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Evening star., 1922-10-19
Way Already Open to Indian
To Citizenship and Office

Of the country 6o.000 Indian children
and are asking for increased appropria-
tons with view of ultimately placing
every Indian child of school age III
school. on the theory that education,
industry and sanitary living conditions
are the solutions of the Indian prob en-
Instead of the Indians being without
flag and without country. as stated
in the resolution quoted in the editorial
the Indians are the first Americans and
our flag is their flag.
The Indians are not without repre-
Sentation IN Congress, two of the lead
ing senators being of Indian blood. Sen
ator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma is
a member of the Cherokee tribe. and
Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas is
an enrolled member of the kaw tribe
Another prominent western senator is
married to an enrolled member of the
Umatilla tribe. Charles D. Carter, a
member of Congress from Oklahoma,
and formerly chairman of the commit
tee on Indian affairs of the House of
Representatives. is an enrolled member
of the Chickasaw tribe of Indians, and
T. A. Chandler, another member OF
member of the Cherokee tribe. w. w
Hastings. a member of the Cherokee
tribe was formerly a member of Con-
gress from Oklahoma, and now holds the
nomination Of his party for Congress al
the November elections. 1t will be seen
therefore, that the Indians are well rep
resented in Congress by members OF
their own race.
Sincerely yours,
E. B. MERRITT,
! Assistant Indian Commissioner.
Evening star., 1922-10-19
Teamwork.

1t seems but yesterday the country
was ringing with the question of un-
employment. City streets and country
roads were described as filled with
men and women needing work. compe-
tent for work, seeking work, and yet
unable to find work. All doors were
closed, and not a glad hand was Of
fered anywhere.
The situation was probably a little
exaggerated. The subject lent itself
to warm and sympathetic treatment,
and facile tongues and pens got busy
with it.
Still, it was bad enough. and, all
agreed, was discreditable in, and dan.
gerous to, as great country as
America.
General attention was secured. Con-
ferences were held. Representative
men and women in possession Of in
formation on the subject, or in posi-.
ton to gather it, met and examined
the matter from all angles.
Among the decisions reached was
that teamwork was lacking. and, if
instituted, would materially help to
solve the problem. The unemployed
needed regimentation and guidance
They were milling around in state
of encouragement and confusion.
Teamwork was instituted. City au.
thorities, county authorities and state
authorities were asked to lend a hand
and straighten out difficulties within
their immediate reach.
Today there is no complaint from
any quarter. Jobs are found by OF
for all who are capable and willing to
fill them. The army Of the unem.
ployed has given place to an army OF
the employed. Production Is on the
upgrade. and producers, under good
guidance, have found work, and are
busy.
Evening star., 1922-10-19
EDITORIAL DIGEST

enveloped by propaganda of an inter-
ested nature. If they earn their salt
the people will know, when they get
through: Who owns the mines; how
much the public has to pay for the
maintenance of organiza tions: who
the dictators of production and dis
tribution are; what the profits of the
operators have been during the last
decade: what actual working condi-
tions are, and just what wages are.
and just how these affect the prices
to the consumers. Without these facts
the public will have to continue CROP
ing in the dark"
The coal-producing region as a
whole is very much interested in the
commissions plans. the Scranton
Times announces. because "it is hoped
that as a result of the findings future
coal strikes will be averted and Con-
gress informed so that laws may be
enacted which will not only minimize
strike danger. but insure a steady
supply of coal at fair price," while
the Wilkes-Barre Record, also a coal
locality paper. believes the commits
sion is the best dependence and per-
haps the last hope of a confused and
suffering public"
Evening star., 1922-10-19
Salary Boosting in New York.

