is text which Europe should
re-learn and take to heart. Instead
of alternately cajoling and ma
ligning America and impenitently
swashbuckling - the while thew
maintain their enormous military
establishments and their mutually
menacing attitude-let them all re-
pent, balance their budgets, reduce
their ornaments, get to work, at
least assume" a mutually friendly
spirit if they have it not.
And then they will not so des-
perately need the American help
for which they clamor. Instead of
hanging themselves they will find
themselves we'll able to help
themselves.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21
Printers Ink Wasted

THE Empire State Gas and Elec-
tric Association issues a
i weekly bulletin combating
public ownership.
A recent issue quotes Carl d.
jackson. retiring president of the
National Association of Railway
and Utilities Commissioners, in a
chOrtle of glee because California
voted down the socialistic' pro-
posal of public development of
water power
Mr.. Jackson's contentious are
briefly these:
That il was private enterprise
which did the experimenting and
other pioneer work upon which
present electrical industries rest :;
That private enterprise can best
continue this work; and
That 'socialistic governmental
doctrine might discourage the
entire undertaking."
Mr.. jackson omits reference to
Ontario, Canada, where results
point the other way.
He. also Omits reference to the
vote in New York, which clearly
indorsed what California rejected.
Last, but not least, he omits
reference to the New York subway.
by far the most successful rapid
transit system in the world, which
could never have been created ex-
cept under public ownership.
His argument amounts simply to
personal dislike of public effort to
do for public benefit at cost what
private effort will not do unless
privileged to charge extprtionate
profit.
We wonder that the Gas and
Electric Trust should consider such
an argument worth the cost of
printing and postage.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21
Il Tale of TWO
Governments

nNE of ,ther results Of the
Fascist black-shirted revolu-
tion in Italy is the announce
.ment by Premier Mussolini, the
leader of the Fascist, that he will
grant the newspapers freedom
wherever they deserve freedom.
AND HE rs TO BE THE JUDGE
OF WHEN AND WHERE THEY
DESERVE FREEDOM!
Italy has a fine government to-
day! Her people ought to be proud
of it! A government not elected
by the people, but set up by force /;
a government that burns up the
buildings and plants of opposition
papers and threatens imprisonment
of those who oppose it too vigor-
ously!
Where are the American news
papers which have been filled with
anathema against Russiaf Where
is Secretary Hughes and the pres
ent Administration We hear no
fulminations against the revolution
in Italy. We negotiate with the
revolutionary government we keep
our ambassador there. We treat
the new government as an equal,
although the revolutionary sweat is
still on its brow, while we refuse
to recognize the Russian Govern
ment, which has proved to be the
most stable in Europe and has now
existed for six long years through
all the vicissitudes of the most un-
stable period of European history.
1t is not so much that we disap-
prove of the recognition of the
present Italian Government by our
own; for we do not disapprove of
it. 1t is none of our business what
other people do or do not do in
the control of their own affairs. If
the Italian people are content to
submit to the kind of government
they now have, though we may
have our opinion of the capacity of
the Italian people for self-determi-
nation, it is not our business to
refuse our recognition to the gov
ernment which they tolerate.
1t is our failure to recognize
potentially the greatest country in
Europe and the Hypocrisy that has
excused our attitude which dis
heartens lovers of justice and
mercy and sickens believers in
liberty
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21

MOT long ago a section of Southwestern
~ Michigan was agitated over the report
of lien having been seen roaming in the
fields. People were afraid to 60 abroad.
Schools were closed. Searching parties.
armed with guns and revolvers, searched
brush and woods for the ferocious beast.
And then 1t turned out that the lion was
nothing more than a big, ferce-looking
dog who wagged his tail when anyone
patted his head.
ISN'T 1t a peach of a parable? How
! many Of the lions that bother and worry
as turn out. in the end, to be merely dogss
Look back over your career and review
the times when you were terribly worried
over some domestic or financial or social
or physiological lion. How you lay awake
at night. chewing the cud of worry. How
you feared to confront your trouble. How
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21

