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The Washington herald., 1922-07-24
A Step in the Right Direction.

THE King bill offers one means. OF consolidating
i Washingtons two fraction companies and
putting an end to the tangled mess which now
exists in the city's urban transportation system.
That the measure has met with the favor Of the
Public Utilities Commission after the members have
given t careful study should recommend it to Con-
gress and to the people OF the District of Columbia
Some delicate financial operations necessarily
are involved in any merger project These cannot
be planned too carefully. The judgment of experts
is essential. But few people in the District who are
not able to see the crying need of consolidation.
Few remain who do not insist on some sort of
merger which will clear away the provoking
chimera which exists.
The public of Washington, in with
the members of the Public Utilities Commission,
will support any plan which offers reasonable hope
of bringing the two traction companies together
without insurmountabe financial difficulties.
1t is useless at this time to recount any Of the
inconvenences and injustces which result from the
present system or any Of the methods of the past
which led up to the condition which obtains in the
National Capital today These too we'll known.
Few citizens who have experienced Of
them in person. Any sort Of a merger will prove an
asset so far as the travelling public of Washington
is concerned.
Senator King has evolved method which
promises we'll. OF course, it is possible to pick
flaws in the he presents. In any event the
utmost must be used arranging the details for
the transfer of stock necessary to make the merger
But the plan offers the only immediate
prospect of consolidation and it does not involve
any radical procedure. 1t is conservative and
businesslke. If the companies be brought
together along such lines is apt to be gained
than would be the if stringent methods
used.
The District is entitled unified and excel
lent transportation system. The sooner this be
obtained the better 1t is only essential that the
methods used be legally and morally clean.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-24
Railroad Labor Board.
To the Editor The Washington Herald

~ lht f1er1lo-
Aside from the fact that the
Railroad Labor Board is duly
constituted bureau of our Federal
government. certainly the criti-
cism of Mrs. o. d. T. in yesterdays
Herald shows bad taste. During
the years when this same board
was granting increase after in
crease and instances extending IA
vors to the railroad workers not
even sought. in her and kindred
eyes II was just about the great
est institution on earth.
II Mrs o. n. T. can give any
logical. just or equitable reason
why the great mass of people OF
this country shall forever be
called upon to pay excessive rail-
road fares and excessive freight
rates in order that the railroad
labor autocracy may be paid con-
siderable greater salaries than
paid in other industries for cor
responding or similar work. in
some cases more hazardous.
should like TO have il. But please
don't cry want" and expect to be
taken seriously where men have
received such liberal compensation
as the great body of the railroad
employees ever since the passage
OF the Adamson Act in 1915.
ONE OF THE GREAT MAJOR
ITY OF WORKERS"
The Washington herald., 1922-07-24
Church in Barn Preferred.

