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Evening star., 1923-01-03
The Toll of tuberculosis

Statistics made public by the Dis.
trict health officer show that despite
the advances made in the conquest of
tuberculosis that disease took a
larger toll Of death in the capital dur
ing the calendar year 1922 than any
other. OF the 6,26S persons who died
in Washington, 4SS succumbed to tu-
berculosis. out Of 1883 cases reported.
tuberculosis is preventable and
durable. Sanitary science has greatly
aided in its conquest. and medical
science has advanced in its treatment
until with proper precaution and suf-
ficient warning sufferers may be saved.
Right living conditions are requisite.
however, and the main effort of those
who are enlisted in the campaign
against this disease, which formerly
held humanity under terror, is to cor
rect insanitary conditions. Fresh air,
clean surroundings, good, wholesome
food and proper exercise are essential
to health.
Poverty is the primary aid to tubercu-
losis. Many persons who become infect
ed with the germ Of this disease cannot
afford the change OF climate or the
| change of diet or the correction Of liv-
ing conditions that must be had il i'm
provement is TO be gained. They must
keep at work. il adults, until they
wear themselves down in vitality and
give the insidious bacillus a chance to
develop and multiply. If they are
minors they perhaps must work when
they should be resting, or they are
neglected because there is no money
for their proper treatment and care.
Thus the fight against tuberculosis,
| which the community must wage
rather than the individual, requires
funds. Recently, as in other years,
! Washington provided means to carry
on the organized work by purchasing
health SEALS" But liberal as were the
donations through this means the fund
is not large enough. The statistics
given to the public by DIR. Fowler
show that more money is needed for
this District-wide work OF proper nutri-
ton, Of clinics, Of sanitary supervision,
of diet aid and finally Of nursing and
medical treatment.
Neglect is one Of the main causes Of
tuberculosis spread. A highly con-
tagious disease, it Is imperative, if
the community IS to be safeguarded
from it, that everybody be instructed
In the need Of scrupulous care in at
tending to the first symptoms and the
need of precaution against spreading
the disease principle. In every way
possible It is necessary to carry to
every person in the District the direct
word Of warning. The organized
agencies for this service require and
deserve the fullest financial support.
For the fight against tuberculosis Is
for the preservation OF the health Of
everybody, and those who are well
today owe it to themselves and their
families to lessen the chances OF the
development Of the disease anywhere
in Washington.
Evening star., 1923-01-03
Gov. Smiths inaugural.

In a well considered inaugural ad-
dress, Gov. Smith said at Albany Mon
day:
We have in this state. as we should
nave, party government under repre-
sentative democracy. The only vehicle
Tor ascertaining the public will and
then giving il force and effect after
ward is party government.
After describing the line that action
should take. the governor continued:
In order to accomplish this, here, in
this public place. today I ask the CO.
operation of the Legislature. If they
think l am right, l ask them TO CO.
operate with me. If they think / am
wrong, ask them to confer with e.
Gov. Smith is not expecting, and
could not assist in producing, millen.
nialistic conditions. New York is New
York. the theater of intensive politics,
and he an alert New York politician,
all the year round. The coming months
at Albany will show some spirited
political maneuverings.
At the same time he is doubtless sin
cere In his overture to the legislature,
the lower house OF which is republi.
can. There must be agreement be-
tween the legislature and the 'execu-
tive in order to secure action. and the
governor asks a conference whenever
agreement is lacking.
Our politics. state and national,
would be greatly improved if less at.
tention were paid to putting the other
fellow "in a hole" 1t is Turing and
exciting sport, but may easily be. and
sometimes is, carried too far. 1t is not
fair or safe to assume that the other
fellow is always wrong, and when he
is right he is entitled to cooperation.
In soliciting conferences Gov. Smith
sounds the right note. President Hard.
ing has sounded 1t here.
Evening star., 1923-01-03
America and Japan.

