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Evening star., 1923-06-12
In a Few Words.

If the state OF mind which exists
between Canada and the United
States prevailed among France and
Germany, Russia and Poland, Turkey
would be no fear of military trouble
for hundreds of years
NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER.
The greatest enemies of present
relief from the Volstead law are that
class or vets who loudly call for
the repeal of the 18th amendment.
SENATOR EDGE IN. II
IF. when 1 get back to America,
anybody says league of nations to me
he ought to say it conveniently near
hospital.
-REPREsENTAT1vE PORTER
delegate League Opium Conference.
This country has the greatest out
put OF law the world has ever seer.
1t is our chief product. Our appetite
for Legislation is unsuitable
CHARLES Z. HUGHES
Seven or eight million men went
from the British empire during the
late war. I wish there were Just one
word of appreciation of that fact in
France and Belgium.
LLOYD GEORGE.
Since the preservation of history
commenced there has never been any
thing approaching the Bible as a lit
erary production or A code for proner
and desirable human conduct.
JUDGE Ebert II. GARY.
No one, without being guilty of in
gratitude. can accuse France of
ingratitude.
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Evening star., 1923-06-12
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

tion In assured. But his reelection Is
far less certain. Borah's inveterate
habit of voting and acting along the
lines of his convictions has Rlienated
important local interests" in Idaho.
The sugar-beet people didn't like his OPP
position to the sugar schedule in the
new tariff bill. The wool growers are
aggrieved over his hostility to stin rates
on their produce. Then the regular
q. o. p. organization in Idaho, when
Borah on that issue. He Is going 10
make a number of speeches during the
summer and renew personal ties that
have been more or less broken IN con-
sequence of his almost continuous ap-
sence In Washington for the past seven
years Whether Idahoans realize 1t or
not Borah is priceless asset for the
state. His disappearance from Con-
gress. politicians of all hues admit.
would be grievous loss to American
public life.
Senator Oscar w. Underwood is ex-
pected to return from Europe on or
about July /. The tossing OF his hat
into the democratic presidential ring is
confidently expected soon thereafter.
Before leaving in March. Underwood
wrote his constituents they might an
ticipate a pronouncement on the sub
ject when his travels and nominations
i'm Europe were over. He has. Of course,
been kept in intimate touch with de-
velopments in the interval. At this
writing the two outstanding horses in
the democratic stable are McAdoo and
Underwood. Each carries well defined
colors M6Adoo ranks as progressive
and dry Underwood is considered con-
servative and wet. The contest for
delegates to the 1924 convention will
rage between them much as the 1920
G. o. p. fight in which Wood, Iowden
and johnson figured.
X X X X
A German dignitary now in Washing
ton remarked to an American friend
the other day: THE trouble with you
Americans is that you don't travel
enough" Whereupon the Yankee asked
vivid impressions OF the 100000 Amer
leans who travelled some" in 1913.
*x X
John Cheshire, who headed the dele
cation of British advertising men In
Washington this week. is publicity man
ager for Lever Brothers, Britain's i'm
mense soap-manufacturing concern.
That Is the Arm to which Lord North
clffe fifteen years ago had to pay $780,
600 in libel damages Other soapmakers
sued the Northcliffe Press and before
the legal melee ended Northcliffe dis
gorged in damages and costs a round
81 100000. He had fought proposed
British soap trust and inadvertently ac-
cused Levers and their confreres Of SELL
ing one-pound bar a piece of soap
that weighed only 10 1-2 ounces. La
bouchere's Truth printed historic
cartoon showing Northcliffe in the guise
OF the tramp In a celebrated soap ad-
vertisement, and writing Messrs. Lever ::
Six weeks ago l abused your soap, and
since then I've abused no other.
Copyright 1921
Evening star., 1923-06-12
Praises Salvation Army.
Kindness to Old Man, Fallen on
Street, Wins Passerby's Approval.

