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The Washington herald., 1922-01-28
Groundless Fears.

@UR press is free, and few arc the occasions,
~ as regards the great majority of Jour
mails. that the line dcmarcatng freedom and making
too rec is ovcrstepped One group OF papers is
prone to do this sort of thing, however the
T :laGelphia Public Ledger notes in timely fashion.
Arthur Brisbane" remarks the Public Ledger,
whose pen drips about equal parts OF hate Of
England anti Japanese and bootlicking
aduation for certain American rich men, is all 'het
up. He has discovered America has boss
J-LaL.
"By mutual agreement four nations have signed
a treaty of the Pacific wherein they pledged to
cease trying to sink the islands of the sea under
weight of and I8-inch rifles. Ignoring the
mutual agreement part Of treaty making, this Japo
phobe insists we have been forbidden to fortfy
the Philippines and about to be forbidden to
establish Notifications the Island of Guam, prop
erty of this country
Now it is the pet theory and favorite phobe
of Hearstiana that some of these bright mornings
the old United States of America will rise with the
lark and find the Pacific Coast gone and the peaks
OF the Cordilleras long OF grinnng Jap
ancse faces. 1t is quite in the manner, of course,
for Brisbane insist that Japan does not want us
to plant any obstacles between her coast and the
coast of California.
For the kind OF people who like 10 read such
dark statcmcnts-wCll, this dark BriSbancIsm IS
about it is that it is rS-karat bunk, net i. o. b.
Otherwise it is all right
To which say aye
The Washington herald., 1922-01-28
Chairman Moore's Defender.

ITO WASHINGTONIANS who care fig ior
i municipal art, the name OF Charles Moore is
always suggestive OF self-sacrifcing abors for
the good OF architecture and city-planning in the
Capital well in other great centerS.
That the sentiment exists editorially in
places far removed from here is shown by recent
expressions of opinion regarding the questioning
of the chairman of the Fine Arts Commission by a
Congressional committee, with reference to his re-
munerations and perquisites.
The Detroit News goes far to condemn,
in this connection. "the little nobodes who fill out
the ranks OF the few big in Congress and
proceeds to remark with some heat that mo one
suspects Congress OF much judgment in its sense
OF values in expenditures. Its reputation in that
direction is sorry one, odious with selfish cNtrava-
ganccs and starved necessities. So it is in the case
OF Charles Moore man who was willing to give
the national service the benefit Of his time, energy
and experience, as chairman OF tho Fine Arts Com
mission. and who, in the opinion OF those COM
pctent to judge, has done very good job oft,
The fact that Mr.. Moore is valuable to the
Library Of Congress is not dctraction but an
added cause for gratitude, since that fact alone
gives him automatically proved value. Mr.. Moore
has been willing to study the work entrusted to
him, has spent lifetime in such study and brought
to the duties of the Fine Arts Commission rich
N0' 'iiNS'
The first time his character SO widely known and
respected, is challenged is at the hands of Con
gressmen who have not yet succeeded in deciding
that the Patent Office is an important national in
stitution which their stupidity has beggared and
wrecked.
These men express themselves as Mortified be-
cause the chairman of the Fine Arts gets $4,000
mark the sum-for his services in charge OF the
division of manuscripts at the Library of Con-
gress To some it might occur that to. pay only
$1,000 for work of such high importance requiring
scholarship of an expensive kind, and demanding
higher general ability than is usually credited to
congressman, is either much too low, or else the
salary OF Congressman is much too high.
These little nbblers at character should be
more concerned in providing such position for the
chairman OF the Fine Arts Commission of the ma
ton that he would not need to earn his living in
other work, much as the Library of Congress- hav-
ing an eye for good men, would protest at losing
him.
when Congress bring itself to a better
perspective OF useful public service, and evidence
that awakening in its treatment Of constructive
works then the public will be more ready to re-
gard anything ii has to say on tho question OF
salaries as authoritative and disinterested."
The Washington herald., 1922-01-28