Municipal salary boosting in the
midst Of a campaign is not precisely
the best tactics, but perhaps Mayor
Hylan's administration of Greater
New York feels that the need is
greater than the danger. Besides, the
mayoralty is not at stake and munich
pal officers are not to be voted for
next month. The other day at Sc
cret budget meeting of the board of
estimates of New York salary in
creaSes for the heads of thirteen city
departments We're granted ''tenta-
lively" These increases are proposed
at $4,000 year apiece. to bring the
salaries of the commissioners up to
$4,000 a year. The total addition to
the municipal budget will be $32,500.
AS a matter Of business, the business
of the people. these proposed salaries
are not excessive. Public Office pay is
as a rule too small to attract and hold
incumbentS of the capacity and char
York, however, has been more liberal
than most communities in this matter,
although as these suggested increases
indicate the scale there has not been
excessively high. But if this new rate
is adopted the thirteen department
heads in New York will be drawing
salaries much greater than some of
the most important officials Of the
federal government. At present they
are getting as much as senators and
representatives in Congress.
Evening star., 1922-10-19

To the Editor of The Star:
1 noticed on the editorial page of yes
terday's Star October I'D an editorial
from the Elmira Star-GaZette. advocat-
ing citizenship for the American Indian
. The readers of your paper may be
interested to know that approximately
two-thirds of the Indians of the United
States are citizens. Under section Of
the act Of February s. 1887, any Indian
NAV become a citizen by adopting the
habits of civilized life. Congress. by
the act of November 6. 1919, authorized
the granting of citizenship 10 all hon.
orably discharged Indian soldiers and
sailors who served in the recent world
war.
We have In this country 340.e1f In
dams. an increase of approximately
13.50o over ten years ago. The Indian
race is. therefore, no longer dying
race. This has been brought about by
improved housing conditions and in
creased hospital and medical facilities
furnished by the government. We have
seventy-eight hospitals and sanatoria es-
tahlished on the various Indian reser-
vations and at the Indian schools There
are employed in the Indian service 15C
nhysicians. eighty-one nurses and sew
enty field matrons. who are working
among the Indians, the field matrons
visiting the homes for the purpose OF
improving living conditions.
We are educating In our various In
dian schools and in the public schools
Evening star., 1922-10-19

bodily care on the part of great num-
bers of people, these have contributed
to the prolongation OF life. Sport, ex-
ercise and wholesome recreation have
to multitudes supplied the deficiencies
incident to city life.
During the present calendar year no
less than seventeen people have passed
news columns-in different parts Of
this country at ages ranging from 100
to 1874 years. The passing of CEN
tenarian used to be a matter Of mo-
ment. Now it is almost common
place. scarcely to be noted. 1t re-
quires the case of such as that Of
"Uncle Johnny" Schell, who died in
Kentucky last summer at the age Of
1874, to arouse much interest.
Whether the people Of this country
will continue to progress in longevity
as the American Public Health Asso-
citation expects, will depend very large
ly upon their own endeavors, their CO.
operation in sanitary works. their OBJ
StlNduCt VI laws VI ISdllH.
The better-health movement has a
most efficient aid in publicity. The
newspapers of this country are daily
carrying messages to the people,
warning remedies, prescriptions, not
of medicine, but of exercise and pre-
ventive measures. A health drive"
can be conducted now in a manner to
reach many millions daily in terms
that will be readily understood and
that always elicit response. There Is,
for instance, the 'anti-fiy" campaign,
started some years ago and conducted
with increasing vigor in all commune
ties. The result is undeniable. There
are fewer flies today than ever before,
and consequently there is less risk of
disease communication. The people
have come to know the fly as an enc
my to health, and they regard it as
an enemy to be destroyed.
Everybody is concerned to contrib
ute to the verification of the prophesy
of the American Public Health Asso-
citation. 1t Is the business Of all to
cooperate in health movements and
bring about the prolongation of exist
ence by raising individual averages.
Evening star., 1922-10-19
Here and There i'm w ashingtOn
BY "THE MAJOR"

