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Evening star., 1923-03-02
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

veins flows no corpuscle of Anglo Saxon
blood Britain WAS not the rmother
country" OF Roosevelt, who was Dutch
by extraction; nor would 1t be acknoWl-
edged as such by Senator Owen OF
Oklahoma, who is proud of his Chero-
Of Louisiana, who is part French; or by
either of the Washes. who claimed
Erin as their motherland; or by Knute
Nelson, who sprang from vikings in
Norway; or by Oscar S. Straus, who
was born in Germany; or by Nikola
stock in the United States in 1920. to-
falling 36,39s,95s, English and Celtic
were the mother tongues OF only about
one e-quarter-9, 729. 1866 German mic mother
tongues came next, with S,622.4 498 repre-
sentatives.
These are the hours when some of the
finer sides OF American politics are re-
vealed-when politicians are parting
company, at the breakup of an old
Congress, some never to meet again on
terms Of oompanionship. At such times
partisanship vanishes and conrsadeship
prevails. The rancors of the floor are
forgotten. Republicans and democrats
exchange handclasps and shoulder pats
in q spirit of brotherly love. which Is
seldom feigned. Farewells are particu-
larly poignant among senators. Men
like Pomerene and Hitchcock, who dis
appear from the democratic side, and
republicans like Kellogg. Frelinghuysen,
ber and France, enjoy strong friend
ships among their colleagues, rooted in
the years, and when good -byes are said
on Sunday they will be Enged with
real sadness.
With the tourist tide flowing high
and irresistible toward Florida, Kenneth,
L. Roberts, who covers Washington
for the Saturday Evening Post, has
written a timely volume called 'The
Sun Hunters" 1t IS dedicated to Juan
Ponce de Leon, who found In 1913 that
Florida wasn't all il was cracked up to
be, but who liked it well enough to 60
back" Roberts book is devoted to
adventures and observations among
the native and migratory tribes o!
Florida including the stoica1 time
killers Of Palm Beach,. the gentle and
gregarfous tin-canners OF the remote
interior, and the vivacious and semi
violent peoples OF Miami and its pur-
lieus."
Almost for the first time since he be-
came President, Mr.. Harding will have
to break the Sabbath on March 4, to be
at the Capitol and sign the last minute
bills passed by the Senate. At the
hour of writing the sixty-seventh Con-
gress expects to die with its boots on
and be at work practically till the last
second of it's official eXistence-high
noon of March 4. Sunday sessions have
been infreQuent. but are not unprece-
dented, in the history Of Congress.
Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1923-03-02
Rourke Cochran.

Death Of Bourke Cockran-he was
always best known by his abbreviated
name, and few would recognize him
If. styled William B. Cockran-revives
memories Of the days when he was in
his best form as a political orator. days
when he made the walls Of convention
halls ring with his eloquence, when his
flowing name would toss above the sea
OF heads like the crest Of Neptune's
horse above the waves, ana his won
derful voice would ring even over the
clamor OF his delighted hearers. He
had the gift of the silver tongue. the
persuasive phrase, the felicitous har.
snony Of tone and sentence that make
the orator.
ft seems a long time since Richard
Croker used to go to the big political
gatherings with his two spokesmen,
Bourke Cochran and John Fellows,
antitheses in appearance, but brethren
in the art Of political expression.
Croker was no speechmaker. He
picked his men for that purpose, and
IN Fellows and Cochran he had re-
eaaz5mble pair. Each man had his
Speciality. Fellows In satire and Cock.
tao @ sHseteu6 xlo&asneA Between
Evening star., 1923-03-02
Too Poor to Marry.

TOO poor to marry" says Charlie
Chaplin. HE ought to marry a rich
woman" says Pola, his aforetime
f1ancee. So the match is of. that
match that has done its bit for good
publicity for the two shrinking movie
stars. And the world laughs again at
Charlie, as it has laughed so often be.
fore. For it Is to laugh. this new stunt
OF his, Of faltering from the responsi.
b!lity OF ratrimony because he cannot
be sure of having enough to support
wife. He has tried il once, and IL
was failure. just because Of an in.
compatible difference Of temperament
OF the score OF the household bills.
VIII the world think less OF or laugh
not quite so heartily at the comic fel
low with the unruly feet because he is
a "tightwad"? When 1t sees him next
on the screen will 1t think Of him a
the man who counts the pennies while
the bank account is bulging with dol.
lars7 Probably not. It is the picture
that tells tho story, not the sentimen,
behind the personality.
The relatively theory is involved in
this situation. What Is narriageable
fortune? Many a man marries on SIC
week and thanks his stars he can
find q woman who is willing to take q
chance with him. Usually he makes
good. Matrimonial happiness is not a
matter Of the weekly pay envelope
Most marriages that fall, indeed, are
wrecked by too much cash. Perhaps
In the back Of Charles mind is a glim
ner Of this truth. Maybe he secretly
longs for the day when he was q cir.
Gus clown, getting, at the most, 325 a
week.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
Germany's Warning"

