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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-08-24
Registration Notice.

Office Of Board of Supervisors of Elec-
tons for Charles County.
La Plata, Md, Aug. "a, 1923.
Under and by virtue of Section TIA,
Chapter 500, Acts OF 1915, the Regis
tration Officers of the several Election
Districts of Charles County. Maryland,
shall proceed on
Tuesday, September 4, 1923.
to make a registration of all the voters
entitled to register and not now on the
Registration Books.
Accordingly, the said Registration
Officers will sit on the above day, at
the places of registration in the several
Election Districts, between the hours
of 5 O'Clock A. NJ. and O'Clock p. NJ.
on the said day, as follows :
First District, LA PLATA.
Second District, HILL TOP.
Third District, CROSS ROADS.
Fourth District, ALIENS FRESH.
Fifth District, TOMPKINSVILLE. (
Sixth District, WHITE PLAINS.
Seventh District,
First Precinct, POMONKEY.
Second Precinct, INDIAN HEAD.
Eighth District, BRYANTOWN.
Ninth District, HUGHESVILLE.
Tenth District, MARBURY.
len. B. All Registration Officers
are hereby directed to retain in their
possession the Registration Books of
The several Election Districts until af-
Ter the date of the Primary Election,
10 wit : Monday, September 10, 1928,
at which Primary Election these books
will be used. They will thereafter re-
turn the same on Wednesday, Septem-
Der II, 1923, and not until said last
mentioned date.
G. H. STONESTREET, Pres.
J. MORTIMER HILL,
]. FRANK MEDLEY,
Board of Supervisors OF Election FOR
Charles County, Nd.
LOUIS NJ. HYDE, Clerk.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-08-24
DR. |. M. CASHELL.
2iis i4TH STREET, NV.
WASHINGTON. D. C.
Phone N-lsOs. Night Franklin 1862

U. S, Accredited Herd Tester.
ll.l0-em.
Evening star., 1923-07-16
Poincare's Unofficial Refusal.

Premier Poincare's dramatic declara.
ton for. the full payment of repara.
tions by Germany gains point from
the manner and the place of it's de-
livery. He chose for the scene Of his
pronouncement the town of Senlis, the
point of the farthest German advance
into France. and the scene of drastic
and cruel reprisals by the invaders
upon the French people. He made no
reference to the recent speech OF the
British premier. but it is plain that he
couched his phrases in terms of vir-
tual rejoinder. presaging a refusal by
the French government to accede to
the British proposal Of an interna-
tional commission.
This speech revives the sympathy
that is generally felt in the United
States for France on the score of the
reparations situation. 1t does not ad.
vance that situation in the least. 1t
does not add any element making for
success in the present venture in the
Ruhr, which after six months has
netted France nothing and has cost it
heavily. But 1t states the case for
France in terms that cannot readily be
gainsaid.
Anxiety lest there be breach Of
the alliance is revived by this speech.
But by standing pat on an established
situation Premier Poincare has thrown
back upon the British ministry the re.
sponsibility for any change that may
develop in the relations between the
major powers of Europe. And in this
situation the government at London
may pause before taking any step that
will break the entente. While Premier
Baldwin the other day referred in
guarded terms to the possibility Of
Italian support. he did so in a manner
to suggest that he is not assured. Italy
is not at this time particularly friend
ly to France. There have been several
causes Of irritation. But the question
Of definite breach, through distinct
jointure with England in a separate
movement for reparations. is hardly to
be answered on the ground of irrita-
ton. The material interests of Italy
lie with those of France rather than
with those Of England.
Evening star., 1923-07-16
Bobby Jones Wins at Last.

Bobby Jones wins the golf crown.
He has been after it for several years.
only to be disappointed. Some f1uke
has always happened, to balk him. 1t
looked the other day as if he had lost
out again when his nearest contender,
Cruickshank the Scot, tied him, and a
playoff was necessary. 1t even looked
like another flivver in that final match,
when, after good start, Bobby Jones
began to trail. and 1t was not until the
last hole that by a supreme effort he
reached the green with a 2O0-yard
drive out Of the rough to within six
feet Of the cup. That put him in posi-
ton to win the last hole in! the match
and the title of national open golf
champion for 1923.
The new champion is only twenty.
one years Of age now He began to
attract attention seven years ago,
when as lad of fourteen he led the
field in the first days qualifying round
Like Ouimet before him. this lad
showed that golf pre- -eminence is not a
matter. of years, Great things were
predicted for the Atlanta boy. but re.
peated disappointments seemed to in
dicate that he was but a flash" Now
he has justified expectations. and has
won the highest honors against a re-
markable field Of the best golfers of
America, professional and amateur.
Evening star., 1923-07-16
: Gompers' Warning:

"A word OF warning not to have the
wool pulled over their eyes has been
addressed by Samuel Gompers, presi.
dent of the American Federation of
Labor. to the latest of the United
States senators to start on a pilgrim
age to learn "the truth about Russia. -
In letter to Senator Ladd of North
Dakota, republican, and Senator King
Of Utah before their departure for
Moscow, MIR. Gompers requests them,
as investigators, to bring the answers
to a series Of pertinent questions.
The American labor leader wants to
know whether there is, freedom Of
press in Russia; whether workingmen
are permitted to form unions Of their
own without the interference of; the
soviet government, and whether the
Russian government intends in the fu.
ture to keep its promises and obliga-
tions toward other governments of the
world. .-.-.-..: .-... .st. -..
Mr.. Gompers-and no one is in a
better position to know the facts
charges in. his letter that since the
soviet government has been, in. the
saddle in Russia "a horde of revolu-
tionists" have been sent by that gov
ernment to the United States for the
purpose of, destroying the labor or
ganizations set up by American labor
and eventually for the purpose of de-
stroying the government Of the United
States itself.
The query as to whether the soviet
government proposes in the future to
observe its obligations toward other
governments is not. therefore, an idle
question from the point of view Of the
American labor leaders.
Mr. 0ompers wants to know, too,
whsthsr the TIVE senators are to be
Evening star., 1923-07-16
Washington Channel Bridge.

The Commissioners, in their work of
preparing estimates for. submission to
the bureau of the budget, are keeping
in mind the plan for making over the
water front Of Washington channel. 1t
is proposed that this Improvement
shall be carried out in a way which
will call for appropriations for series
of years. The first step which it is re.
ported the Commissioners will take in
this project will be the inclusion in
for the building of bridge across the
upper part of Washington channel
from Water street to East Potomac
Park. -.
The amount OF money required for
this is not large, and such bridge
would give to the residents of South
Washington much easier access to the
park than they now have. 1t would
also divert traffic from the 18th street
entrance, and furnish an important
exit for machines that had passed
down the west drive of the park.
rounded Hains point and turned north.
With the, building of bridge across
the. Washington channel traffic would
flow into Water street, now wide
and stony way, and no doubt it would
soon be converted into an automobile
boulevard. The making over Of the
washington water tront would steadily
Evening star., 1923-07-16
EDITORIAL DIGEST

