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Evening star., 1923-11-09

flow are western questions. but they
are matters of immense concern to
the east. north and south. The west
has Jared better than other sections OF!
the country. West Of the Mississfppi
river 150,00O,00O acres of land have.
been set aside from the public domain:
for growing timber and protecting
stream flow. but in the east and the
other sections there has been progress.
Several million acres OF mountain
land near the sources Of rivers In the
east have been acquired by the gov
ernment. Five national forest areas
have been created in the mountains
of Virginia and West Virginia. giving
some degree Of protection TO Potomac
and Shenandoah rivers. and at the
same time these areas are devoted to
growing Of timber. These and other
national forest areas are so treated
that they will furnish their crops of
timber year after year and stand
guard at the sources OF the rivers.
The work is important in many
greater liberality. II furnishes an OBJ
ject lesson to private landowners that
they may make their timber tracts
permanently profitable. and It fur
nishes an example in forest and
rtream protection TO states. If carried
far enough this form Of conservatioE
will provide a permanent supply of
lumber and other forest products. and
will preserve the volume OF the rivers
and other streams for commerce an6
The development Of electric power.
Evening star., 1923-11-09
Next Years Campaign.

Next Thursday Washington will
hear the opening gun OF the presiden-
tjal campaign, when subcommittee
of the republican national committee
will meet here to give a hearing TO
representatives of the cities desiring
to entertain the republican national
convention. The full committee Will
assemble here the second week in De-
cember to receive the report of its
subcommittee and select the site and
fix the convention date. The demo-
cratic national committee will meet
some time in January to name the
time and place for the democratic
convention.
One month after the republican COM
mittee issues its convention call the
first presidential primaries Will be
held, Oklahoma leading of. So that
the time is swiftly approaching when
the aspirants for the presidential nom-
ination will have to step forth into
public view. No longer will the coy
candidates hang back bashfully ex-
cept at the cost of ruling themselves
out of the running.
And who are the potential candi-
dates for the nomination? In the DOM
inant party the answer Is Coolidge
against the field--a weak field at that
Hiram johnson, regarded as too radi-
cal for the conservatives; former Gov.
Lowden, with the handicap of his de-
feat for the nomination in 1920; La
Toilette, more radical than Johnson:
Clifford Pinchot, claiming copyright on
prohibition enforcement. Others may
come in later.
The democrats have one aVoWed
candidate, Underwood Of Alabama. He
is handicapped geographically. In
fact. who among the democratic poten-
tialities is not handicapped in some
way? The strongest among them. Nc
Adoo. has the advocacy OF govern
ment ownership of railroads around
his neck; Gov. Smith Of New York. his
near-wet policy; Gov. Richie or Mary
land, a policy wetter than even Gov
Smiths; Senator Ralston Of Indiana,
his age.
Some time ago it was the hope OF
the democratic higher-ups that time
might develop some rising governor
who would blaze out in the polltlcal
armament as a potential candidate,
but the two that have appeared thus
far come under the whitening eye OF
William j. Bryan and their light Is
diminished. Bryan, with his following
and the two-thirds rule, may break
candidates if he may not make them.
Evening star., 1923-11-09
Extraordinary Washingtonians.

The Star a few days ago told of a
woman in the bureau of plant indus
try, Department of Agriculture, who
does remarkable work in painting
grasses, nuts and other things. These
paintings are produced not primarily
for arts sake, but for scientific pur-
noses. Her work in painting grasses
wis said to be "of microscopic fine
ness" In another column was the
story of man in the Smithsonian In
stltution who, using a radiometer
based on the same principle as the
little black and silver vanes which re-
volve in an opticians window, has
succeeded in measuring the heat of
the stars to the hundred -millionth of a
degree" In another column was a
story telling that a group of scientists
IN geology, paleontology and archeol-
ogy had gathered in California around
bones which, it is claimed, may be
those of the earth's earliest man. The
discovery was made by man from
Washington, and among the assembled
scientists were several from this city.
Their names are familiar in scientific
societies the world over, and yet are
printed in small type in the Washing
ton City Directory.
Frequently a story appears in ID
Star about a man or woman in the
Evening star., 1923-11-09
Willie to Stay at Wieringen.

