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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-06
Long-Distance Motoring.

OCEE AMERICA FIRST" originally found
- favor as slogan with the transcontinental
trunk lines, but now it has been taken up as
strongly by those interested in the automobile
tourist. Though to the Grand Canon the
Canadian Rockies or the land of the Sequoia
groves still seems mighty big undertaking to
thousands of US who machines the Houston
Post finds the automobile obviously the principal
factor" in the rapid increase of touring
Noting that the latest annual report of Secre-
tary of the Interior Fall gives the total of persons
visiting the national parks I,I7I,7o7, the Post
calls attention to the fact that ain 1916 the visitors
to the parks numbered only 3s6oo7, notwithstand-
ing the fact that Europe at war and tourist
travel in the old countries at that time
negligible. The increase in the last year has been
over 900 per cent, although Europe has again been
open to tourists, and has been making an urgent
bid for them with considerable success especially
those countries possessing war ruins.
Explanation of the rapid increase in touring
in AMERICA is at hand The automobile is obviously
the principal factor in the movement The rail-
roads can scarcely claim much credit for fostering
it in recent years. since they have maintained
abnormally high rates and have made few con-
cessons since the stimulate tourist travelling
Special rates were offered last summer to certain
vacation points, but they were so much higher
d
of seasonal business for the roads
an fact, the inability of the railroads to offer
attractive tourist rates since 1917 have contributed
no little to the increasing popularity of the
bile vehicle for ng-distance travel
"The perfection of the automobile as reliable,
comfortable and enjoyable means of transporta-
ton has had most to do with stimulating travelling
to the we'll advertised tourist centers, and with
putting into effect the slogan of See America
First The automobile affords a wide freedom in
travelling permitting side trips, stops at any points
that appeal, even if they be far from inhabited
places, affords the opportunity to be out of doors
that many modern people need and crave and,
in fact, has come to be an ideal means of vacation
travelling.
"The Secretarys figures on visitors to the ma
tional parks merely indicative of the increase
in tourist travel in America and do not represent
anything like the total number of people making
long trips through the country. Thousands of
the tourists have come to Texas. Many more
thousands have gone to California and the North
west, and motoring to Canada has become quite
fad. So extensive has the tourist traffic become
that scores of cities have established municipal
camp and rest grounds for automobile tourists.
More people are getting acquainted with the
natural wonders and beauties of their own country
than ever before, and the automobile has done
than anything else to help Americans to
know America.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-06
Merely Adventurers?

TN THE charges, denials and statements which
i have marked the Chita disturbance at-or
rather outsde-the doors of the conference of
Washington, a of gravity has obtained of
aYast project. 1t has occurred, seemingly to
only few that the alleged combination of French
and Japanese against American interests in the
Far East might have foundation in fact and vet
not be of anything like the size or significance
averred by the complainants-
The Philadelphia Public Ledger has some in
teresting thoughts on this subject, in remarking
the Specific, fat formal and official" denial bv
France of the charges and the equally emphatic
denial of the Japanese.
The men from the Far Eastern Republic notes
the Ledger, "are pressing their charges in sort
of desperation that is easy to understand The
conference is ending and their case and cause re-
main unheard. The Chtans insist there is truth
in their charges, and there is probably some basis
for them. 1t is possible, probable that some
where are genuine and original documents that
might implicate certain Japanese and Frenchmen
in such East Asian adventure as that Swallowed
in The 'Chta Papers
at is possible, even, that certain governments
other than Chita had unofficial knowledge of such
adventure. 1t is improbable that they involved
themselves in this dabbling, however
From time immemorial adventurous souls with
more enthusiasm than judgment have wandered
out s'on their own and laid the foundations of new
empires and upset old thrones. If they succeed,
all well and good They are redscovered BY their
Netherlands, and what they have begun is taken
over and in the course of time finished
"If they fail why, then, they fail, and there
is end to them. They swing on a gallows or
die under the rifles of firing squad and become
legends Jungles are dotted with the graves of
such men.
Doubtless the Chitans have uncovered some
thing of this kind. 1t is disturbing only to the
Chitans but to America, France, Japan and the
rest of the world that is anxious for peace and
quiet. A few determined and reckless French and
handful of equally reckless Japanese militarists
might upset and smash things in the Siberian Far
East and give the Soviets lease of life by
furnishing them withsa invader to fight
"If Ahe American government has any in
formation that will clear up the situation, it had
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-06
DISCOVER WHY PLANTS
NEED LIME IN SOIL.

