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ginning with the seating of Lori
mer and the purchase OF q seat
in Michigan. The public APP
praised the Senate by these two
acts and by the passage Of the
Fordney bill of denominations.
But these are rather the acts
Of backsliding from O great cham
Der that has "done the state
some service" and contains scores
Of able and high.minded men.
WHAT'S A STATESMAN?
Mr.. Vanderlip, having satisfac-
torily settled many financial
policies. has graduated from the
banker to the statesman. There
is a queer notion among news
paper men in the use of the word
statesman" They seldom apply
it to any person except one who
is in office or has been in office.
Was it Tom Reed who defined
a Statesman" as dead
Politician" Webster'ss primary
definition, "a man versed in the
principles and art Of government"
was written before Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait as citizen
qualified. In the next edition OF
Webster's it will read lone who
instead of "a man." etc. Woman
suffrage is destined to revolu-
tionize our dictionaries as well
as other institutions.
1t is only in a secondary sense,
and often an incorrect one, that
Webster defines a statesman to
be "a man actually occupied with
the affairs OF government and
influential in shaping its policy"
You have known plenty Of men
actually occupied with the af-
fairs of government and influen-
tial in shaping its policy" who
were not within a thousand miles
OF being a statesman-for ex-
ample, Richard Croker or Boies
Penrose.
They were more Influential in
shaping the policy" than George
William Curtis or jeremiah 8.
Black. And yet they were not in
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any other. through all the ages,
the leech, the Medicine man, the
healer, has been hottest on it's
track. He has searched wherever
he dared-openly or furtively-in
safety or at the risk of his life.
In the early days the astrologer-
physician, as he called himself,
dreamed that the secret of Mans
eternal unrest was laid up in the
sun, moon and stars; and. conse-
quently, since all created things
were one in essence. that a uni
versal medicament for Mans
eternal woes would be discovered
upon earth. So he searched the
earth and the heavens for those
twin secrets, and sacrificed him
self in the search as a matter OF
course.
Later, when the embargoes on
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(KipIing, the Great, came back
IN the following short speech, re-
Gently delivered at the Royal Col
lege of Surgeons before an audi
ence of DOCTORS and hitherto an
published in Anerica.)
II AM. by calling, a dealer in
words, and words are, Of
- course, the most powerful
drug used by mankind. Not only
do words infect, ergotize, narcotic
and paralyze. but they enter into
and color the n1inutest cells Of the
brain. very much as madden mix
ed with a stays food at the zoo
colors the growth OF the animals
antlers. Moreover, in the case
of the human animal. that ac-
quired tint, or faint, is transmits
sible. May l give you an in
stance7
There is a legepd transmitted
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little AIfx OF cumberIand),
and that makes me start up
every time and gives me =
shoeI<. Fancy boysy Is % and
that he 10 alone, that Il has not
made me forgst about his
very existence. He sends HE
respects to lady. Christian
(pPince), and AdlnI look very
happy; che b rather fattlsh.
Maud 10 thinner than ever,
but loOIcs we'll and drives every
dy on her bicycle with
Charles near her. The Cum
herland cousins are very nice,
and alI three are such tall
handsome, charming girls.
Misha (0rand Duke Michael,
the czaTs brother), that sin.
nsr, sets on perfectly we'll with
them; during the walks two Of
them always hang on hls armSI
"God bless you, my own be-
loVed little Wify-and never
cease praying for you and our
sweet little daughters, and
every night In my bed ! pend
you three my fondsGt kisses
and blessings.
ever your oven truly loving
and passionafsly devoted old
boob and huzy, NlcKY."
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Alone on Hi ''SopJsd."

The following Spring. the
Cars third daughter, Marie, was
horn. That Summer the death OF
his brother called him to Mos
COW. On his departure he poured
forth his emotion to Altx in this
letter:
PETERHoF, July e, 1895.
"My own sweet little witty dear:
ere seems strange to. write 70
you, while an sitting down.
stalrs In my room and I know
that you are quietly on your bal.
.eony. But tomorrow I shall be
far away and . Do not want 10
lee q day pass without your hear.
Ing from huxy, either from HE
lips or on paper, how he loves
you and the three little onosI
Ny darling, our separation THE
time 10 not long, % be oheery
and try and have the babies with
you 80 much % possible. Please
invite my old dog for your meals
and do not forget % iced cur
dIokies outsidel
II rather dread che naostlnu
In Moscow. After four years
separation, 60 see ones brother
arrive In 4 eoffln-le q horrld
Idea. ! an afraid Il will alec
upset poor maRal Welt There
10 nothing 90 De done, we must
90 usual take courage and carry
eur cross patiently, as Jesus
Christ bids 10. But sometimes u
10 overwhelmingly hardI
." dare complain the least.
having such happiness on earth.
