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.I,s :siIiiy e ...s sns Wit: and must have
State residence s,x month. Of county rssidsssss, ps,
ias %snis Il s. sr
MAN o. wAR,s WINNINGS,
To Friend of tn Peopis,
How many hrst place. did Man q War take.
how many seconds and thirds and what va tne
iS9nt issS' Of his winnings from January 6 9stose
started o' n He ,sa won s sfsslts iS that period
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
To the Friend Of People:
What should a person DO when snother is
struck by lightning and is not killed.
Dash cold water over a person struck by
SCHOOL TUITION ron NoNREsrDENTs.
To the Friend of the People, .,
Is 1t possible for me to send my daughter
from ss,hesd. No & e Western % High schoO, % q
mnDx. satIGn' wh,, i: the tuition, MY huss:na is
Apply to the Board of Education onices in the
franklin School Building; thirteenth and X
regular Session Of western Riss school opens.
and they will inform you of the requirements
tuition for nonresident students is sios57 per
session.
STUDENT ENROLMENT.
To Friend Peoples
How many student: were enrolled New
There were I2eI7 student. enrolled az New
Yale.
NATIONAL FOREST IN ALASKA.
To Friend Of the People
How many ns acre, % does the n % chusaeh national
1t is in Alaska and contains 62sa.2o4 acres
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be given the preference for a high,
salaried position. BETSY.
Lauds Arthur Griffith.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
Men of all creeds and all political
Affiliations respect the memory Of
Arthur Griffith. a man who loved
ireland for 1reland's sake and who
hoped to see ireland a land of abso-
lutte freedom. both civil and re-
ligious.
A recent editorial in The Heraia
brought to my mind this interesting
statement by Froude. the English
"Despotism is out OF date. We can
govern India; We cannot govern
ireland.
BE IL so. Then. let ireland be
free. She is miserable because she
is unruled. We might rule her, but
we will not, lest our arrangements
at home might be interfere d with.
We cannot keep a people chaine 1
to us to be perennialiy wretched
because 1t is inconvenient tor us to
keep order among them. In an inde-
pendent Ireland the ablest ana
strongest would come to the fronl.
and the baser elements be crushed
IL We will neither rule ireland not
allow the Irish to rule themselves.
nature and fact may tell us that.
whether We will or no. an exper;-
ment that has lasted for 200 years
shall be tried no longer"
Froude. In the light of present.
day happenings. appears a bit pro-
phetic. In the Free State the
stronger elements appear to b.
coming to the front. and are crusn-
ing the baser elements.
Let the Free State coyerumg Mt
stand as rock for religious liber,,
In the American sense. for absolute
of all men before the law,
recognize listers business ability
and encourage it-then we shat,
see eventually a united Ireland.
ireland. in my opinion, will mean
peaceful, a united Ireland.
JOHN y. QUINN.
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Paving, Georgia Avenue.

- EORGIA AVENUE should be put in fit con-
III dition without further delay. Members of
the Mid City, Howard Park and Columbia Heights
Citizens associations we'll within their rights in
demanding that this prominent thoroughfare be
improved to q point where it will be safe to drive
it,
In their resolution they mention specifically the
stretch from Florida avenue to Kenyon street
Without any doubt, this is of the most
abominable pieces of road in the District of Column
bia 1t would be difficult to find anything any
worse in darkest Virginia. Soon those who must
travel over this stretch will have three alterna-
tves-walking riding horseback and riding street
cars. Automobiles will be impossible. They will
have a long way to walk to work. They can not
afford horses. The street Georgia avenue,
OF course, rough that nobody uses them
who avoid it.
The street has been bad for long time.
Within the past few months it has become impos-
sible. 1t is an injustice to the reputation of the
District of Columbia that such a miserable bit Of
road is to be found within its borders. This is
especially the case since it constitutes one of the
principal thoroughfares into the city.
Will the appeals of the citizens 60 unheeded?
They have in the past, it is true But we have
reason to hope for something better in the future
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Care of Veterans.