To the Editor. The washington hefsld'
while churches remain closed in
these beautiful and picturesque
mountains of Western Maryland and
West Virginia people gathered
last Sunday for church service In
barn floor. Bad roads, inconvenient
location, rough boards for impro-
y,sed seats. hot weather, all made
no difference People came from
miles around, brought lunch and
stayed all day.
Acres OF ground were covered
with automobiles. buggies and
wagons. and hundreds of people
thronged in masses ana stood oy
the omen barn doors only to see
people packed like sardines inside
the barn. Boys climbed on the
hay NOW and looked down at MIN
lister and congregation quiet as lit
tie mice. probably the hrst church
service they ever thoroughly en-
loved. Mother brought the twins
and the two-year-old.
Young men carried their grann
children on their arms and old men
counted their great grandchildren
bv the numbers. The women wore
bonnets. or hats. caps or bareheaded.
There were men with beard and
Young clean shaven fellows nome
from college. The old lady who
gets sick from riding in the auto
was there and was sick but what
did that matter when one could
attend church in a barn. At first
the observer wondered.
IL q
large organs of our day, rough
boards for seats instead OF our
smooth upholstered pews. Men
love darkness rather than light.
Perhaps they love barns rather than
churches. Why else would all the
churches close their doors and the
people meet in a barn? But an
other solution came to the observer,
people are tired OF the high walls
OF separation made by creeds and
dogmas.
Splendid farmers meet and agree
and neighbor with each other
friends in everything but religion
Swords points on religion. friends in
every other. They want to start
all over again. 1t is the heart cry
OF all. The barn has been dedi-
Gated to no particular religion or
creed and every one meets on
level with the other.
The barn is like the dear old lady
said about the glass, II is just the
way the Lord made 1t and all the
farmers OF all creeds can meet in
a neighborhood meeting with no OF
tense to anyone.
Let's get together in the barn
and start all over again, calls an
inner voice.
A SUBSCRIBER.
Edlon. w. Va, July II.
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CONDITION OF GREAT FALLS ROAD.
To the Friend Of People:
Please tell IL the road Great Falls on
Va %eR a.s ..s sar,ed about
II has not been macadamsed from Langley TO
Great Falls. and according to the American Auto
mobile Association the road 10 in very bad condi-
tion
HOW THE ENGLISH RUN THINGS.
To the Friend Of People:
Can member of the English house Of com
mons resign? ENGLIsHMAN.
No. member Of the commons
not resign. but IL he accepts an office under the
SMALLEST NATIONS IN THE WORLD.
To the Friend Of People:
Name the smallest nations in the world
Monaco. q principally located in the south
eastern part Of France on the Mediterranean is
central part OF Italy. has an area Of thrty-two
square mles Andorra. republic IN the Pyreneee
Mountains on the line between France and Spain.
has an area OF IFS square miles.
FIRST TRIAL OF FOLSOM GAS.
To Friend Of People:
Where wa. poison gas first introduced during
At the battles of Ypres by the Germans
against the Canadians and British.
ABOUT FOREIGN NEWSPAPER.
People:
Will you please tell me the name o. a news
paper published in Berlin. Germany: also one in
PetroSrad. Russia? SUBSCRIBER.
The Beriiner TasebIatt is published in Berlin
Germany and the La Cause Commune is published
in Petrograd. Russia
The Washington herald., 1922-07-24
Judge Praises Officer
For Conduct on Stand

Praise for Policeman L. A. Keto.
men, First precinct, was voiced in
letters made public yesterday from
Chief Justice Walter Mccoy. Of the
District supreme Court and Dis
trict Attorney Peyton Gordon to
Maj. Daniel Sullivan. Ketonen is
described in the letters as having
made q model witness in q recent
pickpocket case.
Ketonen is q traffic officer nj
Ninth and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest. A few days ago he saw
"a pickpocket remove a pocketbook
from q mans coat as the latter
boarded a car The pocket burglar
got on the same car, but seeing
that he was followed threw the
pocketbook out Of q window. Keto.
men ran back for the wallet and
caught the car at the next stop
where he arrested the pickpocket.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-24
Proposes Mrs. Barrett for List
OF Great Women.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
1t seems to me that no list OF
great women could be complete
without the name OF Kate Waller
Barrett
Aside from her achievements OF
representing us abroad on several
occasions of her cred!table work as
president of The National Coun-
ell OF Women, State D. 4. r.. re-
gent Of Virginia. she has done a
work for thirty years. which in its
infancy was one of the most per-
picking propositions ever put up TO
the noble women OF the United
States. The Florence Crittenden
Mission.
widow OF an eminent Episcopal
minister, mother of six children,
not old enough to be OF any nnan-
cisl assistance. she Travelled day
and night from Maine to California,
the lakes to the gulf. establishing
homes for The least OF my little
ones" until IL is now a work of
wonderful magnitude for good.
Too true is II that many Of our
greatest women are not known be-
yond a small circle. for their great
lives OF toll and sacrifice. laboring
unaided early and late for the care
OF their children-the greatest of
all causes.
MARTHA FLoURNoY.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-24

