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The Washington herald., 1922-04-25
The Case of Landlords.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
have been interested in the
articles in reference TO the extern
sion of the Ball act. ! quite agree
with the lady who stated the Ball
act has been a failure. | believe
in legislation at all times as a
safeguard for the worthy strug-
glers but legislation should include
both the landlord and tenant. The
Rent Commission is absolutely a
tenants tribunal and a reputabl
landlord stands no chance what
ever in obtaining his property from
deceitful, cunning tenant who
defies him, admits she can find
other quarters but will neither
buy nor move while she can obtain
her rent at a prewar rate. Though
the landlord has purchased at war
prices.
MARGUERITE DE EALOIS
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25
Defense of Civil Service.
TO the Editor. The Washington Herald

10 tne ho1tOr, Inc washington Herald.
Your correspondent. f. Grifith.
seems to contradict himself in dis
cussing Civil Service, and its mad
equacy. he hints that We arc in
danger of having too much eff
cheney in our government anyhow.
1t seems that his opinions on each
Service. are based on conversations
with citizens Of different classes
r-nm all parts OF the United States"
whether these citizens OF different
classes are informed. or familiar
with the workings of the Civil Serv-
ice. he does not say. However,
from these he has summed up the
following points against IL, viz: %
Examinations do not test the ap-
plicants fitness for the work he is
required to perform" How about
examinations in civil or electrical
engineering. or any of the different
branches of science in which the
government requires only skilled
labor! (2) Examinations provide
no sufficient test OF applicants
character" This We should say. is
a most vital lack. and we should
have referm here as wherever else
needed. 90 That applicants who
make the highest grade are often
passed over, and some one with
lower grade appointed" This
seems most unfair and unreasona bI e
and the public should certainly have
vital interest in the selection of
the men who handle these appoint
ments. All of his criticism of the
service seems to prove that there
is no immediate danger of too much
efficiency in government service.
which he fears. Nevertheless. we
do not believe that enlightened pub
lie opinion will tolerate a return
to the spoils system. However i'm
perfectly Civil Service is admins
tered, II Is surely a great improve
ment on that.
MRS. |. W. FARRELL.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25

AUTOMATIC sPRIsKLEE.
To the Friend o. People:
manufacturing the Water Fan Gan automatic
sprinklerl which was exhibited on Garden Pier
at Atlantic City. N. j. last summer 4. B. c.
The Water Fan is manufaetured by the Camp
local firm of Barber Ross has one In stock.
ED. DELEHANTY.
To Friend o the People:
win you kindly tell It. Ed. Delehanty ever
played on the American League diamond at Geor-
gia avenue? G. X. G. T. II.
nue. park; he played at the old grounds at Fiji
teenth street and Florida avenue northeast
BRITISH LACROSSE TEAM.
To the People: ..--
Kindly Kindly tell me when the oxford;camSTidge !. {.
can get a schedule Of games. r. w. w
The Oxford Cambridge lacrosse team is already
In this country and has played games with Penn
schedule of games at spalding's Sporting Goods
Shop.
BUSINESS LETTERS.
o People,
Where can I purchase good book business
letters? Please give me the price Z. d.
sale at Brentano's Book Store and many other
stores in Washington Its price is s125
HIGH TIDE AT ANNAPOLIS.
To the Friend Of the People:
In Of high tide at Washington at 1O:45
napolis Chesapeake Beach. Plum Point, Benedict
Rock Point and occoquan. Va? II. J. c.
1880 a M: Chesapeake Beach. $40 a. m: Plum
Point 5:25 a. M; Benedict. $40 a. M; Rock Point
4;45 a m; occoquan' 9:2o a. m.
AUTHOR OF "THE MONKEYS PAW"
TO the Friend OF the People;
Did w. W. Jacobs write the short story called
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25
The Heart of Frsnce.

|ABLED quotations from editorial comment
on the Genoa conference in Paris Sunday
morning newspapers reveal striking
differences of opinion.
Says the Figaro-"We can hear the Russian
cavalry approaching the Danzig corridor and the
German artillery rumbling to the Rhine. 1t is not
in such hours that France is divided. We shall re-
main calm and firm"
Thus comes the voice of the Poncare govern
ment, of the French mlitaristS and imperiaists,
those who have alicnated from their country much
Of the worlds sympathy.
Says the Oevrc:-"The first meeting of the
European league of nations is in session at Genoa.
There is being laid the first stone of the edce
OF the United States of Europe. Pity those who
are attempting to wreck it,"
Here is the voice OF the French workmcn, the
French peasants the lace counter clerks, the bar
tenders the parish priests and the village school
masters.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25
IMPORTED INSECT ATTACKS
NATIVE CORN-BORER.