of history as given in a communt-
cation in The Herald of January %,
concerning Milroy's battles at VIM
chester. Va. Friday. Saturday. Sun
day and Monday. June IL. Is, II and
Il, 1863 II is a mistake that Mil
roy would have surrendered but Tor
the counsel Of certain generals. on
the contrary. on sunday evening,
Under heavy fire from the Confcder-
ates in great force, who surrounded
US. our little army. now badly deci-
mated by two days fighting. were
collected within and around the
Star Fort. alluded to by your cor
respondent. Late in the afternoon
the enemys firing ceased for few
minutes whn,. a flag OF truce was
borne towards our fort and within
livered orally to Milroy de-
mand for unconditional surren-
der. when Milroy called down
from his box high up on the
faGpole. where he had been perched
all day during the bombardment.
Go to He'll: Tell Gen. Ewen TO
come and take me- The messen-
ger rode back to their fort on a
Immediately sixty cannon opened
on us and continued. ours respond
ing nobly. Till nightfalI
A lull. and charge repulsed by
us was repeated there times. and
MiIroy still held the fort. ordering
us TO fix bayonrts. spike all cannon.
leave all baggage and cut our way
out. which we did at daylight next
morning and retreated safely over
North Mountain. across the Potomac
and into Pennsylvania. followed all
the way 10y a heavy force under
Ewcll suppose Milroy escaped
with ha'f the force he had In h,>
command.
think. however. your CORE
Spondcnt is right when he says VIC
left the flag floating there. It was
to" dark--a moonI"Ss night-to see
it Maybe il was like everything
else (but our muSkctsl. left behind.
II" speaks Of dear old Gen. Kcef-
Pr. one" Speaker Of the House. q
her" Of three wars-MeNican. Rebel
lion and Spanish. and he commanded
my brigade in the Eighth Army
Corps during all the siege and re-
treat. and am glad he is to re.
ccivc our old flag which none Of us
ever knew was lef: there until We
read Of it in The Herald.
All else is apochrycnhal-this is
briefly the correct history of the
whole affair and Gen. keefer will
tell you sOs
PRIVATE DAI.ZELI.
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which The Federal government paid SI,735,763; Wis
consn. 5000 miles costing $6,7o2, 100; Arkansas.
43S2 miles costing S5,I4So8o; Georgia, 1854 miles
costing $II,oI7,3oo; Iowa, 4224 miles costing W.
ooo.0SI; North Carolina. 4Io.I miles costing U.s.
64Ia:3; Idaho. 4o7I miles costing $6.472,552; and
Washington. 354.o miles costing $So8i.2S5.
Completed Federal aid highway construction in
of the Eastern and Middle Western States
whe- tic character of roads was OF high type and
the cost correspondingy greater per mile were
follows:
Pennsylvania, 1901 miles costing $1,000, ,5o+;
Ohio 37o2 miles costing SI2,47ss560; New Jersey,
7S.3 miles costing S3,442,224; Massachusetts, 1905
miles costing S4,3oI,o36; and Maryland. 1878 miles
costingN S37s2.233
Projects under construction and the degree OF
their completion January in other States were
as follows:
California, 3S20 miles. S. per cent complete;
Georgia 1920 miles, 65 per complete; Iowa,
oo8.7 miles, SO per cent complete Kansas, 47I8
miles, 90 per cent complete; Louisiana, 3545 miles,
81 per cent complete; Minnesota. 1912 miles, 65
per cent complete; Mississippi, 464.3 miles, O. per
cent complete; Missouri, 1851 miles, 20 per cent
complete; Montana 4r2,S miles. II per cent COM
plee; Nebraska, DIAL miles. o. per cent complete;
New Mexico, ssIo miles. "a per cent complete;
New York, 347.0 miles, A per cent complete North
Carolina, 5o7 miles, 88 per cent complete; North
Dakota, SIo2 miles, so per cent complete; Ohio.
208.2 miles, OIL per cent complete; Oklahoma, $685.
miles, 81 per cent complete; Pennsylvania, 24So
miles, % per cent complete; South Carolina, 4Io7
miles, 50 per cent complete South Dakota oS87
miles, 70 per cent complete Tennessee, 44oI miles,
46 per cent complete; Texas, 1919 miles, 50 per
cent complete and Wisconsin, 1888 miles. Is per
cent complete.
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WHEN sILAs MOVED TO TOWN.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
When Silas moved to town he owned
forty-acre lot
With other things which make Of
home a calm and cheerful spot
Siill h" was not conicnted to leave
well enough alone.
hut sold the farm with stock and
tools which thrifty farmers own.
Then straiGhtway to the city with
its seethinE. signing tide
And rainbows of dclusion where the
golden fairies hide.
He went. like sheep to slaughter,
and soon settled in a fiat.
With one way out and no back yard.
a landlord gruff and fat.
As time rolled on he learned, alas.
the maxim true and old
That things are not just what they
seem and all that looks like gold
Is half per cent OF polished brass
mixed with a steel alloy
And half the world has lost the pata
that leads to peace and joy.
All this he learned and even more
but then it was too late
To catch the charm of vanished
dreams or scale the wall of fate
While onward went the swirling
streaN of human doubts anc
fears
Which ebbs and flows in restless
style across the rushing years.
He soon was swallowed by the
crowd of struggling. seeking
men
And left to ponder in old age the
days that might have been.
GEORGE SANDS JOHNSON.
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ties for extending commercial
credit. 4 firm exporting cotton "a
Germany would he able To- sell. say
100000 worth OF cotton 10 Ger
man mill and give that mill a rea-
sonable time in which t. take that
raw material and turn Il into the
finished product or put il IN the
course of such Transformation,
When that cotton left New York
with a draft attached To- H. the
bank Of nations" would be able to
state the rate Of German exchange
that the branch in Germany would
charge. IL would be able 20 cash
the draft Of the cotton Exporter
and when the cotton arrived in
Germany the branch bank there
would be able 60 give {" the cotton
mill the reasonable length of time
In payment of the draft upon de-
poSit of the proper security.
business men in Germany would
have no difficulty in borrowing 4
the banks in Germany at reasona-
BILE rates OF interest, and the cotton
mill there in good credit could Sc
cure from the branch bank there
a reasonable credit in pay Tor tha,
cotton provided IL could make ths
branch bank secure during that
period. similar conditions would
exist in the shipping OF wheat -
copper or any other American prod.
mCf 4"
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ment would subscribe for a ma
Jority OF the stock. or 81. 2na Ooo. -
ZOO; Of the rcmai Under $500 n00 Oun
would bc offered individual Amer
lean and European banking houses
and exporters and importers. Se0o.-
100000 to subscription 10y tho gov
crnmcnts Of tho world. 80 FAR as
they arc solvent
headquarters If this largest cor
p"rate organization cvc. formed
would be in New York. hut il would
have branches in all the great capi-
tails and agencies everywhere In
the world. 1t would receive de-
posits. have power to isSu" cur
rcnCy, buy and sell exchange. lend
to exporters and importers. and dis
count acceptanCcS in manner
similar to that Of the Federal Re
serve banking system Of this coun-
try.
The capital. he suggested. would
be paid one-third in gold and the
rest in interest bearing bonds Of
the solvent governments those
with sound budgets which had r.
duced the expenses of armament.
SWIM SNpSNA ApNA'hS NbhAN Dt GI-
fected by treaties.
The banks power to issue cur
rency would be limited by the pro-
vision that il must maintain a re-
serve of IS per cent. The bank
would thus have the power to issue
from S2,OOO,OOO.OOO to $4,000, 600. =
900 in currency, he said. and this
would be known as the information
al dollar.
This currency" he said. Il ex-
pect will become the international
medium Of exchange in place OF
gold. 1t will result in the ex-
pansion of International credit and
thus facilitate International trade.
The institution would become the
great clearing house for the pur-
chase and sale Of exchange.
Through IL all the transactions
would run. II would be one in
stitution with power enough 10
stabilize the rate of exchange. The
fluctuations. instead of violent,
would be seasonal and based on
legitimate reasons. Gambling in in
ternational exchange would be
stopped.
The bank would afford faciIi-
The Washington herald., 1922-01-28
Triumphs in Road Building