I TRULY believe that most of us suffer
more misery from phantom fears and
groundless worry than We do from the. real
mishaps of life. Our troubles we are abso-
lutely sure. are raging lions. Clear as our
mind may be to realize the absurdities
other peoples fear. 1t seems unable to
cope sanely with our ewn.
In most cases the origin of fear can be
traced to ignorance and cowardice. Know
ing the origin, 1t ought not be difficult for
US to fnd the remedy.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21
Double BarreIed

nNE thing that swells your coal
ID bill is the high freight cost
" in it.
The average freight charge for
all things hauled is a third less
than the charge for hauling an
thracite, which is easily handled
and doesn't shrink or spoil.
The reasonY Merely that the
men who own the coal mines also
own the railroads.
They get us both ways.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21

TO those who brood and worry-which.
you know. generates real poison in
their bodies-I recommend Ella Wheele:
Wilcox's famous poem, This Too Shall
Pass away" 1t tells of a monarch who
offered a reward for a motto that would
soothe his forlorn hours and selected the
one which gives its title to the poem:
Since life fs brief we need to make
1t bright.
Then keep the old kings motto
we'll in sight,
And let its meaning permeate
each day,
Whatever comes, This too shall
pass away.
AND don't forget the lion and the dog.
Copyright. 1922. by ling Features Syndicate. Incl
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21

spinning tops should stand up.
And natural" II is, OF course,
like every other observed phe-
nomenon. But such defiance
of the law of universal gravi-
tation calls for an explanation
none the less.
The explanation is found in
the principle Of gyroscopic &C.
ton, according to which a rc-
tating body tends to maintain
its axis in a given position.
Bodies that illustrate this prin-
ciple are called gyroscopes-
whether small bodies like a top
or bodies the size Of planets or
suns. Our earth is a huge BY
roscope, spinning necessarily,
with it's axis pointing the same
way year after year. Other
wise we should not have the
regular sequence Of the sea-
sons.
1T is clear. then. that gyro-
L scopic force can exert E
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21
THE SPECTATOR
The Human Element
A MAN told me the other day

MAN tOlu me tHe OtueI ody
"A a peculiar story.
He said he was going along In
a taxi in a city park. and he
noticed an elegant private linn
CUISINE coming slowly toward
him. Suddenly the limousine
made a quick turn and crashed
into a tree. The lady who was
in the back seat was thrown
through the front glass and her
face was badly cut. A little
child was with her. but neither
the child nor the chauffeur was
injured.
The driver Of the taxi Joined
the crowd that collected around
the scene Of the accident. When
he returned to his taxi, a man
asked him what made the trou-
BILE.
THE chauffeur was asleep"
said the taxi driver.
When the man expressed sur
prise at this. the taxi chauffeur
said that he had known other
instances OF this kind. He him
self had found himself dropping
to sleep on one or two occasions.
Particularly. when driving slow
ly a chauffeur is liable to lapse
into sleep, though probably it
will be for only a minute or two.
STILL" he continued, "a min
ute's enough"
No perfection Of machinery
will ever entirely eliminate the
human element. And the hu-
man machine will always be
dashed with imperfections.
Cowboys have gone to sleep
in the saddle. and engineers
have fallen asleep at the throt-
tie. Elevator boys have caused
serious accidents by moment
of forgetfulness.
At best, safety is but an aver
age thing. Among human be-
ings absolute safety is an un-
known quantity.
We love to blame someone
when anything goes wrong, but
the thing that Is the most to
blame In this world Is human
nature.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21
A Spinning Top at the Helm
BY Henry Smith Williams

controlling influence on phys.
ical bodies Of any size. In
genious persons have sought
to utilize this force In connec-
ton with the operation Of va.
rious kinds Of machinery. An
Englishman, Louis Brennan.
used a gyroscope to balance .
car that would run on two
wheels, like a bicycle: and
more or less successful efforts
were made to prevent n ship
from rolling by establishing q
big gyroscope deep in its hold.
In this country Elmer A.
Sperry has specialized for
years in the use Of the gyro-
scope as a stabifzer for zir-
planes. He has succeeded 20
well that airplanes without
living pilots have proved able
to rise into the air. make long
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21

EVERYONE knows that q
II spinning top stands up on
its point, in seeming defiance
of gravitation. Even II you
push it over, it tends to right
itself and stand erect 90 long
as it is spinning swiftly.
A rolling hoop shows a
somewhat similar disregard OF
the authority OF gravitation.
So long as it is rolling. ii de-
clines to fall over.
THE boy that spins the top
L or rolls the hoop takes
these anomalous actions for
granted. 1t does not occur to
him that they require an ex-
PLANTATION. A good many adults
doubtless take the same view.
regarding II as perfectly mat
ural" that rolling hoops and
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21
TO THE EDITOR:
CONSIDERABLE space was

