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The Washington herald., 1922-01-02
Now to Build.

MOT SO many weeks from now the sound of
" hammers, hosting engines and trucks haul
ing supplies will announce in construction code
that spring has arrived Builders and real estate
men of this and other cities are confident that the
greatest home and apartment rearing season since
before the will occur in 1922
Some Of our contemporaries are already indule-
ing in figures and high hopes, the Rochester Herald
declaring that "a estimated at $1ooooooooo is
be expended in the United States during 1922 for
the erection of dwellings,"
Part OF the total it is set forth will 20 into
apartment houses; the rest into houses to accommo
date one or more families 1t is estimated that
housing will be provided for more than 10000 FAM
lies OF five persons each, more than $4,000 Der
sons.
although considerable building was done in
1921, real estate authorities estimate that a rne,.
beginning was made in the tremendous Job of catch
ing up to the population increase in the wear since
building was stopped by the war More than
100000 families were without suitable accommoda
lions in the United States following the wa, a.
cording to Federal estimates. To overtake that i'm
mense surplus Of population, all the construction
resources of the United States for period Of s.v-
eral years will be required, and meanwhile popula
ton itself will go forward increasing particularly
in towns and cities, there seems to be no imme-
date danger of overriding dwelling construction in
america That is particularly true when it is con-
s;dcrcd that buildings already erected will have to
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02

be kept in repair, and that fire and other losses
will have to be made good while new construction
is going forward.
One of the most hopeful phases of the present
situation with regard to building is the lowering OF
interest rates, which enables home builders to OBJ
tain loans. Lower cost of building materials and
labor also assist in attracting effort into the home
building field. Evolution of new and attractive
styles of cheap dwellings, such the 'bungalette
fearsome though it carries), has assisted ma
terialy to bring housing within the reach of those
greatest of home builders, the newly married
couples looking for not too expensive dwelling.
Cooperation between the lot owner and the home
builder has proved another powerful boost in the
direction"
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02
Medical Liberty"

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Clarence :. barrow recently said
at a Medical Liberty League ban
quet. held in Chicago. that I'm
less the United States wakes up
pretty soon we will he an auto
cratic government with tn" last
vestigc Of liberty gone" No
greater "uuraG"s have happened
an, where in the world than have
happened right here in this country
under the EuiS" "t protecting the
people from diScaS". by impris"n-
ing germ carriers" and poisoning
the blood Of citizens and their chill
drcn wholesale. 4" stimulate the
business of various Vaccine and
serum concerns,
IT the liquor interests had secured
legislation to force acceptance and
use "f their output. including W"oc
alcohol. it would have been par
alleI game which is now played 10y
tho medico-political doctors who are
losing business so fast To the drug
less schools that something must
be done To save the day,
Here is sample: The New York
World. few years ago. published
an article clearly setting forth the
absolute facts that the use of anti
toxin had not lessencd either the
number Of cases nor lowered the
mortality from diphtheria, basing
its statements upon statistics taken
from the records of the New York
City Health Department.
DIR. j. u. Harrington. of New
York City, well writes in the Open
Door of November. 1921: This
should have been enough T. war
rant an investigation into the mat
ter. Strict regard for truth should
have demanded it; but no-the
medical profession paid no atten-
ton to this damninC blow to anti
toxin. but went blithely on their
way, deaf, dumb, blind. to all facts.
no matter how | rrefutab le, that
blew their pet idol to pieces"
Some parents in this city. whose
children have been killed by anti
toxin are getting a very clear idea
of what n wonderful aid (?) this
loathsome animal poison is in a
case of diphtheria, or without one,
DR.. Harrington again says: "Can
any one retain confidence in the
Oh lllNH lnelT
terrible fiasco in the treatment of
the influenza epidemic a few year.
ago? This. Notwithstanding the
fact that they had centuries of eN-
perience in dealing with influenzic
outbreaks as set forth in medical
literature to guide them; not only
that, but they had also thirty years
in which to study and master In
fluenza in all its details, from the
beginning Of the present series OF
outbreaks in 1890 up to the
latest and possibly the most severe
in the series"
What can such a set of men ever
do against such diseases as diph-
iberia, tuberculosis or cancer, even
IL the same set were not energet-
tingly spreading those diseases
broadcast wherever a State law al
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02

