davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-21
~FOUR-POwER TREATY

II has frequently been said that the
so-called four-Power treaty takes the
place of the japanese alliance. That
ie hardly accurate. The four-Power
treaty Ia more logically n result OF
the experience of the world war than
A substitute for an offensive and de-
fensiye alliance. The British had pre-
vented one Balkan war by calling IL
conference and exerting pressure 10
stop II. thereby recognizing that any
war I'm Europe might involve Great
Britain.
For a year or two after the world
war began, we tried to maintain that
even a great war in Europe didn't
concern us. Events proved this wrong
That experience has proved To us ina,
a war almost anywhere may snec'
us. In the four-Power treaty we state
that any disturbance In Asia OF the
Pacific might affect us and tnat we
have both the right to be consulteo
and tho duty to consult with all oth-
ers affected to see what can be oone
about the threatened trouble.
This Is all we are obligated TO DO oy
the treaty and our position AND ex-
perience had already obligated US te
this much. The treaty In merely the
abatement OF an already existing fact
we Joined with the other Powers II
stating that we had no intention o.
trying to take their territory. We hav'
stated this dozens Of times In REGARD
10 China. It is fact that we 90 no
want japanese. British. or Frenci
territory in the Pacific. why shoui'
we not state it?---World Work.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-21
SHIPS AND MEN.

Mr.. DENLY, Secretary OF the Navy
is imploring Congress 10 have brain
The United States, Great Britain,
Japan. Italy and France have agreed
upon a relative tonnage OF battle
ships. That is limit OF steel con-
struction. 1t is a limit placed upon
the most obvious ways Of obtaining
and maintaining supremacy upon the
o aas. where nations live or die.
II is limit placed upon the obvi-
Gus. 1t is an emphasis placed upon
the human factor. For the life OF this
agreement. and long thereafter, SUI
premacy will exist In the human ele-
ment The best direction, the best in
vention the best training will produce
the best fleet.
Tonnage may be restricted, but the
human mind is not, and the wise ma
tons OF the old world will recognize
this. We predict that the navies OF
Great Britain and Japan will have In
the next ten years an intellectual de-
velopment as great as they ever had
before. They will have a personnel
trained to the minute. They will have
the best auxiliaries. They will be
stimulated in the air and under the
water. They will seek their excellence
| in directions not restricted by the
naval agreement.
/ 1t is typically American that Con
gress. finding that the government
has agreed TO limit. tonnage, shoul,
then seek TO destroy personnel, train
ing and auxiliary equipment just a
the moment when 1t ought to be mos
solicitous to meet the competition
which will be wisely directed abroad
i We have lessened the number of ou
!. ships. We must increase the abilit,
of our men. We must have then
fully competent in numbers and il
training to fight an American ship t
the top Of its fighting power. w
must have every auxiliary which ca
be had. We have made the savin
In steel. There can be no safe savin
In trained men.-Chicago Tribune.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-21
MURDER OF CzARs FAMILY.

A complete account OF the murder
OF tho Car OF Russia and his family
and encourage by the savage Bolshe-
Wiki. after the successful campaign OF
revolution In that country during the
closing months OF the World War, has
been discovered In Ekaterinburg, Rus
sia. according to n dispatch from that
city. II was In the form OF pamph-
let written by =. Bykor. former Soviet
chairman in that city. and is entitled
'"rhc Last Days OF the Gar"
According to this pamphle'. the Car
and his family and household. eleven
persons In all. were taken to the
basement OF the prison In which they
had been confined. and therc shot to
death by a squad OF murderers armed
with revolvers. Resides the Gar, the
Empress and her four daughters were
among the victims Of the brutal muir
derers. Five grand dukes were simi-
larly put to death In other towns. The
names Of the murderous squad are no,
revealed In the printed pamphlet.
This account, II will he recalled
agrees generally with details OF the
horrid hutchery as they were revealed
In trasmentary form during the week.
Immediately following the tragic event
These reports could not be verified then
but they carried conviction, and nov
there Ia evidence. apparently of al
ofY,ciai character. which shows the,
were in the main accurate in tellin,
how the revolving crime was com
mittcd.
And a revolving crime it was, on
that should forever damn its perpe
traitors and all who endeavor to jus
tify their nendish deeds.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-21
MS SCHEME FOILED.