make Ford's boom as big joke next
year as II is now"
Not at all, argues the Chicago Post,
because lin spite of his many limita-
tions, educatiohally and otherwise,
the personality of Ford appeals. He
| has human characteristics which grip
the imagination. What his following
does not see is that his genius is now
in the field where it can function
most effectively. Transferred to the
White House his limitations would
become glaringly evident. But calling
him mere bag of gold" is to miss
the aim. He is more than that,
though less than is needed for this
hour" And the Albany Knicker-
| booker Press suggests the people may
be seeking some single individual
who can make up and express in the
national mind in the way of Lin
coin. or, perhaps. Roosevelt" and
wonders what reasons are there to
believe that Henry Ford has the key
that. will open the doors of the
reply. it wonders whether 1t can "be
the fact that there is not so much
real discomfort as the noise would
indicate and the public that Phineas
T. Barnum loved so much is not seek
ing really to change things radically
but does want a circus"
Down In Tennessee the Memphis
Commercial-Appe feels Ford has
his own way Of doing things. Neither
the entreaties nor the threats of his
opponents move him once he has
made up his mind. Henry Ford may
or many not be President. but no one
can dispute the hold he has on voters
of every political faith" The Phila-
delphia Record is convinced the cor.
rect estimate Of Ford is yet to be
comes a presidential candidate The
campaign seems nearer at hand when
we hear the voice of Mr.. Hilles warn
ing the electorate against the Detroit
automobile maker" The Brooklyn
statement that politics is the science
of government" which 1t holds "is
definition both strange and delightful.
Science Is a rather chic thing nova
days, and even politicians know
something about Piltdown and Pithe-
canthropus. Politics contains many
prehistoric vestiges of which Mr..
Ford's ignorance is stupendous. Mr..
Harding is d scientist in this sense.
but. we fear Mr.. Ford is a mere
barbarian"
The impression the New Haven
Journal Courier receives from the
Ford movement Is that 'it is a popu-
! lar protest against the emptiness of
party claims. Things are in such a
pass in public affairs that citizens
might be willing to pay the price of
four years of Henry Ford to secure
for the future a clear understanding
that straightforwardness is politi-
cal virtue. that men in Office are to
work and that two and two make four
in administration as in business.
Out home the Detroit Free Press feels
"any present estimate of the strength
of Henry Ford as a presidential can
didate is, and necessarily must be.
pure speculation based on exceedingly
fragmentary knowledge. Henry Ford
is away with a hying start whose
momentum Is going to take him a
considerable distance. but -whits~-a
! flying start is a big advantage II 10
not equivalent to victory"
Evening star., 1923-07-16
Citizen Protests
Neglect Of Sewers
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
We trust, after the two severe
storms which have played havoc to
these communities, that the author
tiles will give the proper attention
to the sewer system in this section.
Unfortunately the poorer class of
people are forced to live in the SUBJ
urbs, where their means will best af-
ford They are, in good many
cases, unnecessarily neglected when
it comes to spending public money for
improvements. The fact must not be
overlooked that our taxes here are
the same as those levied elsewhere
in the District. *-Fs
I have found. however. that the
District Commissioners are very will
ing and ready to carry out the re-
quests of the people in so far as their
means will permit, but they. too. must
only spend such amounts. as are ap-
propriated. Then the blame must be
put where is properly belongs. to the
budget committee and Congress. The
appropriation bills are sent in by the
Commissioners. then these two bodies
must operate on them, and in doing
wholly or partially eliminated. The
law must be carried out, but 1t strikes
me that 1t is high time that the tax
payers should have some voice.
Taxation without representation Is
tyranny, now as 1t was before the
--..s...cHARIES- -. Il. A. LoNGUS, ,----
Secretary Benning -Giend dale Oakland
Citizens Association.
Evening star., 1923-07-16

given free hand in making their in.
vestigation Of conditions in Russia, or
whether they are to travel on guest
trains" live in guest hotels" and be
generally in the leading strings of
agents Of the soviet government dur
ing their stay in Russia. If such is
the case, the results of their investi-
cation will be worth less than nothing.
The United States, the American
people and Mr.. Gompers. as he says
frankly, are not interested particularly
in the form of government which the
Russian people may set up for them
selves. No desire Is felt here to die.
tate to the Russians. But the United
States, the American people and Mr..
Gompers not unnaturally desire the
Russian government to let America
alone; Efforts to upset the govern
ment of the United States may follow
different lines. Such an effort may be
made by war. That has been tried in
the past, without any marked degree
Of success. Such an effort may be
made also by boring from within, :"
through an underground system, un-
dermining the institutions of America.
The testimony OF Mr.. Gompers in re-
gard to what has been tried along the
second line by the soviet government
is interesting to say the least.
Eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty" vigilance not only directed
toward foes without the border Of the
country, but directed also against
those within. Foreign agents, even a
horde Of them, are likely to have little
effect upon the American government.
But the American government must
ever be the government of the square
deal" of equal opportunity for all and
special privilege to none if it is to
survive. The raiding of American
pockets by sugar gougers, by coal
profiteers, is more disturbing than the
>:forts Of thousands of foreign reds. I"
Evening star., 1923-07-16