Reading Of the statement issued
yesterday from the German embassy
in Washington leaves a decidedly un.
pleasant taste in the mouth. On its
face it is a warning that an "explo-
sion" Is likely to occur soon in the
Ruhr, and that the German govern
ment disclaims responsibility for the
consequences, but 1t requires no great
stretch Of the imagination to read into
the statemen: an invitation to the
population Of the occupied area to 60
ahead and explode, with assurances
of the sympathy II not the active sup
port Of the government at Berlin. The
statement is calculated to have about
the same effect on the Ruhr situation
| as Oil has when applied to smolder-
ing fire.
It is asserted in the statement that
| the German government still main
tains a policy of mere passive resist.
ance," but fear is expressed that the
population may let itself be led into
acts Of desperation, in which event the
German government will not be in a
position to guarantee the mainte.
nance Of peace and order" The Ger
man governments policy of "mere
passive resistance has consisted in
openly encoura gine Inhabitants OF tho
| occupied territory to engage in sabot-
age and other forms OF resistance
| which are anything but passive, and
! - ao.sta~ no. haap rooro opo ~pia,yas,s,y "
| lacking in the attitude Of Berlin than
a desire for peace and order"
It is true that the German security
police have been disarmed by the
French, but the security police. under
the circumstances, were not agencies
of peace and order. In fact. their dis
armament removed a very serious
menace to peace. The Berlin govern.
ment is not quite able to make the
world believe these police would have
turned their weapons against the
civilian population in order to prevent
an uprising. so their only function in
the event Of trouble apparently would
have been to resist the French, which
as a method OF preserving peace is an
idea on which Berlin enjoys a rnonop-
oily.
II there is such an explosion" in
the Ruhr as the German embassy evil
IDENTIFY fears, whether directly or re-
motely inspired by this latest Official
German outg,ving. the government at
Berlin will have to suffer the conse.
quences, however much it may dis
claim responsibility. AS an appeal to
the sympathies Of this country the
statement is a failure. for It leaves
American emotions cold. It is interest
ing chiefly as another curious example
Of the German way OF seeing things.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
PROFITS OF THE GOVERNMENT
GRAIN CORPORATION.


I made an effort to find out from
those in charge of the affairs of the
Grain Corporation here in Washington
lust how much profit the government
made out Of handling the farmers
wheat during the war. Those in
charge seemed to be able to give but
very little information on the subject.
/ have been advised from other
sources, however, that the profit OF
the rovernment for handling the
farmers wheat was somewhere be-
tween S75,o0o,ooo and 100000, 0oo.-
Senator Gooding, Idaho, republican.
WHERE SOME OF THE
MILK GOES.
In this country we produce approx
rhateiy 1900, 100000 pounds of evap-
GRATED milk. and in 1920 we were
producing S5.000,000 pounds of this
filled milk.--Senator Ladd. North Da-
kota. republican.
CONFISCATfNG PRIVATE
PROPERTY.
AS to our own precedents. | think
the gentleman who said we had never
forgotten that when the revolution
ary war was going on eleven of the
thirteen colonies confiscated the
property of those of their citizens
who remained loyal to Great Britain.
Representative Temple. Pennsylvania.
EA0uhIlc2o>--- -
Evening star., 1923-03-02