The confusion in Germany has evi.
IDENTIFY put an end for the present I'd
the chances OF ex.Crown Prince Freds
erick William for a return 20 that
country. II has been announced FROM
Holland that the Netherlands govern.
ment, in conformity with the under
taking It has given for the security of
the allies, will prevent that young
man from going back to his own coun:
try. This, it would seem, Is in re.
sponse to a specific request by the al:
lied council of ambassadors. The
council makes a pointed suggestion tc
the effect that Frederick William II
ION the list Of persons charged with
war crimes whose arrest Is sought by
the allied governments" The signifi.
canoe of this is probably not lost upon
the royal scion at Wieringen. If he
prosecution. If he goes elsewhere he
is subject to requisition for trial. Not
that the allied governments want TO
try him. They would rather he would
remain where he Is In a political sane
tuary than put him on trial. If he
went back to Germany he would be
tried by German court, and. as the
Leipzig trials proved, such procedure
would be little more than a farce
None OF the allied governments wants
to take on the job of his prosecution
Still IL is not desirable that he should
go back to Germany, whether tried or
not. So the council OF ambassadors
has communicated it's warming to Ber-
lin. If the Berlin government is over
thrown. and a new government is set
up either at Berlin or at Munich, and
the Versailles treaty is denounced,
Frederick William may go back if the
monarchical scales swing toward the
HohenZollern house. Meanwhile his
father is holding court" at Doom,
and comforting with military and politi-
cal personages who daily arrive from
Germany. Evidently the Hohenzollerns
are keeping in training.
Evening star., 1923-11-09
'Bonar Law Rests in Abbey:
/ Typical of Stolid Briton

man: This Is also in part the view
OF the Springfield Union, which holds
IN all probabilities his great quail
tiles would have been more conspicu-
ousiy displayed In the last year Of his
lie were 1t not for the illness that
caused his brief tenure as prime min
lister"
He was. indeed. "a man Of rare at
tainments." the Reading Tribune 4.
convinced. "a canny. thrifty Scotch
man. who demonstrated beyond aues.
tion the virtue Of application. He
showed that the man who applies
business principles to government
principles can be even more respect
ed than the politician" Which
brought about the fact, the Cincinnati
ENQUIRER adds. that possibly no man
In England has occupied such re-
sponsible positions In the govern
ments OF that country In so short a
political career. limited to thirteen
years. He was solid rather than
SNOWY In the analysis Of the SYRIA
cuse Herald. and "a man not to be
compared in intellect with the prime
ministers who preceded him In our
time In addition his tenure was
brief. largely on account of his fall
ihe hcditHp anu TtldtlNely OneSent1ul
except In its stormy. transitional
vtcissitudes. But 1t was enough to
signal in an impressive manner the
personal merits and exceptional sue
cess of his long career OF distinguish
ed service to his countrymen."
Possibly 1t was better for his
fame" the Savannah Press suggests,
that he should have been removed
by disease and death than that he
should have been allowed to fill out a
long term in public Office. He was q
gentleman and a scholar. but possibly
did not possess the versatility and
brilliance of his predecessor" Be-
cause Of that very fact, the Cincinnati
Times-Star adds. perhaps posterity
will not give Bonar Law his due. He
lacked the spectacular to such a de-
gree that he hardly will make q
historical portrait. Without the ora
tory of a Lloyd George. without the
personal charm of a Balfour, without
the forensic logic of an AsQuith, this
little. har headed Canadian Scot con-
tributed almost as much as any cit
izen of the empire to the winning
Of the world war. Certain 1t Is that
when Great. Britain sought postwar
tranquility as he expressed 1t, she
turned to one whose inclination was
ever to be in the background and
away from the spotlight that Is SO
often eagerly sought by attitudinizing
statesmen
Evening star., 1923-11-09
Defends Physical Work
U. S. Employe Says Retirement
Law Should Be Fair Toward 1t.
To the Editor Of The Star;