follow. With Water street as an auto
mobile highway extending along the
river from the old arsenal grounds to
the tidal basin and thes park roads
there would be new and important
drive for Washington in general and
for South Washington in part ocular.
South Washington. in which many
homes were established between the
time Of the creation OF the District of
Columbia and the removal Of the gov.
ernment offices TO the District from
Philadelphia, has had troubles of its
own. For years it was separated from
the central part OF the city by the
Washington canal. -. t
When the Baltimore and Potomac
railroad was built into Washington
Congress gave it possession, or it took
possession. of certain of the principal
east and west avenues and some Of the
public squares Of South Washington.
The people Of that section, to reach
the center Of the city, had to pass over
many railroad tracks at grade, and
were often held up by freight trains
that blocked the north and south
streets. Grade-crossins accidents were
many. >: .-' " \
1t required the nerve and energy of
the shepherd regime" TO fill up the
old canal, and it required about twen-
ty-ffve years of fighting, in which The
Star played the leading part to abolish
grade crossings and break the grip of
railroads on South Washington.
South Washington suffered more
from the marshes Of the Potomac and
Eastern branch than any other. section
of the city, and it was health con-
siderations that finally brought about
the reclamation Of the fats Though
just across the channel from East
Potomac Park, much of South Wash
ington is as far from the park in terms
Of time and travel as Northwest
Washington. The proposed bridge
would be an important entrance to
the park. Water street would become
a handsome riverside drive, and the
Improvement of the water front for the
better accommodation of river trade
and for the greater "sightliness" OF
the city would go on from year to
year. s.. -
Evening star., 1923-07-16
Minnesota's Election.

Minnesota. votes today for senator.
The race lies between Gov. Preus, re.
publican, and Magnus Johnson. farmer
labor. The democratic candidate is q
hopeless third. Each side is claiming
a victory, the governors side acknowl.
edging that the result will be close,
but insisting that the balance of city
votes will be sufficient to outweigh
the rural strength, of the opposition
The Johnsonites are declaring con-
fidence in an Overwhelming tide in the
counties" sufficient to overcome the
republican margin in the urban sec
tons. This situation is a singular re-
versal of former conditions. when the
republicans counted upon the farming
regions for their greatest strength.
One consequence is that the Preus
management is hoping for such good
weather that the farmers, who are at
their busiest season, will not be dis
posed. TO leave their fields for the polls.
Time was when the democratic hopes
rose as the conditions kept the farmers
at their tasks. But this election is held
at an unusual time, in midsummer,
whereas normally the voting is done
in. early. November. when the crops
have all been harvested and the farmer
is comparatively at leisure.
1t Is strange condition of things
that causes a republican mana cement
to look for victory through the me-
dunn of farmer abstention from the
polls. Something has. happened to
change the political current The
farmer Of the middle west is no longer
the tried and true supporter of re-
publican policies. He has changed
from deep-seated conservatism to an
experimental radicalism. He has been
disappointed by the effects of legisla.
ton which promised better prices for
his products He has lost faith, it
would seem, in the high tariff. He
wants to try expedients in government
ownership: In Minnesota he has seen
a revolt against the established order
over in the Dakotas, and despite the
lanentable failures of those expert
ments he thinks that there may be
some economic health in a change in
his own state.
This election today is important to
both of the major national parties. If
radicafism wins through the election
OF Magnus Johnson stimulus will be
given to the ird-party movement in
general. Recent observations have
pointed to a larger result to the demo-
cratic party from this tendency than
to the republican. While in Minnesota
the republicans would suffer the loss
Of the immediate detection, there are
other states where the radical ele-
ments which tend to the making of a
third party are Of greater Importance
to the. democracy than to its opposf-
ton. '.' t.t
1t may be that this Minnesota cleo
tion is a presage of a new alignment
in the United States. not to the end
definitely Of third party holding the
balance of power, but to a coalescence
of the conservative forces under
single banner and the amalgamation
Of the radical elements under their
own standard.
Evening star., 1923-07-16
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
By Frederic J. Haskin

