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Evening star., 1923-04-23
Bernllardt's Poverty.

1t was the bitter irony OF fate that
Sarah Bernhardt, the greatest actress
and one of the most famous person
alities of her day, should die in pow
erty, her chosen burial site in the
hands Of her creditors, her funeral
expenses paid by the people OF her
home city. She had been feted and
honored and praised all over the
world; wealth had been lavished upon
her in great measure, but it had not
broken in health, she was broker
also in fortune. had been compelled
to part with many OF her dearest
treasures that she might live. Even
when death had ended her great
career, while the undertaken pre-
pared her remains for the funeral
process servers roamed through hes
home seeking property upon which
they might levy.
She may have been vain and fool
ish in her life, careless with her
financial affairs, but the burden of
poverty in her last days. and the ter
ror Of being penniless when no
longer able to work and earn, was a
have wished her to know. The stage
has in its history few greater sue
cesses than were won by her; the
stage has few more tragic chapters
than the poverty and privation that
were her portion in the last day
The brilliance of her career was no
greater than the gloom that was ali
about when the end came.-Columh bus
Ohio State Journal.
Evening star., 1923-04-23
Woodland Fires

News Of woodland fires comes from
several districts near Washington
and from many places farther off.
News of this kind comes every spring.
in spite Of exhortations to take the
steps necessary to avoid a danger
GUS menace. These woodland fires
ought not to be. They cause heavy
loss to many persons and destroy ma
terial much needed now, and which
will be more needed as time passes.
All these fires are preventable by the
exercise of a little carefulness. yet to
ask carefulness of all persons is 10 ask
a great deal Perhaps it is asking the
impossible. Some of the waste is due
10 runaway fires. In burning over
land in the spring cleanup the blaze
sometimes gets beyond bounds. Brush
fires often throw sparks and blazing
twigs into nearby woodland. Men in
passing through the woods throw away
a lighted match the burning end OF
cigar or d cigarette or they knock out
by the pathside hot ashes from a pipe.
Dry leaves and brush catch fire and
soon acres of woodland are III flames.
For many years men have been
warned against dropping lighted
matches. live "butts" and red pipe
ashes in or near woodland. and to
nay strict attention TO brush and clean
up fires. yet every year we have the
same stories Of woodland fires and the
loss Of good timber and firewood and
destruction OF houses and harms.
Evening star., 1923-04-23

$3.50 ratio. But If, as proposed by Mr..
Cramton, the law were amended to
eliminate the payment Of any definite
ratio Of proportionate contribution the
surplus would be expended without
any proportionete increase whatever
by the nation. Thus surplus OF four
and half million dollars would mean
nine millions for the capitals upbuild-
ing if expended on the $3.50 ratio:
seven and a half millions if expended
on the 6O.40 ratio. and four and a half
millions only if expended on a no-ratio
basis as proposed by Mr.. Cramton.
Adoption of the PROPOSAL to destroy
the 60-4O ratio and to substitute a
lump contribution thus threatens
loss to the District in respect to sur
plus alone of a minimum Of three mil.
lion dollars.
The contribution of lump sum an
nually by the nation toward capital
upbuilding in lieu of a proportionate
contribution would be justified if the
primary responsibility and power in
respect to District finances were trans
ferred simultaneously to the District
Eon-controlling contributor. But il the
Cramton bill were adopted full and
exclusive control Of District finances
and taxation would still be retained,
and exercised by Congress represent
ing the nation, the District would have
no greater power Of selftaxatior than
it now possesses, the wrangling in
Congress would be just as bitter and
hurtful and irritating over the amount
of the lump-sum contribution as in
the past over the equitable ratio. and
the only effect OF the change would
be to forbid Congress to appropriate
for the capital from the Treasury more
than a fixed maximum amount. and
to separate this contribution from all
relation to that of the capital. Wash
ington would thus be deprived of its
safeguard against excessive and un-
just taxation by a taxing body in
which it is not represented without
any compromising benefits whatever.
The act Of June 30, 1922. was i'm
posed upon us as a compromise peace
measure. Ii increased our taxes. re-
duced our exclusive revenues and bur-
dened taxpayers Of the present with
the obligations of taxpayers Of the fu-
ture. OfsettinE these drastic exac-
tions it affirmed the principle of def
mite proportionate contribution and
promised US the blessings of fiscal
peace and a period of cessation Of fric-
ton breeding controversy.
Now that the definite 6040 ratio is
fixed in the new law by compromise
agreement will not the District il fair
rcss be permitted to adjust itself to it's
new fiscal organic act and to begin
TO enjoy the promised bliss OF fiscal
peace?
The CramtOn proposition threatens
loss of millions in connection with the
surplus, repudiates the agreement
upon the 1910 ratio, substitutes sys-
tenn of indefinite unrelated cOntribu-
tion by capital and nation and pre-
cipitates Washington taxpayers into
the fiscal chaos from which they have
recently emerged.
Evening star., 1923-04-23
Protect the Horses!