but one set Of signals used in the
United States, SO that when motor
list from Boston arrived in San Fran
cisco or a tourist from New Orleans
dropped into Milwaukee he would
not run the risk of being bawled out
by a traffic cop or hailed into court
because Of n-observance of a signal.
* X X
THE truth Of the following story I
i do not vouch for, yet it was told
to me as being 100 per cent true. 1t
appears that a rather convivial spirit
from across the Potomac attended one
of the phantom ball games held to H.
lustrate the playing of the world Sc
ries. and when he arrived at Monsieur
Grifffth's park he had quite copiously
broken both the spirit and the letter
of the eighteenth amendment. and. de-
spite the fact that he carried his
cargo without listing to starboard or
port. his eyesight would not be rated
as 1920 by Army surgeons, and when
the pitcher wound up and counter
feited the pitching of the ball to the
catcher. he blinked his eyes. When
the hurler repeated the operation
with d non-existant sphere he turned
to his companion and said: Gosh.
hemlock, but that pitchers got
speed!'
n IUMEROUS young women have
~ been annoyed of late by mashers
who have been riding through the
grounds surrounding the Agriculture
Department buildings. A day or SO
ago two of the fair sex were hailed
by a passing motorist. who. not con-
tent upon receiving no recognition.
circled the spot where they were sit
ting three or four times. and did not
desist in his unwelcome attentions
until one of the young women told
him that if he did not ride away at
once that she would report the matter
to the police. She Is in possession of
the license number of the car that
the would-be masher was driving.
/ number Of the fair sex who are
laying the foundation for their work
in after life. AS future members of
the bar these embryonic Portias come
to school in the evening equipped with
the same kind of brief cases as do the
men, but, unlike those toted by the
male students, the cases carried by
the young women appear to have a
greater content with suspicious
bulges and protrudences. The other
evening. while a well known Wash
ingtonian was delivering a lecture.
the strident tones of an alarm clock
could be heard, much to the conster-
nation Of it's fair owner. Whether
or not night classes in law are of such
character as to call for the carry
ing Of alarm clocks in brief cases
is a question that only the members
of that class can answer
Evening star., 1922-10-19

various horrible punishments unless
they become members. The khan Is said
to have been organized six months ago
and to have membership Of more than
two thousand.
Many Of the members. 1t was said,
have wished to withdraw from the So
clety. but fear to do so because of the
penalties with which they are threat
weeks. is believed to have been buried
alive for violating the rules of the or
der. and several have been tied to
stakes and whipped.
A faithful reproduction, it appears.
Of some of the performances of the
American order-the parent order-of
Ku klux. The snake whip recalls
punishments inflicted in Texas and
ether states. Nobody has been buried
alive in this country as yet. but the
order proclaims itself progressive. In
time it may come to copy the out
siders. as the outsiders are copying it.
The infection is spreading, and of
course becoming the more dangerous
and reprehensible the more remote
and undeveloped the localities infected.
New wrinkles of outrage and out
lawry will be added as limited local
intelligence and peculiar local prac
tees suggest and encourage.
Nowhere under the Stars and
Stripes is an invisible empire-an i'm
perium in mperio-necessary. No
where should it be organized. Where
ever it has been organized it should be
disbanded. Members should be brought
citizens and best promote good gov
ernment by obeying the laws and as
sisting those formally intrusted with
the duty of executing the laws. To
the extent that laws are set aside,
either by individuals or organizations.
government is a failure
Evening star., 1922-10-19
TITLE heed do we pay to the
fact that day by day, culled

are items that appear IN the
daily prints. Scant attention we pay
to books. But if you really want to
appreciate just how much reading
matter means in your life drop off at
some small local railroad station and
wait an hour or SO for the next train.
The first ten or fifteen minutes will
slip quickly past. after that comes the
yearning for something to read, and
If. by chance, there Is an old time
table or circus poster tackled up on
the sides of the Enclosure you will
find that you will start to read it.
When you have finished you will per-
haps be at ease again for five or ten
minutes, and then you will search
your pockets for letters or something
in the line of written or printed
words Should you, perchance, have
a communication or two you will read
them over carefully, yes. a second and
a third time, then the feeling of want
ing to read something seizes you
more strongly than ever and you fuss,
fret and fume because you had not
taken the precaution to provide your
self with paper or book. You become
nervous and i'll at ease, and when the
train finally does arrive you grab the
first peace of reading matter that you
can lay your hands on.
4 RECENT agitation having for its
1 conclusion the taking of the
finger prints of every citizen of the
country is one that has many angles.
1t is true, of course. that it would be
of great assistance to police authori-
ties in identifying criminals or others
suspected of crime, and in that way
it would be most beneficial, but just
how would it work out in other ways
is something that presents other
angles. Suppose that the dear, sweet
wives of the country should organize
a cooperative bureau of finger prints,
what chance would a man have when
he is away in a strange town palming
himself off as one enjoying single
bleSsedness, and then again. how
would it affect the girl at the summer
resort who is engaged to three or four
men during the season. Imagine
pulling out of your pocket a replica
of whorls of your adored one at the
club only to have another chap ex-
hibit a similar labyrinth of curly
cues from fair Marie's fingers or
thumbs. Truly science sometimes de-
vises things that cause embarrass-
ment
X x X
THE other night while chatting
i with one of the active members of
the mounted police we happened to
discuss the matter Of signals used in
Washington and other cities. The Of
ficer made an extremely trite sugges-
tion1namely. that there should be
Evening star., 1922-10-19
Motor Care and Motor Speed.