peace on earth. But the worlds his
tory has always moved forward, how
ever difficult the way.
I'VE are again moving onward to-
ward new star of light-the great
disarmament message that America
has given to Christianity. The Yer
sailles treaty brought no peace. 1t
was a selfish dictation by victors who
had lost the sense Of proportion.
THE Washington disarmament
conference has opened a new era.
President Harding and Secretary
Hughes. with courage and true states
manship, with a policy for open di-
plomacy as the foundation for in
ternational dealings, supported by
powerful public opinion and sus-
tanned by a responsible press, are
preparing that American peace Of
justice which their predecessors
failed to get at Versailles
las a result the treaty Of YER
sailles will be replaced by the Ameri
can peace OF Washington The road
to the new peace which will be based
on the knowledge emphasized at
Washington of the universally of the
moral and economic interests Of man.
kind.
Fear Is the greatest handicap to
rearranging the world for peace. and
fear has been considerably diminish
ed by results SO far obtained In Wash.
ington. Political peace must be the
forerunner of economic peace, which
in turn will bring about universal
peace, in which the new Germany is
chiefly interested.
Conferences Of the hour in Lon
don center IN financial problems. They
must end In general rectification, In
the interests OF all. The great Anglo
Saxon alliance is working under the
motto For the Common Good The
Irish settlement was reached through
a new spirit that pervades the Anglo
Saxon world demanding real freedom
through lf-determipation
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02
SPEED RECORD
FOR TURTLES.

Turtles that Prof. A. s. Pearse, OF
the University OF Wisconsin, tagged
and let loose have achieved what Is
believed 20 be a worlds record for
Eurtle speed. Prof. Pearse announced
TO the Geological Society, meeting
at Toronto. that one had Travelled
little over a mile in three years.
eleven months and nineteen days
The average distance covered by
l66 turtles in five months was ll5
yards. Prof. Pearse has determined
that the density OF turtle popula-
ton in a swampy region on the
shore Of Lake Mendoza, Wis. is five
to twenty-five per acre.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02
Study REFUSING
NOLDING SAND.

Plans are under way To vurE out
methods of reuSinE the hundreds
Of tons of moldinE and core sands
that are used annually in the iron.
steel and non-ferrous foundries Of
this country Through the Co-opcra-
tion Of the American FoundrymeU' -.
Association and tho National Re
search Council, committees are con-
sidcring the reclamation Of mold
ing sands and the possibilities or
manufacturing synthetic sands
The silky fiber found in the Nods
Of plants OF the milkweed family
is sometimes mixed with silk ana
wool in the manufacture OF fabrics
Monday, Jan. 2. 1922. w.D
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02

a most excellent recommendation
for the public schools.
I invite those that favor the abol-
ishment of the public schools to eN-
anime statistics relative 10 crimi-
nails of this country and find where
they were educated. whether in
public or private schools, for their
own enlightment, especially the
six great assassins, and notorious
criminals. OF our prison convicts
of all shades and grades OF crime
and all kinds of prisoners less than
per cent Of them are graduates
from public schools. These stalls
tics. l think, are available to the
public in the United States Bureau
of Education. Washington.
L. W. II.
CheIrNdale Va
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02
BORER MAY INJURE
NEW YORK CORN.

The European corn boreT, which
caused severe injury in certain
Canadian areas last year may do
considerable damage 20 New York >
corn crop. during the coming year.
Z. II. Felt, State entomologist OF
New York. declared at the mectiuL
Of the American Association Of
Economic Entomologists At To-
ronto.
He urged that systematic rcPress-
i've and control measures be taken
at once. An exceptional outbreak
by the corner car worm has at
tracted general notice and served
TO obscure the European corn horcr
situation. he said.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02
Standard Army Supplies.