when President Harding offered 10
Senator Kenyon Of Iowa the tempting
position of Judge Of the United States
Circuit Court. IL was generally as-
sumsd that political expediency die
tated HE course. Senator Kenyon was
leader of the irritating agricultural
bloc" in Congress. which is proving
such an annoyance 10 Mr.. Harding.
and here was an opportunity OF get
tinr him away from the Senate and
thus weakening the schemes OF the
bloc" by taking away its leader. But.
like other "well-laid plans OF mice
and men" this one went "agiey"
Senator Kenyon. after taking his
time for oonxideration. resigned his
senatorial sent 20 go on the bench,
and last week Governor Kendall OF
Iowa appointed Charles A. Rawson "a
succeed him. But. SO far as sympathy
with the agricultural bloc" and its
purposes In concerned. the new Sena-
tor stands side 10y side with Kenyon
As also il a bloc" man. In an inter
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-21
THE INCOME RETURNS.

Tho operations OF the Income Tax
law are very interesting. although not
In any manner popular. People gen.
orally oppose the system on the
ground that II is inquisitorial, and so
Il IL. II pcnctrates into the private
business affairs OF men and women.
and compels them TO report, in de-
tail. their sources and amounts Of in
come that may come within the tax
ing provisions OF the law. Many also
claim that this is unfair because 1t
places on record their intimate finan-
cial condition, but IL can be said TO the
credit OF those concerned In the ad-
ministration OF the law, thus far. that
none OF this detailed information is
ever spread abroad, for the informa-
ton OF curious gossipers. in any COM
munities where the reports are CEN
tered. nor by any OF the department
branches at Washington. This in
formation is carefully guarded from
1e general public.
Still the income tax has It's defend
ers. Old Adam Smith. who lived nearly
two centuries ago, but is still quoted
as high authority on political econ
ony. said the income tax was the
"fairest tax ever devised by the wit
OF man." IL aims TO assess the tax
able according to his wealth. and his
wealth. as a rule. Is a test OF his abil-
ity TO pay. The rate in each class
applies equally TO all included in any
one class. but II increases as the in
comes mount in figures. This rate
increase is conspicuous In England
where incomes OF the highest class
are taxed 60 per cent. In this coun-
/ try the highest rate is so per cent
This sounds very impressive when ap-
piled 10 incomes running into the mil
lions. but in the event OF the very
large incomes IL leaves an ample mar,
gin for the lucky possessor.
The greatest condemnation Of tn,
income tax in our country is baset
on the provisions for making returns
The system is intricate, puzzling, an,
In some Instances exasperating TIL
universal demand is for simplifi
cation OF the system OF imposition, s.
that the average man or woman ma,
understand IL readily and comply wit
the terms without excessive menta
labor.
/. Income tax returns for the yea
} 1919 are now public. and the genera
results are very interesting. Their
! were five personal returns of an In
come OF s5.ooo.oo0 or more. and 1t /
assumed that John ID. Rockefeller
one of the five, his income being est
, mated by some at s40,000,000 Prot
7 ably in large financial circles it
$ well known who the other four ar
: Incomes OF 100000 or more wer
/. reported by sixtyfve persons. Tv
: OF this number reside In Delawar
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-21
CONFUSION IN CONGRESS.

President Harding's quiet and ra-
tional letter on the bonus and the saies
tax was as far as possible from look
ing like a bombshell. Yet II he had ex-
nIoded on/ on the floor OF Congress
he could hardly have caused greater
excitement and confusion. His CAIN
statement bf facts almost destroyed
rhe power of utterance in the formery
vocal Representatives and Senator'S
They went scurrying to the cloak
rooms in dismay, only putting tneH
heads out later to protest that they
were "unalterably" for two measures
which directly contradict each other.
Not one of them. was able TO gave
even a remote hint of how they could
possibly get out OF the mess In which
the Pre- sident had left them.
Senator Capper and other farmer
Congressmen declare that they WILL
never. while breath remains in them'
consent to the sales tax; yet they pro
test that their hearts continue 10 peat
warmly for the soldiers bonus. But
what is the use of vowing that you
ardently desire the end when you re
fuse to employ the only means of at
taining It? The words OF other Sena-
tors disclose the complete logical and
moral mix-up into which they have
been thrown by the arguments for ana
| against the bonus. Senator W4lls
from the Presidents own State OF
Ohio thinks that the plan OF MI
Harding is good one, but innocently
suggests that instead OF calling II
the sales tax, I would call 1t a bonus
tax" II this is not ignorance 1t must
be malice: for the politicians who are
speaking in the name of the American
Legion would consider such a name
for the tax a cruel and deadly blow t(
their aims What they chiefly want il
TO remove all connection between th'
idea of a bonus and that OF q tax Il
pay for IT, They would like the peo
ple TO think that the money wou'
somehow come out of the air, or IRON
the ground or be discovered in tina
hitherto delightful and apparently un
limited reserve, funds In the Treas
ury not otherwise appropriated" Blu
all such vagueness has now been pu
out of the question by the President
terrible definiteness. The bonus an
the tax are from this time on indis
solubly linked in the public mind
New York Times.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-21
THE MIRROR OF
PUBLIC OPINION