CONSIDERABLE space was
~ given lately in the news
papers to the escape Of a
Sing Sing inmate on the
night Of a theatrical enter
tainment given by the pris-
oners.
The purpose OF these prison
shows" is widely misunder-
stood: it is wrongly assumed
that they are for the purpose
of amusing the inmates
"coddling the prisoners" Is
the usual expression: but, az
a matter of fact. they have
primarily quite another pur-
pose.
Everyone who has ever
tried to govern a prison in a
spirit of plain common sense
knows that one Of the most
important factors In the prob
lem is the deadly monotony
of prison life. Anything. with
in reason, which affords a
basis among the inmates for
mental exercise and awaking
interest In things outside
themselves, is desirable: In
fact, necessary II the prison
is to be kept IN a healthy con-
dition.
When such a system as the
Mutual Welfare League is in
operation such entertainments
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21

Cable says Russian students have to
go barefoot on account of the famine.
What? Have they eaton their shoes?
Many girl has her hair maroeiled
on Saturday 30 that she will look nice
over the weekend.
Man who lost four fingers Is granted
$4,000 damages by vourt. Four fingers
Of what?
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21

IN KANSAS City.
WHEN THE train
went through.
THE PAPERS came.
AND I read a tale.
OF A wandering man.
STILL YOUNG In
years.
WHO'D BEEN taken
in.
TO A hospital.
AND NO one knew.
AND HE didn't know.
WHAT HIS name
might be.
NOR WHENCE h.
came.
AND IN the pockets.
OF ALL his clothes.
THERE WAS but one
thing.
AND THAT one thing.
WAS THE bit Of verse.
YOU'VE READ above.
AND ALL day long.
AS pyE sat down
here.
WHILE THE Kansas
plains.
60 SWEEPING by.
I'VE THOUGHT of
him.
FOR HE had written,
ON THE border edge.
OF THE bit of verse.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21
Stars and Stripes

THE OLD BLACK BAG.
The old black bag is a wonder.
1t is an invention of sorts.
It's just the right length
And just the right strength
To hold a couple of quarts.
The revenue officers travel
Around on their labor of love.
But there's many Jag
In the old black bag
That these hawkshaws know not Of
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21

TIIE big top that thus stabn-
l. izes the airplsne by hold
ing the steering lever IN a
given position can be used
even more successfully to con-
troll the steering gear Of a ship.
II was recently announced that
Mr.. Sperry had perfected an
automatic steering gear that 10
six times as accurate as the
best quartermaster." II works
in connection with the Sperry
gyroscopic compass. Any w.
ration in the gyroscope operst-
ing the compass Is Immediately
transmitted to a mechanical
device picturesQuely dubbed
Metal Mike" which automat.
icaIly turns the wheel. holding
the ship to the prescribed
course.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21
SOmethin0 to Think AbOut-By Bruno Lessins.

you went through tho entire gamut OF fear.
from dread to absolute misery.
And, in the end. 1t turned out to be
merely q dos-probably a little poodle at
that. .....
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21
We TOWNE GOSSIP
l. copyrishk 1879, ~ Ssas Csapany.
BY K. C. B.

When shadows are creeping and night breezes
sigh,
l sit a-dreaming Of dear days gone by:
Memories come stealing Of love fond and true:
Each night am longing for you. only yoQ-.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21
ONE FOR OIL AND
OIL FOR ONE
BY Bugs" Baer.

nUR ambassadors name 10
" Child. He shall mislsad
them.
EUROPE spiashes about a.
~ much attentions on our
proclamations az we plaster
on their ultimatums. II looks
like cooperation is limited 10
United Cigar and grocery
stores.
THIs latest squawking school
i is about OIL Every nation
owns Turkish petroleum tro-
phies. So you can, blame this
spasm on your parlor lamp.
DOURING oil on troubled
Il waters Is bunk. OIL starts
the trouble in first place II
Turkey had monopoly on sun
flower seeds instead OF petro-
leum. we'd keep our diplomats
home. and all our parrots
would be put to death.
NEXT peace conflict win be
IN in another perilous sec
ton Of Switzerland Every
diplomat should be roped to his
guide.
THAT'S better. They should
l. be roped to somebody.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21
TO HIS LIKING.