In fire in this city early yesterday
morning, which destroyed a lumber
yard. thirty four horses were burned to
death in a stable. These animals could
not be rescued. 1t would have taken
q large force of men working with
the greatest speed and far more sue.
cess in handling the frightened ami
mails than 10 usually met to lead them
to safety. The poor creatures were
trapped practically without q chance.
This disaster brings once moro to
attention the question Of insuring
fireproof shelter for draft animals. As
a rule at present the stables in which
they are kept are highly infiammable,
some OF them are mere sheds. and in
most cases they are filled with hay. At
night the horses are tied In their
stalls and the outer doors Of the sta
bles are locked. If the building catches
Are the chances are g. hundred to one
against tho rescue Of the occupants.
In <As nght ef de IRE ef ysstsrday
Evening star., 1923-04-23
Saved From the Ice.

With a temperature in this city
yesterday Of 50 degrees it is strange
to read in the dispatches Of the
rescue of the icebound party Of
woodsmen from an island in Lake
Michigan. After unsuccessful efforts
by airplane to reach these eight men
and one woman there m9rooned an
ice-breaking railroad car ferry was
forced through the foes. 1t took the
steamer five hours to cut through the
ice.
The great lakes. especially in the
northern reaches. hold their ice to a
late date, but navigation, as a rule,
begins before now. The present sea
son has been severe one. Had the
weather been as mild in that latitude
this year as last there would have
been no trouble about reaching the
marooned woodsmen, or, indeed, no
trouble on their side about getting
away. Three men did desert the
camp, taking the desperate chance
to go over the ice to the mainland,
which they managed to reach in
safety, and to give the word Of
their comrades urgent need Of
food. 1t was a heavy risk, for they
had to cross numerous soft places and
leap ice cracks. Had they not done
so in all likelihood these people would
have starved to death, for they were
practically at the end of their rations
O: frozen potatoes and beans when
the steamer reached them.
When the ice breaks up in the
upper lakes it passes down into
Huron and Erie with great force. BY
the time it has reached Niagara,
however, it is broken and much Of
it is dissolved. BY no means all of
the enormous mass of upper lake ice
passes over the falls. This movement
takes place within a few days, and
after a severe winter, when the ice
las frozen to an unusual thickness,
the foe movement eastward has tre-
n,endous force that does much dam
age. Yet incredibly soon after the
movement starts a great fleet is ply
ing these waters, conducting a traffic
that at Detroit, in the narrows of the
rivers between Huron and Erie, is
reckoned as the heaviest volume in
the world.
Evening star., 1923-04-23