Men who are self-respecting. and In
all other ways lAw-abiding citixens,
regard thts law as TO intolerable a
violation OF their rights as individuals
that they breaek It with easy con-
sciences. Tho examples thus set to their
weaker brethren II naturally perni-
cious In the extreme. II a man OF
high position breaks one law without
sompunction. he has no moral right
to feel nggrieved II less discrimin-
nting citizen feels encouraged to break
moro estimable law.
And yet, therc can be no doubt that
In certain directions prohibition has
done great good in America and can
do stu moro. The fault OF tho law ar
It stands II thnt II goes much too far.
II has exactly tho faults that sim
ilarly repressive Puritan regime had
in England under the Commonwealth
1t condemns the innocent with the
guilty. and thus provides the former
with n grievance and the latter with
nm excuse. That you cannot change
human nature by tho enaction OF
tyrannical laws is a lesson that stares
AT the reader OF history from every
page.
1t has been clear for some time, nnt
the recent pronouncement by the New
York public prosecutors makes 1t stil
clearer. that the present law Will have
to undergo modification before 1t car
be really operative. The Public Pros
ecutors themselves see two possibl
alternatives for their National GOV
ernment--to enforce the law proper
ly Mt all costs, or to repeal 1t. In on
view, tho first is lmpracticable; Will
the second would be beneficial only
Il were succeeded by the enactmen
of new prohibition law, less fnnatica
than the present one. and more In ac
cordance with the practical needs
the country and the laws OF huma
nature, which no man can repeal
London Telegraph.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-21

ono reporting An income OF ono mill
lion and one OF = million and half.
These returns arb staggering. II il
within the memory Of many persons
now living when fortunes OF fivo TO
ten million dollars wsre very rare.
Now there are numerous incomes OF
a million dollars and upwards.
Among Delaware taxables were 1So
who reported incomes OF from s1b.-
900 ID $4,000. which ia quito an as-
suring number when We consider how
many OF our people can not even
show incomes OF $4,000. the taxable
limit. There were 21 with incomes OF
100000 or more. Not 20 bad show
ing for small State.
The report for 1919 shows there
were 6,332,76 on the taxable lists, the
taxes collected amounting to 31.2es.-
s3o,104. And 1919 was not a year of
assuring business, either. II Is OK
pected the showing for 1920 will be
lower. while there may be substan-
tial falling of in last years returns
on account OF reduced incomes dur
ing the hard times.
But no matter how obnoxious the
income tax may be, there Is no prob
ability II will ever be abandoned ir
this country. This Is its third impo.
sition. the first. during our Civil War
having been dropped after the sub
sidence OF war exigencies, and the sec
ond endeavor having been set aside
on the ground Of unconstitutionality
Before the third attempt the Consti
tuition was amended 80 as to authoriz,
the imposition OF tho tax, and now &
is here to stay.
But all will earnestly hope Congress
will so amend the provisions OF tn
law that the preparation OF return
will not continue to be such vexa
tious and laborious matter as II Is now
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-21
PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT.

The agreement reached by the pub
lie prosecutors of New York State,
assembled together at Albany, raises
once again that most difficult of prob
lens, the Prohibition law. The chief
purpose for which this conference of
lawyers was called was to seek a
remedy for the wave OF crime which
is at present sweeping over the Unit
ed States, and the conclusion reached
was that the chief contributing cause
of the evil is the derision and con-
tempt with which citizens in all walks
Of life regard the law In question.
This opinion may readily be believed
to be correct. 1t is the most open Of
secrets that in America the rules con-
cerning intoxicants are fiagrantly
disobeyed BY people of every class as
and when they can find an opportunity
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-21
lust FOLKS
BY Edgar A. Guest.
DRESS.