,((T WORRY over this thing so much that some
i-1 times 1 can't sleep nights It's partly the
fault Of the Veterans Bureau but it's mostly the
fault of poor legislation I've studied the situation
| from many angles here in Washington and at the
, next national convention Of the American Legion
= am going TO propose some steps which will
brand me. the country over, as a radical We all
know that disabled veterans are being kidded
and cured" - -'..'- =
Thus spoke of the best known American
Legion officials in the United States as he dis
cussed the disqualification situation the other night
He il conservative man, little given to rash or
I hgurative statements
Some of the letters received by The Wash
ington Herald from disabled men confined in
District hospitals tell why this Legion officer can
sleep nights after witnessing the injustice OF
it all we get only skim milk. The officers use
the cream for their own table" This is the COM
plain. OF with tuberculosis.
The high Legion official be radical as
he pleases at the next national convention. The
problem is to conditions which exist. If
Mr.. Lenin himself can suggest effective means
our hats off to him.
The American Legions first duty, just at pres
ent is to the disabled The time has not come
when world veterans ready to spend their
evenings by the 6reside talking the days that
are gone. They need the spirit of action now
action to the abuses from which their unfor-
tun&tc brothers suffer.
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OPEN COURT LETTERS TO THE HERALD
Other Peoples Views o of Current Interest
Of Current Interest

paid TO the producer and price pa,o
py consumer would be lessened
and the consumers could profit the
farfnNg.
Ihe market news service of the
bureau Of Agriculture running In
Your paper is valuable and will he
OF much service to producer ana
consumer. Let's hear from more
city people like Mr. Potter. It's a
line OF service that VIII benefit
everybody.
1 am glad to note a goodIy in
crease of readers of your yaIuabIe
paper In this section OF Prince
Georges County. You have a great
iieio. There are thousands of
people who are weary of the
ueary ana monotonous discussion
OF the question which is fathered
oy a lot of brewers and disttIIer,
VINO nave lost out and who are poor
'oes j. n. SHEPHERD.
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Concerning the Veterans Bu-
reau.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald
I note by your issue of currem
date that at last some Of the former
soldiers have awakened and demand
to know why some married women
are employed in the Veterans bu-
reau at high salaries. Let them
proceed further and demand 10
know why certain high-salaried
married women, whose husbands
are making big salaries, were re-
jnstated after the general dismlssai
Of married women in June, 1871,
also why certain jobs that dema nd
a wide knowledge Of q certain busi-
ness in the Veterans Bureau are
given to political appointees. re-
gardless of experience. Also why
there are 30 many "so-called' chiers
sitting around all day with nothing
to do but sign thsir name now and
then or talk to their stenographer
IL married women are to be re-
tained for their efficiency and their
work, then why were the sl,Zoo
married clerks dismissed and their
work given to $500 married ones
who were either reinstated or newly
employed? One so-called supervisor
(marriedD with a husband employed
at a good salary. whose unit was
disbanded because OF change OF
work, was dismissed with the other
married clerks. later reInstated At
81. 500 and the $24o bonus and given
work that married clerks had been
receiving $1,000 for before dis
missal. Is this economy?
II they have ruling against
married women who have husbands,
x,.l,A Hoi In,
places can he filled as well as the
eficient clerk who was let out be.
cause she had a husband. II 1t is b
matter of outside income, let those
women who run boarding houses at
good income, and those Divorces
who receive q living sum as ALI
mony be dismissed. Either make
the Veterans Bureau a bureau run
along efficient lines or give 1t over
to grafters and those wao nave the
most "bull" and pull" Let the
soldier demand prompt and efficient
service. whether he be q friend Of
Senator - or just plain John -.
A great deal has been said about
efficiency through sub -offices. How
can. the sub-ofics give you Al
service when they have q different
chief every two or three months,
when half of their personnel is not
even qualified through Civil Service
and when their head doctors do not
get as much for their services rs
some Of thesaivision chiefs in WASH
inkton. Let the former soldier In
vestigate. let him demand snicisnt
and prompt service and, as It Is a
bureau run for his beneht. let him
demand that whenever possible he
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Law Enforcement.
70 the Editos The Washington Herald

