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The Washington herald., 1922-02-10

Canal, and that he is going TO do
better in the reorganization OF this
port. He believes that all that even
its most ardent advocate expects
from the St Lawrence scheme can
be achieved entirely within our own
country il even a part Of the money
contemplated is spent in improving
the Barge Canal and the Port OF
New York. He is more interested
in his own country than he is in the
development OF a Canadian route,
and he is not fighting the Canadian
route for any reasons that are sell
fish but for reasons that are very
human.
II you. Mr.. Editor would visit the
Barge Canal as some forty Rep
resentatives did a few months ago,
you would realize as you cannot
otherwise the wonderful waterway
the State of New York has already
provided for the nation at its own
expense and without any tolls.
take issue, therefore, with your
editorial. New York doesn't dodge
the issue" II is meeting the issue
squareIy, not merely in talk but in
acts. 1t is preparing to make this
Fort as efficient as II is great. It
ls protesting against the spending
or hundreds of millions of dollars
on scheme which is fundamental
ly impracticable and which will
ultimately involve US in grave COM
plications.
ID p EINSST nv
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10
SEES SHAKESPEARE
AS SPIRITUALIST

Was Shakespeare a Spiritualist
like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. and
VISA Hamlet his stage delineation of
a trance medium?
These two new hypothesis were
added recently to the mass of Shake
spearean criticism and conjecture by
George Seibel. literary critic. play
wright and editor Of the Volksblatt-
Freiheits Freund. a German daily pa
per in Pittsburgh.
After calling to attention that the
ghost in Hamlet never appears eX-
cept when Hamlet is on the stage
or near, Mr.. Seibel pointed out sew
eral much disputed lines in the play
that he said could be explained on
the theory that the young prince
was a medium, and materialiZed the
spirit Of his father.
Most convincing of ALL" said he.
rs the scene in the queens closet,
where the ghost appears the last
time. This room is inclosed with
curtains like the cabinet of a mod
ern medium. The entire demeanor of
Hamlet. as described by the queen,
is that Of a trance medium.
You do bend your eye on vacancy,
And with the incorporeal air do hold
discourse,
Forth at your eyes your spirits
wildly peep,
And, as the sleeping soldiers in the
alarm,
Your bedded hairs, like life in ex-
crements,
start up and stand on end.
Hamlet acted the same way on
the platform-each petty artery in
his body. he declares. is hardy as
the Nemean lions nerve This re-
calls the muscular contractions that
accompanied the manifestations Of
Eusapia Palladino, the currents of
air that lifted her hair, her CLASSY
look and wild stare" deduced the
lecturer.
On the mooted question Of Ham
let's sanity, Mr.. Seibel observed:
IF Hamlet is a medium, he is
mad to the extent that all mediums
are mad. As a class they have that
peculiar trait Of brilliant, eccentric
and dis5ointed utterance. They are
lrresotute and wavering. lack execu-
ton, seem never to accomplish any
useful purpose. They are at times
aonormally sensitive, melancholy and
morbid; again unnaturally and ag-
gressively gay. More often than not
they are lovable and weak. All these
traits characterize Hamlet as Shake
speare' portrayed him."
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10
A Significant Victory.

THE great German railway strike has ended in
a victory for the German government. The
employees have been ordered by their authorized
leaders to return to work. They obtained the con-
cession that they might return without punishment.
That is, the government agreed to take all the men
back and not carry out its threat refuse employ
ment to strikers, especially to the leaders
This victory of the government is important
and significant. 1t must not be looked upon as a
minor occurrence; it is event of major import
ance in present-day European history The strike
was pregnant with political and economic trouble
for Germany and Europe. 1t clearly threatened
the overthrow of the Wirth government, which is
of the most hopeful elements in Europe today
II the strikers had attained their demands through
action Of the Wirth government or successor, the
announced plans for balancing the budget for col
lecting compulsory gold loan, for preparing to
meet reasonable reparatons payments, for present.
ing a good case to the entente and to the world at
Genoa, would have gone glimmering. The outlook
for the carrying through of the Wirth-Rathenau
program is improved.
The vicious circle of increased paper money to
meet deficits, increased costs because of greater
supply of money, increased wages to meet the in
creased costs, and again increased paper money to
meet the increased wages, had to be broken shat
tered, somewhere. Increased wages are no benefit
il they buy more because of increased costs due
TO larger money supply. The continued failure of
the government to balance its budget and the con-
tinued issue of paper money to meet the deficit,
made stable economic situation for Germany,
especially in international intercourse, impossible
and diseredted Germany's good faith with regard
to her treaty engagements. The railway strike was
the test case. The government called halt not to
the strike alone but to currency-inAation The de-
termination to break the vicious circle.
1t is not likely that the railway strike was en-
gineered by Herr Hugo SHINES, but he was doubt
less only too willing to it. The railway strike
was brought about largely by the Reds and SHINES
is, of course, not a Red. If he is not political
monarchist, he is, at least an economic monarchist
quite the opposite of being Communist But
SHINES was doubtless pleased to play both ends
against the middle that is, to wage against the
Wirth government with the German PEOPLES party.
his creature, while the Reds were waging war
against it with the railway strike The drive, of
the extreme against the moderatcs came stimuli
taneously, making the position OF the Wirth gov.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10
A Call to Service.