/ wear my dinner clothes,
sometimes l don the evening
coat.
Again I'll wear my very best to meet
and talk with men of note;
Then when the Spring returns once
more and for my care the gar
den calls.
1 don my Oldest pair of shoes and robe
myself in oyeralls;
But whether I be richly dressed or
shabby garb adorns my frame,
The man ] am is altered not-that
which is / remains the same.
Last night my friend wore evening
dress, this morning should we
chance to meet
And were he garbed in dirty rags with
shabby shoes upon his feet,
I still should hail him as my friend,
should stop and talk with him
awhile
And thrill to hear his CHEEKY voice and
glory in his merry smile;
For this is true, that clothes are worn
according to conventions plan
But friends are friends. however
garbed, and all that matters is
the man.
I've seen some men in evening dress
who did not grace their raimenl
fine,
And have heard philosophy from mer
who stood and herded swine.
So little thought / give to clothes,
care not how man be dressed
The only thing that counts with me 1,
what is underneath his vest;
II he be honest kind and true. then h,
may dress the way he will
In broadcloth or in overalls, a kind,
man is kindly still.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-21
WHAT sCHOOL.BOYs
KNOW.
DON'T

Tho educational experts who are
seeking to determine by means OF
questionnaires what interests the
young American intelligence seem to
have met with another disappointment
In the results OF tho second national
current history test taken by more
than 100000 high-school and college
students. Surely school-boys should
know all about baseball. football and
the movies. Yet OF 10000 students
whose answers were turned over for
analysis to the Institute for Public
Service only as per cent showed them
selves informed on these vital inter-
ests. Thirty-flve per cent of n selected
group of boys did not know who won
the Worlds Series In 1920. so per cent
did not remember how many home
runs Babe Ruth made, and others dis
played lamcntable Ignorance OF n
famous film star. These no doubt are,
after all. topics OF special appeal to
the adult intelligence. On the other
hand. n good percentage OF 500 seniors
who took the tests showed n knowl-
edge OF De Valera. BRAND. Leonard
Wood and Lloyd George and of Sim
F'ein activities. or 6i New York SEN
iors enjoying special instructions In
current events a3 could not identify
the Federal Budget Director. 9s did
not recognize the present Ambassador
to France and 20 knew not Secretary
Mellon. Could their parents do much
better?
| So much for this latest attempt I,
guage Juvenile intelligence by meant
OF statistical averages. What does 4
mean" the report asks. "if three o
hundred high school seniors do no
know who PershinR is7" what all thu
collated figures seem TO mean at bes
Ia that the American child Is fatbe
OF tho American man I'm his lack %
systematized or comprehensive infor
nation about current events.-Nev
York World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-21
SCHOOL FOR BURGLARY.

Readers OF fiction will remember
old "Fagin," in Dickens "Ollver
Twist" and the school he conducted
for educating children in the f,ne art
OF petty thievery. But not even the
mind OF a novelist ever conceived the
idea OF regular school for burglary,
to instruct students In crime and issue
diplomas 10 those who reach the desig-
mated degree OF skill.
Yet yesterdays news reported the
existence OF such school, A burglar
was arrested, 1t was said. while drill
Ing holes in the safe of n Catholic
church In Providence, r.. l., who had
among his effects a certificate OF grad
uation, or diploma, from a school Tor
burglary conducted in San Francisco,
Papers In his possession showed he
had taken 4 correspondence course in
burglary. Also. no had a full kit OF
burglars tools.
The FIRST police move, of course
should be to discover the location OF
this correspondence school, in burg
larry and destroy it's vicious activities
Crime may be learned readily enough
without special courses OF instruction
TO make criminals unduly skillful anC
| therefore more dangerous.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-21
BUILDING PERMITS.