To the EditoL The Washington Herald;
l want to commend your stand on
law enforcement. Whenever a ma
jority of the A merican people want
to repeal any law IL will be done,
but 1t will never come back by ef-
forts Of few who. in order TO
bring about its repeal, encourage
Its violations. No repeal of the
laws against larceny. embezzlement,
shooting and other evils which are
prevalent. among a minority will
be brought about by the sympathiz-
ers of the people who break those
laws.
The discussion of prohibition
doesn't make a dent in the ranks
of the millions who voted and had
that law put on the statute books
of the twenty-six States of the
Union which passed that law be-
fore it was adopted by the con-
stitutional number of the States OF
the Union to make II the supreme
law OF the nation.
II more of your Washington peo-
pie would get interested in the
profiteering and get facts, such as
Mr.. Potter details in his article on
profiteering. ways and means
would be discovered Tor the con-
sumers to act fruits and vegetables
without paying 1000 per cent above
the cost paid to producers. A we'll
organized neighborhood in any part
of Washington of a dozen or more
people could easily make arrange
ments for the whole season for
fruits and vegetables by simply
Arranging with one or more truck
farmers close to washington. A
daily contact by telephone (for
most of the truckers have tele-
phones) could notify the truckers
of their wants and get prices. and
the trucker. IL getting a sufficient
number of orders. would deliver them
at the doors Of the consumers.
II even some ten or fifteen would
go In q body TO the wholesale mar
ket they could readily save from
25 to soc per cent on their fruits
and vegetables.
The farmer often gets less than
the case described by Mr.. Potter.
Truck loads of corn have sold as
low as &c dozen. cabbaGe at Soc
a barrel, tomatoes at 2ec . bushel.
II we could get even SO per cent
OF the discussion on this most
practical subject that we get on
prohibition. wine, beer. etc. the
vide margin between the price
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THE MCBRIDE murder furnishes the best mys-
i terry plot Washington has known for some
time. 1t has all the elements that would delight
A. Conan Doyle. Edgar Allan Poe, Sake Roemer, or
Mary Roberts Rinehart Best of ALL the mystery
increases from day to day. That the wealthy Okla
homa oil man was killed for any such sordid motive
as robbery seems out of the question as the police
gain shreds of evidence pointing to the consumma-
tion Of some bitter feud.
But the romantic possibilities Of the story are
poor compensation for the inability to apprehend
the murderers. We have one of the most brutal
sayings in the history OF the District The men or
women responsible have dropped completely out of
sight. Yet it does not seem that they made any
very great effort to their tracks. The very
simplicity with which they worked proves their best
defense against discovery. If they had adopted
some elaborate scheme to avoid leaving traces that
in itself would have furnished cew
Yet have no doubt but that the police will
triumph in the end. Few murder mysteries go
unsolved for long at time Slowly methodically
but thoroughly every trail is being followed
Results are bound to come in few days or few
weeks.
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Our Forest Fire Habit.

MYTH FALL close at hand and long dry
w in the West we now indulge our
annual habit OF reading about forest fires We take
them matter; of course with much.less concern
than We glance over the fall styles in overcoats.
In Minnesota the other day people in several towns
abandoned them, only. the men staying behind to
try to save the home and the stock. the accumula-
ton OF a lifetime. The governor calls out State
troops. which costs the taxpayer money, and the
regular procedure is gone through in an endeavor
% check the sweep OF the flames.
But all that is after the fires have started This
spendhrift nation, if it gives any thought to the
matter at all. to think there must be just so
many forest fires every fall There must be more
adequate forest FIRE prevention methods. Charles
Lathrop Pack, president Of the American Forestry
soeiation tells vs. forest fires eat up enough lurn,
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Nex York City
Day BY Day
By Q. o. McIntyrs.