and the billeting of savage blacks
and half blacks in German homes
The two are not comparable. and no
unbiased thinker attempts to place
draw. if possible, analogies which
can only be SO weak as to be silly.
The remaining SENTENCES OF the
para graph are equally illogicai and
shifting of scenes. I regret DR.. Wiley
felt impelIed to seize upon such tot
tertng attempts at refutation in order
to defend France for an action which
is as impolitic as 1t is wrong. which
enables observers to say that she. too.
is not free from those unlikable
characteristics which have in late
years been considered the exclusive
defend a palpable wrong is but to
accentuate it, and the more frantic
the apology the more convincing be-
comes the guilt. 1t is regrettable that
DDS as have been used in the Rhine
land.
With his love for. France ! have
no quarrel; it is admirable. 1t is true
that France has given many great
men and great ideas to the world.
her Bismarck. her Ludendorff. her
Wilhelm II. honesty will compel US
also to recall that France has pro-
duced a Richstieu.. q Louis XIV and a
tions the last as q great leader or
France; undoubtedly So but with
qualities OF character and ambitions
which cost Europe much suffering
Hefore they were defeated. Perhaps,
also. DR.. Wiley does not recall that
it was this leader of France who rob
bed the museums of Italy to enrlch
the halls of Paris, and despoiled the
galleries of Berlin in 1906 in order
to adorn the French capital with
booty.
The moral is, IT, I may utter one,
that II one seeks honestly to analyze
historical episodes and seek basic
cause for them one must first strip of
the prejudioes and bias which dislike
for enemies or alien policies ensender
in ones heart. Biased study OF his
tory 10 as dangerous to the individual
as to the state and leads to uncon-
scious dishonesty and mental stultifi-
cation.
Let me add that I do not fear that
DR.. Wiley is possessed OF such quail
ties. for his analytic mind knows a
situation, even when his enthusiasm
becIouds his discussion of it. But
others not SO alert mentally as he
may see in his paragraphs an infal-
lible dictum only and be encouraged
in that habit of thought, wholly un
scientific, which chooses only the fac
tors that 1t likes or can get with
least effort in the development OF its
opinions. am sure he would regret
that as much as ]. H. C. DlEHL.
Evening star., 1923-04-23
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

President Harding's forthcoming
swing around the circle" will start.
in effect, if not actually, when he
leaves Washington tonight to address
tomorrow's Associated Press luncheon
in New York. Mr.. Harding's speech
will be an unmstakable keynote"
He will talk as President of the
United States. not as a prospective
candidate for reelection. He will
advocate national policies, not party
programs. The President recently
confessed that he seldom knows just
exactly what he is going to say in a
speech until the eleventh hour. He
has spent a busy week end sketching
the broad outlines of his New York
address. 1t will probably be In print
before his departure, but last-minute
changes would accord with Mr.. Hard
ing's time-honored habit. On the
world court the President will be
heard from in unambiguous terms.
They will bring small comfort to the
timorous G. o. p. souls who paint
doleful pictures of a party split If
NE Harding insists upon an interna-
tional measure espoused in turn by
William Mckinley, Theodore Roose-
welt, William II. Taft, John Hay,
Elihu Root and Charles E. Hughes.
The Harding jaw was never set
squarer for q knock-down and drag
out fight. 1t will be in full working
order in the banqueting hall Of the
waldorf Astoria tomorrow
II - Sar -
Three notable names have been add
ed to the board Of trustees Of the
Carnegie Endowment for Interaa-
tional Peace to I'LL vacancies caused
by death or resignation-Senato
Oscar" W. Underwood OF Alabama,
former Gov. Frank O. Lowden Of IL
linois and Charles s. Hamlin of
Massachusetts, member Of the Fed
eral Reserve Board. Senator Under
south. formerly occupied by former
Senator John Sharp williams of Mis-
sissippi All three of the new Car
neEie trustees are avowed apostles
Of American cooperation in world af-
fairs
Unless present plans are revised,
tho reconstructed Leviathan, queen Of
the American merchant marine. will
make a trial trip from New York to
southern American waters before en-
barking upon her maiden transatlan-
tic voyage. 1t IS proposed to send the
Leviathan from Norfolk to New
York during the first fortnight in
Juno and get up steam for a coast
wise spin, on or about June Is. The
trial run, to and fro. VIII occupy
invited guests probably will make up
the ships company. All IL set for a
MAGNIFICENT send-off when the Levia-
than lifts anchor for her hrst journey
aosos0 the Atlantic - u0lteA States
pssSsnSsr vssssi. It prsntDsS - 30
Evening star., 1923-04-23

