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The Washington herald., 1922-04-15
The Last Word.

G ECRETARY OF STATE HUGHES has
- spoken the last word that would seem neces-
sary the proposed reduction OF the enlisted
personnel Of the navy.
Until the moving force behind the Washington
conference treaties had broken his silence there
might have been room for doubt as to the wisdom
of the House Appropriations Committee in their
proposal to reduce the working ranks of sea
fighters from $1,000 to $1,000. Mr.. Hughes was
the author of the original proposal for the limta-
ton of naval armaments. He was able to take
broader view of the whole troubled question than
most men now living.
The Secretary of State took the cold figures
prepared by naval experts and made them living
things, lights of hope for bt-burdened nations
He did not cling tenaciously to statistics. He
stretched points here and there for the sake of
the vision.
Now Mr.. Hughes and assures US that
his work covered all the ground in any manner
possible at this time He assures US that the pro-
posed act of the House will set the whole founda-
ton of the treaty rocking He also is definite in
his statement that he has reached this opinion only
after conferences the subject with men who
make up what he may lack in technical knowledge
Members of the House who vote for the pro-
posed reduction will win favor with the country
after Secretary Hughes words There is dsposi-
ton throughout the United States to go to the
utmost lengths possible to reduce disarmament with
out placing the safety of the nation in jeopardy
When such lengths have been reached the reaction
is bound to In fact the trainers of the treaty
themselves assured entirely that the coun-
try would be with them They breathed easier
when they became aware of the favorable popular
response to their efforts.
They went far it is possible to CO. Far
ther along the path at present leads to danger
The Washington herald., 1922-04-15


up to that time. Three yeors latef
he set another similar record al the
Royal College. He was made O.
captain in 1900, and became a rear
admirol in 1917. He received @
gold medal from the British Insti-
tuition Of Naval Arhcitects for the
best original paper on xhip-shaped
stream forms. the first American SC
honored.
In 1893 he constructed and still
has charge OF the first experiment.
tai tank ever built in the United
states. He was retained by the
British government as an expert
In suit growing out OF the Hawke
Olympic collision In 1911.
He has been chief constructor OF
the navy end chief OF the Bureau
Of Construction and Repair since
1914. He Is the author OF Resist
ance Of ships and Screw Propul-
sion" and speed and Power OF
ships
The Washington herald., 1922-04-15
Let's Have a Clean Sweep.
To the Editor. The Washington Herald:

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Herbert E. Howell shows a fine
spirit and much ability in taking
the part of people represented by
J. ]. r.. but II would be much bet
ter II he would use that hne energy
in a worthier cause.
Mr. Howell puts up quite an arSu-
ment, but / think he might safely
leave our ancestors to their we'll
deserved and hono-ed rest. Mine
were always hard-working people.
never belonging to the rich class.
so il is unlikely that they would be
against the eight-hour day and
child labor laws. My ancestors also
have beer in all the wars the United
states has enaged in, my brother
and myself being in the last one
and you will admit the cause was
Just Ancestors of mine were killed
in the cause of an unbroken Union
and the abolition of slavery. Please
confne yourself to the present, Mr..
Howell
Do l understand that you wish
to do away with tea and coffee, in
addition 10 the rest OF the harmful
things" Have a heart, Mr.. Howell.
have a heart. II no one became i'll,
what would the doctors, nurses.
sanitariums and others connected
with illness do for a living?
In regard to denying the many
for the benefit of the few: Let us
abolish the ladies' face powder. be-
cause a few use IT to excess; let US
abolish all harmful-even IL ex-
t=emely palatable-foods; let us
abolish all railroads, steamships.
aeroplanes. elevated and subway
cars, because a few accidents
cause some few injuries and deaths;
let us abolish all theaters and mov-
ing pictures because of the Knick-
erbocker disaster; let us abolish
the manufacture. ownership and use
of automobiles because OF the reck-
less driving OF few: and. finally,
let us abolish all matches, gas, cleo
tricity. heat and anything that
causes fire, so that the fi:emen Will
have to hunt new jobs. Make this
country so safe-so safe everyone
will leave. II. 5. :.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-15
Good of the Service.