The ambassadorship to Japan, now
vacant, is one OF the most important
Of our diplomatic billets.
Our relations with that country, for
awhile somewhat strained. are today in
satisfactory condition. The mischief
makers have lost their power. We un-
derstand Japan and Japan us far bet
ter than for some years.
It is desirable that this condition be
maintained. The orient is a developing
quarter Of the world, and Japan is the
most advanced country in that quar-
ter.
We have stake in that quarter.
oughly competent direction. Governor
General Wood at Manila is familiar
with the whole eastern question, and
has the full confidence OF the Hard
ing administration. We shall be well
served, therefore, so far as the east is
concerned, If a man as competent as
Gen. Wood at Manila and as our am
bassador at Picking is sent to Toxic.
Charles B. Warren, who is return
ing from Japan, has acquitted himself
well in his place. Private business has
forced his retirement from the public
service. A man of his caliber succeed
ing him would continue the good work
he has performed.
It so happens that new ambas-
sador from Japan to this country is
now en- route to Washington to take
up his duties. So that with new man
representing Japan here, and new
man Of ours representing us at Toxic,
Japanese-American relations will take
on a new interest.
Evening star., 1923-01-03

''when I was i've years old and
went to school in Worcester we used
to have states and hard pencils and
we had to keep those states clean.
One day my mother sent me to the
drug store on an errand, and / saw
in a big goldfish globe a lot of small
sponges. So when my errand was
done I put my hand into the globe,
transferred 8 sponge to my pocket
and walked out. was happy in mind,
for / had visions Of how well that
sponge would keep my slate clean.
But my Joy was short-lived, tor
the proprietor OF the drug store had
seen me. As q good joke he told my
father. and father couldn't quite see
the Joke There was q big French
Canadian policeman named Harper in
our nsighborhood, six and 9 half feet
tall, with q great woolly beard. When
I was eating dinner that night Har-
per called at our house and asked for
me, My father sent me out and Har-
per said, Come on with me- He led
me down TO the police station and
locked me up for stealing a penny
sponge. And I stayed In the cell for
two and one-half hours, until my
father thought / had learned . les
son. Then he went through all the
motions Of getting me out, and after
Evening star., 1923-01-03
Gov. Sprouts Strong Words.

The non-enforcement Of the prohibi-
tion law is as conspicuous in Penngyl-
vania as elsewhere, and in dealing
with the subject Gov. Sproul, on the
eve Of retiring from Office, says in his
final message to the Legislatures:
Bootlegging has become a business
of astounding proportions, and un-
other crimes which now are hara ass
ing the country have their genesis IN
the school OF outlawry fostered by the
illegal trade Of intoxicants. We are
rearing a hne brood of criminals
which it will require stern measures
to suppress.
Young ana inexperienced men are
making of this matter a sort Of ''lark''
making it partake Of the nature Of
schoolboy's prank with the police
lodging the cop and committing
some small offense as. a joke on him.
They do not reflect on the connection
between violating one law and an
other-are not aware Of the fact that
in patronizing and encouraging the
bootleggers they are in a way and to
q degree encouraging criminality in
general.
But this excuse cannot be offered for
men Of mature years. experienced In
affairs, ana fully responsible TO the
public for thsir acts and al the con-
nect&ons and consequences. They
Evening star., 1923-01-03
Warns Against Coal Strike.

There is assembled in Chicago today
a conference between mine owners
and representatives of the. organized
miners in the bituminous coal fields
the purpose of which is To arrange
the basis of Il wage agreement to take
the place Of the present scale con-
tract, which expires on the last day of
next March. Preliminary conferences
have failed to result in agreement on
general principles necessarily under
lying a new wage agreement. and if
no better success attends the confer
ence which began today the country
will be within three months Of the
deadly menace OF another coal strike.
That the situation is one which may
result in most serious consequences is
recognized by the United States Coal
Commission, created by Congress to
inquire into all phases Of the coal in
dustry, including the prevention of
strikes. John Hays Hammond, chair
man of the commission, has sent a
telegram TO the committees consti-
tuting the Chicago conference, urging
the "obvious necessity" of promptly
devising some plan to avert the pos
sibility OF another suspension Of coal
production. Business halts while in
doubt as 10 your action, and awaits
with anxiety the speedy and success
ful outcome of your labors," he wired,
and added concluding sentence
which well may give both the opera
tors and miners food for serious
thought: your agreement will spare
the commission the necessity Of fixing
the blame for failure to adjust your
differences"
If the operators and miners will not
adjust their differences, and if another
coal strike is permitted to occur at the
beginning of April. il will be fortunate
for the public that this commission is
in existence to fix the blame for fail
ure to reach an agreement. If an
other coal strike is permitted to occur
the wrath of a long-suffering public
is going to be a terrible thing to
that wrath should not be ignorantly
directed. During the last strike pub
lie opinion had difficulty in determin-
ing whether the mine owners or
miners were the more to blame, but
no such difficulty will exist next April.
The commission headed by Mr.. Ham
mond. and of which former Vice Presi-
dent Marshall and other confidence
inspiring men are members, will pro-
Ceed to fix the blame, and the public
will accept its findings as against all
the camouflage and propaganda which
either side may put out. That Is why
it not only is timely but a very
solemn warning which the commission
has wired the conference sitting in
Chicago.
Evening star., 1923-01-03
From Car Checker to President.