the most joyous 4th of July in the
history of New York harbor.
:: < ::
Efforts are in progress to induce
one OF Europe's foremost statesmen
to undertake a country wide chau-
tauqua speaking tour in the United
States next autumn or winter. These
are some of the figures submitted to
him as evidence of the magnitude of
the lecture-going habit in North
America:
ChautauQuas 10 e. 8. and Canada a653
Lyceum courses in L. s. and Canada s.795
SnsutHuqua lectures. I'll
LSceum lectures. ...-...-....... 5S2
Annual chatauqua admissions . 80 $50 OOO
Estimated lyceum attendance. ..... 49, ,o62 600
People reached BY lectures. 10000. 600
x
X. p. Schwerin of San Francisco.
who is battling for American radio
rights in China against powerful
Japanese opponents, was in early life
the right-hand man of Coils P. Hunt
inston. celebrated western railroad
pioneer. When Huntington passed
from the scene, although he and E. H.
Hartman were deadly foes, Schwerin
transferred his activities to Harri
mans service and became one of his
most trusted lieutenants. Later
Schwerin was vice president of the
Southern Pacific, and afterward presi
dent of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company. A few years ago. long be-
fore radio had become either a pop
Schwerin discerned its future and or
ganized the Federal Telegraph Com
pany of California. 1t is the only
concern in the United States which
maintains a regular commercial
ppint- t-to-point radio service. and
geles: San Francisco. Portland and
Seattle. It IL the Federal company
for whose Chinese rights the United
States Is now at bat in Peking.
K x y
An American writer recently was
sent to Europe by a publishing house
to produce biographical sketches of
outstanding old world figures of the
postwar era. Among the manu-
scripts he sent along the other day
was narrative of Lord Northcliffe
His editor cabled: Cant use North
ciiffe or any other obituary notices"
The writer flashed back: Mussolini
bats for Northcliffe."
X
Gilbert M. HITCHCOCK of Nebraska
3s not a statesman out of job, for
he has left the Senate only to resume
his real profession, that of an editor.
He reappeared publicly in his original
capacity in Washington at the recent
luncheon which Overseas Writers
gave in honor of Lord Robert Cecil.
Hitchcock started out in life as a
lawyer, but founded a newspaper in
Omaha in 1885 and has been a pub
Usher ever since. He qualified at the
Cecil luncheon as editor of his own
paper, the World-Herald, for which
he is temporarily acting a. Washing
ton correspondent.
(o1pyTiyak 1e2s.) ...-..-.
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morning it would be we'll for the Com.
nissioners to order q survey to deter
mine stable conditions in the District.
to ascertain the places where there is
danger Of a repetition of that shock.
ing happening.
Evening star., 1923-04-23

A soviet judge at Warsaw SEN
tences seven highwaymen to death.
Nothing surprising in that fact. But
when it develops that the judge is
bobbed- hair girl OF twenty the case
takes on an international aspect OF
interest.
Evening star., 1923-04-23

March automobile production in the
United States totaled 340,2S9 ma
chimes. While there is no record of
the number of old ones scrapped, 1t
is safe to assume that the traffic con-
ditions have grown worse in conse-
uuence.
Evening star., 1923-04-23

Medical opinion is unanimous that
long-distance dancing is a sure cause
Of eventual decay Of the human sys-
TEN. The longer the dance the
shorter the survival.
Evening star., 1923-04-23