Much discredit has recently been
brought upon the military service
through the killing OF a prominent
aviator by a former judge who has
been exonerated by a coroner's jury
on the strength Of his wife's and his
own statement in regard to the af-
fair. The reflection has been cast
despite the fact that a Federal in
vestigation has not bsen completed
to bring out the true facts in the
case, the local findings proba bly,
having been Influenced somewhat by
the standing of the former judge
in the community. However, dead
men tell no tales and it seems that
the evil name will live after the dead
aviator, to the shame and disgrace
of his unfortunate mother and son.
Hardly has this tragedy cleared
the front pages Of the newspapers
when We are confronted with the
photo of an army surgeon who Is
being held for the murder of a
woman whom he persuaded TO de-
sert her husband. And yet the papers
tell US he was an officer during the
war. having long since resumed his
civil practice. So discredit is again
brought upon the military service
though the offender Is not connected
with ii. Granted that this was the
only photo accessible Of the prisoner.
though 1t is hard to believe that
such a handsome society physician
should not have had any showing
him in his full dress clothes, 1t
seems to be very unfair to the mem
bers of the military service to con-
stantly have their profession insulted
in cases where a former service
man. is accused of crime when he
has been a member Of the service
for a short time. An undesira BILE
citizen may have been drafted after
leading life Of crime and when he
resumes his criminal career after
discharge and Is brought to trial he
is invariably mentioned as for
mer service" man.
1t is made TO appear that the mill
tary service demoralizes such a man.
Yet the fact remains that atnotorious
New York gangster returned from
France with laurels and reformed.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-15
Buying a National Art.

EuROPE'S most precious possessions-hcr art
- and her traditions-are sale to America.
Victorious armies Of old seized unscrupulously
the paintings and sculpture of conquered cities Ma
poleon regarded the art Of Italy as among
the most precious prizes of his conquest. -.
The United States is gaining such treasures
without battle. Her mlHonaires are fulfilling their
propef function in the development of nation and
of Nationality.
1. American collectors have paid out more than
s2ooyooo.ooo for art and near-art imported from
Europe since the
Something like half of this sum, it is estimated,
has gone into the ancestral Golfers of "and rich and
money poor" nobility forced by and other ex-
penses to part with almost priceless old masters.
The femainder has been spent for the specimens
valued at from $4,000 to $4,000 apiece.
That America has actually cultivated an artistic
taste xas insisted by Sir Joseph Duveen in a
recent interview. 1t was Sir Joseph who
landed the purchase of Gainsborough's famous
Blue Boy from the Duke Of Westminster for
The Washington herald., 1922-04-15
Paths of Flames.

THE season of forest fires is here.
i Brisk winds and hot sunshine have dried
to a crisp the mantle of last years dead leaves
which covers the soil of woodlands. This years
foliage is not advanced sufficiently to counteraet
such a condition.
Nearby sections of Maryland and Virginia are
experiencing the annual epidemic of these fires,
some of which do untold damage. Few reach the
proportions of the conhagration which swept over
a stretch of Frederick County in mile-wide path
yesterday, but all have the same potentialities.
Only few years ago the practice of burning
brushland was general throughout the country.
In some nearby farming sections it still is in vogue
Such fires constant source OF danger. Recent
bulletins of the Department of Agriculture point
out the uselessness of such process-the actual
damage done to land by destroying its natural
covering at this
District hremen within the last few days have
answered number of calls for fires in city parks
and in the immediate suburbs Fortunately none
Of these had progressed far before discovery
that it was possible for a high wind to fan them
into dangerous bazes. Yet this is possible even
in Washington. Such FIRE might carry number
OF suburban dwelling houses in its path before it
could be stopped.
Rigid enforcement of restrictions in regard to
starting fires is probably the only safeguard. Such
restrictions work no hardship on anyone and they
may save thousands of dollars worth of property
The Washington herald., 1922-04-15
Sir Conan Doyle and Spirit
ualiSm.