Q. Are there more churches or
more movies in Washington?-A. G. N.
A.. There are $50, churches in the
city, while there are but rs motion pic
ture houses III. -
Q. Did the National Geographic So
ciety use all the money it collected
from subscribers for hospital use in
France?-F. w.
A. All but about $4,000 was used.
At the suggestion of Gen. Pershing
this sum was given TO the town Of
Cantigny to install it's water system
and fountains. This is the town in
which the American troops first went
into action on their own initiative.
July II.
@. How many miles OF railroad are
there in the District of Columbia? :?
". r.
A. The railroad mileage of the
Zlb miles of electric street railways.
@. How much wool is there in
suit of clothes?-R. T: G.. -...
A. 1t takes about nine pounds of
wool to make an average mans me-
dium-weight pure wool suit
O. How fast does an elevator
travel?-C. n. c.
A. The average speed of an elevator
Is 225 feet a minute, including ordi-
nary stoppages.
Q. What is the largest theater in
the world d?-L NJ. K.
A. The Opera House in Paris is the
largest in the world. covering an area
OF nearly three acres.
Q. How far is Washington from
the center of the United States?-
NJ. E. F.
A. The geographical center deter-
mined by the United States coast ano
geodetic survey falls in Smith county.
northern Kansas, in latitude - So,
longitude go 35' Washington, there
fore, is more than 1000 miles from
the geographical center of the United
States. -
Q. When did newspaper advertising
begin?-C. H. NJ
A. The oldest newspaper ADVERTISE.
ment preserved appears in q German
newsbook of 1891, and is a book of
notice. The first American ADVERTISE
ment appeared in the Boston News
Letter of 170f. +.
/. Q. Which are the largest churches
in the WORLDLY. r. B.
A. ST. Peters, Rome. seating $4,000;
Milan Cathedral, seating $4,000; St.
Paurs. London, seating $4,000; St
Sophta's. Constantinople, seating
$4,000; Notre Dame, Paris. seating
$1,000, and Florence Cathedral, Italy,
seating 10000.
Evening star., 1923-07-16
Ford May Be "a Bag of Gold,
But He Gets Advertising.

The. assault by Charles Dewey
HiIles, republican national commit
teeman from New York. on the presi-
dental candidacy of Henry Ford. far
from Undressing editors with the be-
lief that the. Detroit auto manufac-
turer Is dangerous man, mas
caused them to- emphasize that 1T is
good advertising" Many editors al
ready have accepted the Ford candi-
dacv "as a great selling campaign.
and thew seem somewhat amused over
the ayidity with which Mr.. Hilles,
"shark politically" seems to nave
fallen for the game. There are, nat
urally, many editors who also discuss
the Ford movement seriously and
agree or disagree with Mr.. Hilles.
"Nr.. Ford is not a serious candidate
for the presidency. seriously SPEAK
;np" asserts the Chicago Daily News.
ah,,t he is a very serious candidate
Of all times for profitable publicity.
The star. on the other hand. refuses
to indorse this estimate. 1t feels that
the Ford boom has long since passed
the "smiles stage" ana expeGts Una
from now on the country VIII organ :
ize against it. arguing that the
tbouphtful men and women who viii
he called upon in November i924. 70
select a Chief Executive for the
United States cannot be mag imagined 1,sn as
of such absolute lack of experience IN
statecraft as Mr.. Ford. =.
Going a step further. the Springfield
RepubIican recalls that the logic OF
the two-thirds rule" in the demo-
cratic national c9nWention' ef h ,s can rao,1S ps
dangerous there But the effect OF
This might in itself be dangerous, the
Republican continues. because mis-
candidacy will attract the young
oJanters with his cheap money views
and his independence of and antag-
nnism to Wall street. 1t seems highly
nrobable that no other living Ameri-
can could attract so many democratic
votes in the south to new party as
Henry Ford"
This sums up the sentiment OF thsee
of the greatest newspapers or 1nde-
nendent thought in the east middle
west and at the National Capital In
general it is about as complete re-
flection of public opinion everywhere
as can be secured through the edl-
the Peoria Transcript the suggestion
that the alarm" of the republican
leaders "betrays organic weakness,
because Mr.. Ford has right 20 De
a candidate for President OF the
United States" and the Transcript
holds with the Daily News that the
Immediate question is not. what
chance he has for the presidency, but
what chance he has for obtaining a
few more billion dollars worth of
free publicity. To. which the Bing-
hamton Press adds that "the boom
may be a menace next year, but this
wear IL In: abniit th nnnffst- thing In
politics" and it feels there Is still
enough intelligence In the country to
Evening star., 1923-07-16
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

What He Made.
He never made buckle,
He never made shoe;
And yet he stops to chuckle. , . -.
At the work that men must do.
He never used a hammer. 70.
He never held a saw,
But he often paused to clamor
On the prophets and the law.
What have you made2" we queried
That thus you proudly walk?"
He answered, rather wearied, -
I've made lot of talk"
Evening star., 1923-07-16

Chicago Board of Trade talent that
used to organize corners in wheat
must admire the projected scheme of
organization which is to enable the
farmers to withhold 200, 200, 900 bushels
of wheat from the market in order to
lift prices.
Evening star., 1923-07-16

If the presidential party had ar:
ranged an itinerary to accommodate
all the cities anxious to extend hos
pitalities, it would never have had time
to reach Alaska.