1t is not given to many men to
adorn the politics Of four successive
decades. Yet that was Bourke Cock
rams distinction. He brought with
him from County Sligo In 1871, aged
seventeen, an Irish silver tongue, and
from the moment he was admitted to
the New York bar. in 1876. Cochran
was an oratorical power in state and
national politics. Enduring fame came
from his speeches at the democratic
conventions of 1884 and 1892. when he
vainly opposed the nomination of
Grover Cleveland for President. His
great voice was raised for Mckinley
In 1896 on the gold issue, but revert
imperialism issue. Had he been born
an American. Cockran's eloquence
might have made him a presidential
possibility. as Bryan's speechmaking
San Francisco, Cockran's sonorous
nomination of "Al" Smith swept the
convention Off it's feet, as did his ef
fort on behalf of wet" plank. Cock
never studied. At San Francisco the
spotlight suddenly was turned on him
as he rose to speak. 1t blinded him and
was switched off. II thank you" said
Cochran. in his richest brogue. II am
now submerged in that obscurity
One Of the eleventh.hour acts of the
Sixty-seventh Congress was the pas
sage Of the filled milk bill. After the
demise of the ship subsidy. that ILL
starred measure became known on
Capitol JTiil as the spilled milk bill. Il
hardly deserves the nickname. for
there's no lack of crying over its
fate. The filed milk bill. as few peo-
pie outside of farmers and dairy folks s
know. prohibits interstate commerce
in condensed milk product largely
composed Of cocoanut oil and alleged
to interfere with infantile develop
ment. .'
Herbert Hoover's american. Indi-
vidualism' is crowding Coue's first
aid to the distressed as a best seller.
Sales have mounted to figures that
the publishers expectations. Hoover
rejoices at the size Of his royalty
checks, because he assigned the pro-
ceeds TO philanthropic fund in
which he Is deeply interested. The
Secretary OF Commerce is probably
the first cabinet officer In American
history who doesn't get any pay-his
salary Is turned over to special as
sistants for whom the budget makes
no allowance.
Col. Harvey. IL correctly reported. is
likely TO hear from his Pilgrims dinner
reference in London to the mother
country The idea that Britain Is the
motherland OF the United States period
ically riles Americans through whose
Evening star., 1923-03-02
Urges Donors Decide
On Nanny Memorial

To the Editor Of The Star:
The plethora OF advice given
through our newspapers as to 'the
form" tho Nanny Memorial should
take makes one wonder II tho .oon-
tributors through their committee are
to be given no voice.
Such attempted interference with
and regulation of a harmless private
gift should not be encouraged-it is.
In essence, the attempted coercion of
q few southern women, who have
offered a beautiful gift in beautiful
spirit.
"The Home for the Aged Colored
Women" idea is good. as is Mrs. Far
rington's school project, but Is there
10 be no place in our educational
scheme for just the appreciation of
art for arts sake tas in the statue
in Rock Creek) apart from the ever
lasting practical side"
I write as a visiting New England
woman. with q Cape Cod ancestry
stretching back for 800 years-hardly
to be accused OF too much senti-
msnt-anyWAy southern sentiment.
-. y. LENA HAM1IN KNIPE
Evening star., 1923-03-02
By THE MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.

Few in America will mourn the
death of Heinrich Won Eckhardt. the
German minister plenipotentiary IN
Chile. where he has just been killed
through a fall from a precipice while
engaged in a mysterious mountain
eering expedition in the Andes. For.
throughout the great war, and until
we'll into 1919. he was the most
active agent and resourceful leader
of all the anti-American propagan-
da and agitation in the new world.
AS the kaiser's minister in Mexico. he
ayailed himself of his diplomatic i'm
munities and privileges to instigate.
foster and finance innumerable out
RACES against American life and prop
ehty-not only south but also north
Of the Rio Grande-
There was no end to his malignant
cy. He cost the United States many
hundreds of lives and many millions
of dollars in destruction of property,
and from Mexico he initiated, after
the expulsion Of Count Bernstorf
from the United States. the most
nefarious and criminal activities OF
geration to state that he rendered
himself guilty Of the violation OF
every law of honor. official and per-
sonal. in Mexico. and having shown
the most shameless disregard OF the
ethics and obligations that from time
immemorial have governed the con-
duct Of diplomatic representatives.,
obligations observed even by the
semi-barbarous and half-civilized
nations, the government at Washing
ton, naturally. manifested considera-
BILE hesitation about permitting him
to traverse the United States in the
summer of 1919, from the Mexican
frontier to New York in order to
embark there for Rotterdam, en- route
for Berlin. His assurances OF good
conduct during the trip we're looked
upon as so worthless that he had to
travel from tho Rio Grande to New
York virtually In bond, and he was
kept under the closest observation
Of the United States secret service.
until his ship had passed the Mar
rows, outward bound.
-
After his arrival in Berlin ne de-
voted himself to the organization Of
numerous ingenious schemes with a
| view to securing Teuton control Of
trade and industry-not alone in
Mexico, but in the other Latin
American republics, and for combat
ling the interests Of the United States
there, with every intrigue and In
sidious device at his command. He
was instrumental also in the sale to
Mexico Of all sorts OF Teuton war
material, Of explosives, and especially
Of military aircraft which. according
to the terms Of Marshal Foch's
armistice and Of the treaty OF ver-
sailles, should have been surrendered
by Germany to France and to the
other powers Of the entente. He was
equally responsible for the large
number of former officers Of the
kaiser who sought and found after
the war service in the army of
Mexico.
While in Mexico during the war he
presented to the latter's government
q proposal emanating at his sugges-
ton from Alfred Zimmerman, then
minister Of foreign affairs at Berlin,
for the conclusion Of an alliance be-
tween Mexico and Japan and Ger
many against the entente, promising
that in the event of victory, Mexico
should receive q portion Of Texas and
belonged to her. Copies OF all the
Evening star., 1923-03-02
The New Eastern High School.