TWELVE years ago there blossomed into re-
atty an idea conceived by small group OF
earnest men, workers in the interest of 4 bet
ter youth. Today, there enrolled beneath the
standards Of the resulting organization more than
100000 members and the total membership for the
whole period reaches the figure of 100000
The organization is the Boy Scouts of America
1t is nearly as numerous and quite as potential as
the output Of automobile factory operated by
genius of Dearborn, Ind. The remarkable upgrowth
of this Juvenile fraternity has been unattended
by adverse criticism The uniform is patterned af-
ter that Of our army and many the pacifsts
who have viewed with alarm this similarity and de-
duced therefrom totally erroneous concepts of mill
tarism.
We are getting rapidly that as the work
of the Scouts becomes better known. The key
of the structure is chivalry and unse6shness
and the certainly be said of militaris-
tic formation. There at this writing 2,44s Boy
Scouts in Washington and the aggregate for the
ton is 4o5I52-four times large the regular
army.
The Scouts have given America capable Service
in campaigns for safety first cleanup better health
forest FIRE prevention wild life conservation and
bird protection During the they sold Liberty
bonds to the value of nearly S3oo,oooooo and War
Savings Stamps to upwards of S5oooo,ooo. But
better than these activities the fine reaction
in the minds of individual members to the precepts
of physical, mental and moral we1l-being. The
Scout movement has brought about higher citizen
ship ideals
Leaders in the work hope to bring the rolls
up $4,000 they declare, in the future There
IS trouble with enlisting boys in the Scouts
Br' there is difficulty in securing for scout
mas. RS. Hundreds are needed for this service.
Suct service, voluntary, of course, is being given
BY 1900. but more are a present need. Natur-
ar - only the highest type of man is wanted, and
Il the call is sent out upon the twelfth anni-
verszry of the birth of this benehcent order. They
are Ivoked by the Scout spirit interpreted as the
doiI- ones best in duties to God and country the
obed ence to Scout law, helping others at all times
and keeping oneself physically strong, mentally
awaG. and morally straight.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10
Calls Praise Gratuitous.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
AS one who felt the call Of duty
upon hearing Of the terrible Knick-
erbocker Theater disaster, i'm
mediately hurried to the scene Of
the tragedy. accompanied by my
brother.
and worked all night beneath the
concrete in the rear of the orches-
ira. assisting the firemen in extri-
eating the wounded from the
debris. To have done otherwise
would have been very uncommend-
able.
Show me a man who wouldn't
have responded to the pitiful cries
OF anguish that escaped the stricken
victims, particularly from the
women and children, and, sir, you
have shown me a man who is eithe r
a yellow cur or possessive of a
heart too tender to Withstand the
shock of witnessing such a horri-
BILE scene.
think the majority of the men
who bent their backs to the heart
breaking task of liberating those
imprisoned in the wreckage had
but one Thought in mind: To sue
cor those in distress.
Certainly, they were too intent
upon their errand of mercy to be
very much aware of their own
danger, nor could they have had in
mind mental pictures of the ex-
ploitation of their bravery in the
newspapers. Not in the midst of
such agony and grief! II ii could
be called inspiration they were in
spired to exert their utmost in phys
ical endeavor until all the living
victims had been released from
their improvised prisons.
Which was the only logical thing
to do and the only thing that men
with red blood in their veins could
have done with honor. And such
men resent having their efforts
cheapened with stories of their
heroism when they have but done
their duty towand God and their
fellow men.
w. B. C.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10
Upholds Barge Route.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
May 1 say a word about the lead
ing editorial in your issue of JAM
uary "a?
In criticising the attitude of New
York and New York men towards
the St. Lawrence canalization
scheme you have selected certain
extracts from things they have
said and in that way presented a
distorted view of the attitude of
the State and its people. This l
know is true in the case of the
extract you selected from an ad-
dress which made before the
Chamber of Commerce of the State
of New York on November 3. 1921.
Neither in that address nor in any
other have l ascribed any ''sinis-
ter" motives to the people of the
West. i oppose the project. the
Chamber of Commerce of the State
of New York opposes the project,
other citizens of the State of New
York oppose the project, for two
or three fundamental reasons:
First: Sea-going ships cannot
profitably be operated in the waters
that lie between Montreal and Du-
luth no matter how much money is
spent on the st. Lawrence River.
1t would be just as possible to make
the Barge Canal in the State of
New York. especially through the
Oswego route, navigable for ocean
going ships, and that couldn't be
done: but IL II were done 1t would
have the advantage of lying wholly
within our own country and being
entirely within our control.
Second; The enterprise is in ef-
feet almost wholly In a foreign
country. Some of the canal will lie
wholly within Canadian territory
and of course from Montreal to the
east It lies for several hundred
miles entirely in foreign territory.
Third: No convincing estimate of
the cost has yet been made. The
mere cost of canaiizing the St.
Lawrence itself Is only the begin
ming. All the harbors Of the Great
Lakes would have to be recon-
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10