IT Is good to know that in whatever other
i branches OF needed national construction and
reconstruction niggardly of OUTLAY and diIa
tory in what sums we do appropriate, our Federal
aid highway system is a spendidly going and
growing concern.
During the past five and one-haf years. figures
issued by the Bureau of Public Roads Departmen,
OF Agriculture show the total length of these trade
and touring arteries has attained to 28za1 miles
the figures representing I2oo7 miles completed and
1884 under construction and on January l. 70 ner
cent complete. The cost is set at approximately
S5ooooo which verify counterbalances oute -.
few of the dreadnaughts and big guns to. provide
for which large part of our tax moneys is
dedicated.
In mileage OF completed Federal aid roads
Texas leads with total of I,II64 miles In addi
tion, there under construction in Texas ON
January total of 1870 miles of Federal aid
highways whose estimated total cost was nearly
S22,oooooo. Minnesota ranked second with Io666
miles, the cost OF the system being slightly over
SIO,oooooo. OF that sum the Federal government
paid SS.876663. In Minnesota there were under
construction the first of the year 1912 miles of
Federal aid highways whose estimated cost was
placed at SIoo5S7S7. Other States with compara-
lively large mileagcs OF completed Federal aid
highways on January were:
Illinois, 1920 miles costing S2L6oSo58 of
WHICH SII,22I464 paid by the Federal govern
,;"nt: Nebraska. oS2.7 miles costing S36,7z67. OF
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DenOunce Evil, He Says.