ON THE ATLANTIC. Aug. ILL.,
The SECOND day the weather broke
| clear and I gained my sea legs.
! can gase at food without bloatins.
However. I don't believe I'll ever
set over that sinking feeling whom
the ship dips. I want to scamper
for the life Jacket.
4 lone gull is trailing our liner
and deck swabber. who has EVIL
IDENTIFY never read the glad books"
tells me II Il regarded by sea-
faring men as an III omen. I'm not
superstitious but of all the ships in
the ocean don't understand why
the gull picks on ours.
The English liners deal in British
currency and buying the ships
wireless newspaper this morning /
gave the young cockney q one
pound note. He gave me change in
pennies and shiilings and should I
fall overheard the life jacket would
be useless.
Still 1t would be q surprise back
home to read the natty headline:
browns Because of CASH" Tom,
the ships cat. has deserted us. He
mas gone over among the second
class passengers. 1. don't blame
him. Over there they have a
better time. There il more life and
laughter.
The sensation of the promenade
Is moving picture actress. She
appears every half hour In q new
sport frock. Her escort is a world
iy fellow who. II he should ask
me. wears too many diamonds. She
10 not more than 20 and he looks
older than John Drew.
At luncheon the conversation
ranged from psycho-analysis to the
artistry of Fanny Brice. The
captain Ii skillfully in keeping up
talk. He acts as a sort of toast
master. The waiter is a war hero
having won. the Scotcfman with a
delightful burr at our table said.
the highest honors in the English
army.
There Is no hotel in New York
that has such splendid elevator
service as that Of the two elevators
that run from one deck to another.
Also i noticed on the bulletin board
| that twenty-five wireless MESA ges
were waiting at the purser's ONCE
Tor Abraham Goldblatt. And that
Michael Casey had lost a wallet
with tewelry. And they talk of the
luck of the Irish.
On the A deck there is a library
Of standard literature. The librarian
asked me IL he might suggest some>
thing. He suggested THE Owl
Taxi" by Hubert Footner and "The
Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexan-
der Dumas. chose Paris by
Night" He said the most popular
book In his library was Joseph
Conrad's The Rescue" Personally
1 want to read about terra firma.
never took such interest In land
before.
strolled into the bar in the late
afternoon-to get packet of
cigarettes. of course-and the
young man who had lifted his high
ball glass and thumbed his nose in
the direction of the Statue Of
Liberty was still there. The bar
man said he was his first customer.
He Is quite friendly. A weather
tanned seaman with heavy bronze
beard. hairy chest and arms came
in with a mop. The young man
looked up from his table with in
terest at him and suddenly ex-
claimed: We'll. IL it isn't old Kid
Atlantic himself"
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Der evefy year to buld 6ve-fcem house every
one hundred feet on both sdes Of road extendine
from New York TO Chicago In an article ID the
Journal Of the American Bankers Association he
points out that the lumber would mean housing
for 100000 families.
Every forest FIRE Is direct drain the tax
payer He feels it in the Increased cost OF every-
thing into which the cost Of forest products
enters-and you can not name commodity into
which that cost does not enter. Subcommittee on
Forestry fron, membership in the Committee on
Agriculture in the House has recently been ap-
pointed. This committee is Haugen, Mclaughlin,
Clarke. Rainey and Jones of Texas This com-
mittee make a name for itself by reporting out
something constructive in the way OF q national
forest policy that Incorporates additional forest
fire prevention methods. Let us get OF this for
est hre habit :
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Can't Get Married.

."NE OF the most tragic figures in present-day
~ American life is the college instructor His
condition Is brougt forcefuy to public attention
by e recent decision at Northwestern University
not to employ any married men in this
capacity because the pay is too small to support
family.
tempora, O mores. Here is condition
peculiar to civilization in the United States in the
twentieth century. The college instructor must
be a man OF unusual learning. He must have
advanced degrees He must be- at least master
OF arts. Usually he is doctor of philosophy He
must have spent the best years of his life in study
Often he followed his student career at a great
deal of personal sacrifice. He may have shoveled
snow off sidewalks and tended furnaces while in
the university
And great university not afford to paw
man enough to support a wife This condition.
of course, is recent. Hardly decade has passed
since the college instructor had an envable posi-
ton. He was regarded highly in society He was
able to live in good house. wear good clothes and
eat good food.
Wise men are striving to find remedy for the
situation !. is product of the times A solution
OF the difficulty can not be offered off-hand But
it is, to drop into the language of booteggers and
brcklayers, "one damn bad mess"
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same courtesy accorded embassies
and legations Of foreign nations.
Also. oven theSo ministers enjoy
immunity from the volstead act and
can have their necessary communion
wine Nor is this the only i'm
munity which they enjoy IN con-i
mon with the embassies and legs
tions Of foreign countries miCht
call attention to the celebration ~
the bond of holy mstrimony usus'-
y regarded more appropriate than
the merely civil ceISnony by the
oficer OF the State. You under
stand the divine fiat. what God
hath Joined together let not man
put asunder. Perhaps IL there was
such an Inhibition In behalf Of civil
marriage the divorce courts would
have but little business 20 do. This
last remark. however. is aside TO
the subject in hand and may be
so considered. So much for the
correct Christian status.
should an accredited nation as
sumo a hostile attitude toward the
kingdom Of heaven the ambassador
has no recall and the only pass
port from his post of duty 10
martydrom.
No unfatrneses. no antsgonlsm
whatever. friends Bollman. Just q
little misunderstsnding on your
part. I feel that with all that each
OF us concerning the Word OF God
there Ia yet very much more rt-
manning to become known and un-
derstood before we have acquired
the sum Of divine wisdom, How
ever. let us take courage ana &c
forward.
CHARLES T. SKATER
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The Japanese Beetle.