NIE\T to the combat divisions themselves the
~ most important organization evolved during
Americas participation in the world the
service of supply. The lessons learned from oper-
alton of that enormous body keeping contact be-
tween the areas and the battle lines, being
put good by the army and the latest pro-
nouncement in this connection emphasizes tho
point.
1t is the announcement last week, that the
supply branches of land defense have adopted
-for use with their specifications the standards that
have been may be adopted by the American
Engineering Standards Committee.
This was disclosed by Col. George S. Gibbs, of
the General Staff who in address before the
american Mining Congress declared in part:
"The importance of Standardization of war sup
pics cannot be exaggerated. In these days war in
- wolves the united effort OF entire nation and the
combined employment of all of its principal in
~ dusries How is :; possible to harmonic the use
of .a,1ssnd: of articles common end except by
ths .dop';o. of a far-rcaching and effective pro-
gram o, Standardization?
Congress recently provided that the Assistant
Secretary OF War shall be charged with the super
vision OF the procurement of all military supplies
and other business of the War Department per-
tanning thereto.
Thus the business features of military supply
arc grouped under supervising head. The mill
tary features are worked out by the General Staff
fhcy INCLUDE what articles are nccueu, inc qudntl-
90 ties required when they needed and where they
arc to be delivered.
at requires imagination to how ire
nendously both the business and military interests
OF the War Department can be assisted by stand
ardization.
"All the agencies described keenly alive to
IT, and it may be safely predicted that business firms
dealing with the War Department will find steady
and gratifying improvement in the clearness and
simplicity OF its requirements. The principle of
Standardization is likewise being extended to its
business methods-particularly to forms of con-
tracts"
There supply branches of the army,
the Quartermaster Corps, which purchases all gen.
cral supplies OF commercial character, Ordnance
Department, Medical Department, Corps of Engi-
neers Signal Corps, Chemical Warfare Service, and
ss1kir Service. AS outlined by Col Gibbs the
Tangement for determining types of supplies and
specifications for them is follows:
"First-The users, the troops themselves rep
resented by the chiefs OF the several arms, make
known what they want. Conflicting views
ordnated by the General Staff.
- "Second-Thc chief OF the supply branch
research and engineering work done and samples
The type receives final approval by the
!" Secretary OF War and the article is prescribed in
:, equipment tables.
7, Each such branch has technical committee
/" charged with preparing and carrying definite
program of preparing specifications OF all articles
7, procured by that branch. This is task that will
% take years to complete"
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02
FORsAKEs STRAWBERRIES
FOR APPLES AND COTTON.

Tired Of a fare composed Of mere
strawberry, blackberry, and rasp-
berry buds. the strawberry weevil
has invaded new fields. S. Marco
witch of the Agricultural Expert
ment Station. Knoxville. Tenn, told
the American Association OF Eco
monte Entomologists at Toronto
that this pest has begun TO breed
in and cut apple buds. and that Il
is also cutting the buds OF the to-
mato and cotton.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02

Dernbcrg. Berlin
publicist who di-
rected German
propa ganda In the
U. =. before this
country's entrance
INTO the war. In a
recent statement
he declared:
The world is
gradually emery
ing from the val
ley of the shadow
OF death. hatred
and destruction.
Seven years of
war and its con-
sequences m a d Q
many persons des-
pair and lose faith
in the message of
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02

MISS Williams.
who is superinten-
dent OF the Shelby
County sch ools.
NJ e m phis. Tenn.
has gone step by
step from her first
position as teacher
In a one-room coun-
try school TO the
highest ONCE with
in the gift OF the
American teachers.
She is vice chair
man Of the Demo
cratic ational
Committee. the first
and only woman
officer OF the COM
mittee. She went
TO San Francisco
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02
LONG-ToNGUED BEES
GATHER MOST HONEY.