To the Editor Of The Star:
May I not have a bit of your space
to tell your readers something 1
learned recently about the Salvation
Army, which now seems to be strug-
Cling to raise a bit of money with
which to carry on its splendid work
another year?
One afternoon this week, while the
Shrine carnival was at its height, an
aged man sunk to the sidewalk on a
street just of the path of the fes-
tivities. This old fellow looked like
q down -and-outer; his clothes were
badly wrinkled, there were heavy
pouches beneath his eyes, and he was
In need OF a shave.
II didn't take long for a small
crowd to gather, and soon there was
derisive laughter, and puns. The
most cruel OF all came from a flip
pish young man who suggested. Call
the wagon and let the old bird ride
his bun off,
No one seemed to be ready to do
anything, but all were looking about
for a policeman when a man In blue
suddenly came through the small
figure on the sidewalk. But the man
in blue was not a police officer; nor
did he proceed on the false assump
tion that the stricken man was drunk.
This man in blue was a gray-haired.
smooth-faced, ddy-cheeked Saliva
tion Army worker, and he took the
man on the sidewalk In his arms like
AIn.Shio AaopseAAss.->kxus A1tse
Evening star., 1923-06-12
Supreme Court on Wage Fixing.

A unanimous decision by the Su
preme Court declares that the Kansas
court Of industrial relations has no
power under the Constitution to fix
wages. This decision does not destroy
the entire state act. but undoubtedly
'draws its teeth" in respect 10 the
most important function of the court
created by it.
This decision of the court rendered
without dissent, is analogous to that
rendered about three months ago by
the same court, which set aside the
District minimum wage law. The
earlier decision, however, was given
by A divided court, five TO three. Yet
the two conclusions were based upon
similar grounds, that the legislation
was contrary to the spirit of the four
teenth amendment to the Constitution.
the first section of which declares that
no state shall deprive any person Of
life, liberty and property" without
due process of law.
II is the view of the Supreme Court
in these cases that any process OF
wage fixing tends to deprive the in
dividual employer or the worker of the
right of contract. In the minimum
wage case the effect of the decision
was adverse to the worker. in that II
permitted the adoption of a lower scale
of wages than that established by a
commission created by act of Con-
Sress. In the Kansas case, in the par
ticular suit at issue, it initiated
against the worker in that the case
in point was based upon a ruling by
the state industrial court which fixed
a lower rate of wages in a particular
industry than that for which the
workers contended.
The question arises whether these
decisions, taken together - more
strongly expressed through unanimity
in the second than in the first instance
imply that that court would rule out
as unconstitutional any act Of Con-
gress or of state legislature setting up
a tribunal of compulsory arbitration.
A wage-fxing board is now operating
under act of Congress. with jurisdic-
NIOIi oNNi lhC i'oS Va oaa WI nSi D
But that board operates only upon the
mutual mandate or request of the en-
ployes and the employer. 1t has no
absolute power over wage dispute.
A controversy must be submitted to it,
and as the practice now stands the
board cannot enforce it's decisions un-
less the parties have pledged them
selves in advance to abide by them.
In the Kansas case the industrial
court had jurisdiction as to wage fix
ing in cases of appeal by either side,
which is quite different from the Rail-
road Wage Board. 1t is that point on
which the courts decision turns. A
ruling by the Kansas industrial court
70 fix wages was not predicated upon
mutual submission. Thus it would
seem that the courts present ruling
heads away from compulsory arbitra-
ton, which is based upon the hypoth
esis that the public welfare demands
action to adjust wage differences re-
gardless of the wish of the interested
parties in order to continue the serv-
ices and supplies involved in the in
dustrieS affected.
Evening star., 1923-06-12

The June commencement essay now
claims careful consideration. Next
be distracted by numerous campaign
speeches.
Evening star., 1923-06-12

Lenin's health is improving. There Is
no immediate way Of telling whether
they are more reliable than the
rumors of his demise. The physicians
of Russia are at times as mysterious
in their ways as the lawyers and
diplomats.
Evening star., 1923-06-12

Marathon dancing is denounced by
a Chicago judge as degrading to
morals and injurious to health. The
conscience of the court often compels
it to take a firm stand on matters
which do not lend themselves to solu-
ton on lines of legal technicality. Peo-
pie who are only foolish must be re-
strained as we'll as those who are ag.
gressively lawless.
Evening star., 1923-06-12

Capt. Cox Of the freighter Almagro,
just docked at New York, found six
teen stowaways during the voyage. If
he put them all to work, according to
the custom in all sea stories, the regu-
lar crew must have had a nice vaca-
ton.
Evening star., 1923-06-12

AS usual the prediction. always full
filled, that another war would be much
more terrible than the one preceding.
The hope Is confidently expressed,
however, that the worlds wisdom is
at last keeping pace with its death.
dealing ingenuity
Evening star., 1923-06-12