business in chaos and our national
credit below par. He found hundreds
Of thousands II extra and needless
employees drawing fat salaries from
the public till. What has he done .
First OF all, with the aid OF Con-
gress. he has restored our national
credit to par. He has. with the aid
Of Congress, reduced public taxes
over $500. 900. 900. He has. with the
aid of Congress. enacted the budget
law. which is the greatest econom-
ical law ever enacted in our whole
history. CMr. Wilson vetoed this
law while he was in the chairD He
has. with the aid of Congress. ap-
propriated 1890. 26O.s3a for the aid
Of former service men. He has.
with the aid of Congress. made
peace with all the world. He has.
with the aid of Congress. providee
employment for over 100000 men
who were idle when he was inau-
curated. He has. with the aid Of
Congress. set the wheels Of Con-
gress in motion. and the "old ship
OF state" is beginning to find her
self. and this statement is proved
by the news items in the daily press
which tell US OF strikes and disorder
all over our land. The working
people here and there are striking
for this thing and that thing. They
are disputing with capital about
hours and wages They are not
only disputing. but they are fighting
and fighting to the bitter end. This
is the best indication that prosper
ity is here that has appeared on the
horizon for many a day.
The history OF the Republican
party is history of prosperity and
strikes. while the history OF the
Democratic party is a history OF
adversely and free soup houses.
c. G. DEGMAN.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-24

ORIGIN OF ASTRONOMY.
TO the Friend Of the Peepe'
Who prepared the first systematic sTrnNr T1rk on
Ptolemy-he announced that the earth was
revolved around It.: The copernican theory ais
placed this idea. I"
LOAN ON ENDOWMENT POLICY.
To the Friend OF People:
maturing in February. The company that issued
the policy does not loan money on IT, Do you
knew where could get a small loan on is for
short time? r. n.
issued the policy II ne unable to give you sat
isfaction write to giving the name OF the com,
pany and all details and facts that banker wouio
have know before making a loan.
TO ENTER AVIATION SCHOOL.
To Of People;
viii you give information concerning re-
quirements for entering a flying school,
You do not state whether you want to enter
army aviation school or private one; To
enter a army aviation school you can enlist In
.est TO Kelly Teid in where pilot:
trained for the army. The Curtiss school on Long
and You can learn requirement. for entrance from
them
WHO WAS NINE. CALvEf
To the Friend of the People:
Who was Nine CaIve? who the woman
that Edgar Allen Poe was infatuated with just be-
fore his death? M ID. Y
Nine Calve was a distinguished opera singer
viie. france, in 1856 Among her popular roles
in America were Carmen and Santnzza In caval-
ess was the woman who Edgar Allen Poe became
infatuated with. She died one year after Poe.
placed this idea.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-24
ss;M4tzuesMl%ah$ 9; g
NMM@M1ty

The church must take note of
these facts in some way other than
merely personal exhortation." de-
clares report on the average
American home and family life COM
piled by the national council of the
Protestant Episcopal Church. The
report will be presented formally in
September at the forty-seventh tri-
ennial general convention of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in
Portland, Greg.
1t speaks of American home lie
as ''in a state of chaos-the broken.
discordant home life Of the Ameri-
can people-the frishtful dissolu-
tion of the marriage tie going on
in America and its Inevitable con-
sequence of race suicide-increas-
ing throngs in the divorce courts.
weeping women. unhappy men. chill
dren orphaned not by Gods will but
by the selfishness of parents"
The report deplores the destruc-
tive effect of industrial development
on the ideal Of the family. the i'm
pairment of the social and moral
standard of Christian living and the
loss of sufficient leisure for mem
toi' al anu que
to the speeding up" of the indus
trial pace.
we believe" says the report.
however. after an enumeration Of
adverse circumstances. that the
young men and women of today are
more amenable to strong. virile
leadership than those Of any pre-
vious epoch. Keen, alert, quick to
differentiate between the real and
the spurious. accustomed to think
for themselves. they will responA
readily to that reasoned and rea-
sonable presentation of serious
truths which will appeal TO the
best and highest and strongest that
is in them.
Youth was left severely to itself
during the exigencies Of the war
with the home life more or less
disintesrated by the extraordinary
demands upon each member. and
youth sought an outlet for Its nat.
ural demands elsewhere than the
Immediate home environment. The
result has left a stain upon the
character Of our youth refiectin,,
the follies and youthful ebulitions
as sinister actions and questionable
behavior"
The Washington herald., 1922-07-24
Mr.. Degman on MI. Wilson,
To the Editor. The Washington Herald.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
The lamentations OF H. B. F. and
several others to the Open Court
Of recent date. in regard to one
Woodrow Wilson and the greatness
of his mind and deeds. are extremely
ridiculous. Mr.. Wilson was elected
to the Presidency of the United
States in 1912 because there was a
split or division in the ranks OF the
Republican party and for no other
reason. Four years later he was
reelected by the use of trick
slogan He kept US out OF war
From the crack OF doom down to
the present hour there was never
such a dastardly. dirty deed perpe-
trated on any people. as putting
over that slogan by the Democratic
party. 1t was dirty and dishcnour-
able. because Mr.. Wilson and his
Satraps knew while the Presidential
campaign was on that this nation
would soon be involved and that he
had not kept us out of war
Does any one imagine for a min
ute that IL Roosevelt. Clark. Taft
or Hughes had been elected in 1912.
that we would ever had any part
in that titanic strugcle? II any one
so thinks. their thoughts are in
dicative OF small minds and no
reasoning powers. Read what the
kaiser said to Mr.. Girard, when he
went to Germany as our ambassa-
dor in 1913, and judge for your
selves.
Mr. Wilson and his satraps during
IT.
such an enormous national debt that
ii will take 100 years to pay IL off
Incide dentally. they also created over
20. 900 millionaires, which is more
than twice as many as this country
ever had since the birth of the ma
ton.
when President Harding took the
reigns Of government from the
hands of Mr.. Wilson a little over a
year ago he found himself boss"
Of the biggest job any man ever had
in the whole realm OF history, ano
the rapidity and dexterity with
which he is bringing order out Of
chaos Is more than marvellous. To
a very marked degree he has the
faculty to be able to select and TO
call to his assistance the very best
and brightest minds in our whole
nation: therefore. the man In the
street and the man on the farm ana
the man at the throttle can and do
go to their daily tasks with he con-
viction in their hearts that Jehovah
still reigns and that our country
10 safe.
Our President found a national
debt of over s23. 900, oo0. 900. He also
found that there were billions due
this country for which there was
not the scratch of q pen to prove
or by which to collect. He found
contracts amounting to hundreds Of
millions Of dollars based on the cost
plus plan and they were mostly
plus He found future plans and
The Washington herald., 1922-07-24