Keep large long-tongued bees.
advises J. II. Merrill, OF the Kan
sas State Agricultural College He
has found that the bees with the
longest tongues and the greatest
body weight, brought the most
honey. He declared IL is possible
TO tell which colony OF bees in a
beeyard will collect the most honey
during a summer by measuring the
tongues. the amount Of nectar. and
obtaining the weight of forty bees
from each colony in the spring.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02

for the convention Of 1890. working
along with others for an educational
plank in the Democratic platform
later she worked with the Democratic
Organization in Washington and New
York.
She also is an ardent sufirsgist
and was one OF the principal work
ers for the ratification OF the Nine
tenth amendment, giving the ovte
TO millions OF women in the United
States.
Miss Williams is thoroughly familiar
with the workings OF the education
association. having filled almost every
Office in this bod8 during the past four
or five years.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02
Open Court Letters to The Herald
Other Peoples Views on Current Events

Communication will not be returnsd
unless specific request for such return
is made and stamps enclosed.
Letters should be tyuswritten vhsn-
ever possible. Communications extremely
difficult 70 read win not Be considered.
No Communications signed With tetitious
nam Is viii be used.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02

Headline says: Congress faces big prob
lens upon return" We have bunch that as
individuals they faced some fairly good sized
ones during their Christmas holidays in the
old home town.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02

The French want submarines, the British
don't want submarines. The u. S. apparently
has always wanted submarines but somehow
hasn't had much luck in keeping them for any
length of time.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02
WHO'S WHO IN
THE DAYS NEWS

Miss Chsrl Ormond Williams. Of
Memphis. Tenn, was recently elected
president OF the National Education
Association OF the United States.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02

If the U. S. A. is such a terrible place in
which to live you wouldn't think it would be
necessary to limit immigration would you?
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02

A man who drank some whisky for which
he paid 81 quart died as the result. The price
should have been enough of shock to kill him.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02

We are told that it has been bad year
for the motion picture concerns Why add
the concerns"
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02

In spite of the fact that the steamship COM
panies advertise saings every day. certain
class of people continue to criticise everything
American.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02

The price of coal has led the farmers to
burn corn in parts Of the country.
Heaven help us if the practice spreads to the
manufacturers Of dynamite.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02
FARLEY OPENS NEW
ERA,SAYS DERNBERG

That the arms conference in WASH
ington opens a new era in the world :
history. Is the opinion of DR.. Bernard
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02

A boarding house turkey seems TO last as
long after he is killed as he did before.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02

The fight has started to dim the
Great White way. Three different
societies have been formed to ban
illuminated advertising on Broad
way and the side streets. The lat
est electric sign is near Columbus
Circle and 1t shows a three-round
prize fight. The roof rental for the
sign is said to be $4,000 year.
The Washington herald., 1922-06-26
A Sordid Confession.

M USTAPHA KEMAL, leader OF the Turkish
IVI Nationalsts, has admitted all the atrocity
charges made against the Angora government. He
has admitted that he and his colleagues plan to
wipe out the Greek minority in Asia Minor. The
picturesque Turk, whose soldier and
statesman entitle him to world rcnown. has made
complete confession regarding his past and his
plans for the future.
All this is to be inferred from his refusal to
allow an investigation into conditions in Asia
Minor by mixed American and allied commits
sion. OF course, he says that it would not be in
accordance with the dignity OF his government to
allow such outside interference. This will be
taken everywhere for just what it is worth.
Mustapha kcmal sits throne.
BY his skill a fighter and diplomat he has
saved Turkey from some of the punishment which
expected to follow the world But his
country still is considered an outlaw Parties in
Turkey itself bitterly oppose his leadership. He
needs every friend he obtain. In considcra
tion of these facts may be he would well
any inquiry If his house in order and
not give a moments consideration the dignity
argument.
Just now he knows that an unbiased report
on what is happening would lose him what few
friends he has. He knows that the stories the
mixed commission would bring from Asia Minor
would shock the world much as the efforts his
Therefore he is determined that nobody with au-
thority to speak shall have chance to observe
What is to be done about it? Mustapha
kemsl has admitted that he intends to murder a
Christian He has admitted that his intended
victims will number thousands in the next few
months. But it seems impossible save these
poor people. No government will undertake a war
for the purpose. 1t would not be picnic affair
The Angora leader has some of the best soldiers
in the world with which to resist any foreign in
terferencc. Greece already has found that she can
him.
Therefore it seems that the Christian mnori-
ties must die. The league of nations in one form
or another, might have been able to do something
ii it had not been strangled in infancy.
Mustapha Kemal will have his own playful
way among the FIG groves and one generation of
tragedy will give way to another
The Washington herald., 1922-06-26
History Text Books.