Plans have been approved and per-
mits issued by the building inspector s
Office for the following projects:
Vandever avenue. corner Thatcher
street; Bavarian Brewing Company
owner, Jos. Schunder; alterations
$500.
Seventh street. southwest corner
Market street: United Cigar Stores
lessee. Smith Hardican Co. builder
alterations, $1,000.
Washington street, 1916: Max Keil
owner, Fred krapf, builder; alter.
ations, sS5s.
Twenty-fourth street, Z East
Charles Woellery. owner and builder
addition, 500.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-21
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Any rsadsr can ,. 81 & the .nsws, = ,s;r. ssy.
MA tiop Bureau. Frederic Haskik. Dtrsc- |
strictly 70 Information. The bureau can:
nnHncisi msttora u does not attempt 70
ssttls domestic troubles nor 20 undertAke
exhaustive rcsearch ON amp. suhtcct. Write
your question: plainly and prisny u,vc
oents In stamps for return postage All
rcpiies arc sent direct 70 the inauircr.
Q. What IL the commission form
Of municipal government? II. A..
A. The commission form OF city
government varies widely In tho diff
ferent states. The Characteristic fea-
ture is the combining OF all legislative
and executive powers In single body.
usually consisting Of from TO Z
members. These members arc elected
at large. The mayor, as a rule. is
one OF the commission but has no more
power than his associates, though be-
Ing the official head OF the city. T1c
administrative work OF the commits
sion Is divided into departments, each
headed by one commissioner. As q
safeguard, the commission form OF
government almost invariably In
call.
cludes initiative, referendum and re-
q. My husbands discharge paper
says "Honorably discharged for the
convenience OF the government" What
does this mean? II. C.. l.
| A. The War Department says that
| the expression "honorably discharged
/ H. ~ h, n.
ment' as appearing on your husband;
discharge papers means that no wa;
discharged before his complete tern
| of enlistment bnd expired and the dis
charge was granted because he wal
no longer needed in the service ant
Il was found necessary to discharge
number OF men.
i O. Kindly settle n dispute by Stat
ing II passenger steamers shoot Tn
rapids OF the ST. Lawrence. III. i
A. on the downstream trips al
steamers descend the rapids OF tn
St. Lawrence. On the upstream trip
p the canals are used. There is
series OF of these canals. which tota
az miles, with locks As feet wide an
27o feet long and with Ia feet
water on the sills.
2 q. What is the origin OF tho ex
2 preston ring a change w. >.
A. This expression Is derived fror
r bell ringing. Change ringing was nc
T known until the beginning OF IN
4 seventeenth century. The art mad
e rapid progress, and rings of bells In
= creased from 4 or 8 to 10 or IL. Wit
a IL bells, 47s,oO1 900 changes can
o rung.,
Y O. What is the difference betwee
1 whang and rawhide? Nick
A. The Bureau OF Markets SAL
d "whang" is local term applied
I rawhsde that has been cut in the shat
I o, belt facing leather.
Z. O. How did the gats recepts
u tho y-Carpentier fight cor
4 pare with the Dempsey-Wnaard figh
e r.. ID.
Ie A. In Toledo, Ohio4 the gate r
re ceipte, before deductions OF war Ia
Vi we're s452,522. In New York the
l. ceipts were 81 s1,62s,5s0.
le O. What Is Eastertlde7 +. Nc
A. Eastert1de is the 40 days fro
" Easter to Ascension Day, or SOM
& times considered the so days TO Wh
to sunday or tho 81 days to Trinity Su
lie day.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-21
RIPPLING RHYMES.
By Walt Mason.
THE WAY TO HEALTH.

II hope TO live hundred
years" l heard James Grin
stead say: philosophers and
docs and seers have pointed out
the way. We eat too much, and
what we eat is what we should
eschew; we fill ourselves with
pies and meat, and suet pud-
dings, too. We drink too much
of sweetened suds and tannin-
poisoned teas; my diet now Is
leaves and buds, and bark OF
banyan trees" l said, Il think
I'll stick to pie, and to the cod
fish ball; there are so many ways
TO die, we cannot dodge them
ALL" | bought me then gorge
Gus steak, and ate 1t down
eftsoons, and finished with a
noble cake all stuffed with nuts
and prunes. James Grinstead
watched me while ate. and
gnashed his beard and said, by
eating thus you're tempting fate;
methinks you1l soon be dead.
Oh, listen to the sage remarks
OF learned men, great and wise,
and eat three pounds of roots
and barks, and cut out all those
pies.' 1 told him all he had TO
say TO me was sounding brass,
and wearily he went his way. TO
eat some twigs and grass. Then
from roof a furlong high a
ragged brickbat fell; his fore
head caught it on the fly; he
died without yell. And still /
eat the guady pie, nor care what
may befall; there are SO many
ways TO die, we cannot dodge
them all.