Tho foreign leCions Of insects that
government cntomolEiSts are I'M
portinE into this country to prey
upon the insect enemies that have
invaded our fields from other lands
are not only efficiently attacking
the foreign foe but in many cases
do good work in destroying harml ut
native insects. pr. l.. -. How NaFa'
chief Of the L. :. Bureau "f Enl
tomoloCy. declared yesterday IN
an address before the National
Academy Of Sciences. Z
The government insect fighters
are beginning to launch an OMEN
sive on the European Corn-hor'F.
which is threatening our great
fields Of corn in the Middle West.
Dr. Howard announced that ih'N
ar, raising armies Of a new I'M
ported parasite. found only lHS'
summer in region OF SOU"
France. near Hyeres. Some thou
sands II these insects, known as
Hsbrobracon brevicornis. have been
raised in laboratories, liberated ana
sent to battle IN the fields.
In addition to destroying the Eh-
rorean corn-borer, DR.. Howard N'-
Iieyes that this new insect fight
will attack the native cornsta.h
borer that Is especially prevalent
in the southeastern United states,
and thai il will also parasite
upon a lepidopterous borer damaE-
inc sugar cane in Louisiana.
Laboratory experiments show that
the new parasite manages to lay
its eggs in the larvae Of the bore
ct a
destroys them.
since the traordinary initial
success Of the Department Of AETt-
culture IN importing the Australian
ladvbird beetle into California To
destroy the nUted scale in the 80 o..
a great deal OF successful WORK.
Of the same sort has been dor"
in different parts Of the world.
Dr. Howard said. Parasite lntf"-
Cuctiuu has never been ATTEMPTED
in any part Of tho world on 81"
large a scale IS It has hecn IN THIS
country since 1895 in the effort II"
secure the European and J"paH'N'
PARASITES and natural cncmi'~ "i
tho Eipsy moth and tho European
enemies or the brown-tah moth.
pr. Howard announced that f"r
the first time since the world 49,
cXpcrts Of the Bureau oG Int.
mnIoCy arc now in Europe az"
Japan studying the native para
sites oC the gypsy moth and 'u-
deavorinE To send over new sup
plies Of these that failed to sue
cessfully live here.
Tho Tachinid ny. a parasite "f
the brown-tail moth. has atta"kod
a number OF native injurious species
and has not only spread all over
the whole gypsy moth territory but
has established itself in some cas,s
tventy-mfles beyond
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25
GChcHeruAd;
Scientific
%fcaS
QndCon7n7eW
.-.,ar. APRIL Is. Isza.


National Academy Of seieueey
Natural History Building, Nal
tional Museum, today. 500
o'clock-M. T. BoEert: Resesrches
on thiazoles. NJ. T. Bogert: Re-
searches on selenium orEanicI
compounds. N. Gomberg: Reac-
ton between silver perchiorsteI
and the halogens. G. T.. wendt:|
The thermal decomposition Cd
tungsten. A. A Noyes and II. A.
Wilson: A confirmation Of Saha's|
theory OF the thermal ionization|
OF elements at high temperatures
1000 o'clock-W. d. Harkins: TheI
general system of isotopes as rel
related TO the formation and dis
integration Of atom nuclei. =. HI
Hall: A theory Of electric cOn1
duction in metals. IO:lJ O'Clock
4. l. Day: Cooperative studies
Of California earth movements. w
NJ. Davis: Geological overthrust.|
and underdrags. J. +. Hayford 4
The effects OF winds and barome-
trio pressures on the Great Lakes1
1900 o'clock-H. A. Brouwer
Striking similarities between ig1|
neous rocks Of Brazil and SOUTH
Africa. J. c. Merriam and Chest
Stocks: Fauna Of the Pleistocend
asphalt deposits Of McKittrickt
Cal Afternoon session: l:t1
o'clock-F. B. Jewett: The telet
phone engineer a public trusted
J.. u. Jewett: The loud speaking
telephone. r. l.. WeEel: The ply
sicaI examination Of hearing and
binaural aids for the deaf. Donall
Mackenzie: The relative sensitiVt
ity OF the ear at different leveI
Of loudness 2:45 O'clock. r
Ames: Recent progress in serd-
nautics. II. 4. Millikan: The CO
efficient OF slip and the refiection
OF molecules. n. A. Millikan: the
origin Of penetrating radiatton'
Of the uppcr air. w. 4. Shewhar'-
On the measurement OF physical
quantity whose magnitude Is In
UueNced at random by primary
causes beyond the control OF the
.lrsary.r. and on the method Of
determining the relation between
two such quantities. 3:45 o'clock
d. e. Miller: Ether drift cN-
perimeutS af Mount Wilson IN
1921 and at cleveland in 1922. Il.
:. Woodward: Some extensions in
tho mathematics OF hydrome-
chanics. q. d. Birkon: Normal
co-ordinates and Einstein space
g:3O c'clock-Edward kasner: Al
gebraic solutions Of Einstein
cosmoloCical equations. Oswald
N.,.-.rA N-.Ilcp- The geometry OF
paths.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25

