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Evening star., 1922-03-13
Scientific Taxation, 275 B. c.

Ptolemy Philadelphus. who died 24S
years before Christ. was no prohtb!:
things as hs found them. He had mar
ried his niece. and then divorced her
| to wed his mother-in.Iaw. who was
his own full sister. Such was the
caaet He hsid hsh
compared Justly with tho Versailles
| Of Louis XIV. But between times he
studied scientific taxation. and Dr.:
Clarence S. Fisher makes distinct
contribution to our information on
documents in the language" Of the
| common people explaining how Ptol-
| emy was able ~ q Macedonian mop.
arch over the land Of the Pharoahs
Hellenic lands without overburdening
the taxpayers. He may. indeed, have
been e1en more efneient than Lord
Cromer was In the same country more
conceivsbly the statesmen who as
| sisted Ptolemy Philadelphus were men
educated to statesmanship. It is our
| misfortune that such education Is un-
known to our times. But willingness
every historic method OF muictins. the
common people 10 not unusual among
the amateurs who make laws for this
| republic. And II Ptoiemy knew how
| to do the mulcting without interfer-
1
contemporaneous value second only to
the SeptuaEint version Of the Old
| Testament In Greek. with which the
meme Of Ptolemy 10 perhaps apocryph-
ally associated.-Brookly Daily Eagle
(independent democratic).
Even after the lesson, OF the sx-
! piring winter Russia still seems un-
certain whether she viii sow grain
/ or dragons teeth--New York TH.
bune.
A neighbor Of ours couldn't fnd
| the meat saw the other night, 80 he
used a collar that had Just come
homo from the laundry.-Nsw York
Mall.
Soon We shall forget this trivial
! discussion of empires ana turn again
I to the moro vital matter Of umpifVA-
| Greenville News.
Our ides Of q mtilennium 10 time
| whom somebody Will propose some.
| thing that Senator Bofah will ap.
prove.-New York Tribune.
Every day 1t Is estimated $500 IN
F! Chicago have their hair bobbed.
| Never put of until tomorrow what
you can cut OF today.-Kaiamasoe
Gazette.
When the gods seek to make an
Ass Of q man they put him In high
position and let him work It out
himself.-Tampa Daily Times.
Tho outcome Of tho income de-.
pends upon the outEo for the upktep.
l-Nashvills TonnssSaan.
The modern child learns An1ens
| other things to smoke at it0 mothers .
kuee.-St Paul Pioneer Press.
1 b
; The erstwhile kaiser IL to publish
/! a book, and those who believe that
| he needs further punishment may
cherish the hope that he has to read
all the proofR-NeW York Tribune.
sometimes It 10 doubtful II Burope
wants 70 Get On her feet Of on. ouIs.-r
Nashville Tennessean. =.
A stock pool ID apparently the place
in which suckers, are drovnsA-ksAs.
vile Timsa ...-~ :. So. s. !, /,
Evening star., 1922-03-13
HHE first duty the government
of the District of Columbia

TINE first duty the government
of the District of Columbia
owes to the citizens of the
District is proper protection.
In a municipality protection means
police protection. The adequacy of
the police force in Washington de-
pends in very large part upon Con-
grsss, which holds the purse strings
and which fixes the number of police
men the District may have.
In the District appropriation bill
for the next fiscal year. now In con-
ference, the number of privates. class
through Senate action. making a
total Of o. privates, class 1. The bill
provides $50 privates. class 3. and
337 privates, class 2. and the police
off,cers. Under existing law there
are S04 privates. men available for
patrol duty. And this Is the number
the House proposes for the next
fiscal year. The Senate. on the other
hand s,s proposes the number shall be
Tho District Commissioners have
atrongly urged an increase in the
force. Thev have backed the Senate
rroposal. The bureau OF tho budget
estimated for the additional 76
nr,vates, class 1. hut tho House struck
them out of the bill.
u II +
The District 10 a law abiding COM
nunity. But there is too much crime
There are too many hold-ups murders
ETC.. which might be prevented with
more adequate protection. There
are too many fatalities due to reck-
less driving Of automobiles. which
might we'll be prevented II there were
more men available for the traffic
squad. Too much economy in con.
nection with the police department is
really no economy at all.
Two developments Of recent years
have added to the duties Of the police
ment of the automobile. making the
need Of proper traffic noticing more
and more apparent. There are up.
ward of 50 600 motor vehicles licensed
by the District Of Columbia. There are
thousands Of other motor vehicles using
tho licenses of tra states.
The other. development is the
''hootlegger." the t~afFirker IN linnor
banned by the prohibition act. The
local police are called upon to aid
the federal agents in stamping out
this traffic. And gun fights with the
bootleggers have occurred recently,
even in crowded streets here.
*H ~
Recently when the Senate appro-
priations committee was conducting
hearings on the District appropria-
tion bill the question was raised as
to whether the National Capital is
given protection equal to that ir
other cities OF the United States com.
parable in size to Washington. The
Commissioners Immediately got II
touch by wire with other municipal.
tiles to ascertain the number OF
patrolmen per capita and the area
patrolled by a single policeman. The
replies give an interesting view OF
the situation.
In Detroit. Mich, where the popula-
tion IL $4,000. there Is one patrolnar
Evening star., 1922-03-13