One Of the great packing corpora.
tions Of Chicago has just been re-
organized, to relieve the head of it,
long identified with the company, of
the pressure Of active administration,
and q new man has been named presi-
dent. Twenty-seven years ago he en-
tered the employ Of the corporation
as q car checker, an humble position
requiring no special talent, but exact
ing scrupulous care and fidelity. Some
one observed his attention to duty and
gave him a promotion. He made good
wherever he was placed, as he went
higher up the line. Finally he became
a salesman, and was soon noted al one
of the most efficient men In the or
ganiMtion In this respect. When ths
war came he handled all the huge
Evening star., 1923-01-03
Stolen Sponge and Newspapers
Prominent I'm This Life Story

lecture from the city marshal on
the bad habit of swiping things. I was
allowed to go home. Since that time
have made it habit not to steal
anything-while people were look
ing"
But that wasn't the only time ne
was apprehended with ill-gotten
gains, and made to pay for his wan
derings from the safe and narrow
path. But to get the real picture one
must know that Representative Wins
lows father was very wealthy and
for thirty years was head of the skate
manufacturing plant that bears his
name, while Representative Winslow
has been head of that same concern
for thirty-six years-making a total
of sixty-six years that monster plant
has been in one family and under only
two heads, which is something of a
record.
"This story also sticks out in my
memory" recalled Mr.. Winslow in
response to an urge by his amuaed
colleagues: HsT
when I was about seven years old
4 AObASCu 8 DOy SolHS up ouE -c@& SCi,
taking papers from a bag and throw
ing them up on the doorsteps and
piazzas. I'd never seen that done be-
fore, so followed the boy around for
awhile and then asked him. What do
you get for doing that?' and he re
piled, Three dollars a week Can't
you make money faster than thatg
asked again. Sure, I can, and I'm GO
ing TO do 1t next week. You can do2it
now II you want to- and he grew con
fidential. Idecided to follow his cotrn-
sci, with the result that az fast as he
threw a paper on anybodys piazza ]
sneaked up and took It and sold tito
some one else. I kept that UP for
three or four nights. When l went
home our own paper had been missed
and the neighborhood was aroused
The expose came when 1 was going
to bed and as took my trousers off
stream of pennies fell out of the
pockets and ran all oyer the floor
/. didn't have to confess--ny mother
guessed what ! had been up to-
"First'I had to pick up those pen
nies and then take from my bank
enough to make up for what L, had
spent, and the next three weary days
were spent in retraciqg my errant
footsteps. paying back at each house
fer the papers had snitched"
Evening star., 1923-01-03
''Progress' Cited as
the Lesson i'm Stones

Behold the Baluchistherium come
again into public notice after laying
down his wearied bones possibly two
or three millions Of years ago.
He was built, say the paleontolo-
gists who broke open his resting
place, after the general design of the
modern rhinoceros. His skull was
ive feet long. and from this you can
make a fair guess as to his total
size. Mentally the Baluchistherium
was reactionary. His skull was al
most entirely bone. The brain cavity
was hardly larger than a cavity
which might have formed In one Of
his back teeth. And because he car
ried conservatism to it's farmost
lengths he and his kind perished from
the face OF the earth.
There came nn a pefhiod hsn In na,s. the career
greatly altered. The weather may
have grown colder or warmer. An
arid climate may have succeeded a
humid one. Marsh may have hump
ed itself up into mountains or high
lands become depressed to stasnant
the Baluchistherium did not change
with them. He did not at himself to
new circumstances. A reactiouRry
born, q reactionary by breeding and
temperament; his eyes on the past
rather than on the present and the
future, he committed racial suicide,
Natura became impatient with him
and, save for his skeleton---now be-
COME the wonder and pride OF SCI
enoe-Wiped him ouf.
The moral In the ancient BaiuehiE.
therium for US, dear readers, is this;
March with the times, Az environ
ment alters, make ourselves suitable
to if, Seek happiness In our own
days instead Of mourning about days
and eonditions 9onA forever. Don't
saeke nature aussuieua with ua~-
Teiede Dfads,
Evening star., 1923-01-03
THE WAYS OF WASHINGTON
BY WILLIAM PICKETT HELM.