which differentiate his campaign
from that OF New. Beveridrc. for
one thins, is squarely for the re-
peal of the Adamson law and a re-
duction OF railroad labor wages.
Beveridge was one OF the leading
members Of the Foreign Relations
Committee Of the United States SEN
ate in the old days Of senators
Allison. Hale. Spooner and Hoar,
and was then known as a farsight-
ed statesman.
Years ago Beveridge was one OF
Americas greatest orators Al
though offered princely sums to 20
on the ChautauQua platform. BcN-
ertdge, unlike Bryan, always stead
tastly refused. He has devoted
much OF his time in later wears IN
writing the life of John Marshall.
the first Chief Justice Of the United
states. which historians rank among
Americas greatest biographies.
Beveridge. always a close friend
OF Theodore Roosevelt. went with
the Progressive party in 1919.
Beveridge was born on a farm on
the border Of Adams and Highland
counties, Ohio, October 6. 1862. His
parents moved to Illinois after the,
civil war. His early life was filled
with privationS At IL he was
plowboy. At IL he became a rail-
road laborer. The next year found
him q teamster and logger. Then
he attended high school and later
De Pauw University, Indiana. Was
admitted to the bar in 1887. He
served as Senator from Indiana
from 1889 to 1911.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10
FIRE DEPARTMENT
THANKS RED CROSS

Commenting the American Red
Cross for its excellent aid rendered
the District fire department at the
knickerbocker disaster. chieg George
S. Watson yesterday wrote:
Il desire to express to you my
sincere thanks and appreciation for
your kind assistance rendered to the
onncers and members of this DEPART
ment who served at the recent Knick-
erbocker disaster.
The excellent aid furnished by
Your organization rendered immeas-
uraoIy lighter the onerous duties
which We were called upon to per-
form.
Delay in acknowledging your most
welcome services has been caused.
as you no doubt can realize, by the
work necessary in getting into shane
the apparatus of the department,
which was damaged during the re-
cent snowfall"
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10
UNKNOWN ENERGY
OF VOLCANOES May
AGAIN BURST OUT
Steam Probably Causes
Explosions of Some
Volcanoes.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 10. ,sz,