why are you 80 fond Of that mans writ.
ings?" asked the studious convict. HE seems
dull to me-"
But his sentences are SO short" replied
his cell mate.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21

flights and come safely 20
earth. Pilotless flights Of more
than ninety miles are officially
reported.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21

ANOTHER PROSPECTIVE MEMBER.
II Turkey is sufficiently hard up, she seems
to be qualified now for admission to the
Leasue Of Nations.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21
Sing Sing "ShODs''

can be made 20 afford q most
valuable exercise IN good ccn-
duct and resistance to temp
tation. Every time q thou
sand prisoners meet under
their own discipline and be-
have well. It directly prepares
them for good behavior when
they return to the community
outside
An these things tend toward
the end for which prisons e1-
list; ensuring the safety Of 30
oiety by training prisoners
for citizenship. Their very
presence In prison 10 evil
dence that they have not
rightly understood their duty
toward the community.
II. then. these entertain
ments are desirahle-not for
amusement. but to further
the object Of the prison.
there ts no need 10 eet sf>
cited n sometimes IN IN,
worthy psrson takes sdvan-
tase OF the situation. Some
years ago the chaplain u
Sing Sing was oamplatnfnG
to q prisoner OF the conAoct
OF certain men. The prisonse
gently remarked: But
Father, you must remembsr
that not all thieves are
honest.
THOMAS MOTT OSBORNE.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21

ARE THEY At THE USUAL PIACE7
What about the Dardanelles? Is this the
open or closed season for them?
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21

; "swEErHEART. ,
D
"TM LONGING now
for you"
A PENcILED line.
. . .
AND THAT was all
AND THERE'S
nothing more.
THAT . know Of him
AND MORE than
likely.
PLL NEVER know.
WHAT BECOMES of
him.
FOR THE plains ar.
wide.
AND TRAINS ar.
fast.
AND lr's stu two
days.
TO THE resting
place.
THAT wAirs for me.
BUT I'VE a fear.
IT MAY be true.
THAT SOME.
WHERE.
soMIoNe WAITS
for him.
4
| AND I'M sad for him.
AND WHOEVER
waits.
AND ALL 1 may do.
.
| Is TO write 1t here.
! IN THE big brown
| West.
AND GO my way.
! I1aAsk you.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21
AsT peace conference blew I

S cHSc eASW
up into so many pieces
that they can hold conventions
on each splinter.
THERE'S another fragment Of
= hope and Joy established
at Lausanne American envoy
stepped in with full powers Of
chatter member Of league. He
was completely equipped with
documentary evidence emitting
him TO chirp NO." to any
questions requiring answers.
II AUSANNE is In Switzerland
~ where babies yodel in
stead Of cry. Switzerland has
had SO many conferences In last
four years that it's echoes re-
fuse to answer anybody but
ambassadors.
WE came out strong for open
w door. We generally come
through them. Our open door
policy doesn't mean swinging
doors.
IN view Of current Bulgarian
L and Turkish pantomime.
that open door should be storm
doors.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21
WAYSIDE WISDOM
Copyright. 1922
BY S. E. Kiser-

GO sometimes to walk alone
Where she and l once roamed at dusk.
But all the former charms are flown,
There are no scents of mint or musk;
There are no thoughtful looking kline
To gaze out at me as l pause;
Her hand no longer clings to mine,
And nothing now is as it was
THERE never will be other Junes
When she and l may linger late
In long and lovely afternoons
Beside the weatherbeaten gate;
When twilight comes we never more
Shall turn to listen to the lark,
As larks in June sing Just before
1t is their quitting-time, at dark.
PASS alone where long ago
carved two hearts upon a tree;
Her name and mine l cut below,
Where all who followed us might see,
But where our young romance began.
Where first l heard her fondly sigh.
A hundred men are building an
Apartment house six stories high.
THE fields that once were green and wide
L Are fashioned into city squares;
She walks no longer at my side.
And possibly she never cares.
When passing bungalows and stores
That stand where once we strolled about,
/ wonder if she still adores
The grocer's boy who cut me out.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21

THAT'S better. They should
l. be roped to somebody.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21

1T is clear, then. that gyro-
l. scopic force can exert 3
The Washington herald., 1922-12-21

THE Empire State Gas and Elec-
tric Association issues a
u weekly bulletin combating
The daily Alaskan., 1922-02-23
RUBY SILVER IS FOUND NEAR SILVER KING.