Why plants must have their lime
or calcium in order to thrive was
explained recently by DR.. Rodney
u. True, professor Of botany and
director at the University OF Penn
sylvania. in the leading address be-
fore the botanical section. Of the
American Association for tho All
vancement OF Science at Toronto.
BY growing seedlings in carefully
prepared solutions that do and 90
not contain calcium. Or. True has
been able to show that when cal
cium is present the roots absorbed
other nutriment from the solution.
but that when calcium is lacking
in the solution the plants actually
give up their salt constituents 10
the water, do not grow as well. and
finally die.
Perhaps the fundamental reason
for lining the soil is TO provide
the soil solution with sufficient cal
cium ions to protect the calcium
compounds in the walls Of the plant
cells, as well as IN" inner mcIr-
brancs. aud thus insure normal
powers Of absorption and rCtcut .un
Of the necessary nutrient ions" said
DR.. True
When molecules OF different salts.
such as those Of lime. are dissolved
i'm great volume 81 water they
break UP into smaller PARTICLES.
called ions. which bear electrical
charges. BY measuring the CapSC-
ity Of the solutions TO conduct cleo
tricity. pr. True was able To tell
just how much OF each element thu
roots absorbed.
Since Salm HorStmar. in 1886.
first discovered that higher green
plants need calcium, various thc"-
ries have been advanced as TO the
reason why. Dr. Truc's work oN-
plains the value OF lime fertilizers.
W. n.
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Vet Challenges Congress.

To the Editor. The Washington BeraId:
It's pretty hard sometimes to co..
tlect from Uncle Sam. but the latter
seldom allows a debt to grow cold,
the experience of Hume A. Hays,
Lexington disabled veteran, indi-
Gates.
Hays has just received a letter
from the Veterans Bureau, signed
by Harold w. Breining, assistant
director, "dunning him. for AZ cents
said to be due on a telegram sent
the bureau by Hays and charged to
the United States government.
And the government owes him
nearly, $1,000, Hays claims. as war
risk insurance payments of $3.50 a
month since May, 1920, when he was
adjudged permanently disabled as a
result of his service during the wan
The telegram was sent last Au-
gust by Hays seeking action on his
claim.-From the Lexington (Ky.)
Herald.
Editors Note - Inclosing the
above item, Mr.. Hays writes to the
Open Court the following state
ments:)
/. j am a lawyer and editor. I
am an honorably discharged soldier,
and allege I today suffer govern
ment injustice because the Vet
erans' Bureau refuses to pay ME the
money they will tell you them.
selves the government owes to me.
9. Therefore, 1 challenge Con-
gross to permit me to be heard be-
fore either whole House. Can tell
how this money is wrongfully with
held from me? How disabled SOL
diers are treated, the Louisville
Evening Post, December 6, 1921. ex-
posure of, the Veterans Bureau. or
cases to which l am eye witness?
Can / prove how the ga6ernment is
guilty of criminal physical violence
to me as a discharged soldier at st.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-06
Approves Forest Editorial.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald;
The Herald's editorial taking a
stand against the removal of the
United States Forest Service from
the Department of Agriculture and
putting 1t in the Department of the
Interior was very timely and to the
point. 1t will be of interest to you,
this important matter comedies with
the stand taken by such newspapers
as the Chicago Tribune, the New
York Evening Mai. and the Newark
Evening News.
The time has come for speakinR
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-06
MADONNA'S FACE
IN NEWS STAND
LURES M'INTYRE
Pink Taxi Awaits Com.
Jesse With Diamonds in
Her Stockings.
BY o. o. MCINTYRE

NEW YORK. Jan. 8. Thoughts
while strolling around New York:
The world cries Icr a Messiah i'm
art. And overlooks the window
dressers. Victorias bearing naughty
shoppers. There's Teddy Royce, the
stage director from Days in Lon
don. Tweeds and everything.
Nobody rides in the triple-tur-
reted street cars. A new play of
life in the rugged mountains. The
same old motif: ''Drap that gun,
durn vel" Hoodlums fishing for
lost coins through the subway graf
ings.
Frock coated floor walkers doing
their lunch constitutional. Innocent
philanGerers hurrying nowhere. A
playwrights club filled with serious
thinkers weaving the warp and
wool of romance. Cries of Warp,
Warp" and Wool! Wool" A lady
lawyer and her poet husband. Fact
and fancy.
Flower shops and candy stores.
Orchids are now in bad taste The
young man sends a single rose. And
spends the rest refiIling his flask.
The social gambling fad is reflected
in the big stores. They now have
Drawing Room Gambling" depart
ments.
Wonder what I'll do about all
those Christmas bills And.I broke
another mirror yesterday. Only one
loiterer in Bryant Park. A gaunt
man with q soiled white mustache
A pink taXicab. Probably for the
visiting comtesse. They say she
wears diamonds in her stockings,
Alta comtesse!
The face of a Madonna in a news
paper hutch. Tramp of a million
feet Long Island hunters with
bury hounds. Chestnut vendors
lighting their tiny fires. They never
come out until afternoon. Condo
Mast. the publisher.
The old Broadway Central. The
guests sit in windows facing the
street An artificial flower factory
Twelve stories high. A close-built
street OF attic studios. An atmos-
phere of smszing serenity. And
there's a livery stable Next door
there's a subway. Exit laughingly
Fifth avenue may soon have s.
cent BUSES il the Hylan admins
tration has its way. But young
lovers will continue to ride in the
dime vehicles, for spooning is per-
mitted there-about the only place
left in New York. The scent buss-
es will not have the open-air top
deck. with cozy seats for two.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-06