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10. Iazz
American Association Of F,r5,
Washington Chapter. I3i7 Ne
York avenue, tonight, 8 o'cIocL
Trusts and Trust, CorporatIop, :,
by Frank Stetson. trust officer =,
the National Savings ana Tru,,
company: Reading Character a,
Sight" by II. d. Appleby.
we can not tell at what rnore,,
an apparently extinct volcano NAV
break out anew. and we do No,
even know the source Of the vol.
canic energy itself" said DIR
T. Allen, OF the GeophysicaI L,abor-
atory Of the Carnegie Institution
OF Washington in an address hefor.
the Chemical Society Of wasbInr-
ton last night at the Cosmos CIub
Volcanoes and volcanic phenorn-
ena have been studied by scientists
for a long time but obvious dim
culties have conspired TO retard the
development OF the subject 70 sucb
an extent that to this day the most
Important problems remain unset
tied"
In a chemical discussion Of IN.
subject DR.. Allen said that the
original source Of the gases which
play such an important part in
Nolcanlc phenomena was the mag
ma" or molten solution on, or
which the rocks crystalline. Doubt-
less steam Is the most important or
the volcanic gases and is cbi.,I,.
responsible for the volcano o.
piosions. There are two tyncs .,
the latter. The first is due 10 a
sudden rush Of surface water on
to hot volcanic ejecta. The ins,s,
taneous expansion Of the water ,s
IL flashes" into steam is the rsUs.
OF the explosion. Very violent cv-
plosions Of this kind have been oh
served by eye witnesses in Tho
west Indies. The explosions Al
Lassen Peak. California. in lsla-Is
are regarded by some as due L, the
Vaporization OF water from rneltinf.
SHOWS in the old crater. Anotb.r
type or volcano explosion is that al
Mount Pelee. Martinique. in 1906
There the explosions were DrobsbI,.
Que 10 the accumulation Of gas
principally steam. beneath The
solidihed crust Of the crater
TT is entirely improbable ,bs,
volcanic explosions are caused b,
The chemical reaction OF gases Ike
the wei known explosions OF H.
Eliminating gas which sometime.
shatter buildings" he said.
The str ong acid gases. hydrochro-
ric and hydrofiuoric acids which
often occur in volcanic gases. no
tably at Nesuvius, and at Katmai.
Alaska, appear TO play an import-
ant part in the formation of ore
veins, for they form with them
some Of the important economic
metals. copper, zinc. antimonv. his
muth, molybdenum. etc, volatile
compounds which seem 10 be driven
out OF many lavas along with the
volcanic gases and by the further
action Of underground waters they
are probably deposited in fssures
OF the rocks in the form OF veins.
The original source of volcanic
energy. accrding to DR.. Allen. is Al
most certainly not chemical. though
volcanic eruptions are doubtless
prolonged 10 some extent by heat
arising from chemical reactions On
the magma. For the original source
Of the heat we must look 10
mechanical displacements in the
earth's crust and probably 20 the
residual heat OF the earth's in
terror the cause Of which is entire
( ly unknown.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10
LIGHTNING TELEGRAPH
SERVICE EOR GERMANN.

new service for the rapid trans
mission OF all kilograms is 10 he
inaugurated shortly for the whole ~
Germany. The test Of the service will
be a trial service between Berlin and
Hamburg. Lightning wireless" sta
tions will be inaugurated IN both
towns. and a message will he received
by telephone. wirelessed to other sta
tions and then delivered by f'l--
phone. ". II.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10
TWO VANCE WILLS
ARE PROBATED

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. Feb Q.
The wills Of Capt. and Mrs. Con-
roy Vance, killed in the KnIcker-
booker crash, have been probated in
the Circuit Court Of Spotsylvania
County. Judge r. H. L. Chichester
appointed Davenport Brown OF Bos-
ton. Mass. a relative Of Mn. Vance.
and W. ]. Ford. of FredericksburS.
as administrators of both estates.
The entire estates are inherited
by the two children. Reginald F.
c. Vance and Mary c. vance. The
appraisers appointed are Capt. NJ. b.
Rowe. c.. r.. Howard, joseph NJ.
Goldsmith. Paul Karsten, 81. and A.
l.. Brulle. Davenport Brown was
appointed guardian Of the two chill
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10
SOUTHERN CATTLEMEy
TO MEET At KNOXVILLE.