Members of the motor corps of the
Home Defense League have been ask
ed by the Commissioners to take ac
count of vehicles exceeding the pres
ent speed regulations in the District
to ascertain to what extent the exist
ing rules are ignored. These rules
provide that machine may go
twenty-five miles an hour in outlying
sections where there are not more
than two houses in a block. eighteen
miles an hour in the remainder of the
city, twelve miles at intersections and
six miles across sidewalks. 1t is be-
lieved that these rules are much more
honored in the breach than in the OBJ
servance. that only the exceptional
motorist traverses the streets of the
city between intersections at eighteen
miles and crosses intersections at
twelve miles or less.
Upon the report of this inspection
may be based a proposal, it is indi-
Gated, to reduce the maximum speed
limit from eighteen to twelve miles
an hour within the city, as a means
of preventing accidents. Such suS-
gestion will undoubtedly arouse strong
opposition by motorists and is likely
to be regarded by many others as an
inexpedient measure Of precaution
against accidents.
In some cities in this country there
are no speed limits. Motorists are
required merely to drive so that their
machines are always under control.
Speed in itself is not the dangerous
factor in street driving, for a machine
driven at a legal rate may be quite as
deadly through carelessness as one
going at a higher pace.
There will probably be fewer acci-
dents if there were more punishments
for careless driving-that is, driving
in such way that the machines cannot
be stopped quickly enough to prevent
striking people or other machines in
sudden emergencies. 1t has been pro-
posed that the driving license be taken
away. for at least period, from every
person who hits pedestrian. Tn
queStlonaDlS the pedestrians are often
at fault. walking blindly into the
course of traffic, stepping suddenly
from behind obstructions directly in
front of machines, in such circum-
stances that not even the most care
full driving can avert mishap. 1t is
significant that in all but very small
minority of cases no blame whatever is
attached by court or jury to the mo-
torist and he suffers no penalty or in
convenience.
In all but a very few cases of motor
accidents, where the driver does not
speed away. he claims that he was 60
ing at a very moderate rate and that
he had his car under control. But no
one can stand on the curb and watch
the traffic from an unprecedented point
of view without coming to the conclu-
sion that the average machine is
driven without that margin of safety
that the public requires. The burden
of avoidance is now almost wholly on
the pedestrian, whether he is crossing
the street at an intersection or else
where.
Evening star., 1922-10-19
ever, is the fact that pedestrians have

ever. is the fact that pedestrians have
evidently not been taken into consid-
Grafton at all. On the sides of the
roads the dust lies thick if it has not
been wetted into mud. And yet, for
reasons of self-preservation, the
walker must use the side of the road
SO that he may travel in comparative
safety.
Walking is prescribed as health
full exercise. The majority of us per-
force still indulge in it. but must con-
fine ourselves to the hard pavements
and uninteresting streets of the city
Is there any reason why cinder path
should not be built along the road
sides, certainly within a radius OF five
or ten miles of our villages and cities?
The expense would be nominal. as
compared with the cost of the efab-
crate roadbed prepared for the use
of those who practically monopolize
it, but at the same time do not monop-
olize the payment of the road taxes.
Surely the humber or poorer MEM
bers Of society have right to use the
roads without risk Of incurring injury
or of losing life. CARL M. LITTLE.
Evening star., 1922-10-19
OF to Boston.