banking system. The Federal Re-
serve system has been in effect for
eight years, and it's first great test
was surmounted in a way that must
give us absolute confidence for the
future of this great institution
the very foundation of the nation 5
finances. For the first time lii he
history of the country we went
through an extremely severe bust
ness depression without a banking
panic, and for this we have the
Federal Reserve system chiefly to
thank.
The building industry shows
hopeful signs. This is the key in
dustry of the nation. A score Of
diverse lines of trade are centerad
in it. Steel, brick, cement. hollow
tile. lumber, plumbing supplies,
electrical fittings, roofing materi-
ais, paint, hardware,-these and
many other Industries are involved
in construction work. Since ine
United States entered the war the
building industry has been virtu-
ally at a standstil:. There has oeen
only a small part Of the new con-
struction necessary 10 meet the nor
NAL steady growth of the nation,
but today there are plans in the
offices of architects for buildings
to cost many billions of dollars. If
only a fraction of these plans is
put into effect 1922 will be the
greatest era of new construction
work the United States has ever
known, and the great housing
shortage about which so much has
been said and written during 5be
past three years will rapidly usf
come a thing of the past. Employ
ment will be found for millions of
men not only in the actual con-
struction work itself, but in all
the contributory lines. Prices of
building materials are at a figure
as low as they are likely to be for
many years to come. and IN all
probability lower. The need Of new
construction is urgent, and there
is every reason to believe that this
need will be quickly met
THE supply of money and credit
have been restored to norma. Witt.
interest rates relatively :ow, the
price of credit is again within reach
of business men. The great reser-
voir of the national credit is ready
and funds are ample to pu. .nrc
business when business is ready TO
60 ahead
"A bright spot in the situation is
the tremendous bond MARIE. which
has develoned this winter. Never
before have large bond issues been
taken up so rapidly 10y the invest
ing public. A big bond market
during a period of depression is al
ways followed by an upward move
ment in the speculative stock mar.
ket, and then by ageneral iesunp-
ton of business activity.
Il think it is reasonably safe TO
hope for a very considerable meas
ure of prosperity aid activity dur
ing the current cara prosperity
that will. make us forget .ne trou
bies through which we has. assec
and look forward only to tbs
br;Snter future that opens around
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-06
Finds Memory Test" An
Swer Incorrect.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
While reading page 16 of today-s
issue under heading of Memory
Tests" ! note that the answer to
question No. of December 30. /. e.,
What was the last State to be ad-
mitted into the Union ard when?"
is oklahoma. on November 16,
1907" The date of admission is
correct. as il was midnight on this
date. but l do not agree to this
answer of oklahoma being the last
State to be admitted into the Union
as Oklahoma was the forty-sixth
State to be admitted, and Arizona
and New Mexico have been admitted
since that time-making' the total
of forty-eight states.
OKLAHOMA,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-06