To the Editor of The Star:
In answer to Mr.. C. NJ Potter's dis
ordinations in the retirement law, in
The Star Of November 2, 1928: This
law was not enacted for just the re-
lief of old age. but to take in other
phases of life that Mr.. Potter has
overlooked. All work Of the govern
ment does not pertain to those that
occupy seated positions. Others are
at different tolls and wear out sooner
than those that merely work their
brains at desk.
There are positions that require a
great deal OF strain and work on
ones feet day after day, as well as
mental duties. After thirty years
work of various kinds, upon reaching
the age of fifty, many are worn out
and are overcome by physical defects.
Their efficiency grows less and they
are no longer young at the early age
of fifty.
The thirty-year man or woman
often reaches the age of sixty and
quite frequently seventy. yet have
not made thirty years of service
which places them more or less in posi-
tion for disability than an outright
retirement. The government would
be very much stronger in clerks of
younger age entering at the lower
grades under the reclassification act
and working their way up as the
thirty-year man has done. This
would more than save the difference
of those retiring.
The number that would retire on
optional retirement would be very
few. Those that would so into busi-
ness or get positions that would pay
them better than the government
would be small indeed. If there were
so much business and such fine posi-
tions waiting, there would be very
few under the government at the
present time. and no one would wait
for retirement II they could do so
we'll.
The service should be counted and
not age, as the contributions are the
same. and there Is no reason one man
should work thirty years and others
forty-seven years for the same re-
sult-retirement. / hope this Will be
understood and we will be able to get
through Congress the thirty-year op-
tionai retirement for all government
clerks, for we are all equal in our
payments j. ERWIN LAT1MER.
Evening star., 1923-11-09
Sees Love of Freedom.
Writer Criticizes Charge That
Fiipinos Are Rebellious.

TO the Editor of The Star:
Today's Star carries a dispatch
from Manila, sent by Waiter ]. Robb,
saying that hundreds of petty FIJI
ipino leaders" are gathering in San
Fernando, Pampanga, Philippine Is
lands, to organize a sim fein-like
association. having for it's motto
"Evorything for the FiIipinos."
While the motto Is not new. as It
sounds like Mr.. Tafts announcement
when Governor of the Philippines
that tho Philippines are for the Fill
pinos," the purpose of the organiza-
ton 10 liable to be given much i'm.
portance because of the present rath-
er acute political conditions in the
Philippines.
Many American reporters" have
themselves been the authors OF SO
numerous uprisings' and "reyolu- :
tionary socteties' that it is. indeed.
of strsinads isnse , mat during these days
Eor General Wood and the Filipino
leaders the Philippines have not vet
attained the prominence of Oklahoma
OF New YORK as regards lawlessness.
I, nut IL conditions in the islands are
realiy SO bad. why not diagnose the
case and prescribe a remedy?
The unsettled conditions IN thu
Inlllppines arising from the differ
eEces between Gen. Wood and the
Flllpino leaders should be viewed by
inc american people with absolute
cquanimity. The fact that the Fill
pinos are asking for freedom and
that at the present time they are
becoming restless should not be con
sidered as an indication of a rebel
nous attitude on the part of the
islanders. Love of freedom Ia inher-
cht In man. 1t Is written In the
Ioidcn Book OF the American neonle
The seed of liberty was planted by
w ashington; nurtured by McKInIey
Tor the t1lipfnos. 1t is now ripe. and
no american can deny its fruit from
US without stIafning the golden pages
of American history and underminine @
the conscience of the democratie
righteous world
! or one thing, however. the Aner-
leans must be sure. No physical force
shall ever be used by the Filfpinos IN
hasten the redemption of America's
paeags pacags OF & honor. They love America
Whatever Is said about Filin,no die.
courtesy toward Americans if any
should be credited to individuals
alone The Fiiipinos have shown in
conceivable patience toward many OF
their slanderers. As race tbe
Filipinos have been maliciousiy libel
ed. slandered and misrepresented
Ihey are helpless: they only ask fair
treatment.
As the American people is the,,
Judge. the Filipinos are sure 70 re,
Justice and fair play. despite our
enemies, who are hard az worL
against u.s. WI
J. EZEQI'IEL EspINAs
Evening star., 1923-11-09

government service here who does bet.
ter work in some branch or knows
more Of some subject than anybody
else. There are more extraordinary
people slowed away behind desks in
old and crowded buildings or hidden In
dusty corners and dim closets in the
government service in Washington
than in any other city in the world.
They do not cut much of figure in
society. They come downtown on the
street cars in the morning rush, join
the lunch rush for a sandwich, make
a part of the 4:30 and o'clock home
bound rush and return to little houses
or smaller flats. We sit next to these
people at church and at the movies.
say How do you do" Beg pardon"
and all that, and have no suspicion
that they are great. Such persons in
our city. according to an old saying,
are legion" They do not make much
money and they live in plain and
homely way, but their names are
known far beyond Washington.
Evening star., 1923-11-09
''Wrangen' Is Correct.
Spelling of Isles Name Set by
Interior Department.
To the Editor Of The Star:

10 the Editor Of The Star:
Map-makers have ever been ar va
Rance over the spelling of the name
or the island where the Alan Craw-
ford party perished. There are two
islands OF the same name-both NAM
ed after Baron Ferdinand p. Won
"ranseli, Russian explorer and one
time Governor of Alaska when that
territory was under Russian rule.
The island concerned In the Harold
Noice articles. published in The Star.
is north of Siberia. about 500 miles
west OF Point Barrow. Alaska. and
was formerly known as "wrangell
Land" Until the Crawford expedition.
no one had lived there. The light
houses and other works which Rus
sia claims to have established there
to support her claim of. possession
seem to exist only on paper.
The other Wrangell Island is in
southeast Alaska and is comparative
~ well populated. containing set
Wrangell Land was discovered by ST.
berian natives early in the nineteenth
century. Later. Baron Wrangell at
tempted to explore this remote island
bestowed on 1t, as 1t also was on the
Alaskan town and island of Wran
gell. $50 miles southeast of Juneau,
on the route of the Seattle-Alaskan
steamships
Because map-makers have spelled
these names "Wrangell." "Wrangel'
and even "Wrangle." the WranEell.
Glenora and Lake Teslin Transporta-
ton Company of Alaska some years
ago asked the United States Depart
ment of the Interior to decide on the
proper spelling. That departments
official ruling was:
"Wrangell was named for the Rus
sian admiral. Ferdinand l.. Won
Wrangell While different members
of the family have spelled it differ
emily, this member. for whom the Is
land and fort We're named. and per-
haps the most prominent member Of
the family. always wrote it with two
rs. The Board of Geographic Names
has adopted the spelling 'Wrangell' I"
(And so 1t appears in official govern
ment correspondence and the United
States Postal Guide.)
GEORGE o. GlLLINGHAM
Evening star., 1923-11-09
Inspired By Scene.
Observer Describes Beauties Wis
ible From Bridge.

TO the Editor of The star:
It was said by one, who. understands
the needs of human life that each day
something OF beauty should be sought.
beheld and contemplated-that in this
way refreshment would be found for the
inner recesses of the soul.
Standing recently on Connecticut
Avenue bridge, the writer was made
aware Of the impelling need there Is to
sometimes go to Natures shrine where
thoughts may transcend and where lost
Illusions and grim necessities do not in
wade the cloistered realm.
The beauty of nature below the
bridge begs a poets penny own is
without avail--but the silence there
seemed to say "Observe! Observe" and
the slumbering consciousness caught it's
subtle call. Soft tints Of gold bordered
the evening skies In completion of the
flaming scarlet trees and mystic
golden glow. and beneath flowed the
waters, winding on and on over the
highways and byways OF beautiful Rock
virons and in its far reaches it offers. in
brief or long respites. rest and recrea-
tion to those seeking continuing touch
with the beautiful. 1t may be that II
was in such scenes as these that Bliss
Carman found the inspiration to write
his immortal verses:
Then suddenly, all unaware,
Far on In the deep shadows, where
A solitary hermit thrush
Sang through the holy twilight hush
I heard His voice upon the air.
At last with evening NJ turned
Homew and thought What had learned
And ali that there VI stin TO probe
! caught TIE glory elis robe
NARY MOORE NISCHxn0.
Evening star., 1923-11-09
Forests and Rivers.

1t is gratifying to learn from the
chief forester of the United States
that our government has made much
progress in forest protection and pro-
duction and in the conservation OF
streams under terms Of the Weeks
law of 1911. Protection Of the water
sheds of rivers and replanting OF
burned and cut-over forest areas have
been talked Of for many years, and
most persons not in touch with the
subjects probably think that we have
not passed from the stage Of talk to
that of action.
It has been thought most commonly
that the replanting Of denuded forest
areas and the protection Of stream
Evening star., 1923-11-09
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE
graduate Of Annapolis. He lives In
Washington.