The man who boldly carried the
body of murdered woman on a New
York ferry boat and tried to throw it
overheard apparently decided to re-
lieve the police, for once at least, of
the trouble of solving mystery.
Evening star., 1923-06-12
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Evening star., 1923-06-12

China, being a rather backward ma
ton, has not yet made any vociferous
demonstrations to induce the league
of nations to straighten out her diff
cultieS.
Evening star., 1923-06-12

A few brokerage failures offer no
assurance to the haters of high finance
that a process Of elimination is caus.
ing old Wall street to improve.
Evening star., 1923-06-12

The time is always ripe for third
party, although no third party re-
wards its promoters by attaining a
state Of luscious maturity.
Evening star., 1923-06-12

Washington has grown large enough
to follow the examples Of other COM
munities and have a few one-way
streets.
Evening star., 1923-06-12

Alaska is commanding admiration
as a large and diversified region that
can produce sunstrokes and snow
storms on the same summer day.
Evening star., 1923-06-12

On receipt of a demand for an
epology Japan sent four battleships
10 China. Though not acceded to. the
request was, at least, not ignored.
Evening star., 1923-06-12

Straw votes are reliable only in in
dicating that number of people have
had a little spare time on their hands.
Evening star., 1923-06-12
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Lazy Microbe.

The Lazy Microbe.
rs got dat lazy microbe dat I been
a-readin' bout;
ism any doubt
Dat he makes a heap O. trouble IL you
tries to show him fight,
But he sho'ly is a comfort If you only
treats him right.
You musn' git too busy; you musn'
scol' an fret.
Dat lazy microbe says you got to
treat him like pet.
But IL you'll only take yoh res an
sing a little song.
He's gwinter be good company mos
all de summer long.
Wasted Tribulation.
Experience IL a teacher stern.
Her lessons we cannot refuse.
The trouble is. she makes US learn
So many things we never use.
Incidence.
In honest conscience oft he tries
Severely to economize.
His struggles with dismay we view
To make a days work do for two.
Intellect and Acoustics.
What small considerations check
The loftiest ambition,
And leave it struggling in the wreck,
Mid silence and contrition!
A man may study up a speech
Convincing to each doubter;
But II the mob he seeks to teach
He's got to be a shouter.
So with this moral we're impressed:
The man Of fame the proudsst
u Oft not he who talks the best,
: ~ 3hAs&1n.A r8lnt11aGyoHdnetk-ss
Evening star., 1923-06-12

One of the most serious cases of
overproduction ever brought to notice
is that of paper currency in Europe.
Evening star., 1923-06-12

The Evening star, with the Sunday morning
edition. 10 delivered by carriers within the city
90 cess per daily cnys only 4S month";
dsrs may be sent by mail, or telephone Main
5000. Collection is made by carriers at the
end Of each month.
Evening star., 1923-06-12
THEODORE w. NoYEs.......Editor

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Evening star., 1923-06-12
Incidence.

In honest conscience oft he tries
Severely to economize.
His struggles with dismay we view
To make a days work do for two.
Evening star., 1923-06-12

Experience IL a teacher stern.
Her lessons we cannot refuse.
The trouble is, she makes US learn
So many things we never use.
Evening star., 1923-06-12

Senator william E. Borah is due in
Idaho this week for a protracted visit
destined to be Of decisive influence upon
his political career. Borah comes up
for reelection in 1924 His renomina-
Evening star., 1923-06-12

Such in slight accounting is Mr.
Wells new story. For 1t Is story
At least he says 1t is and a man ought
to know what he is making. To us
It seems like this writer's one theme
projected in the form of a solid ex-
position and discussion around which
he has thrown a slight and somewhat
ramshackle framework that gives the
whole the illusion of story. However,
that is unimportant Mr.. Wells is in
teresting and provocative. original. too.
and wholly given over to a new and bet
ter world than this one, even il he has
70 make it himself. az he has so stim-
u1AttnSiy done herAs J. q. N.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-21
eventfuI 26th Of April when
'SkilIet" steps out with his faith
full flock.