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the same class with these two
latter real statesmen.
If asked to name great states
men Of today, would you think
first Of Charles w. Eliot or Of
Henry Cabot Lodge or of ex.
Justice Clarke or George H,
Moses? Lodge and Moses are
influential in shaping Govern
mental policies" while Eliot and
Clarke are influential only in
making sound public opinion.
Should the term statesman"
apply to Lodge and Moses and
be denied to Eliot and Clarke?
With all Difference to the power
and influence of these two Sen.
stors, why should the papers call
them Statesmen" and call Eliot
and Clarke "publicists?"
QUEST FOR SUPERMAN.
But I digress. The long quest
IOI tue oupSIIldH SS0ILS 10 nave
failed, at least Mr.. Vanderlip
seems to think so. Five years
ago France thought it had found
the Superman in Clemenceau.
Some people, for a period, thought
Herbert Hoover q Superman.
Britain thought his name was
Lloyd George. And the world
spelled his name Woodrow Wilson.
When Mr.. Wilson went to
Rome shortly after the armistice,
the people Il mean the rank and
file) hailed him as no returning
conqueror had ever been well
coined in Rome. And the aver
age man looked to him to work
miracles in the peace conference.
He had a lofty ideal and a noble
purpose to lead out Of secret
diplomacy into world peace with
justice.
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Likes tie CTOUn Prince

eat 3 ~ went On board the
alnin and LETT with the whole
squadron. I must Say tkev me-
NeuvOred and shot at targets very
well. AZ Q We g0e hack 20 our
yachts. Al 8 We are going 60
dine with william. Then some
mere shooting when Il geee dark.
Ratlsee full day 80 you seeI I
"I like Friedrich Heinrich
tthe Grown PrinCe) very much
he 10 % we'll brought ~. He asked
much about you. Willy aleOs no
70 In The best Of spirits tn nOw.
Let us h0pe Ne Es1ay continue %.
BuIoW 1.-THE kaIoefss Chanesllor)
that idiot, appeared dc q husaar.
too TIdleuiouo-t think am
going % Give LaRsedoPss (ths
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eidG. Perhaps my expression
6oea not show Il, but ! feel Il
deeply.
"Sweety-darllnC, Il 10 very, very
hard for me 60 have to leave
you. Ie hurts me 60 think that
you will be alone fer two niuhtsI
AZ least you can have the baby
with you, II you like, but huxy
will sleep solitary on the sophia
In our railway earPIapel
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: help, and this can best be given
through the League OF Nations.
While agreeing with Mr.. Van
derlip that we must have world
wide agreement to bring about
world peace. and while I am con-
fident that the entrance by the
United States into the League Of
/. Nations would have solved most
OF the troublesome problems of
the past three years and rendered
both unnecessary and Impossible
the Ruhr situation, / am not yet
converted to Super-Senate.
It was not the design of'the ad-
vocates Of the League Of Nations
to change the Constitution or per-
NIT any superbody to send Amer
lean soldiers to war. In fact. it
was to make war unnecessary
by worldwide agreement to sub
NIT questions to arbitrament Of
reason rather than the arbitra-
ment of the sword.
But" you ask, suppose a ma
ton defied the finding and recon-
mendation OF the league-what
then?"
Then the Congress of the United
States and the Chief Executive
could be relied upon, in a consti-
tutional way without any Super
Senate, to furnish money and men
to prevent one nations defying
the expressed world sentiment.
The first resort would be os-
tracism Of any warlike nation.
Commercial ostracism would in
80 cases out of 100 prevent any
nations resorting to war.
But. If not, then this country
would send its men to fight for
peace rather than spend millions
to fight for the right to wage
war.
HOPE DEFERRED.
The cry OF the world is for
peace and the removal Of the
causes of war. It was hoped the
Washington conference would
help.
The recent action Of Secretary
Hughes, in overruling the navy's
desire to make American big guns
have as long a. range as British
guns, shows how impotent was the
Washington agreement It may.
indeed. have dug up more snakes
than. 1t killed.
We are hoping Mr.. Hardtng's
world court proposition win get
us somewhere toward the goal of
an association Of nations and CO.
operation with our former allies
and other countries.
1t is a matter for regret that
the President did not suggest it
earlier and press action before
the late lamented Congress- adj.
journed. "Hope deferred maseth
the heart sick" But the basic
principle Of world agreement for
peace. presented by Statesman
Vanderlip. must come and cannot
come too soon,
However. we must not wait for
a Superman or Il Super-Senate.