leave for Vancouves for @ business trip. and intend to return by the first steamboat
 MT and Mrs. O. S. Laning will go outside soon and return early.
 Mir. and Mrs. Binet expect to leave in March. and return early.
 Mayo wants a telegraph or tele- phone service. to facilitate dispatch of messages and business generally.
 Dan Matheson, general manager Of the Mayo Utilities corporation, has offered to install wire to Ninto oT SaIkirk to connect with the govern ment line. He has on hand seventy miles Of wire ready % string out and set up. What he asks is govern mcnr assistance. in material or mon ev until such time as the line wouid be seIf-supportinr. This would ob- vfate the necessity ot a government line and would cut the expense and give a speedy service. Two mowng picture ventures aye proposed for the coming summer. possibly one at Mayo and one al Keno City.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-02-23
INTANGIBLE IGLOO OF
 PIONEERS MAKES PROTEST
To Honorable Dan Sutherland.

To Honorable Dan Sutherland.
 Washington. D. C.
 The Pioneers of IEIoo No. q Of Alaska favor the J!u that has for its purpose the taLins of the con traI of government activities tU Al- aska. such as is carried on by the various bureaus ou. of the control of these bureaus and of putting this control in the hands Of one commis- sion. which shall lave authority 10 reauisiuou experts from the diner ent bureaus to achieve results which shall be desired by the said Alaska commission. and which could only be achieved by experts trained Co do the kind of work desired by the sad Alaska commission The following are the reasons:
 \ commission ot.tais sort would he made up of Alasksas familiar with Alaska conditions and necessary quick action could Se had which is now impossible with the bureaus having power. located thousands of miles away.
 Second: The present adminisra- tion keeps out settlers, for example. One Chester Loya. an eX-seryice man November l5, 1920. made ap- plfcatfon for a homestead. located on Farm Island in the Tougass Nation al forest reservation. On December 6. 1921. he received a permit from the bureau of fore,ry to reside on this island with tNe understanding that he must vaca,e whenever the bureau of roresty asks him so to do. No one would spend money in build . ing a home and improving land up on such conditions as these.
 Another instance, in 1909 one Frank Gingrass made application 1 for a homestead on the same island. l In 1910. $l6 was paid for entry fee. | In about 1916 he vent to Juneau to
 prove it. There vas so much red tape about the conditions that at 8 1 cost of Sl5O he had 10 hire a law yer to draw up t,e necessary pa pers. He heard after this nothing
The daily Alaskan., 1922-02-23

more from the papers Very lately 2. went to Juneau to reltHQuisa the claim He found that his aPDlca- lion in upwards Of four years had never Jeff the Portland forest 2 ot- f.e. These are only examples which 2. Co explain why 3; is that settlers Ca not come Jo Alaska and ;he ter -.-ory is not increasing in PoPuIa- ton.
 Third. The next reason 5s that the present administration of these bureaus is very inefficient and cost ly Each bureau has its own boat OF fleet oJ boats ana under one bur can tse same work could be accom- 7Gsned hy one fleet of boats.
 Fourth. Numerous complaints have come to officers and the citi- za-s of the town tha, permission for leasing of islands for fox ranches have been given without any invesr- cauon ro sec whether the lease was heinz asked for in good faith. I, ap- pears that many of the islands have been leased just tc become private trapping grounds 10 certain individ- uaIs
 Fifth. Under the present admin is.-atiou Of the bureau of fisheries practically nothing has been done to conserve fish. The immense cost of supporting this bureau has done. in the opinion Of most AIaskans. uorhsrg but aid in the destruction Of fish. The bureau that has had con t-oI has been too far away from Al- asEa and too subject 10 outside in- drorces. apparently, to know much about the real conditions in Alaska.
 S.vth: The present sdmjnistTa- ton of the bureaus results in the breaking Of laws rather than in the enforcement of lav. Each bureau has its own special law enforcing of- . fcers. They may see laws not ef- . fecruE their bureau broken. and ap- . nareuuy they do nothing to enforce the laws.
 . Seventh: The present means that the bureau Of fisheries has Of en. . forcing a law fails lecause each gov er0meuJ boat Is well known 10 fish 1 ermen and trapmeu and the whole ] result is like putting a bell on the cat and asking the cat to catch the