l:shed their authority, made It friendly
and beneflcent for the natives, and q
score Of years later are able to show
q record in administering the affairs
Of Q distant possession unparalleled
among the nations in the history Of
that sort Of rule.
And so at this day we see the former
rebel chief. convinced Of American sin.
certify. capacity and friendship. play
ing host to the leading American on
clal In the archipelago.
Evening star., 1922-03-13
The Small Loan Bills,

= Two bills for the regulation of the
small loan business are pending IN
Congress. One Of these is known as
:. the Commissioners bill, it having been
approved by the District Commission.
ers on consultation with the citizens
committee on remedial loan law, and
with the legal and police officials of
the District. The citizens committee
on remedial loan law, organized In
1909. Is representative OF Washington,
and many of'its members are veterans
of the anti-loan shark contest of sew.
b eral years ago. That contest resulted
In a law which has been sustained by
several decisions in the Court of Ap.
peais and two in the Supreme Court of
the United States. Because of the
/. manner in which that law was amend.
seG 1t has not been wholly satisfactory
= to the anti-loan sharkers, and it has
., brought about conditions in the bust.
ness OF making small loans which 1t is
wished to correct. The Commissioners
bill makes the correction desired. while
the other bill. generally called the
:. 'pawnbrokers' bill," goes far afield.
The Commissioners bill presents the
views Of many experts in loan legisla-
tion, who have long been identified
with efforts to protect small borrowers
from many forms of extortion and in
justice, who are sympathetic toward
those borrowers and want to encour-
age the legitimate business of meeting
. their needs. The Commissioners bill!
has also received the approval Of the
Board of Trade and the Federation of
Citizens Associations.
The proponents Of the Commission.
ers' bill maintain that any law which
does not provide for those who need
to borrow small sums on notes as well
as on pledges is inadequate; that the
limitation of the rate allowed, to per
cent month. is the only reason why
loans of both kinds are not being made
under the existing law Of February 4.
1913. and that an increase in the rate
to per cent a month. as originally
asked for by the citizens committee
and by the District Commissioners in
their bill, will be sufficient to establish
the business in both small loans and
pawnbrokers' loans and to meet sue.
cessfully all demands Of this char
acter.
:, " The proponents Of the Commission
ers' bill oppose the so-caIled pawn
brokers' bill because they maintain
that it will afford no relief to the class
Of persons. probably larger in Wash.
,ington than in other Cities" who need
small loans but have no pledges to
Z put up. They maintain that the 30
called pawnbrokers' bill repeals the
existing law and. as 1t would be q new
law and makes no provision for loans
except on pledges, it would permit the
return of the illegal money lenders
whom the Commissioners have driven
;.out. Their argument is that it would
be a mistake to pass such new law
to take the place of the one which has
+. been SO effective in stopping all H.
legal business, and which can be made
fully effective for legitimate loans by
restoring the rate to 2 per cent q
month in the present law.
Evening star., 1922-03-13

The statement Is attributed to DR..
Martha Tracy, dean Of the Won1An's q
Medical College in Philadelphia, that
az . beauty promoter physical exer.
else "has the lip stiok and rouge pot
backed OF the boardA" The touch Of
horse race phraseoloSy suggests a
tendency in the mind Of the doctor to
use popular English instead Of so
much Greek AMI Latin in the medical
profession.
Evening star., 1922-03-13