NEW YORK. July 1s.-A page
from the diary OF a modern Samuef
Pepys: Up this day ard made my
will. Thence to walk and saw a horse
tall Of the staggers and my wife
wept- Met Jack Andrews. the golfer.
and promises to take a lesson or
two, but II Is against the hair.
To lunch with George white who
told me OF the new musical play he
Ia to do anon and came Bert Savoy
the comick, full Of foolery. In espe-
cal his mimicry Of the English cab
bic. Saw. too, John Held. jr.. the
artist.
Home to write what letters had
to write and came my cousin to
tell me she is to marry r. Long. the
editor. Read all the late afternoon
the letters OF Paul Gauguin telling
of his life In the South Sea Islands.
In the evening to see a Silly writ
play OF a girl brought up in a
brothel and later to Murray's. where
came Lincoln J. Carter and many
others and much talk Of the days OF
old-fashioned melodrama. And SO
to bed.
The smart hotels catering to the
very rich offer a varied assortment
OF types at the afternoon tea hour.
There Is the baroness and her ade-
nofdal son and the stern-looking
tutor. The tutor has the air Of one
who has accepted a hopeless task.
The wealthiest man in Kansas
paying his first visit. He Is the
least poseur of them all. He does
not hesitate to ask when the din
ing-room will be open" nor is he
timid about inqulring for a plank ed
steak.
Then mothers with their young
hopefuls in Eton Jackets. They are
going to join father in London soon
and have to stay in town to make
their sailing arrangements.
The French actress-the one who
Is just now singing the nsughties st
song on the Rialto-with her Pom
clownshly white sans rouge And
her drop earrings strike her shoul-
ders. The man about town with
his sportily- dressed group. Eddie
is usually his name. And he knows
all the latest ones.
The equity old buck who keeps the
waiter in a constant sweat. His
nose is shot with purple veins. but
he always manages to have a group
OF beauty about him. And how
solicitous they are OF the banda ged
foot. He says he is on his way to
Monte Carlo for his last fling. and
the ladies seem worried as to
whether or not he will last until
he gets home
The mysterious count. You know
him by the little feather in his hat
and his Ascot tie And the hand
kerchicf in his cuff.
A new uptown Bohemia has
sprung up On Forty-seventh street.
between Fifth and Sixth avenues.
There is Victorian touch about
the street in the big front yard that
Is used as an exhibition ground for
a dealer in monuments. His grassy
plot is covered with marble Cupids
fauas and even the cast iron deer
and hounds. In the old brown stone
and red brick houses OF the perioo
of Garfield and Cleveland dwell ar
fists who really paint, writers who
actually pound the typewriter keys
and playrights who have plays on
Broadway. During the evenings
many Of the spacious high h-ceilingeG
studios become transformed into
candle-lit retreats of song ana
laughter. 1t is an idyllic little strip
of dreams in the midst of the roar
and surge of the busiest section Of
New York-a sort of Pomander
Walk.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-24


