Evening star., 1923-09-03
TALKS and TALES
With and About
CAPITALS GUESTS

succeed d-himself movement fiocking
| from every direction to get aboard
the band wagon must be most sat
isfying to those original boosters who
backed the Massachusetts statesman
to head the republican ticket at the
q. 0. p. national convention in 1920.
And there were others than the
! Bay state delegates who foresaw
presidential timber in the "man of
destiny" and one of these. Joseph
II. Gaines. former representative to
Congress from West Virginia and
! delegate from that state to the big
Chicago conclave. is at the Shoreham
Hotel for a few days while attending
to business in the city.
The tall Charleston business man
asked by the writer how West vir-
ginia folks regarded the new Presi-
dent. and stretching his long arms
back of his head, said. Besides hav
for the Boston strikebreaker at the
last convention have been more than
delighted TO find how strong he seems
! TO be right now in the country at
large. Even In my hometown his
succession to the presidency brought
out expressions showing both knowl-
| edge and appreciation of him from
many persons whom I had not sup
! and interested in him.
TO Jump from general statement
10 particular instance, let me say that
the appointment of Bascom Slemp has
met with most favorable reaction from
both democrats and republicans 1t is
that sort of merited appointment OF a
capable man from another section OF
the country than the Presidents own.
which exhibits that sort of politica
| which ! call craftsmanship"
| Asked his opinion Of the coal situa-
| non,' Mr.. Gaines brows knitted he
thought second, and said: so far as
| the coal situation is concerned what is
! needed, and all that is needed Is the
/ enforcement of law and order. to the
end that any man who wishes to work
may 90 SO. and any man who wishes to
stop work may likewise exercise his
| liberty in that direction. And that a
| man who owns property may manage
II as he pleases, go long as he does not
interfere with Lawful. rights of others
ton district of West Virginia in the
lower house from 1901 to 1911, and
says ne Still ma .nta.ns a keen interest
| IN the future success of the republican
a noted athlete at Princeton. is now in
terested in the coal industry with head
quarters at Dayton. Ohio
And speaking Of dfscoverers. there
/ is Cuban Lord Caravon" spending
4 Few days at the Hotel Washington.
VINO. II things turn out Is he expects,
/ Will in all probabilities attract quite
| British explorer.
This Is none. other than DR.. Fer
| nando Ortiz of Havana. Cuba cor
poration lawyer. and member of the
| camara de representatives, or Cuban
house Of representatives. who in
spare moments devotes all of his time
to archaeological work.
I 1t was while on a pleasure trip in
the Isle of Pines in southern Cuba
last year that DR.. Ortiz discovered
cave that must have been in
habitated BY one of the early races
of Indians thousands and thousands
of years ago. On the walls and CELL
found paintings that beggar descrip-
| ton, and so enthusiastic was the
| Cuban archeologist over his find that
he immediately got in touch with
technology at the Smithsonian 1nsti-
ton, and so interested has the latter
] become in the discovery that he has
promised the Havana Legislator. the
fullest co-opera ton. and will visit the
cave during the next few months
| himself.
present his findings to the American
| Indian Heye Foundation. and, on his
return to Washington. will complete de-
| tails of an expedition that will be
! eventually sent to Cuba by Dr. Fuchs,
in case the discovery warrants it,.
DIR. Ortiz is also a member OF the
| Academy of Science, Havana. and has
written many books on histry. archeolo-
gy and sociological problems.
| With head bulging to the breaking
point with much anthropoloEical mys-
terry, cave dwellers. etc, the writer had
hardly entered the apartments OF Prof.
Vernon Lyman Kellogg. at the Hotel
La Fayette than he found that noted
scientist up to hiA ears in work with
matters to do with the National Re
search Council. of which he is head
Prof. Kellogg. with Mrs Kellogg. had
just reached the city from Carmei.
enjoyable summer in cosy little cot
tage on Monterey bay.
The famous scientific writer. who did
such yeoman service as director in
Brussels of the American Relief Com
mission to Belgium from 1918 to 1921.
was most enthusiastic over the outlook
Of the National Research Council.
which is a cooperative body. whose
members represent about seventy
scientific organizations throughout the
United States. and the purpose Of
which is to spread broadcast research
findings to American scientists.
Prof. Kellogg said that he and his
associates We're looking forward with
great pleasure to the day when they
will move the headquarters of the
council to its new S1,O00,000 building.
| which Is nearly ready for occupancy
and faces the west end of the Mall
When we move. in" he said. the
National Research Council. together
with the National Academy of
Sciences, which will also be housed
in the building. will be a central
clearing house for American scien-
lists"
Asked about conditions In Cali
fornia, the genial scientist thought
for minute and said. Really Cali
fornia Is SO wonderful I will have to
stop to think of words to express
my opinion
Don't tax. your brain, professor"
chirped up the writer. The papers
new supply of superlatives won't
reach the city until later in the week
and I can perfectly well use one
OF Representative Frees descriptive
speeches.
yes" laughed the scientist. They
almost tell the story"
Fresh from Moscow, Russia. with
a series Of photographs of its suf-
| fering people, which hardly coincide
| with certain reports OF that countrys
prosperity. DIR. Florestan Aquilar of
| Madrid. Spain, delegate of the Rus
| sian relief committee of the Inter-
national Dental Federation, Will re-
! main few days at the New Willard
Hotel with his wife, after having had
a private interview with Secretary
| Hoover regarding his report.
! Following an urgent appeal from
the dentists of Russia to the Inter
national Dental Federation for i'm
mediate assistance, the Spaish dentist
was delegated to the great White
land by his fellows to inspect condi-
tions, and, according TO him, found the
vast majority of members of his pro-
lfession in destitute circumstances.
He said that all instruments had
lhean nafionalized their owners were