NIEW YORK CITY has ended her school his
" tory controversy by barring half dozen
text books which, in the opinion of the examiners
presented certain incidents and characters unfairly
Some, it claimed, related facts concerning
the Revolution in fashion too favorable to the
British. Others told the truth too plainly about
some of the revered fathers George Washington
Patrick Henry and others were pictured as human
beings-differing somewhat radically from plaster
saints Other text books failed to give satisfac-
toriy picturesque and thrilling descriptions of Rev.
olutlonary heroism for the inspiration of youthful
patriotism. -
Any one OF these reasons might be sufficient
to bar the of a book in school class rooms
This country has not and never will reach stage
where it can afford to forego the advantage of in
stilling love and admiration of country in the
hearts of students.
1t is well enough to maintain friendly and CO.
operative relations with Great Britain A common
language links the two peoples somewhat But
the fact remains that they are not the same coun-
try. The colonists, in their revolt against the
tyranny OF the British government, were absolutely
right The separation they accomplished is, let us
pray, irrevocable and eternal 1t is far more essen
tal that school children be taught to love America
than that they be taught friendliness with the Eu
ropean nation which colonized most of the Atlantic
seaboard.
Also text book should give due credit to
Americas wars. Battle records grip the imsgina-
tions of students. They create an interest in his
tory Description of economic progress does not
at least in nowise the same degree. The soul of
the nation is symbozed in the stories of her wars
School children have not the grade of intellect to
appreciate duller details of a country's growth
The New York committee was right also in
regard to little scandals about the national heroes
Children, in particular, must have heroes to wor-
ship. George Washington may have got tipsy now
and then. He doubtless did swear like top SER
gesnt at times. But he was great despite these
things-not because of them. What good end is
served by teaching children that the father of his
country was not such hero after all-but hu-
man being with of the frailties of humanity?
Better that the untarnished hero remain Soon
enough the students will learn that even heroes
look ridiculous in night shirts. We prefer them'
for the most part, in shining armor
On the whole it that the New York
committee has done good job Some decidedly
un-American influences have crept into American
The Washington herald., 1922-06-26
Heroic Cures.

IT HE Woman's Welfare Association is in arms
l against hay fever. They have established a
free clinic where Washington folks can get advice
on how to avoid the illness. Hundreds of District
people, we understand, suffer every fall from this
unpleasant aiment. The women report that the
clinics have been crowded
Here are some OF the precautions they urge
in order that may have reasonable assurance
that the epidemic will pass by his door:
Wear amber-colored glasses when out of
DOORS
Wear heavy wells when riding
Change clothes upon entering the house
Keep bedroom windows closed during the
day.
Use muslin screens in front of open windows
night.
Avoid smelling flowers
Avoid vigorous exercise when out Of doors
Avoid eating fruits, green corn and
celery.
Avoid sudden changes in temperature
Avoid dust of all kinds. Wear face mask
if necessary"
Judging from such precautionary measures hay
fever must be the cause of terrible suffering.
In consideration of this fact we will take the
liberty to add few additional precautions against
catching the germs.
These are considered absolutely certain pre-
ventives No man who tries them ever will catch
hay fever.
They are: Make arrangements with some rep
utable undertaken to be buried alive.
Tie heavy weights to your feet and lump into
the Potomac
Purchase revolver of some reliable make,
load all five chambers, press it against the temple
and pull the trigger.
Lock all the doors and close all the windows
of your bed chamber and turn on the gas
Any one of these precautions will prove eff
cient Why, therefore, pay any attention to the
dozen or more which the clinic prescribes? In
either case you will be dead anyway, but the last
mentioned safeguards provide an easier and quicker
death. Why should any hay fever victim die of
slow torture when he can end it all in a second
After ALL the quickest method of stopping suf-
terinJ from any human illness is to chop the vic
TINS head off
The hay fever clinic evidently has taken this
example to heart.