To the Editor. The Washington Hsrald:
In the articles published recently
there is nothing new that comes
from him. Thousands Of years ago
the wise men recognized an after
life. Its composition would at that
time naturally be unknown. This
gave birth to superstition. fanati-
ctsm and religion. Something evil
IDENTIFY must be done to acquire the
fullness OF this after life. As
everything must have supreme
head We had a God. Next came the
supreme law: the Ten Command
ments. the alpha and omega OF
right living. No eleventh one is
possible that will not destroy abso-
lutely the other ten. We have a
hne sample Of il today in the pro-
hibnion law. Alcohol is necessary
to the body. Natural II possible.
artihcial IL necessary. All bodies
are not alike in their assignment
Everybody that dies a death that
the forces Of the body can com
pete with will pass over. Those
that do not will not. The Transition
is chemical absolutely. Conditions
must be in favor.
There may be afinities in the
spiritual world but I do not think
that they are Of the same class W..
see published in our daily papers.
\ suicide that sits on a can Of
dynamite in action will have the
elements of his body classified in
inorganic chemistry. to start all
over again maybe. The existence
termed Ectoptasm by Mr.. DovIe
which emanates from a medium is
ages old. Fifty years or so ago a
celebrated medium gave actual
proof of this substance. The only
thing ] cannot understand are the
chemists. A molecular BODY Is mot
possible as a composite IL n were
not for its subdivision into atom.
For years the atom was held to be
the ultimate particle. Today the
atom is split into its electrons, And
atomic bodies are now possible and
probable.
Like the mathematicians who
went to three dimensions of space
and put nothing in IT and could no,
account automatically for solu-
ton. the chemist dropped dead on
the job when he had a royal flush
IN his hand. The life hereafter is
just as material as the one we now
have. Those that pass over have
the same anxieties. Under certain
circumstances they can appear
either by force or vision. /, per
sonally, have seen them and others
associated with me have seen them
too.
FRED T. HAFELFINGER
The Washington herald., 1922-04-15
CANADA MAY HAVE
EMBASSY HERE

John Gladstone Grace. member OF
the Canadian house of commons, In
a recent article gives the following
interesting view of the situation
between Canada and the United
States:
The transplanted American farm
er and rancher who few years
ago took UP land in the fertile Ca
madam west are commencing to ar
rive at the Canadian house of COM
mons as representatives President
Harding, who has kept in close
touch with the agrarian movement
both in. Canada and the United
states and saw long before others
the possibilities both politically and
industrially of organized agricul-
ture, has discovered An old friend
in the new house of commons at Ot-
tawa. In the Canadian Progressive
party of seventy members are quite
a few who claim Massachusetts,
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and
other great Northern States as their
birthplace.
The newly elected member of the
Progressive party from Battleford'
Saskatchewan province, in the Do
minion Parliament is Thomas A.
McConica, formerly of Marion, Ohio.
"Battleford is embalmed in song
and story in many languages. for
the explorers, missionaries, pill
grims, adventurers and Indian
tribes who came up from the At
lantic, the Hudson. the st. Law
renee or ottawa to the Great Lakes
and aimed for the Rockies and the
Pacific beyond all knew Mr.. Nc
Conica's constituency in the pioneer
days. 1t was the capital of the
Northwest and the scene of many
of the most furious battles among
the Indian tribes who roamed the
forests and held sway in Minnesota,
Montana. Missouri, Dakota. Wiscon-
sin and Michigan when the buffalo
moved in herds and the grizzlies
were a menace along the foothills.
IAN embassy at Washington will
be established in due time, and II Is
recalled that the late Viscount
James Bryce. the English Yankee
and biggest figure in the empire, in
one of his last speeches emphasized
that the relations between the
United States and Canada were a
beacon light to civilization. While
British Ambassador at Washington.
Viscount Bryce visited H. r. II. the
Duke of Connaught at Rideau Hall
in Ottawa and informed me that
nearly all his duties at Washington
were dealing with Canadian prob
lens. He said the deep waterways
would soon be a leading issue in
this country and the United States,
and believed that a trade treaty
would be helpful to the producers
of both countries.
After the prorogation of the ses-
sions of Parliament at ottawa and
Congress at Washington 1t is ex-
pected that the leaders of the farm
ers' bloc in the United States Senate
and Hon. T. A. Crerar, j. j. Morri-
son of Ontario. H. W. Wood of AL
berta and J. A. Maharg of Saskatch-
evan will hold a conference on CO.
operative marketing and other top
les affecting agriculture."
The Washington herald., 1922-04-15
SCIENTIST PREDICTS
FAMINE NEXT YEAR.