for his violin-and spends an even
ing playing for his own amusement.
But IL you ever saw him on the
bench presiding at an important
| hearing you'd never suspect his
hobby.
Chairman Meyer is not alone in his
musical tastes. At least three other
of the eleven commissioners are mu-
sic lovers
Commissioner Aitchison conducts a
male chorus OF about forty voices
Under his direction 1t has become one
of the finest choruses in the city.
Aitchison would rather sing than eat
He has a fine baritone voice.
Every man in the chorus. save one,
Is an employe Of the commission. The
name of the organization Is the In
CONGO Mems Chorus. The one ex-
ception is a newspaper correspond
ent, A. L. Heiss, who has covered
the commission for his paper longer
than most employees have been on
the pay roll thera.
It was with Heiss that Aitchison
talked over the proposal to form the
chorus. At first It was a mixed af-
fair. but the women dropped out after
q time.
Commissioner Eastman is an ac-
complished pianist.
But Mark w. Potter, perhaps. comes
closest to the average small boys
idea OF a great man. Back in south
ern Illinois (they call that section
Egypt out there) Mark Potter played
silver cornet in brass band.
Then he became the leader Of the
band. They say he was q hot sport
as he marched down Main street with
the band footing and the town follow
ing at his heels.
But you'd never know it now. He
has forsaken his old hobby and adopt
ed another. The newer one is the
raising Of hogs for market.
One day the owner of the country's
biggest chain of popular restaurants
came to Potter.
"Mr. Potter" he said, I'm in trou-
ble."
whats the matter?" asked Potter.
ITS the pork chops" the restaurant
owner replied. "They don't come the
same size"
Neither do feet" remarked Potter,
but why cry about it,"
well, you see. it's this way: We've
! advertised pork chops at 10 cents q
portion. Now. II they come too small
our customers complain: and II they
are too large we lose money. What
shall we dor" -..-
Have 'em all the same Size" ad-
vised Potter. "Give me the order and
I will deliver to your restaurants
every day hogs Of y uniform size.
Then your pork chops will all be the
same size, and you'll make money"
Tho bargain was made, the hogs
were dslivared as agreed, and the
Price of pork chops in that chain OF
vsstaa.aAts remained constant at q
asurs that Welded preht,
Evening star., 1923-01-03
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHIL4ANDER JOHNSON.
Kind.Heartedness.

Kind. .Heartedness.
Bill Bliggins Is a miscreant, and yet
To blame him never was the slight.
est use.
In every instance he has promptly met
An accusation with a good excuse.
Whenever he was placed beneath ar
rest
The officers would sigh and stand
apart,
AS he declared that he had done his
best
To show generous kindliness Of
heart.
He robbed a bootleg brother Of his
And shot him up, creating much
alarm.
He said he hoped, by means Of such
+ affairs,
To lift the mortgage from his
fathers farm.
He looted shops because his mother
dear
Desired some samples of the jewel.
Bill made the hardest-hearted shed q
For such a noble ldndliness OF heart.
Evening star., 1923-01-03

should knew that the breaking down
OF respect for law cannot be localized
or limited in effect. but must, and
does. run long and disastrous course.
The man who cannot see how this
subject is developing and that it will
cut an important figure in next years
national campaign lacks vision, or is
closely occupied with other subjects.
Evening star., 1923-01-03

committee on in
terstate and for
eign commerce,
which incidentally
frames all railroad
legislation.
r ep resentative
Winslow admits
all this. When
some of his COL
leagues were re-
calling incidents,
humorous and pa
thetic, that helped
make them what
they are today, he
told the following
story Of how he
was arrested and
kept behind the
Evening star., 1923-01-03