They are as illusory as the
Fountain OF Youth or Utopia.
(COpyright 1893, by twenty, First
Century preaS, \
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which could not think Of, hav.
Ing a treasure like you, my BE-
loved AiI'(, and already three
little eheruhsI
"FrOm the depth cf'my heart do
thank God for all His blessings,
In giving me you. He gave mo
paradise and hes made my life an
easy and happy one. Labor and
passing troubles are nothing 20
me, enc6 ] have got you BY my
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Sod bless you, my believes
'dushka' (little soul.) be sure
that my prayers and thoughts
are constantly around. must
end, 90 we both want 10 play
beslque.
Goodnight, my sweet darling
Aiix, my own wife, my Joy, my
happiness, my enc and ALL God
tless you and The dear little
daughtsrsI Ever your own truly
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W0itinO FOR TIE K0ioer

The Cars dislike for the Kali.
ser-revealed In other install.
ments-and his uneasiness over
enc0untering him are again In.
dicated In . letter wr1ttea In
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Willy Is EncKa7sfed

On July Is. stili It the ma.
neuvers at Reval with the Kai.
ser. Nicly writes, Il scribing the
scene In the bay and the impress.
zion the Russian 9rnners made
on the German visitors, and con.
tinues:
"All thanks to him. please
write 70 N. 20 have him thanIsea
from me from the bottom Of nv
heart. cannot tell you hcvr
happy am, though try not 10
show e before them aIl. Thia
morning there aVae shooting q
long ranges and at targets en-
the leland with full charpes. The
noise was terrific, but we all que
waddln0 into our ears, which was
much better. After that took
Willy on the Pabeda, which ne
admired still more than the
Retvlxan.
size showed me hIs cruiser,
The Prince Heinrich, 4 very
strong and new shlp. This after.
noon We all landed on the empty
Island Carlos and looked at
land rnaneuvers Of $500 sailors
With eight guns. Thnt reminded
mo Of Biorte last year. The dear
men did u roAaarkably well, eare.
eiatly, the march past with q very
good band. Willy WAS enchanted.
Teddy he gave mo HE anuil.
lettoe and mine +! l. Most AMI.
able and modest, without any Ssof4
vOusHess and Ne serious eonvarA
satIosl
God bless you, my ~ net dars
Ing Aliky. ! kipe you md chit.
dnon tenderly.
Your OWn,
'FglcleV.~
-.
NBxT SUNDAYS 1NlsTAE1.
MBNTlfOre tstsHtutc so6y,d -.
tWres Of EBrope0n rOVuyev 0DOedg
~ tAs OS0F'e letters or the merit
period OF Ne reign, troas 1907 %
tAe eoe 81 the World War. ms
stnister 10reTaNaer or RasDsstn
enters the Jtoes OF Ntckp and 4 "a.
Wb0t happened sOAem tAa EAdA 81
Peftt1 came TO .tAe army ntus.en.
Sevs, the RHsso JspoMese War ar
tsasS0e 0IgAspses 81 TIE Os0r'e
InNtOss Usstt to the K6sser ~ Bev.
TN " 1913 ere some Or the AtaA
lights Of thts ttsstut1nseNt. ;.
IL s1cceeGtaO 5ssstoIlae sts Nt1S1
appear historically tDspostnns ~.
eI0ttome 1roAs The Csesss WWa1
War letter..
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Cars Foreign MINISTRY q Goa
saek uniform. II
"God bless you, my love, my
sweet darling Ak. ! kiss you
and the children lovingly.
Your very own,
"NlCKY."
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WHAT'S IN A NAME?

Mr.. Vanderlip seems to have no
fears about the name Senate.
Some folks who still believe ~.
the man-miracle would shy
away from the name Senate and
prefer to call the new god to be
set up a Super-Court or a Super
Council or a SuDer-Sanhedrim or
q Super-Conclave OF Supermen.
Perhaps Mr.. Vanderlip did not
consider the handicap of a name,
believing with Shakespeare that
Senate would smell as sweet
as Council or Court. That may
be true outside of America, where
the term Senate carries one back
TO the stately decorum Of the
dignified body of imperial Rome
Here in America the term Sen.
ate does not connote. as IL should.
the nobility which should mark
the highest legislative body in the
world. But the truth is the Sen
ate deserves more respect than
II receives. 1t 10 the lapses be.
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devoted and deeply and passion.
sNickv..
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I" HE world IL still looking for
the Superman. And, faith,
IT needs him.

"HE world is eth looking for
the Superman. And. faith,
It needs him.