To the Elit"r. The Washington Herald:
No. let us not dcp"rt Dr. Crafts.
Surely. the danger is not as great.
and conditions ale rot as ccp:or-
able as he says. But possibly he is
sincere. Too often we Censure Il
man who points out an evil, as
though he were the cause of its
existence.
For the past four years it has
been favoritc retort of many to
say that if this country does not
suit a person he should cmiGratc.
That has been the taunt thrown at
every man who has raised his voice
against wrong or an injustice.
l:ut that is neither proof nor logic,
yet ii is supposed utterly to squelch
your opponent.
Ey the same token a man could
smoke in a theater or a crowded
street car: he could make himself
obnoxious to any extent and say.
If you do not like my noise and
my smoke you may find quietude
and fresh air on the outside" IT
every one who desires to make this
country better should leave how
would the land fare at the hands
of those who oppose improvement?
We like The Herald very much,
especially the editorials and Mc1n-
tyres column. II o. o. Mcintyre
protested against the condit' ons he
portrays he would be the most rabid
muckraker at large. He uncovers
the rottenness. but he does not call
attention to the stencil. Therefore,
we'A let him live here in peace. To
quote: GLADYS and took the count
with absinthe cocktails. I'm just
coming up for air now and Gladys
's still dotty." See The Herald, JAM
uary 19.
Or is he just romancing? And
have we been unnecessarily
shocked? II his column is to be
taken seriously il is not the part
Of wisdom or of patriotism to play
the ostrich. Neither is II wise or
patriotic to decry the man who
points out the danger.
&c. HELM.
Mount Rainier. Md.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-28
Witnesses Not Mandatory.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
VIII you kindly publish the an
swer to the following question in
your columns
When one is married by a mag's-
trate, who is authorized to perform
such ceremonies. is the marriag
considered legal (in the District OF
Columbia) IL there are no witnesses
present? l know il is customary to
have witnesses. but is IL absolutely
essential? A READER.
Col. w. A. Kroll, at the maria ge
license bureau, declares that wit
nesses are not necessary to a mar
riage ceremony. and the code bears
him out In no instance in the code
is anything said about witnesses.
Marriage ceremonies are therefore
legal with or without witnesses.
provided the proper person per-
forms them. The use OF witnesses
is desirable. however. because a GER
tificate may he lost or the officiat-
ing clergyman may die
The Washington herald., 1922-01-28