European governments will soothe
many an anxious debtor If they can
establish the idea that only those in
immediate need Of money ought to ex.
pect to assert rights as creditors.
Evening star., 1922-03-13

Scientists who announce that they
have succeeded in transmitting tung.
stem into helium have opened up vast
realms Of research. The event 10 hope.
full. II the old problem Of transmuta.
ton of metals has at last been solved
scme Of the later questions which have
been banning society. will no doubt be
answered.
Evening star., 1922-03-13

The President Of the United States
is in courtesy bound to do so much
handshaking that 1t is no surprise If
q touch Of muscular fatigue occasion.
ally interferes with his golf game.
Evening star., 1922-03-13

Democratic senators are now taking
the beneit Of some interesting observa.
tions in treaty opposition that they
were enabled to make In connection
with the Versailles document.
Evening star., 1922-03-13
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Foolish Tree.
The Foolish Tree va view once more,
in budding gles beside the door.
It CHANGED to hear q small bird sing,
and, poor old dear. believed In
spring!
It said, II vow the winters done. with
blossoming boush I'll greet the
sum-
The blizzard blew with bitter cold, the
buds to strew across the mold.
A tree more wise no doubt would say,
We've missed; the prize. Let's
fade away"
This one will wait, with sturdy pluck,
q later date for better luck.
So. what We call "the Foolish Tree" Is
wise. withal, you must agree.
Though winter stern, our hopes may
kill, it bids Us turn to hoping
still.
Evening star., 1922-03-13

The ordinary debtor who 10 trying to
arrange for some kind of a settlement
which does not involve the use Of cash
is not permitted to employ SO sooth-
rehabilitation"
Evening star., 1922-03-13

It IL not always clear whether the
Genoa conference 10 suggested for ths
purpose Of discussing economies or
playing politics.
Evening star., 1922-03-13

Only a jingoistic sentiment would
regard a treaty as faulty merely be.
cause other governments are sufficient
ly approving Of. it to be willing to
sign It.
Evening star., 1922-03-13

Selection of the 18th Of March for a
rail commissions parley will not dis
tract attention from the superior claim
of that date to recognition as st. Pat
rick's day.
Evening star., 1922-03-13

The springtime frogs have been pip.
ing in the woods. It must be regret.
fully conceded that as q weather
prophet the frog IL even less reliable
than the ground hog.
Evening star., 1922-03-13

The United States Senate already
finds the elections near enough to war.
rant an interest In domestic q well
al in international affairs.
Evening star., 1922-03-13

It is gently intimated by Germany
that she would rather not pay any In
demnity 1t ail than have It cause hard
feelings among the allies.
Evening star., 1922-03-13

The fact that the sun never sets on
English soil implies the suggestion
that there 10 trouble brewing night ana
day for Lloyd George.
Evening star., 1922-03-13

Ambassador Harvey viii never sue.
ceed in setting the fashion Of non.
creasabls trousers In Congress.
Evening star., 1922-03-13
Family Economy.

$50 you are going to have your boy
study law?"'
"Yes," answered Farmer. Corntossel.
Josh is always gettin' into some kind
o. trouble and insted of hiring lawyers
for him I might as well teach him to
perfect his ownself."
"De TRUTH" said Uncle Eben, "is al
dat counts in Dc. long run; Tsllin' .
man de world il nat instid o. round
simply reminds him Of de tack dat it
latnt"
Evening star., 1922-03-13
Several, in Fact!

The merry shad will soon draw near
And say, while smiling in his glee.
IT hope you won't forget, old dear,
You have bone to pick with mew
Evening star., 1922-03-13
Ststesnlanship.

Some Of our greatest statesmen
have been defeated for ofiice."
II have observed this" rejoined
Senator Sorghum. '"rhs fact that q
man IL q student Of laws and eco
nomics does not necessarily imply that
he knows how to be timely and tactful
In jollying q crowd"
Jud Tunlxins says he believes the
world 10 getting better, and any i'm,
preston to the contrary is due to the
fact that Satan is doing more advertis.
ing than he used to.
Evening star., 1922-03-13

A stock pool ID apparently the place
in which suckers are drovus4-AsAs.
vile Times 3 So. :. !,
Evening star., 1922-03-29

wagons, are operated during the
early hours of the morning without
proper lights.
1T has been noticed. also. that the
1922 D. c. license plates are already
becoming defaced and illegible in a
great many instances by smoke from
the exhaust on motor vehicles.
"The regulations require that the
D. C. tag should be uppermost and
not overlapped by any other tag,
which has been noticed also is the
case very often, and which is the
direct cause, in a majority Of cases,
of DETACHMENT of such tag by the
exhaust smoke"
Evening star., 1922-03-29
AWARDED s4oO DAMAGES.