Der. McCumber, while regarded as
a man OF progressive views. has not
identified himself with radicals ia
the Senate like La Toilette.
Porter James McCumbcr was born
at Crete. Ill, February ,. 1858. lie
was educated In the public schools
and at the University Of Michigan,
from the law department OF which
he graduated in 1850.
On completing his education he
decided 70 settle in a new country
and grow up with IL. lie accord
ingly began the practice Of Law in
the little burg OF Wahpeton, Dakota
Territory, in 1881. Here he has
since remained. lie was a member
OF the Territorial legislature. 1852
1883, and was States attorney OF
Richland County. lS96-lSs7. A Re-
publican, he has represented North
Dakota IN the United States Senate
since 1893. His presert term ex-
pires In 1874.
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an illustrated lecture by L. NJ.
Newman before the National Geo
graphic Society, New Masonic
Temple, today, I:45 and s:l5
o'clock.
Commercial Aviation will be the
subject OF the meeting of the
Society OF Automotive Engineers.
Washington Chapter. Cosmos
Club, tonight, o'clock.
THE Entomology OF Poetry" was
the subject Of the presidential ad-
dress of DR.. W. r. Walton before
the chronological Society OF Wash
ington last night at the National
Museum.
What natural relation can pos
sibly exist between poetry and
"bugs?" Says DR.. Walton:
AT first blush this entomology
Of poetry seems a contradiction in
terms. As well mention music and
isauerkraut' or lilies-of-the-vall
and garlic as attempt 20 couple
the mention Of insects with the
Muse. What has one Of the most
ancient forms of English literature
to do with what is perhaps the very
youngest of the natural sciences?
Absurd as this relationship may
4 seem at first glance, an examina-
ton OF the poets of the English
language. from Chaucer to I.oEE-
fellow, demonstrates beyond caNil
the existence Of very intimate
connection between the5c seemingly
remote subjects.
| when We consider the fact that
insects are the most numerous OF
all visible creatures, and that, &C
cording to McAtee. every four
square feet of ordinary meadow
land may contain approximately
1900 individual insects. OF about
lS,O0O,oOO per acre. il does not seem
remarkable that their presence has
become apparent even TO the poets
The scientists heard a large as
sortment Of chronological poetry.
DIR. Walton stated that already
there have been three papers pub
lished on the insects OF Shake
speare's poetry. one Of them as
early as 1855. lie placed the num-
her Of references to insects in
| Shakespeare as l5O. Even in the
/ fourteenth century poetry Of Chau-
Ger there may be found twenty-six
| references 20 insects, and the most
| explicit Of these tells of the flea.
English poetry containing allu-
sions TO insects was traced down
to the present day. when the bugs"
even get into the product CT rhe
newspaper poets.
DIR. Walton ended with an vrty-
biological fable, believed 10 &c "a
new one"
/ hungry sparrow CHANGED to SPY
brightly painted dr1gon-hy;
/ This gHudy hy. who was most vain.
Bespoke the sparrow with diSdRin;
Just gaze upon my turquoise wings.
! Abe they not respondent thingsl
! And then my slender, graceful tail.
Admire IL. you cannot fail
| But the sparrow cast a cynio'S eve
Upon this bosstfUl dragon-ey;
. Il think this tail is much too long"
Then snapped il of-Nnd 50 do I:
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-06
1922 Business Will
Be Goods. w. Straus

There is no question in my mind
that we have seen the worst of the
business depression and are now on
new slow-but-steady upgrade"
declares S. W. Straus, the we'll
known financier. Take first the
psychological factor-and the psy-
Geological factor is just as impor-
tant as the material factors in any
unusual commercial period. wheth-
depression or imitation. The public
is in a better state of mind.
when IT seemed probable that
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inc II lSn QucSllOIl
would be settled
and Pacific condI-
t / on S stabilized
the whole world
reacted joyfully.
The e ( Z e c t on
b usi n e SIS was
marked and de-
= cisive. Al m o s I
o V e r n ! e h I the
mood changed and
a reasonable OPP
timism in regard
to business condi-
tionS was mani
fest almost every
where.
The basis OF
modern business.
of course, is the
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Open Court Letters to The Herald
Other Peoples Views Current Events

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Letters should be tyoevritten when
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happens TO b e
Porter J. MCCum-
Der. Of North Da-
kota. who. thanks
to the seniority
rule, haS stepped
into the : n O es
lately made va
cant throu-h the
death OF Senator
Boies PenTose, OF
Pennsylvania.
he elevation
Of McCumber is
vie W G d W h
much satisfaction
by the agricul-
turai bloc IN Com
cress, OF which
the North Da-
lOfan IL n mem
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-06
WHO'S WHO IN
THE DAYS NEW S

For the first time in forty years
a wcsternCr. heads tho powerful
Finance Committee OF tho United
States Senate. The Westerncr
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-06

Bandits Steal Big Mail Truck and Dis
appcar."-News Item. Tell it to the Marines.
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The Irish can't be expected to accept
something for nothing without showing some
surprise.
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to Princess Mary is going to marry an Eng
lishman. 1t has taken European countries
long time to find out that there is no security
in international marriages.
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best give it out. 1t might hurt, but the antseptics
Of truth and light may save trouble in the future.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-06

The surest way to bring about another
war IS to re-establish. tie conditions that OK
isted prior to the last spe. IA
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-01-06

ENGLISH POETRY,
SCIENTIST SAYS
Entomology of Verse Ex-
planned i'm Talk by
DIR. Walton.
FRIDAY, JANUARY Q. 1879.

sswitseriand- will be the subject Of
an illustrated lecture by +. NJ.
Newman before the National Geo
graphic Society, New Masonic
Temple, today. l:45 and s:l5
o'clock.
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Commercial Aviation will be the
subject OF the meeting of the
Society Of Automotive Engineers,
Washington Chapter, Cosmos
Club, tonight, s o'clock.
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