bitter wintry blasts that sweep so
mercilessly about exposed places.
Imagine a man fightinG a blizza I'd
for eight hours at a time, Sleet,
rain and snow, and you will wonder.
as do. why some sort Of sentry
box should not be erected at these
points. with windows opening on
each side and where the signals
might he operated from within.
In the summer a large umbrella
protects the traffic policeman from
the sun. but in winter he is left de-
fcnscless to the clements. Surely
this condition should receive atten-
tion at once.
JOSEPH l.. EVANS.
editors note. The Commits
sioners and PoIicc Department
heads ar experimenting with the
so-called sentry boxes" at this
time)
The Washington herald., 1922-01-28
FLINT MUNITION FACTORIES
HAD RIGID INSPECTION.

Prehistoric man OF America. fash.
ioning weapons out Of flint. had a,
rigid system OF inspection as wa,
used in our munition factories Of I
Few years ago, according 10 Prof
Leroy Patton. OF MusainEum col.
Ieg". New Concord. Ohio.
Flint which could meet III.
weap"n-makinE requirements an
which occurred in Sufficient quantf.
ties 10 supply the needs Of ~. sa,
age tribes WAS not widely distribr.
ted, he says. Neither could "a me-,
pic who had no other method II
transportation than by man 10,
over forest trails or in birch -
canoes on the rivers. TRANSPORT
great quantity OF raw mate
from the Lodges where IL rrr
10 the widely scattered hunt
grounds OF the tribes"
Methods Of ancient munitiur ma
ing arc revealed by recent rrv,s
tiEsti"ns Of the Ohio State A-sba
"locical and Historical Sn,.ief,
. which show that the tribes wbi,.
T once Inhabited Ohio. tho so-rsllr
Mound Builders" got rhcf- .Yr,,r
Of nint for their arrowhead. .p.sr
E and knives from the dorusf-s q
hint which occur iu the f.-~rrerrr-
limestone of Flint Ridge in L.ickin.
and Muskingum countries
Y great Industry fiourishcd fher
once. Skilled Quarrymcu. with
3 patience difficult 20 appreciate who
/ one nnds that their tools were on.
hammerstones of granite or quar-,
, zite with perhaps the aid Of v-nads
. or bone wedges. worked ogr IN
stone from the ledCeS. Either IN
4 quarrymen or another rrurp q
workmen then rouChcd out IN
blank forms from which the i'm
/ plements were to be made Tn
F was done in order that imprrfe,
: tions might be discovered an
. pieces having them discarded an
( also 10 save the transportation .
useless material.
The rouched-uut blocks -
then taken TO the workships
; vicinity of the quarry and
! workmen fashioned from IN
I like blades from which.
little further work. all
arrow points. spear poi
: knives and Srra p'r- C"u'
In the workshops another inIu,
try was ais" carried on. namc'
that or making cores from wbir
. Mint knives could be nakcd- I
Z many instances the knives wcr
( nsked out in the workshops :
other cases tho cores wcrc trans
ported to different uarts Of a.
country and the knives fakcd nr
aS needed.
TIL" Mint from Flint Ridge sun
piled savage tribes all over IN
territory now occupied by IN, stat
~ ohio and in many instance 4,
beyond the borders of tho state.
Primitive mans vcry cNf>tcnrs
both IN peace and in war. dcp,uGr
upon tho possession or those Mn
implements. II L. probable tina
our great munition factories Of
Tow Years ago were not a. I'm
portant 20 us as was this auriyr
munition factory L. u~chistori
man." says Professor Patton.
". n.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-28

She was the only woman chosen TO
go to the last Republican national
convention in Chicago as an alter
nate.
AS chairman of the Republican
women's State executive committee
Mrs. Livermore founded the famous
campaign school" She was the
founder. too. of the woman's Un:-
versity Club. of New York.
Mrs. Livermpre inherited her bent
for politics from her father, the late.
Henry ]. Wells. For years he was
State Senator in Massachusetts.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-28
ALCOHOL MUST
AID GASOLINE
AS MOTOR FUEL
Chemist Sees 50-Cen,
Gasoline Within Four
Years.
SATURDAY. JANUARY ~. 1872.