Will next year be year OF
widespread famine? Sir william
Beveridge makes a remarkable pre-
diction Of severe crop failure in
1923. and British scientists are now
pondering over his prophesy
Computations that Sir William
has made Indicate that there are
four different weather cycles that
effect crops. All OF these combine
in maximum unfavorable phase
indicating heavy and harmful de-
luges during the period from Feb
ruary TO September. 1929, the grow
ing season OF next year.
The prediction Is based on the
variation in wheat prices in Europe
during the last 800 years. Sir Will
lam. using the periOdgram method
Of computation. hnds that the maxi
mum price from 1900 to 1869 came
at intervals Of about Is and ID
years. This abnormaiity, his stats
tical analysis>shows. Is due 10 four
weather cycles. temporarily operat-
ing all together. One OF 49, years
corresponds to one that has been
Identified in sunspots. Another of
51I years has been found IN
temperature and rainfall records.
Two others. that are less definite.
those OF 274 and 37l years. seem
TO have been Identified in meteOro-
logical or astronomical data
The year 1923 is destined 10
repeat something like the eNper-
fences Of 1915, the year OF the
worst and most general harvest
failure known in European history"
SAYS Sir William BeveridEe. "in the
excessively Improbable event OF my
arithmetical analyst being com
plete and accurate in every particu-
lar"
The leading scientific weekly
MAGAZINE OF England. Nature. be-
lieves the prediction well founded
"On the face Of il the evidence
seems sound. and the reasoning
careful and critical" this magazine
says editorially ITO the crowd. Il
not 10 the man Of science. the full
hlIment Of prophecy always
seems TO give more adequate sup
port TO a theory than any number
Of agreements with past event
and the year 1928 may be awaited
with an interest mingled with snN-
iety"
Officials Of the L. s Weather Ru-
reau declare that they have not
yet made Investigations into S.r
William Beveridge's predictions Tor
widespread famine next year.
| Prof. II, l. Moore, Of Columbia
University Of New York. recently
made a statistical analysis by the
periodgram method OF prices from
lSS2 TO 1918 and found a marked
maximum at eight years in the
cycles OF a number OF crops sul
corresponding cycles in the produr-
| tion Of the raw materials OF in
| dustrN.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-15
GEOLOGY EXHIBITS
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

The department Of geology ~ the
National Museum has recently pre-
pared for use in the public schools
OF the District two series Of the
more common rocks and minerals .u
sets Of twelve each. to he used DO.
the nature work in the schools one
Of these is for the Wilson Normal
School. and one for the teachers
visiting the graded schools. a room
with facilities for the care OF the
latter having been provided IN tn.
Franklin Building on Thirteenth
street. Sets illustrating the pro
cess Of rock weatherinE and the
formation of the soil have also
been provided.
The silk industry consumes about
l.50o tons metallic tin per annum
in the form Of tetrachloride and re-
covers about 20 per cent. ConsumT-
tion of pig tin for this purpose IS
about 900 tons.
" n
The Washington herald., 1922-04-15