1t is like the age-old search for
the Fountain Of Youth and the
longitude and latitude Of Utopia.
Ponce de Leon found the Fountain
of Youth. 50 they say. but threw
away the key. Hypnotists and
beauty doctors and gland experts
are still cropping to find how to
unlock the door and enter 1t.
Byron at the early age Of thirty
six found nothing left but ''the
worm, the canker and the grief"
and Beaconsfield said LET US hope
that the heritage Of old age is not
despair"
1t is because every man de-
sires to live long. but no man
would be old" that the mirage of
the Fountain Of Youth tempts. 1t
IL likewise because there are thorns
In all roses that Utopia beckons to
establishment as 1t fades from
our sight before we can enter into
the tabled paradise.
NEW WILLO.THE-WISP.
As other generations followed the
-will-e'-the-wisp of a Fountain of
Youth and a real Utopia, it is gwen
to this generation to believe in the
fairy tale that somewhere there is
in every country the SupermaE,
and now comes our gIobe-trotting
financier. Frank Vanderlip, and
tells us we need Super-Senate in
control Of world policy. Faith in
the Super seems to be the delusion
which many men. disappointed at
the mistakes of even the great. fall
Into.
Mr.. Vanderlip evidently has
passed the stage of calling for
the Superman and thinks out Of
q chamber Of the great may
be evolved a Super Senate. EVIL
IDENTIFY he is not troubled by
reason OF the utter fall down of
the United States Senate since
1t adopted the round-robin method
In 1919.
Evening star., 1923-08-14
BRITISH net STARS
ADVANCE IN PLAY
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FOREST HILLS, n. Y. August IA
Three of the four British entrants
and one ranking American star. Miss
Helen Wills. were victors this morn
ing in the first round matches open
ing the second day of competition
for the national woman's singles
championship on the courts of the
Westside Tennis Club. All of the
stars won decisively.
Miss Wills had as her opponent
Miss Martha Bayard of Short Hills,
y. j., No. in the national ranking,
but the seventeen-year-ol Berkeley
(Calif) schoolgirl continued to show
the dazzling form she reached in the
International series and won, 6-1,
6-3.
Miss Kathleen McKane. ranking
British star. defeated Miss Louise
Dixon of Philadelphia. 6-1, 60.
while Mrs. Geraldine Beamish easily
disposed of Miss Eleanera Sears, vet
eran Boston player, 6--1, Go, and
Mrs. r. c. Clayton eliminated Miss
Caroma Winn of Mountain Lakes, n.
j.. Go, 6-3.
Miss Nancy Covel. the fourth Eng
lish entrant, drew a first round. bye
and was not scheduled to play.
fhe first round of the singles was
completed when Miss Eleanor Goss of
New York, another American interna-
tionalist, and one of the eight seeded
stars. vanquished, Miss Penelope An
derson, Richmond, Va, GO. 60.
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FIRE DEPARTMENTS RUN
TO- IMAGINARY BLAZE
Excellent Showing Made by Mt.
Rainier, Hyattsvil1e and Other
Towns. ....-
Special pispst tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
COTTAGE CITY. Md. August IA
Volunteer fire departments of Mount
Rainier, Brentwood. Hyattsville. Riv-
crdalc, Takoma Park and Cottage
City staged another fine demonstra-
tdon here last night when they. com
bined to extinguish a mythical blaze
just off the Washington Baltimore
boulevard here.
At o'clock the siren at Hyatts-
vile sounded a general alarm. The
cottage City department was first on
the scene: arriving one and three
quarter minutes following the alarm
and in two and three quarter, minutes
had hose and. other apparatus, in
shape for actual fire fighting.
The other departments arrived in
this order: Mount Rainier. Brent
wood. Hyattsyille. Riverdale- and Ia
koma Park.
The Cottage City department was
Mount Rainier. Chief Frank II. Crown;
VILE. Assistant Chief r. A. King: Riv-
erdale. Chief William c. Gray. and
Takoma Park, Chief Dudley
Next Monday night at o'clock a
general alarm for Brentwood viii be
sounded by the Hyattsville siren.
:. The demonstrations in the various
towns are being staged primarily to
Show what can be accomplished
through cooperation of the COM
panies. The recently organized
Prince Georges County Volunteer
J;lreneHss- Assoeiation is fost ering.the
JdAa
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GATHER AFF|DAV|TS
/. FOR GARRETT TRIAL

RICHMOND. Va. August 20-f
every. man IN Cumberland Court
House is not afforded a chance to
make an affidavit for or against a
fair and impartial trail il will be due
to the fact that he escapes the eyes
of the lawyers who are fighting that
case. 1t is known that George B.