Henry A. Hayward has been award
ed a verdict for s4OO damages against
Maurice Splain. United States mar
shall. by jury in Circuit Division 8
before Justice Hoehling. Hayward
claimed that a deputy marshal Oc-
tober Is, 1915, seized his automobile
under the mistaken idea that it be-
longed to another person against
whom the deputy had a writ. The
marshal has a bond of indemnity
given him by the creditor, in whose
favor the writ was issued. At
torney C. R. Ahalt appeared for the
plaintiff
Evening star., 1922-03-29
SENT TO WAR COLLEGE.

Lieut. ca. George T. Bowman. cav
airy; Col. Ernest d. Scott. field ar
tillery, and Col. Thomas F. Dwyer,
Coast Artillery Corps, at the Army
War College. this city, have been
ordered to Newport. r. l.. to take the
College.
Evening star., 1922-03-29

by a subcommittee Of the House Dis
trict committee, with Representative
Roy G.. Fitzgerald of Ohio as chair
man. and a favorable report ordered.
The Gilbert bill supersedes the
Raker bill. on which extensive hear
ings have been held.
Evening star., 1922-03-29
STRESSES TRAFFIC RULES.
Maj. Sullivan Cautions Police

About Enforcing Regulations.
Maj. Sullivan, superintendent of
police. has called attention of mem
bers Of the force to the necessity for
requiring strict compliance with GER
tain traffic regulations. His message
called attention to the violations as
follows:
at has been observed that some
vehicles, especially bread and milk
Evening star., 1922-03-29

Practically no foreign autIsuobiles
are being imported into Germany.
Evening star., 1922-03-29
EXECUTIVE SESSION HELD.

Bill to Regulate Social Disease in
District Before Committee.
The bill fathered by Representative
Ralph Gilbert of Kentucky to regulate
social diseases in the District was con-
sidered in executive session yesterday
New Ulm review., 1922-01-25

the papal legation in Washington, D.
c.. The news was not unexpe cted,
however, as the two messages from
Cardinal Gasparri, papal secretary of
state Saturday morning had indics ted
the pontiff's death might be expected
at any moment.
Immediately upon news of the Holy
Fathers death, the National Catholic
Welfare Council here made efforts to
get in touch with Cardinal Daugherty
by naval wireless. Cardinal Daugher-
tysucceeded the late Cardinal Gibbons
as the senior prelate in America. He is
now at sea, returning from a cruise in
the West Indies, and is expected IT'D 60
to Rome iinmed diately On his iaftiilYal.
Eulogy of the late pontif was de-
livered in the national capital, Satur-
day, by Monsignor Bonzano, apostolic
delegate to the United States and an
archbishop in the Catholic hierarchy,
who at one time served in the papal
secretarial office with Benedict XIV,
when the latter was only priest;
Acclaimed by World.
"HThe rule of Benedict XIV as war
pontiff was characterized by man moth
accomplishments and unusual diplo-
macy" Monsignor Bonzano said. Ellis
broad endeavors have. won the accla-
nation Of statesmen from all parts Of
the world, Protestant and Catholic
New Ulm review., 1922-01-25

Christmas truce. In January and in
July 1911 s, he again tried to bring
about peace negotia iations. In March,
1916, he re peated his atte1rpts and in
May Of the same year suggested that
America should act as, a conciliator be-
tween the warning nations. His note
TO President Wilson to this effect
reached Washington when Germany
and the United States were involved
lin a diplomatic crisis. The Vatican
approved Of President Wilson s peace
note in 1917, but three, months later
the United States entered :the war 50
The pope's mo mem orable appeal
for peace was issued in his own. hand
writing, on August 8, 1917, and asked
bellig igerent rulers to end the struggle.
During the peace conference his plans
were issued in behalf Of weaker ma
tions. s75 /. s. s}.;,tsg Il
Just before the conference President
Wilson had a private conference with
Pope Benedictsat the Vatican in which
many questions Of a social and inter-
nationaf atlre were discussed.
The settlement Of the 750-year-old
Irish problem was received with great
pleasure by the pope, who issued a
message congratulating the prin, ipala
in the negotiations.
. .,sa, Eil : b +. 5.
Requiegmr. Mass Next Monday.
y During high mass at Holy Trinity
New Ulm review., 1922-01-25