New Year is stock taking time,
the period for inventory, not only for
store, mill or plant, but for salaried
man as well. It has been thus for
many years. Il was so some nfteen'
twenty-maybe more-years ago, out
at the University Of Wisconsin.
A tall, rangy man with a studious
bent sat himself down to total up his
capabilities and his prospects.
Here I am" he said to himself. "a
professor In the University of Wis
consin. It's a pretty good job"
And then he began to cross-exam-
Inc himself about as follows:
@. Do like the Job?
A. Pretty well.
Q. Do I like anything else better?
A. Yes; my fiddle.
O. Do want to stay in this job all
my life?
A. think not.
O. Do I want to fiddle for living? :?
A. Heavens. no.
q. What, then, do want to do!
Between that question and answer
there elapsed an interval OF many
49,,
"I guess I'd like to boss the rail-
roads of the United States"
And SO it came to pass that the
lanky professor picked up his nddle
and bade his professorship farewell
and rode down to Madison. the capital
OF the state. There he sought out the
railroad commission.
81 want q job" he said, presenting
himself to the chairman.
name, please" asked the chairman.
meyer" the young man replied,
.Balthasar Henry Meyer"
why should we give you 1ooF
asked the chairman.
Reinr prepared for that question.
young Meyer answered It. He an
swered it to such good affect that
he got the Job.
And he learned about railroading
there.
After q few years Meyer concluded
that he would like to learn about
the railroads Of Europe. So he left
his fob again and went to England.
france. Germany, Russia, italy and
elsewhere, Sometimes he rode, but
often he walked. It 10 related that
he tramped over most or Europe,
studying transportation.
So when he came back to the
United States he knew q lot about
railrosdinx. And it wasn't SO very
long before -hs reslized his ambition
and obtained . berth on the Inter
stats Commerce Commission.
On the first day OF this month he
was elected chairman Of the commits
sion, His dream has come true. He
a. boss of the railroads Of the United
States,
But he still likes music better than
anything else. At his home Ia Wash
inxton can be found the finest musical
library In this section Of the country.
He reads music ~ you and ! read
print. And once In . while he takes
6ewn the addls--aH artists pet name
Evening star., 1923-01-03

Col. Harvey is at work on report.
Curiosity naturally arises as to
whether he will make it q cold pre-
sentation Of facts or relapse into his
old-time fondness for making every
sentence snappy.
Evening star., 1923-01-03

The German republic is reported to
be in danger owing to a general col.
lapse OF economic conditions. The
pessimism which inspired so much
German philosophy has been vindi.
Gated.
Evening star., 1923-01-03

Rough streets in the District Of CO.
lumbia might make more Of an i'm
preston on several members OF Con-
gress if they had to ride over them on
a campaign tour.
Evening star., 1923-01-03

So far as the coal supply. is con-
cerned France continues to predict a
hard winter for her neighbor on the
east.
Evening star., 1923-01-03

The history of conferences has
proved that a change of climate does
not necessarily involve a change of
sentiment.
Evening star., 1923-01-03

European parleys move from city to
city in the hope evidently that change
Of scene will allay nervous tendencies.
Evening star., 1923-01-03

A few OF the war proffteers may be
tempted to put up a plea that the
money was practically forced on them.
Evening star., 1923-01-03

Having spent extravagant sums in
cafes to see the New Year in, the pub.
lie will now revert to the discussion of
the high cost of living.
Evening star., 1923-01-03

The forestry service has doubtless
preserved many trees. but it has from
time to time caused the political ak to
fall.
Evening star., 1923-01-03
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Evening star., 1923-01-03

ROM lookup to Congress, and
- from selling stolen newspapers
to individual head of one of
the largest skate manufac-
turing plants in the world is the
of Representative Samuel
E. winslow. now chairman Of the
Evening star., 1923-01-03

His anxiety to get back from Europe
is consistent with Bergdolrs inclina-
tion to keep as far away from wars
as possible
Evening star., 1923-01-03

Friends Of old John Barleycorn con-
tinue to assert that prohibition ought
to be used in moderation.
Evening star., 1923-01-03
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Evening star., 1923-01-03

The ex-kaiser says he was advised to
commit suicide. That was at least one
piece of bad advice he did not take.