Better Utilize Some Hustlers'
came from the pen of T. r. Hostile
who gives his place of business az
the Diamond Dust Factory and his
occupation as diamond buster"
He adds that his favorite shade Of
blue Is BLUEGE.
ALI day yesterday Skillet" was
busy reading 'em and weeping" as
the African golfists say. He was be.
sieged in the elevators Of the Munsey
Building and in the Railways by bugs
who recognized him from his pictures
and cartoons. A fan from the
Treasury department informed
Skillet" that he had already asked
for leave Of absence from his official
duties in the Income Tax Bureau
for April 26 so he could sit in Section
P with the guests of The Times and
Sunday Times-Herald.
A new acrostic name appears in
The Times sporting section every
day and those of you who do not
win today may be solaced in the
thought that you have another
chance tomorrow and the next day
and the next and so on until all of
the names of ball players now in
Tampa have been used.
This sacrostic contest is open to
everybody, high and low. The rules
are so few and so simple that
kindergarten pupil or a university
graduate have a like opportunity.
If you have any building blocks at
home, just get down on the floor
with the baby and see what you can
make out of the name JUDGE
which Is the subject for today's
acrostic addicts.
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B U s H M e "
u N K N o w N
S K I L L r T
H o l. l. E r s
M 0 L i S T S
e N e M / e S
NJ n n A RI, H

II he can do that well with one of
the names to be published before this
funny business is concluded, he'll
probably occupy a ring-side seat,
where the peanuts and gingerpop are
flowing the fastest.
One Of the favOrite expressions
which is good enough to win any
contest and which applies SO force
fully to the Washington team was
BUY Up Some Hitters," and the
bugs who thought of that are GER
tainIy going to submit something
absolutely individual before this
contest is over.
If any of you gentlemen bugs
think there are no lady bugs in the
ranks Of Washington's baseball sup
porters, you should have glanced
through "Skillet's'' mail which
abounded with answers from the fair
sex.
Miss Helen E. Page sent-in one of
the cleverest non-winning acrostics
Of the large group of also.rans. It
will strike close to the hearts of the
group OF umpire-baiters which sit
down there around the base lines.
She wrote: Bad Umpiring Surely
Hurts.
Then there is that irrepressiblc
gang Of poets who take ADVANTAGE
Of their poetic license and ignore all
rules Of the competition with offer.
ings like this:
Baseball, baseball,
Under the Southern sky,
Skillet" Finn Is backing him
Hopes are running high.
BY Ralph Hayes.
and
Boost EN-, every loyal fan,
Uphold our team, may every man
Start off right and with a rush
Here's luck to you Donnie" Bush!
BY M. Wilcox.
Among of the most appropriate
acrosticS received and one which en-.
tered the minds of half dozen differ
ent fans and pushed the winners
hard for their honors was: Base.
ball requires Successful general
slip.
"Bareny, YOU assist Him" was
the offering Of Allen r. Bell, who,
II he keeps up the pace he started
off with will certainly be seated
with the high aud mighty on the
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player whose name was used as
the base Of the acrostic.
The contribution of A. G. Temp.
kins for which he receives one
ticket il:
Break
Our
losing
Habit.
In order to win third honors in
the opening, days contest, w. J.
Kelley submitted twelve solutions,
the best Of the dozen being:
Beat
oft
Seven
Others.
There was scores Of other clever
word combinations submitted on the
name Of BUSH which Skillet" had
to eliminate for one reason or
another. Some Of the most attractive
answers with the biggest punch in
them were duplicated, which proves
that the same thought came in the
minds OF dozens of fans.
It was more than hard for Skillet"
to resist the unique solution submit.
ted by L. H. Wittner, in reaching his
conclusions. Wittner took the trou-
BILE to drop in personally with his
offering and he proved his genius
at this sort of game by taking the
word BUSHMEN and making it read
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Lewis Got $40 Seven
Years Ago, Now His
Fee in Thousands