Washington has six weeks to pre-
pare for the big Shrine party and
judging from present activities it will
be ready in good time.
Evening star., 1923-04-23
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Too Much to Expect.
Amid PHILOSOPHERS that fly,
With fancy's rainbow colors fraught,
Perhaps it might be well to try
A simple, unpretentious thought;
So here's a. limo for joyous youth
As we'll as nanhood's toilsome
prime;
Remember, son. this simple truth:
You can't be lucky all the time.
The wheels Of fate as they go round
Must turn for loss as well as gain.
Some blame as well as praise must
And great reforms prove oft in vain.
And so. when wearying in the strife,
Do not forget this homely rhyme,
Be brave and play the game Of life;
You can't be lucky ell the time.
Posterity.
We are not doing much for posterity's
sake
In art or in story or song;
We're inclined to insist that some
chance it shall take,
AS we did, On things going wrong.
We question the wisdom Of piling up
wealth,
To be handed to leisurely youth.
We simply advise on some matters Of
health
And the beauty Of telling the truth.
We dress up the girls and the grand
mothers, too.
In clothes that look twisted and
queer.
The shapes and the trimmings pre-
sented to view
In their turn will no doubt disap-
The fashion designs unto which people
Will one day become subjects for
chaff.
We're not doing much for posterity
: !Izsspt4ns 70 ssyv..4 Q lgusA. =
Evening star., 1923-04-23

An Elmwood. Ohio, grade-crossing
watchnan quit work at midnight
The trains and motor cars continued
Notwithstanding. Result; five dead!
Evening star., 1923-04-23

The tercentenary Of the publication
of Shakespeare's first folio finds the
musical comedy still jigging along.
Evening star., 1923-04-23

Was it in memory Of the Com
moner that major league base ball
team Saturday beat its opponent by
the score of 16 to /?
Evening star., 1923-04-23

Such fires as that Of Sunday morn
ing here give point to the demand for
flreproof stables for horses.
Evening star., 1923-04-23
In a Few Words.

There is lot Of brilliance and dash
among the young writer's. but it would
be a good thing for them all il they
would go back and read Shakespeare
and the old Testament.
e. A. ROBINSON.
Crime is more sinister today than
thirty years ago, because it is less
spontaneous.
DIR. CHARLES PARKHURsT.
American women possess. above
women of all other nations. the fac
ulty of retaining their youthful ap
pearance.
MISS JEANETTE FRANKLIN
There are very few young people
who are balanced enough to cope
with success. Adulation in adoies
eence is very difficult to deal with.
JOHN DREW.
Evening star., 1923-04-23
Rate by NIail-Payable In Advance
NfarvIand and Virpinia
All 0ther State
Meuber NJ fhe Associated Press.

Tbs Associated Press is exclusively entitled
"a tile use for republication Of all news dis
patches credited to 1t or not otherwise credited
In this paper and also the local news pup.
Hshed herein. All rights Of publication or
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1923-04-23
10 No Comparsson. u.

I cannot trace DR.. wileys loEic
~ to the analogy between our send
ing American negro troops to France
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-12
EAST.

At Brunswick: Bowdoin VS.. Norwich.
At New York: Columbia VS.. Wesleyan.
At Storrs: Connecticut Aggies VS..
Maine.
At Ithaca: Cornell VS.. Williams.
At Hanover: Dartmouth VS.. BostoL
University.
At Newark: Delaware VS.. Ursnus.
At Cambridge: Harvard VS.. Middle
At BALTIMORE: Johns Hopkins VS.. Mt.
At Easton: Lafayette VS.. Franklin and
Marshall.
At Allentown: Muhlenberg VS.. Dick
Inson.
At.Durham: New Hampshire State VS..
Rhode Island.
At New York: New York U. VS.. Rens-
s.aer.
At Philadelphia: Pennsylvania VS..
Swarthmore.
At State College: Penn State VS.. Get.
tysburg
At Pittsburg: Pittsburg VS.. West vir-
ginia.
At Princeton: Princeton VS.. George
town.
At New Brunswick: Rutgers VS.. Lee
high.
At Syracuse: Syracuse VS.. Alabama.
At Lewisburg: Bucknell VS.. Susque-
hanna.
At Medford: Tufts vs. Bates.
At schenectady: Union VS.. Amherst
At New York: Army VS.. Notre Dame
At nndpolis: Navy VS.. West Virginia
Wesleyan.
At Baltimore: " p. I. VS.. Third Corps
Area.
At Washington: Washington and JEFF
ferson VS.. Brown.
At New Haven: Yale VS.. Georgia.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-12
MIDDLE WEST.