Formal opening and occupation Of
the new Eastern High School yester-
day starts q memory test for Wash
inRtonians. When was that building
started? Unless one has the records
right at hand It Is impossible to state
with any degree Of confidence just
how many years ago 1t was that the
first steps were taken to provide an
adequate home for this institution. II
was before the war" anyway. Older
Washinstonians will remember the
controversy over the site, which
slowed up the enterprise for months.
Then they will remember the con-
troversy over the design, which added
its bid to the delay. Then there was q
series OF controversies over more
money for the Improvement. The
question Of materials and that Of the
contract furnished more ground for
procrsstination. And then. In later
years, well within the recollection OF
the youngers, there were questions Of
auditorium and equipment and q stage.
Now, at last, the Eastern High
School Is finished, and yesterday the
students marched to 1t from the old
building, and there was q ceremony
Of nag-ralsins under the auspices of
the alumni--a much larger body than
that Of the graduates when the build
ing was first conceived-and at last
Eastern High School became one Of
the working units Of the local educa.
tional system. "
In all these years Of waiting the
area Immediately around the site has
greatly developed. When this location
was selected 1t was comparatively un.
Inhabited Il seensd 10 nsaay that .
Evening star., 1923-03-02

An Erie railroad baggage man is re-
tiring after sixty-three years of serv-
Ice without taking a day off. AS he
is evidently Of an industrious disposi-
ton he might devote his leisure now
to lecturing to American youth on the
delights and profits of diligence.
Evening star., 1923-03-02

George Harvey first shocked the
British public by some plain talking
about the debt, then he turned right
around and paid a high and deserved
tribute to the Prince Of Wales. He
was always an agile performer.
Evening star., 1923-03-02

The weather bureau regards March
as the beginning of spring. The
average man, VINO has always so re.
garded it himself. perhaps will be will
ing to admit that the bureau Is right
sometimes.
Evening star., 1923-03-02

New Zealand has just heard Troy,
N. T., by radio. The New York town
famous for haberdashery has almost
succeeded in putting a collar round
the worlds neck.
Evening star., 1923-03-02

Or. Hubert Work believes post
masterships should be business ap-
po.ntments. Certainly there Is enough
business in the postal service to war.
rant some such course.
Evening star., 1923-03-02

Although reorganization has gone
by the boards, and reclassifcation is
tottering, government employees still
can readjust their living expenses to
meet their salaries.
Evening star., 1923-03-02

Mrs. nuck will contest her defeat
at the primaries. You cannot blame
any woman for wanting to have the
last word.
Evening star., 1923-03-02

Some crowded street cars are
enough to make any man feel like
pummeling somebody.
Evening star., 1923-03-02

An Anti.Flirt Club Is ali right, but
tt Is enti-firt girls that are needed
fsrst, last and all the time.
Evening star., 1923-03-02

Traffic violations are growing less
numerous. The inveterate speedster
naturally resents the delay involved
in a Jail sojourn.
Evening star., 1923-03-02

Gypstes may be picturesque and
dirty, but the health department does
not see why they need to be both.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHII.ANpER JOHNSON.

No Longer in Evidence.
Ny New, Year resolution
In moth balls have packed,
For it was getting wrinlsled
And shabby, for a fact.
And when, next January,
bring it forth to view,
That New Year resolution
VIII be just as good as new.
FAmo's Delay.
What do you think Of Tutan-
khamen?"
Hes one of those chaps" replied
Senator Sorghum, who get a lot Of
wonderful publicity so long after their
death that 1t doesn't do any good.''
Jud Tunldns says he's glad after
noon tea has gotten to be as popular
as early morning ice water used to be.
Musings Of > Motor Cop.
! did not tell Hortense to 90,
But had to let her pass.
She smiled at me and stubbed her toe
And stepped upon the gas.
,r.".
Reminder Of Thrift. -.
why do they throw rice after a
newly married coupler"
Possibly" said Miss Cayenne. "as a
reminder that it's the last day in their
lives when they'll have breakfast food
to waste" ~ ; ~
"Most Of yoh troubles said Uncle
Eban. 'is yoh own fault But 1t fact
doesm't maize ,edne lazae
Evening star., 1923-03-02