4 livestock program for the South
ern States Will be considered when
the Southern Cattlemen's Convention
Will be held here from February l4
to l6. This organization was formed
ten years ago TO combat the cattle
tick in the South and now 1t is turn
ing its attention to a broad program
that will stabilize production and
hasten Improvement Of the southern
cattle industry.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10
Aid Indian Fighters.
Io the Editor. The WnsIAnrtnn Hrrn.a

10 the Editor, The Washington Herutd:
VIII you please publish the fol.
lowing Item IT will he appreciated
by many of your constant. readers
OF the Soldiers Home as well as
outside of it. especially by those
Few old remaining Indian warriors.
The Spanish war veterans scored
another point on the old Indian
warriors; the House passing the bill
wednesday. last. What is the mat
ter with the few remaining old
reinforcement? Give US our dues b,.-
Lcre II is too late. gentlemen OF the
Congress
PAUL SCHNEIDER,
+. I. Hawkins Garrison. No. Il,
Army and Navy Union.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10

Coat sleeves for men, says fashion journal
will be so tight this year that it will be effort
to put ones hands in ones trousers pocket. But
then, there is little use in putting ones hand in
ones trousers pocket any more, anyhow 1t
has been overdone the past few years.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10
Open Court Letters to The Herald
Other Peoples Views Current Events

Communication will not be returned
unless specific request for such return il
made and stamps inelosed.
Letters should be typevritten when.
ever possible. Communication extreme.
" difficult to read will not be considered.
No communicat tions signed with fctitious
names will be used.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10

~ AhH W AAl AANf
denomination for
[ n c Senatorial
race at the pri-
marics next Nav
is generally con
coded. BcVcridE,'s
friends d a y -
started a quiet
campaign 10 boost
him.
New will make
his campalE as
the candidate OF
{ h e admin stra
tion. ReVc~idEc
has not ~. Used
[ n c admin. ~tra-
tion, but he Ear
taken a stand or
several matters
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10

Lucille says she is sure if all the women in
this country would 60 bareheaded business con-
ditions would be good deal better. She never
asked her husband for new hat yet, but he
told her that business was the worst he had
ever seen in his life, and the whole blamed sit
uation was going to smash in, about four min
utes.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10

Paris grand opera singer will ride as
jockey in races. She's not the first of her pro-
fession to get up on her high horse
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10

Why do they send missionaries to China,
Africa and other so-called uncivilized countries
when there is much work to be done in
Hollywood
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10

The crime wave that never was and is
now practically over broke out in several new
spots this week.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10
WHO'S WHOM
THE DAYS NEWS

That former Senator Albert Jcrc-
miah Beveridge. " Indiana will
contest Senator Harry s News cf-
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10

Now that the arms parley is over there
should be good chance of finding out what
It was all about
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10

So far as John Barleycorn is concerned, we
have decided to let the poor old gentleman die
in peace. Barleycorn obituary poets, please
take notice.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10

Stenographer in Washington Says Con-
gressmen talk great deal faster than they
used to. But do they say any more.
The Washington herald., 1922-02-10

Prohibition has accomplished ono great
good-shorter banquet speeches.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-26
DUTIES OF HEALTH DOCTOR

Surgeon General Hugh c. Cummings
of the United States Public Health
Service in The Health Builder.
What do public health doctors
actually do for you? A concrete
example is always best so let us put
it in this way. You live in city
of 100000 inhabitants where there
are perhaps 80 deaths annually from
typhoid fever-not an unusual condi-
ton until recently Now. on an
average, out of every ten per-
sons who have typhoid. one will die.
the so deaths thus meaning a total
of 500 cases every year.
The family, or the bedside doctor.
as he Is often called. would be strain
ing every nerve during a typhoid
epidemic in an effort to treat and
cure the cases already contracted.
He would not have much time to de-
vote to trying to ascertain the cause
of the epidemic. But the public
health doctor would be at this very
task. He would see that 500 cases
and 80 deaths were too large, and
he would set to work to find the
reason for this and to reduce the
number of cases He would put into
effect proper preventive measures,
and in a short time there would
occur only 100 cases and 10 deaths
annually. and probably in time the
number would be cut to five deaths
and so cases-Sa gainst the original
so deaths and 500 cases.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-11-26
Insists on Control

AIR. Ford seldom places gift in
the way of money in manner that
puts ii beyond his personal interest
and direction. He took over hos
pital at time when it was in
financial difficulties. He put millions
into it, but before doing so he paid
back TO others who had previously
put money into the institution their
contributions in full. IF / am to
support that hospital. then / am go
ing to control It," he said to me.
As 10 the manner of using his
money for the benefit of others.