walton Army headquarters, shelters
and hotels.
Our social secretaries replied
that cases of drunkenness are now
the exception among men who fire.
Quent our hostelries. shelters and
Industrial homes" the announce
ment said.
More than 100000 beds were
supplied by the Salvation Army last
year. and it is on these 100000
cases that our secretaries base
their answers. In one hostelry it
was reported that 100 men who
have never been known to keep a
dollar more than twenty-four hours
now have banking accounts of con-
siderable size. In another hotel
twenty-five men Of the. sort who
before prohibition could not keep a
dime now have deposits ranging
from 500 to $500. These are un-
usually bright instances, but every
where the workers of the Saliva
tion Army have found a marked
increase in thrift and prosperity
and a decrease in drunkenness"
In refutation of the charge that
drunkenness has Increased since
prohibition Commander Booth cites
the fact that the Salvation Army's
annual "Boozers' Day" when
drunken men and women were col
lected from the streets, fed, clothed
and prayed with, has been aban-
doned and the day given over to
entertaining the newsboys ano
poor youngsters of the city.
Because prohibition has cleared
our park benches of drunkards. we
are able to entertain 5000 boys
under IL years old In New Yorn
City on this day. these boys being
benefited because one of the great
est curses of humanity has been
placed beyond the reach of men
and wnmenn
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25
Efficiency and Autocracy.
To the Editor. The Washington Herald:

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
F. Grifith's remarks about the ef-
ficiency of government logically
terminating in autocracy seem to
hit the nail on the head. Democ-
racy. in its very nature. means an
averaging up and scaling down of
things. had never realized be-
fore why it is that so few men of
first caliber reach high station in
the country. They are selected by
a democracy which reflects its own
weakness in its servants. Only
by a kind of accident or through
direct Providential interference
have we had a Washington, a JEFF
ferson. or a Lincoln. had come
very near saying a Roosevelt and
a Wilson.
But. speaking of the Civil Serv-
ice and its imperfections, why not
simply recognize those imperfec-
tiOns and the imperfections OF the
democracy vs.. bureaucracy? As
long as there is a Civil Service
there will have to be machinery to
run it, and as long as people. arc
human there will be favoritism iu
the running OF it. why not recog-
nize another thing. namely. that in
democracy where even the Chief
Executive as a rule. is bound to
be mediocre. why not recognize the
fact that he also is human? And IL
he plainly states in his platform
that he is going TO turn the ras-
Gals out" why raise a hue and cry
because he is decent enough to try
to hide behind something when he
does it? There is a kind OF moral
law against exposing the naked
ness of ones spirit. as well as a
civil law requiring more clothing
than the bushmen wear
INEFFICIENT.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25

Gently declares
that since the en-
actment of the
Vol.ste Il ii act
drinking among
the poor has al
most entirely dis
appeared. T h c
a II n Oun cement,
she says. was
based on facts
reported by sew.
retaries of the
Salvation ARMY
in all parts of
the country to
whom she sent a
questionnaire. re-
garding their OBJ
seryations in Sal
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25
The War in China.