Seven years ago Ed stranger"
Lewis wrestled two hours for
the "stppendous" sum Of SO.
He was forced to battle a big
European strong man at Lex
ington, KY, to corral his first
purse out Of the wrestling
game.
Today wrestling promoters
are struggling to sign up the
present wrestling champion with
offers ranging from SIS, 900 to
$26, 900 to meet well-knOwn
wrestIers.
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~ 1AAAN0 a. buS WAAAAACASS 0nAAAOS
had to grope his way through up
wards Of 400 responses and he went
home last night painting and tearing
his hair. As one bug who trundIed
up to the top floor Of The Times and
witnessed Skillet in the throes Of
concentration remarked, IF he
wasn't nuts before, he will be now"
Be
Our
first
champions.
That IL the selection of "Skillet"
for the best acrostic submitted on the
name Of BUSH and wins for Mr..
Kaiser the author, two seats at
"Slillet's" private party in Section
p Of the lower grandstand on April
Today The Times telegraphed
Kaiser's acroetic on BUSH to the
crafty little manager down in
Tampa. The wire read:
Owen "Donie" Bush, Manager,
Washington Baseball Club,
Tampa Bay Hotel,
Tampa, Fla.
Be Cur first champions.
Signed. H, G.. Kaiser,
1917 Vernon street,
Winner Times Acrostic
Contest.
Each day the winning word com.
binatlon will be telegraphed to the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-21

Somewhat dazed, Heinie Webb
wanted to know: How Gomez
The reason was made plain
enough. Last summer, after the
Printers had played and lost the
game that gave War Department
the championship. they went to
Cleveland to represent washington
in the national tournament Of union
printers.
There were three postponed
games left on their league sched-
ule, but InasnluCh as. the PEN
nant WINS decided, the games
meant little or nothing. Webb
was given to understand by
league authorities that &c would
be proper 70 forget them and
make the trip to Cleveland.
Further, the Printers were among
The leading conteTBders for the indie
pendent championship after they
had lost out in the league race and
their baseball-pIaying time was
much in demand
The Printers went to Cleveland,
and what they did there 10 known
from one end OF the land to the
other in sandlot ranks. They won
the national printers title in brill
liant fashion.
But while they were away, the
Departmental League held q meet.
Ing. ct which the Printers were not
represented. 1t was decided to dis
enfranchiSe the typos and I'LL the
vacancy with q team that could
play through the entire schedule.
The typos came back from
Cleveland and played out the In
dependent series. They finished
second in the hardest fought
baseball title race in the history
Of Washington sandlOts. The
Printers. through their rare base.
ball ability and splendid sports
naanship. won the high regard Of
rivals and sandlot fans.
Webb gained the admiratiOn Of
al I'm his capacity OF manager.
Few sandIot ball teams have been
conducted al well az the Union
Printers OF 1929, both in the De
partmental League and the city I'M
dependent series.
But despite the fine record made
BY the Printers, they apparently
were given little confederation BY
The Departmental League. IT was
not until the minutes Of the August
meeting were read at gathering the
bther night that Webb knew his
team has been given the gate.
But for the Printers the Depart
mental League race Of the last sew.
braI years might have been much OF
D farce. They alone were able to
give the strong War Department out
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ROYALS After Games.

The Royal A. c. is looking for
games with teams in the fifteen
year-old class for the Easter holidays.
Phone Franklin 1854 between and
z O'clock.
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EAST POTOMAC
PARK LINKS
To OPEN
Golfers overcroWd Nine-hols
Practice Course ii
Earernesa

The East Potomac Park golf
course viii be thrown open to the
public Saturday An Immediate
rush of the eager early-season golf.
ers. who have been cr0wding the
nine-ho1e practice course, Ii expect
ed. besides swarrns or others who
have been waiting Tor the reOpening
az the 10-hola course. At the nine.
hole course last Sunday more than
i 300 persons either tried to obtain
permits to play or watched the
golfers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-21

81 saw my old pal Jeffries in.
Los Angeles, and the top Of Jirn's
skull resembles an ostrich egg.
/ saw Tom Shafkey ands he's as
gray as q badger, but Corbetts
older than any Of them, has hair
like Rodolph Valentino and he
tells me that he isn't cheating
with it, either"
We told Sam that Corbett still
has q lot OF kid about him, that
he STILL goes to prize fights
and INSISTS upon betting on the
world series when the Giants are
in it. "Well," said Sam, raising
his eyebrows, when q man passes
the age Of forty he OUGHT TO
KNOW that it's ALL THE
BUNK. But when he gets to
fifty-six, like Corbett, and STILL
HAS ILLUSIONS, he's an ODD
ITY. That's all I can say"
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Printers Meet.

Members Of last years Union
Printers ball team are to meet
tonight at 8 o'clock on the Twelfth
floor Of the Munsey building to dis
cuss plans for the coming season.