At Cleveland: Case VS.. Oberlin.
At Boulder: Colorado VS.. State Teach
ers.
At Fort Collins: Colorado Agges VS.
Brigham Young.
At Denver: Colorado Mines VS.. Colo
RADIO College.
At Manhattan: Kansas Aggies VS..
Creighton.
At Dayton: Dayton VS.. Pennsylvania
At Granville: Denison VS.. Cincinnati
p At Greencastle: DePauw VS.. Lake For
est.
At Dertoit: Detroit VS.. Wilmington.
At Hiram: Hiram VS.. Western Reserve.
At Urbana: Illinois VS.. Butler.
At Indianapolis: Indiana VS.. North
western.
At Iowa City: Iowa VS.. Purdue.
At Milwaukee: Marquette VS.. Ripon.
At Ann Arbor: Michigan VS.. Wander
bilt.
At Minneapolis: Minnesota VS.. Has
kell.
At Columbia: Missouri VS.. Ames.
At Lincoln: Nebraska VS.. Oklahoma
At Crank Forks: North Dakota VS.
South Dakota.
At Fargo: North Dakota Aggies VS..
South Dakota State.
At Columbus: Ohio State VS.. Colgate.
At Lawrence: Kansas VS.. Oklahoma
Aggies.
At Cleveland: St. Ignatous VS.. Car
negie Tech.
At St. Louis: st. Louis VS.. Illinois
College.
AZ Cincinnati: st. Xavier VS.. Ohio T..
At St Louis: Washington VS.. Grinnell
At Madison: Wisconsin VS.. Michigan
ASgies.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-12
BRECKENRIDGE HIGH
LINEUP is CHANGED
FOR SATURDAY GAME
Urban Moved From Full
back to Center Sckrei-
ner Averages $50.

Breckenridge High School will put
a somewhat changed lineup into Sat
urday's game at Schwab Field against
Schreiner Institute from what the
South Side school started against the
Texas University Shorthorns last Sat
urday.
Shorty" McCarty, crack end, whose
mouth injury has healed, will be at
one end, with Massey at the other.
Williams. who started the season at
center, will play in Carvers tackle.
Carver is out for perhaps the dura-
ton of the season with small bone
in his right leg broken. Blankenship
will play the other tackle position.
Smith and, Nicklcs will be in guards,
while Urban. fullback last week, will
appear at his last years position, CEN
ter.
Captain Whitney, of course, will
run his team from quarterback. Rem
fro will be at left half. Byron has
been shifted by Coach Kilgore from
a halfback position to Urbans full
back job. and Vassar Jones will move
in to take Byron's half at first of the
game.
Coach Oehler of Schreiner Institute
sends word that he will bring squad
of 26 men. Among them will be Jack
Stevens, captain and star quarterback,
who, however. may not be able to play
because of injuries received last Fri
day.
The Schreiner team will average
about 16O pounds. The line up to start
probobly will be:
Dibrell and A. Dietert. ends; Car
mack and McMains. tackles: Smo,t
and Burford. guards; Henderson. CEN
ter: Carmichael, quarterback; Owens
and Ford, halfbacks; Flory. fullback.
The game will start at 3 40 in or
der to permit fans to stay for the
world series at the downtown thcaters
and yet have plenty of time after the
baseball game to reach Schwab
Field.