IRRECONCILABLE factions in China are ready
i for different sort of war.
After smouldering for the past eight months,
flames OF battle will break out in few days. ac-
cordng to Tientsin dispatches. Along the Yellow
River troops drawn up in battle array. Long
stretches of railroad have been destroyed.
This will not be fought with frecrackers
and big tin horns. Both generals, WI Pei Flu and
Chang Tso Ling, have modern artillery, tanks and
arplanes, with personnel to operate them China has
awakened from her long sleep. Outside the limits
of the great Oriental nation itself there will be little
concern ever which general wins the impending
battle The importance to the world lies in the
things China will learn from this conflict. Through
the Chinaman is learning the OF modern
machinery When peace is restored he will use this
information to good advantage in agriculture and in
manufacturing.
The picture flashed the cables from Tien-
tsin might have been copied from an account of
minor operation the western front except
for one detail. Gen. WI Pei Flu has brought up
nnumerable camel trains, loaded with food and
ammunition When it copies Western civilization
the East does not lose its picturesque element.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25
Opposes Capital Punishment.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
In yesterdays paper (April IL,
1920, there appeared letter rela-
tive to capital punishment The
writer vehemently opposed the asso-
ciation, which he says has been
formed, to work for the abolishment
Of capital punishment in the Dis
trict Of Columbia. 1 had never heard
OF this association, but am very glad
that it has been formed and am
thoroughly in sympathy with its OBJ
jects.
Your correspondent in almost the
same breath advocates capital pun
ishment for murder. and admits that
IL has not the deterrent effect which
1t is supposed to have.
have nothing against the Jews
but their way of thinking is di-
ideal. The trouble with us is that
SO many who call themselves CHRIS
| tians still cling 10 the old Mosaic
law: IAN eye for an eye, a tooth
for a tooth" II they will read their
New Testament a little. they win
find there: you cannot overcomc
hatred by hatred; overcome hatred
with love" Love Is the fulfilling
of the law" The Buddhist teaching
is almost exactly in the same words:
Hatred is not at any time over
come by hatred; hatred is overcome
by love" Someone said. during the
war. that that event was not a proof
of the failure OF Christianity. be-
cause Christianity had never been
tried. Here is an opportunity to put
into practical use the teachings OF
Christianity and instead OF taking 3
life for a life. try to lead the one
who through ignorance or passion or
sheer savagery has killed. to see the
better way and learn to be remorse-
full for bis evil deeds and try &c
compensate for them by acting bet
ter.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25
STUDY ANIMALS TO LEARN
ABOUT HUMAN DISEASE.

In order to secure knowledge
which will tell more about how
such epidemic diseases in man as
meningitis, pOliOmyelitis. influenza
and cholera are spread and caused
Drs. Simon Flexner and II. L. Ames
OF the Rockefeller Institute tor
Medical Research are making
studies Of the means Of spreading
typhoid among mice and septiCemia
among rabbits, they announced
yesterday to the National Academy
OF SciVnces. Mouse typhoid ls
spread in a manner similar 10 hu-
man typhoid, and rabbit septicemia
is typical OF respiratory disease
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25
STEP TAKEN TOWARD ISOLA.
TION OF sMALLPON GERM.

Though attempts at the. isolation
Of the infictive agent in vaccine
and smallpox have failed. Dr. "
q. MacCslium OF Johns Hopkins
University declared yesterday after
noon TO the National Academy "f
Sciences that IL can he separated
from most communicating material
IL the vaccine is suspended in a
fluid OF appropriate specific gravity
, and contrifugcd. The lnfective
material In vaccine lymph rises To
the top in fluid Of specific Erav-
ity Liz and sinks TO tho bottom ~
any huid OF speeifc gravity lower
than ia
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25

one might visualize the position Of
the murdered suddenly thrown into
that higher world. with all his pas
sions and evil mind still intact. Must
not such influence as he is able 10
exert either on the quick or the dead
be very bad? Much better 10 hol.
him here on the physical plano
where We know what he H. doing.
MRS. J. q. CURLEY.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25

Newspaper report says a pastor in Pennsyl-
vania has had mis- salary raised from $1,000 to
$500 year. 1t doesn't seem right to publish
such sensational stuff as that in the papers,
when we are living in such bresthless era,
anyway.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25

war. is preparing
To visit the United
States, his fist
visit TO this COun-
try in ten years.
Earl French's
family had hopes
in his younger
d a Us that he
would enter the
church. His pious
training. however.
failed to so in =
huence HIM. He
entered the kings
navy and after
graduation from
the training ship
Britannia became
=
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25
WHO'S WHO IN
THE DAYS ijEWS