graduate OF Annapolis. He lives in
Washington.
American citizens seeking restitu-
tion from the United States-Germany
Mixed Claims Commission will not
have to take their pay in deprecated
concern money or property once
owned in Germany. 1t has been de-
cided that awards covering such
claims shall be paid In dollars at the
rate of ia cents To the mark. That
was the exchange rate prevailing on
March 6. 1917. thirty days before the
United States became a belligerent,
the rate having been fixed In accord
ance with that fact.
bkA
Probably for the first time on rec
ord the Department of State is about
to embark upon a publicity" crusade.
Its missionary activities are directed
at explanation of the Rogers bill
providing for reorganization of our
foreign service. J. Butler Wright
third assistant secretary OF state, will
open the educational campaign next
week In a series Of public addresses
On November IL he will speak before
the International Polity Club al
Princeton and the next day before
the Association of National Advertis-
ers in New York city.
\ ~
Aaron Sapiro. Americas foremost
which may soon become a dominant
political issue, was once a newsboy
on the streets Of San Francisco In
deed. II was during his "newsie" ca
reer that Sapiro conceived and car
ried out his first practical experiment
in cooperative marketing. He and
his gang" who were little fellows,
were regularly bullied by bigger
'newsies." so they decided. under Sa
piro's leadership. to cooperate for
orderly protection. Thereafter when
bully came along. the gang" jump
his cooperative marketing career in
1915 as counsel for the California
State Marketing Commission. The
Pacific coast citrus fruit growers CO.
operative. one Of the most successful
In the country, Is his creation. Sapiro
Is still a young man and the SON of
Russian Jewish immigrants.
Senatorial society Is smiling over a
yarn of which New England sena-
tors wife was recently the heroine
victim. At an international function
In the Pan-American palace not long
ago. Mrs. evinced a desire to
be included In the press photograph
of the official participants. although
she herself was present in a private
capacity. When the young newspa-
per woman in charge of proceedings
courteously demonstrated. the sena-
torial hostess observed that she had
a pretty good right to be In the pic
ture. seeing l was presented at the
English court only a few weeks ago"
Whereupon. with delicious repartee,
the newspaper woman re1oined: "Oh,
in that case. Mrs. you'd hardly
MT in at all. because none of the other
ladies enjoys such a distinction"
ICupvr!ght. 1879
Evening star., 1923-11-09
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN

Q. Is the title of Edith wharton's
novel, THE Glimpses Of the Moon" )"
q quotation *. r. A.
A. The phrase, "the glimpses Of the
| moon," is taken from DE Profundis,' -
by Oscar Wilde.
Q: What foods supply iron to the
body?-N. z.
A. Among the iron-giving foods
are: Lean beef. eggs. oatmeal. whole
wheat, dried lima beans, dried peas,
navy beans. spinach, prunes, apples.
rafsins, milk, corn meal, pearl barley,
dandelion greens, dates and olives.
j. B. B. "a' 'e'''es 0i 0a'S IN winter
A. Bats are absent from the coldest
parts of the world and are most
numerous In the eastern tropics
They are enthusiastically tropical
In rather cold climates. such as that
of Canada, some species have ac-
qufred habit of migration, going
south to some extent in the autumn,
as the northern winters are too long
to be survived in a state of uninter-
rupted Information.
Q. How should 1 handle chrysanthe-
NUNS to keep them forty eight hours
after cutting?-J. o.
says that the chrysanthemums should
be picked before they have reached
their full bloom and should be kept in
| cool. damp place, in clear, fresh wa
ter. If you have facilities for keep
| ing in a refrigerator, see that the
temperature is maintained at about
| Sc degrees F.
Q. How many congressional medals
were issued in the great war?-T. H. s..
| A. The adjutant generals Office says
mat there have been ninety awards of
1 the congressional medal of honor to of
ficers and enlisted men in the United
| states Army and the Marine Corps for
! services during the world war One
award was made to the unknown SOL
dier OF each of the following allied ma
\ tions: Great Britain, Belgium, France.
| Italy and Rumania.
@. Why are light puff patties called
| vol au vent?-C. 2. D.
A This term is French and is used
! because they should be so light that
they are flying at the mercy of the
| wind
| Q. Are olives grown in the United
\ States ?-R. n.
| A. The region in which the olive may
4 be successfully grown for commercial
| production of fruit in the United States
| Is not so great as for most frost hardy
| fruits. Commercial olive growing has
been confined to portions of California
and Arizona. although the trees will
| live and bear some fruit in portions of
all of the southern states of this coun-
try.
| Q. Are most of the famous Americans
| self made"?-D. R.
| A. Publishers of Who's Who in
America say that at least so per cent
of those whose names appear in Who's
Who have had at least part of college
education. and 70 per cent have had a
/ high school education.
| Q. What is the meaning of the name
| of the distinguished Chinese statesman
| Ii Hung Chang ?-E. F. d.
A. Isaac Headland, in a book OF
| China. says that Ii is the family name