White of the prosecution has been
there for several days. and 1t is re-
ported that he had obtained hundreds
of affidavits from persons in every
direction showing that 1t will be
futile to undertake the selection OF
an impartial jury. The sentiment and
feelings of the people are so aroused
that they are declaring that they
do not believe that there are "a dozen
men In the county who are not biased
one way or the other.
The defense is insisting that there
are men in that county who are able
and who will give a fair trial, as eS-
tabliShed by the evidence. when
Robert Garrett Is arranged for trial
next Monday. The lawyers for the
defense are confident that they will
be able to have the man acquitted of
the murder of Rev. r. S. Pierce. who
was slain in his own yard by the
CARROTS.
The mistrial of Larkin Garrett has
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ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA. Va. August II tSpe-
ciaD.-An inspection of the newly
constructed roads in this section was
made yesterday by State Highway
Commissioner II. G. Shirley and Rep
resentative r. Walton Moore. It is
expected that the Little River turn
pike will he fully completed for use
between Alexandria and Fairfax.
distance Of fourteen miles. in October.
and between Fairfax and Middleb burg.
a distance of about twenty-four miles.
in November. Between Middleburg
miles. the ro.d has been graded and
is being laid with stone Within the
next few months it is expected that
there will be fine roadway all the
way from Alexandria to the Shenan-
doah valley, which will undoubtedly
help the trade of the merchants OF
this city.
Women Terrorizcd.
The police are making a search to
locate colored man who terrorized
a number of women by his conduct
yesterday afternoon while near the
corner of Cameron and Royal streets.
The man, who evidently is of unsound
mind or else was full of liquor. i'm
mediately left the scene and all Of
forts thus far to trace his where
abouts have been unavailing. A de-
scription of the man has been fur.
nished the police.
Mrs. Elizabeth Howe. MacCallum
and husband have sold to Harry e.
Hinken and wife house and lot 4.
block %, section 4, Rosemont. A deed
of conveyance today was placed on rec
ord in the Office of the clerk of the
court.
John ]. Kiger has been appointed a
notary public by Gov. f. Lee Trinkle.
New Parking System.
An Alexandria woman has new
method for lodging the parking law
She was perplexed when she discov-
cred a sign reading "No parking from
here to the corner" The woman was
unable to get the machine up to her
front door and simply moved the
sign further away and placed her
automobile directly in front of her
door, thereby keeping within the law,
the sign being a portable iron one
on a stand.
Fred c. Spaulding of Washington is
now engaged in organizing a branch
of Uncle Sans Voters in this city.
Already many prominent citizens have
the organization. After a certain
number are secured, the work of for
mally organizing will be begun.
Civic Association Formed.
Residents of Seminary Hill. Fairfax
county, have formed what is known
as the Civic Association of Seminary
Hill with the election of these officers:
Charles r. Hooff, president: George
Stuart, vice president; Mrs. c. f.
Hooff, secretary; Miss Agnes Donald
son. assistant secretary, and Eliphalet
Andrews, treasurer
Charles c. Ross, living on Nbrth
Columbus street, was thrown through
the windshield of an automobile when
the machine collided with the city
street sweeper on King street. Mr..
Ross was badly cut on the head and
face. He is being treated BY DR..
Evening star., 1923-08-14
SH|F TAMER|CANS
TO M0SBAC'H JAIL
German Officials Move Two
Arrested in. BergdolI Af-
fair at EberbaCh.
BY the. Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
-EBERBACH, Baden. August II
Calvin Hoover Griffith of Hamilton.
Ohio and Eugene Victor NELSON of
Chicago. the two Americans arrested
in connection with last Saturdays at
tack on Grover Cleveland Bergdoll,
the American draft evader, were
taken from Eberbach today and trans
ferred to the Jail at Mosbach.
Griffith claims to be in the employ
of the American graves registration
board and says he was searching for
the bodies of Americans buried in
this vicinity,
say Schmidt Had Ether.
The police claim to have found n
supply of ether on the person of
Karl Schmidt whom Bergdoll shot
and killed during the attempt to kid
nap him, and that further supply
was concealed in the American auto
mobile which was seized
The Americans deny having know
but Roger Sperber. another man held.
is said by the authorities to have de-
clared Lieut.. Griffith was the insti-
gator Of a plot to kidnap Bergdoll
and take him to the United States.
The prosecutor expressed the belief
that the attack was the result of a
murder plot.
Prince Gagarin. one of those in
volved. IS ii Russian emigre and
claims TO have been wealthy. He ad-
mitted, the authorities say, that. he
had engaged in, espionage work.
1rcToNJ HErn pTAMETESS