Field Marshal the Earl French.
who commanded the British forces
in France tHc opening years Of the
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25

One thing never understand is
why man, as soon as he invents a mousetrap
a concrete mixer, thinks he is qualified to
give advice to the universe on every subject
from infant feeding to bird life on the planet
Saturn.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25
(omfZeHery hMez7ezaId
OTHER PEOPLES CURRENT INTEREST 4<=<
z xm@ Be u 4

Communics lions will not be re-
turned unless specific request for such
return is made and stamps ineloSed.
IetteIS should be typewritten when
ever possible. Communications eI.
trcmely difficult TO read will not be
considered. No communications signed
with fictitious names will be used.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25
DRY ACT AIDS POOR,
SAYS MISS BOOTH

EvanGeline Booth. commander of
the Salvation Army in the United
states. in a statement issued re-
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25

Chicago woman advertises that she wants
to trade her husband for good electric fan.
She is doubtless tired of hot air
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25

"Other countries have a theatrical censor
ship, notably Great Britain" says editorial.
Then let us have one by all means
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25
masters.

Fashion journal says the style waist
line for starts at the left knee and
ends at the right shoulder The waistline
man starts at the equator and remains there
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25
eJ5iend yMe Rae
ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS
AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER

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The Washington herald., 1922-04-25
A Lesson in Americanism.

A SLEEPY town OF farmer folks suddenly be
~ comes the center of barbaric industrial war
The Washington herald., 1922-04-25

G ONE OF the most distinguished men in tn
- world have gathered in Washington thi
Arizona republican., 1922-06-27
Attempt to Ascend
EUereSt Is Failure
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peans with the exception of the Bury
party have ever approached nearer
than so miles to its base and few
travellers have even seen it's upper
slopes.
The attempts which have been
made to ascend some of Mount Ever
est's sister peaks of the Himalayas
have usually been made through Ne
pal because access to them through
Tibet was not then open. The ap-
proach to Mount Everest through
Tibet is said to be more accessible
and presents greater prospects of sue
cess than from the Nepal side.
Given Tibetan Sanction
Sir Francis Younghusband an
nounced that the Tibetan government
had granted its permission to at
temut the ascent of the mountain
by the Tibetan route. was Sir
Francis who, as colonel commanding
a British mission TO the forbidden
city of Lhasa in 190S-04, opened Tibet
to civilization.
The trigonometricai altitude Of
Mount Everest is 29,002 feet; its
probable height is 29,141 feet. The
next known highest of the Hinalayan
peaks are Kinchinjunga, 2S,225 feet,
and K-2, or Bride peak, whose alti-
tude is 2s,191 feet.
The Duke of the Abruzzi, who
reached the top of Mount st. Elias
in Alaska 1S,024 feet) and who at
one time held the record of farthest
north in Arctic exploration, tried to
climb K-2 or Bride peak in 1909, but
failed because from whatever point OF
the compass he advanced he could
find no way up to attain the summit
At 24.6o0 feet he and his companions
were in good physical condition, al
though progress was slow and labor
ious. A thick mist warned them that
10 90 on would have been madness.
This achievement of the Italian ex-
plorer, however, is the worlds record
for mountain climbing. Bride peak
is in the Karakoram Himalayas. Be
sides it and it's two higher sister
peaks there are in the Himaiayass
no less than 75 peaks above 24'ooo
feet, As above $4,000 feet, 16 apoVe
26. 900 feet, and five above 2f,ooo Ieet.
Some of the notable mouhtdlh
climbing feats of history and the year
in which the peaks OF the various
mountains were attained, follow:
1774. the Titlis, the first true snow
mountain: 1888, Mount Blanc's sum
nit reached for the first time; 1911,
the Jungfrau; 1872, the Finsteraar-
horn: 1913, the Zermatt Breithorn;
1872, Pixies peak: 1854. the Matter
horn: 1855, the Monte Rosa; 1860, the
Matterhorn; 1879, Chimborazo; 1883,
the Cordillera; 1888, the Selkirks;
1897, Aconcagua: 1898, the Bolivian
Andes; 1899, Sikkim in the Hima-
layas; 1909. Mount Ruwenzori. There
have been no pre- eminent achieve
lnents by explorers since the last
named date.