had now most successfully COM
pleted my opening campaign IN Ne"
York. Other extra lectures. to meet
the great demand. were to be fitted
in later Meanwhile. my schedule was
fixed for New England, and of TO
Boston / went, to see if could get
nv message across in what has so
long been the center of American III
erary culture l left the family IN
their very comfortable quarters of
the Ambassador Hotel, and, accom-
panied only by Capt. Widdecomne'
the very efficient aide-de-camp fur-
nished by Mr.. Keedick. l set forth on
this new adventure.
But let me give one little paragraph
to Walter Widdecombe before l start.
since then and afIerward he was al
ways the silent. often inVlslble, back
ground of my narrative. l have
clear vision Of him as l look back.
Widdecombe with the raklsh hat,
Widdecombe the debonaire, Widde-
combe knee-deep amid luggage mar
ranguing negro porterS win ms
bundle of tickets in one hand ana
his cigarette in the other. In many
guises 1 can see him. Watching me
with dark solicitous eyes as the
trainer watches the pugilist, staring
with questioning gaze at the lntru-
sive pressmen, holding me back as 1
endeavor to stride on the platform
while the box-oftic is still besieged,
romping with the children, appear
ing with huge bundles of letters and
a gentle request for an hours at
tention. However 1 see him he is al
ways quiet. always alert. always ef-
ficient. He had been adjutant to
rife battalion in the war. though he
had joined up as a civilian of fifty.
You are fit to be the aide-de-camp of
a v:eeroy. Widdecombe. but all the
same ] hope you won't come into
your own until l am sure whether l
am likely to want you as a conlrade in
America once again.
(To be continued in tomorrow'S Star.)
Copyright 1922. by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
for the United States and Brtain1
Evening star., 1922-10-19
Longer Life the Goal.

Longer life for humanity is the goal
set by the American Public Health
Association. in session in annual con-
vention at Cleveland. Within the next
fifty years it is hoped to prolong the
expectancy of life which now prevails
throughout the United States by at
least two decades. In a message to
the public" the association declares
that the members, who are health Of
ficers Of their respective communities,
''are confident that there is nothing
impracticable or eXtravagant in the
proposal that many nations may OBJ
tain such knowledge of the laws of
health. appropriate to each age and
occupation, to each climate and race"
that this may be accomplished.
Within the last seventy-fve years, it
is noted, the average duration of hui
man life has been extended by not less
than fifteen years in many of the great
nations Of the world, and the gains in
length of life have been greater in the
past twenty years than in the previous
fifty
The cause of this increase of life
Is plain to see. Sanitary science has
been developed to the point where the
average risk to health has been great
ly diminished. Numerous diseases
have been brought under control and
in large measure conquered. Ailments
heretofore regarded as necessarily ia
tai have been rendered comparatively
durable. Surgery has been perfected
to the end of saving countless lives
by operations. Cleaner living, better
medical knowledge, the development
Of sounder attitudes toward health and
Evening star., 1922-10-19
Walking in the Road.
Cinder Paths Alongside Highways
Advocated for Pedestrians.
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Your editorial, walking in the
Road" was Of more than passing in
terest to me. and, now that find one
influential paper is interested in the
subject, I am hoping that others will
take it up.
do not understand, in the first In
stance. why our road engineers build
the rtdiculously narrow roads they
do for the additional expenditure Of q
relatively small amount per mile
would make them safer for the aver
age driver when meeting others af-
fiicted with an advanced stage of
Apart from that consideration, how
Evening star., 1922-10-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Halloween

The Halloween Pumpkin.
The pumpkin now makes up his face
And tries to play a part.
He thinks he smiles with merry grace
And is a work Of art.
When we the transformation see,
We breathe sorrowing sigh.
AS plain pumpkin he would be
Much better in a pie.
BY affectations we're beset.
Each has some of his own.
We'd be more useful if we'd let
Our real selves alone.
Evening star., 1922-10-19

A combination Of farmers to reduce
production and increase their profits
would make life harder for everybody,
including the farmer, who already
thinks he is paying more than enough
for machinery. transportation and
many other things whose cost :, af-
fected by the living expense or the
wage Garner.