law provId,s and as q result has been
arrested. The trouble between the
pals started when White put a plscsrd
in the window Of his Emporis news
paper Office declaring that his SYM
pathies were az per cent for the rail
strikers and that they would increase
/ per cent for every day they remained
out.
Allen charges that in doing this
White violated the anti-picketing pro-
vision Of the law.
White was the United States rep
resentative at the Russian confer
ence at Prinkipo In 1919.
He was a member OF the National
Progressive Committee from 1912 to
1916 and also chairman Of the sub
committee on publicity.
He's 81 and married.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-24
Wherein Virtue Triumphs.

G ONE rich and cultured Washingtonians have
y summer homes at Nahant, Mass. If there
ever was village reserved for blue-blooded Amer
ieans for ladies with lap dogs and gentlemen with
riding breeches. it is Nahant. Seldom indeed does
any suggestion Of the noisy, grimy sweaty, shirt
sleeved world outside creep into those shady av-
enues of colonial mansions and sumptuous bunga-
lows. 1t is a village of the aristoeracy of the
The Washington herald., 1922-07-24
This Fan Wants to See Wills
And Dempsey Fight to Finish.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Congratulations are due the New
York State Boxing Commission for
its action on June 23 in issuing an
ultimatum to Jack Dempsey. heavy
weight, title holder. to accept with
IN a period of seventeen days the
challenge Of Harry Wills. heavy
weight pugilist extraordinary. or
have his title forfeited in the EN-
pire State. The ultimatum accom-
plished the desired purpose and the
two men have signed 10 meet At
The Washington herald., 1922-07-24
yaps Report Reds
Ready for Attack

TOKYO. July a3.-Advices from
Habarovsk indicate that the Reds are
making preparations to attack Niko-
lsievsk the minute the japanese evso-
uate. The mayor OF Nikolsievsk has
applied to the japanese 70 leave
force for projection.
Chinese papers IN Hardin report
that Reds are gathering 70 attack
that city.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-24
Another Bouquet.
To The Editor. NE wsshinston Her.l

To the Editor. The Warrington Herald:
wish to commend you upon your
stand for the enforcement Of the pro-
hibition law. as indicated in your edi-
torial OF July IL. All good people
are with you. The Eighteenth amend
ment to the Constitution must be en-
forced. or our form Of government
will fail. RAY L. SMITH.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-24


White and Allen
gent through the
var together doins
Welfare work in
France. On their
'eturn white wrote
ip their expert
noes under the
itle The Martial
Adventures OF Hen
y and Ne"
But now White
lisagrees with Al
ems conception Of
ust what the Kan
The Washington herald., 1922-07-24
(lnenC Court Lenery koMez7ezaIH
PEOPLES VIEWS ON TOPICS OF CURRENT INTEREST 4'~

Communfca Cons VIII nss vs -
turned unless specific request for suca
return Is made and stamps tnelessd.
Letters ssould be typswritten when
ever possible. Communications s1.
tre.nely difficult 70 read will not b
considered. Nc eemmunica tions tignsd
~tth hctttiols nanea will be uass
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DaliHISSNI u.s.

william Allen White. Kansas news
paper man and prominent in the Bull
Moose uprising OF 1919. has been or
dered under arrest by his pal" Gov.
iI1-,s-,- T Arap ~ Kansas
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@Me15je People
ANSWERS 70 YOUR QUESTIONS


IN the
The Washington herald., 1922-07-24

Only about . or 5 per cent ~ the
worlds potential water power has
been developed. Forty-one per cent
Of the developed power is IN the
United States. but over 50 per cent
Of. the potential water power OF the
world is in Africa.
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