DR.. Battistini is an aged man and
has long been personal friend of the
pontiff. The pope recognized him and
begged him to retire and seek rest.
DR.. Battistini refused and remained at
the bedside. Z,
Heart Stimulants Fail.
Injections of caffeine and camphor-
ated oil were administered to maintain
the heart action, but their effect was
brief. The pontif soon relaxed into
semi consciousness, murmuring mar
ticulate words.
There was tragically dramatic
Ijseene3in' the sick chamber shortly after
3 O'Clock, when one of the four attend
ing physicians said the pope's heart
was fast failing, but that the pontih
twas dying peacefully"
Cardinal Giorgi, grand penitentiary,
recited the prayer for the dying.
Extreme unction was again admin
istered today. r., ....,-.. ....:
In lucid interval the pope spoke
briefly Of state affairs. He was re-
ported to have told Cardinal Bisletti
that his chief regret was that he
should die before the official reconcilia-
tion between the Vatican and the
Italian government could be affected.
Washington Legation Shocked.
News of the death of Pope Benedict
XIV came as great shock to officials of
New Ulm review., 1922-01-25

alike. He was an earnest supporter
Of relief for the stricken peoples of all
nations during wartime and was
generous with his own purse, as well
as that OF the church. No worthy
cause failed Of his support and no hui
manitarian movement went without
his blessing. "
Pope Benedict XV's regime as
bishop of Rome and head of the Ro-
man Catholic church saw great works
peri for the church. Relations,
which had been severed for long pc
RODS Of years, were established with
the Papal See by France, England,
Portugal, Poland, Czecho -Slovakia and
several South American republics. His
holiness was always a man of unusual
personal charm,
During the war he maintained a
strict neutrality and exerted every ef-
fort to bring about cessation of hos
tilities. Long before peace was de.
.clared, the pope had made proposals
for peace
Monsignor Bonzano refused to COM
ment on the selection of successor to
Pope Benedict, saying that any one Of
the 70 cardinals was equally eligible
and that the matter was entirely one
for the conclave Of cardinals to decide,
if the necessity arose.
New Ulm review., 1922-01-25
POPE BENEDICT
IS CALLED BY DEATH.
Continued from page l.)

that the end was matter of hours, if
not minutes.
The pope, it was understood, had
been unconscious the greater part of
the night. 1t was between 4 and.
o'clock that he began to lapse into a
state of delirium and to mutter phrases
OF prayer.
The pontiff suffered great difficulty
in breathing. ~. : IN
DR.. Battistini, who had been in at
tendance upon the prelate since he was
stricken, visited the patient at 2:30
o'clock. At that time the pope was
conscious. After leaving the sick
chamber, DR.. Battistini said
Il found the lungs completely in
fected. The temperature was 3S.5
(centigrade).
New Ulm review., 1922-01-25
Became Pope When War Started.

Z p 4 :
Became Pope When War Started.
Pope Benedict XIV. rose to the su-
preme head Of the Catholic church
Sept. s, 1914, less than six months after
he was elevated to the cardinalship.
He5Was born.of noble parents at Peglis,
near Genoa, Italy, Nov. 21, 1854. His
father was Marchez Della Chiesa.
Educated at Capronican College and
the Academy Of Ecclesiastical he was
ordained to the priesthood in 1878. He
was taken to Madrid, Spain, by Car.
dinal Rampolla and for four years
was secretary of the Nunciature in
Spain. In 1901 he was appointed sec
retary of the Cyohrer and in 1907 Pope
Plus gave him the appointment 81
archbishop Of See Of Bologna. He was
made cardinal in May, 1914.
Made Appeals for Peace.
Pope Benedict was much affected by
the horrors and sorrow of the world
war and many times tried to. bring
about peace negotiations. .Germany's
violation Of Relgiuna's neutrality filled
him him " tn great srrow and after the
sinking Of the Lusitania he 5telegra phed
the German emperor telling his abhor-
renee Of the deed.
Pope Benedict's first appealfor peace
was issued one week after his corona
tion. The appeal failed to bring re-
suits, as did also his later plan for a