sTSHE JAPANESE beetle is on its way to the
District of Columbia and nearby Maryland
with the time of its arrival depending upon whether
hops a ride in an automobile wings its way
fnpre slowly by natural methods of transportation,
according to Ernest N. Cory, Maryland State ento-
yqologst. who recently visited sections Of New Jer
sey where the insect has succeeded in establishing
. iEans-Pacihc colony
a.. While both State and Federal quarantines are
in force in the heavily infested of New Jersey
and Pennsylvania, the beetle has steadily been
extending its territory since it first discovered
m .IoI6 The spread has been due chiefly to the
eepd propagation OF the insect but the chief danger
of its introduction into territory lies in the pos
sibilties of its being carried by automobiles from
the infested 1t is difficult to how the Dis
srriet and Maryland can escape the invasion, even
though the Federal, Pennsylvania and New Jersey
officials are doing all they to keep the pest
within the present limits, he declares
Il = The Japanese beetle is about the size Of the
ordinary potato beetle but slightly longer. Its head
and thorax are shining bronze green in color. Its
wing covers are brown. edged with green and two
distinct white spots mark the lower part of the
abdomen below the wing covers. The insect is par
tculary injurious to apple, peach cherry and shade
trees but feeds vigorously more than differ
cnt plants The grubs, which develop from the eggs
which the beetle lays in the ground, feed on grass
roots and do serious injury lawns golf courses,
alialfI and clover AS many 276 beetles have
been taken from a single apple, which mean that
large apple may be completely covered by the
insects. They usually remain until only the
OF the apple remains, in the Of peaches
until nothing but the seed is left.
d A spray consisting OF four pounds OF arsenate
of lead to fifty gallons OF water win largely prevent
damage by the beetles. according to Mr.. Cory, but
is not practical for orchard fruits as two applica-
tons about two weeks apart would have to be made
just about picking time The spray also results in
concentration Of the insects on unsprayed foliage
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Replies TO c. p. Bollman.
To til. Editer. TIE Washington Herald:

To the Editer. The Waahington Herald:
BY your kind permission l would
like to reply to c. p. Bollman's
criticism Of my letter on Socialism
and the Bible. Apparently he Is
one OF the many ministers OF the
Gospel mentioned in my letter as
being not yet prepared to accept
all that the real and true Social
ism Of the Bible demands. Per-
haps his knowledge as yet does not
lead him that far heavenward. but
have faith to believe that IL be
will follow on to know the Lord
he will arrive" In due season
Every reference which Mr. Boil
man has submitted for the con-
sideration Of the readers of your
splendid paper IL simply instruc-
tion to all Christians to govern
them in their new and solemn
relationship to the Kingdoms OF
earth. And IN recognition OF this
ambassadoriai status church prop
erty IL usually exempted from taxa
tion and the buildings and lands 80
devoted are considered and re-
garded as sacred territory. the very
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ommunications will not be
returned unIess specific request
for such return r. made and
stamps incIosed.
Letters should be typewrttten
whenever possible. Conmunica-
tions extremely diaicuit 10 read
will not be considercd. No COM
munications signed with nctftious
Names will be used.
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QUITS POSTOFFICE
AFTER AZ YEARS

Bidding farewell to her friends in
the Postofflce Department. Miss Flor
ence z. Smith. clerk translator in
the Office OF the Third Assistant Post
master General. yesterday terminated
forty-seven years Of service with the
government in the ONCE where she
began.
Miss Smith. then a resident OF
Paterson. y. J.. was appointed
stenographer August =. 1875. She
began her service before the day
Of the typewriter and proudly re-
calls operating one OF the first two
in the department.
She is also a linguist and can
translate from Italian. French. Ger
man and Spanish. Among those who
bade her good-by were Postmaster
General Work and Assistant Post
master General Glover.