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16o Evening Stdr NeWsPdpeE CoHPa"1
Business Once. 11tk st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York ONCE 150 Nassau st.
Chicago once: Tower Building.
European once: l6 Regent ST.. London, England.
Evening star., 1923-03-02
Reminder of Thrift,

"Most Of yoh troubles" )" said Uncle
Eben. "is yoh own fault But ol4 1act
doesmt maize 'emne saaAe
Evening star., 1923-03-02

Col. Harvey. IL correctly reported, is
likely to hear from his Pilgrims dinner
reference in London to the mother
country" The idea that Britain Is the
motherland OF the United States period
ically rlles Americans through whose
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1923-03-17

sk6 lasky k jeho mlad6 choti.
zadal tim ma nj t6zke obeti sill
a oddanosti a byly pfmeseny.
Oba pozvedli ruce, prosice
TAX nemocnou, ably mlGela,
chora Sc vsak jen usmivala.
"Jak Sc vede d(teti?" septala.
LEO je zdrav," rekl Mai
nau a denn6 pise pdl tuctu
neznych dopisi mama - tam
jsou slozeny jeden ma dru-
hem" @.<
"A Gabriel?"
"Bydli v zamku, ma pokoj
vedle hofmistra, ktery jej wy
uGuje a touzebne ceka ma Okla
milk. kdy bude smet vdecn&
zlibat ruce sye krasne a sta
tecne zastankyne."
Oci Sc Ease Zayrely a chOra
upadla v hluboky, ozdravujici
spanek.
Ia tyden kracela oprena o
Mainauovo rame Ease po prve
svymi komnatami. Stanula v
salone u sklenenych dveri:
Zach, Raoule, je prece jen
nebeskes ziti a."
"a Liano?"
"A milovat," pravila pri-
vinula Sc ma jeho prsa. Ale
skoro zaroven sc zachvela, v
jeiich ocich Sc zracila uleka-
most, poslouchala sramot ne
echo jedouciho venku.
"To jede Leo SIM Sc svymi
kozliky," konejsil il Mainau,
'neboj Sc, kreslo, ktere te pro
nasledovalo v horeGce dnem i
noel, davno .jiz nejezdi schoen
wertskym zamkem." Pc prve
zminil sc O onech nest'ast-
nych udalostech, ale hned sc
kousl do rtu. "Jsem ii povin-
nen vysvetlenim zejmena u
pokojenim, Liano, a lekar ia
ke svolil ke vsem vysvetlenim,
je mi vsak dosud nemozno
mluvit o tom, prav6 tax ne
isem s to vejiti do indicke "a
brady, kde sc odehrala ona de
sna vec. Ulrika, nase moudra
rozumna svetice ii pow v mo
drem budoaru vse, co chces a
musis vedet."
Ted lezela Ease ma odpoci-
vadle a modra hedvabna nebe
sa sc vznaSela Ease mad nj.
Co sc udalO mezi timto dnem
a jejim prvnim vstupem dc
|tohoto maleho modreho budo-
aru, bylo dosti nestesti pro
cely zivot a ona to musila Wy
'trpet "a nekolik malo mesicu.
Ulrika sedela vedle nj. Pa
mi Loehnova prave vesla a
pfinesla kosicek hroznu, kter6
urezal Mainau pro danny.
"Jsou re spaliru, jenz patiil
ien panu dvornimu marsaloyi
Jsou to nejlepsi hrozny celd
zahrade, nejkrasnejsi posilal
vzdy pani vevodkyni a druht
byly "a drahe penlze proda.
ny, ami maly baron Leo nedo,
stal par zrnek."
"Kdy odjel starry pan ze
SchoenWertu?" tazala Sc Lila
ma.
"Hned druheho dine rano, m
lostiva pani. Prisel ' noci ze
slouporadi a byl tax rozhne'
van a tax kousavy, jak .jsen
no nevidela nikdy V zivote
Vcdcla iscm, kde no tlaci sire
vic. Stall jsmc jestc vsichni ,
sini. Co tn stojite a kouka
tie? Jdi nahoru k panu dvorn
mu kaplanovi,' pravil Anton
novi, "proslm no dutklive, ably
prisel do me loznice." Anto
min mu pax rekl, co Sc stalo !
lvysvetlil mu, re nemuze pfi
west pana dyornlhO kaplana
protoze utekl. Stala jsem "a
schody; co budu ziva, nezapo
menu ma tuto podivanou. in
ami neulehl,, po celou noe skla