100000 and chaperoned it across the continent to
its new owner, Henry E. Huntington, in Pasadena.
{ Desire for beautiful works of art is growing
more intense every day, according to Sir Joseph.
Consequently. he said. 'was only natural that the
greatest creations of Europes painters and scuptors
should gravitate towards the nation with the great
est appreciation and the greatest wealth.
This rush of the past few years for old masters.
however, has made the supply extremely small.
There is still lot of $4,000 material for anyone
who wants it, but the objects bringing from $780,
900 up are sometimes unobtainablee %
The Washington herald., 1922-04-15
WHO'S WHO IN
THE DAYS NEWS

A special board of admirals s.
now studying the best means or
disposing OF the United States war
ships ordered scrapped in compli-
ance with the terms Of the nava
Limitation treaty. The Original
amount spent on the vessels 70 ne
eliminated IS over $500. .oOo. 900. The
The Washington herald., 1922-04-15
We Agree Perfectly.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Because one happens to be rather
interested in the Open Court letters
why must there be constantly be-
fore ones eyes letters about these
so-called Flappers? II is not enough
that they should fil the streets and
the offices so that one must see
them all day long. without being
compelled to read about them in the
papers? 1t seems to me that these
Open Court letters would be more
interesting and your paper more
diginified IL the subject of Flappers
and matrimonial agencies were dis
continued. The subject is quite as
silly as the Flappers themselves.
NJ H A
The Washington herald., 1922-04-15

ures which indicate that the Y. NJ
I. A. was not entirely unrepresent-
ed at the front. Ten Y. NJ c. A
workers were killed in the battle
zone and one more died Of wounds.
One hundred and ten were wounded
or gassed. Three hundred and
htty-iour were decorated or cited
ior heroism or Service under fire at
the front.
JAMES NJ. PICKENS
The Washington herald., 1922-04-15
Record of Y. M. c. A.

One Of your correspondents in re-
plying to another. has written; "As
]. J. r. served with the Y. NJ. c. A.
the war he had no chance
to see what a cigarette meant to
one of the boys in the front line
trenches. especially when he was
standing in mud and water up to
his knees"
Let me cite few facts and. ng-
The Washington herald., 1922-04-15

But when shortly after his corpse
was found lying on the streets and
IL seemed he had been shot because
of a former gang feud the papers
referred to him as a former service
man.
Will former service men on the
newspapers try to remedy this un-
fair condition? THE CAVALIER.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-15

PRoPERTY GOES TO HUSBAND.
To rhe Friend Of People,
Please answer these questions concerning the
share in joint;tenancy property. If man and
the o ~ e & hf she
makes NO. will have the children any claim?
viii that seids When sosh af lot toeetssf
wife each make VI y il iesyins rsmsinins % partner @
HOUSEWIFE
In the case of one the other dying. when
In ali cases to the surviving party ' to the joint
tenancy. man and wife can each make a
revertng to the children.
MACE SPEAKS PEOPLES WILL.
To the Friend Of People:
What is the authority vested in the mace
in Congress-: II it were captured by enemy
to lay down their arms? Does the President have
to have his hand upon 1t at the signing of bills?
t.. E. H
and is used by the sergeant at arms when a mem
Ssr of cSRsress | sesRss to be seated when
will Will take "a the maze and carry it to the member
necessity of the citizens laying down arms
The Presidents duties are not at all affected by
NO STREET
To the Friend People:
Why is there street in Washington? 1
Why? '''N ' ~ READER
The surveyors office Of the District govern
is no street because Of the resemblance to the
letter J to the letter when written.
thre is no company in the army for the
reason. In addition It is stated that there is
The Washington herald., 1922-04-15

board seeks 20 re-
alize as much A.
possible on that
amount.
The head Of the
board Is Rear Ad
mirsl David "
Taylor. chief con
structor Of the
navy.
Admiral Taylor
Is known as an
expert and au-
thor on naNa ]
construction. He
won recognition
on his graduation
from Annapolis in
1855 by excelling
the highest class
record made there