SATURDAY. JANUARY -. 1872.
~ the key 90 Meta.
physics" will be the subject Of an
address by DIR. l.. T. Troland. pro.
fessor OF psychology at Harvard
University. before joint meetIns
OF the Washington Academy o.
Sciences and the PHILOSOPHERS
Society OF Washington. Cosmo,
Club. tonight s:I5 O'Clock.
Gasoline at 30 10 80 cents a Ca,.
Ion in 1925. This is the prediction
OF Harrison r. Howe. editor Of IN.
Journal Of Industrial and Engineer.
ing Chemistry. published here q,
the American Chemical Society. Al
cohol is the answer to the comInt
gasoline shortage. he believes "a,
sees danger in the fact thar I'M,
country now has only half IN. "a
pacity for producing alcohol thar Il
had IN 1918 at the end OF the war
This decrease. he attributes 10 m,
restrictions imposed by the prot,F
bition laws. and he believes a.,
further curtailments Of alcohol Dro.
ouction are imminent because O.,
the prohibition restrictions
In a statement issued yesterd, ,
by the American Chemical Soci,, /,
on the possibilities Of comm.rcisr
Production Of alcohol r,r ,,,o,,,.
fn"l. Mr.. Howe SAYS ths, co.., Z.
one OF the most satisfactory mat,
rlals Tor making alcohol.
The blending Of alcohol u-i,I, en-.
hydrocarbons as benzoI. casoIfp. -
herosenc- 50 as 10 enabl, its apDlfl
cation direct 10 existing rnat,.-I
without material changes Gin.
IN carburctor or engine design. a.
iers the most practical Solutfop "A
the problem. he points out.
The blending Of fuels in sui,slg
form has been accomplished s1,i
nave been used with success IN
three years in sirplauos. au,.p,,
oiles. motorboats and tractor.
Mr.. Howe saws that in Franc, ,ba
development of straight alcohol ruel
has been undertaken and with "a
success Engines and carburcforl
have been designed for the psrtirUI
lar use Of this fuel.
However. less than nor cent Al
much alcohol was produced In IqIa
as gasoline was produced and con
sumed. Consequently the attention
OF scientists is becoming cunrarl
trated on the problem Of raw mat..
RAJ rather than to study tho Geld
OF its application as a motor fuel
mat problem seems 10 be solved.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-28

lTN ca n save the
world from its
present discon-
tents and restore
foreign trade and
prosperity. ac-
cording to Gil
bert VI. Hitchcock.
senior Senator
from Nebraska.
The plan OF the
bank Of nations.
as Senator Hitch
cock described il
in a recent ad-
dress. is fairly
simple. i would
De capitalized. he
said. at s.. i1o Goa. 70
o0o. The United
GFVsg- .--.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-28

Harding has just
announced her ap-
continent to the
commission which
will represent the
United States at
the Brazilian eN-
position in Rio de
Janeiro next fall.
She is the COM
missions onl v
iEoman member.
Mrs. LivermOre's
activities outside
IS o ci ty" have
I e n d e d toward
politics. She is
president of the
Noman's National
l2enuhlicap T1uh
The Washington herald., 1922-01-28
Wants Traffic Men Sheltered

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Iknow 4 traffic policeman on duty
from I p. m. until midnight at the
Intersection Of Fourteenth and q
streets northwest.
This man and others like him
throughout the city arc exposed
without shelter Of any kind to the
The Washington herald., 1922-01-28
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