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Evening star., 1923-04-11
Chicago Was Cleaning House and
Not Playing Politics,

That Chicago was Cleaning house"
rather than voting on a question Of
party politics is the Interpretation
placed by the vast majority of indie
pendent newspapers on the recent
election in the Windy city of Judge
William E. Dever to be mayor. True
the judge ran on the democratic
ticket, while his opponent, Arthur c.
Lueder. bore the republican label
but the majority of editors seem to
believe that this counted for but lit
tie. The people of the city were tired
Of big Bill" Thompson. for eight
years chief executive. and Intended to
insure that no vestige OF his reign
would remain, If the editorial inter-
pretation is correct.
The general opinion is we'll repre-
sented in the statement of the New
ark News independently. which holds:
Chicago has cleaned house, and 1t
was about time. The Thompson
regime of extravaganza, brutality.
disloyalty, enrichment OF political
friends. Grass stupidity and ignorance
was a stencil in the nostrils of Ameri-
lean citizenship. Attacks had been
made upon Judge Dever's candidacy
because he was a Catholic. They de-
feated themselves. Chicago had no
stomach for the tactics of the ku
Klux. Into the Chicago victory, no
doubt, an effort will be made to read
political Significance directed to the
presidential year. II the Dever ad-
ministration makes good Illinois
democrats will be greatly heartened.
But only once in more than thirty
years has Illinois gone democratic In
a presidential year, Wilson carrying
the state In 1912, when the pre-
ponderant republican vote was split
by Taft and Roosevelt"
There also is in the outcome the
suggestion, as the Brooklyn Eagle
independent democratic) sees 1t, "of
Big Bill Thompson as blind Samson
pulling down the pillars Of the tenn
pie of the Philistines. Samson dies
in the wreck, of course: but that Is
neither here nor there"
In this connection the Philadelphia
Bulletin independent republican, be-
lieves that Thompson seems to have
aided Dever in two ways-the record
of his administration was handicap
to the republicans, even after he had
been repudiated. and his faction
largely bolted Lueder and voted d.
rectly for Dever. There was a
Burchardism in the latter days Of the
campaign which. together with alleg-
ed activity on the part of Ku Klux
organization assailing Dever. reacted
% H..
publican machine in Chicago is count
ed on to strengthen the grip Of Sena-
tor Medill Mccormick on the republi-
can party of the state" One other
point emphasized by the Boston
Transcript independent republican,
is there may be hope for decency
and order under a democratic admin
istration, even II 1t is bossed by
George F. Brennan. who is an ex-
ponent Of all the orthodox Tammany
Evening star., 1923-04-11
President Harding's Trip.

President Harding Is described as
protesting, in connection with his COM
ing trip to Alaska, against the impli-
cation that his journey across coun-
try and consequent occasional ad.
dresses would be in the nature Of a
political campaign Of q potential can
didate for denomination. 1t will be
nothing Of the kind. 1t is asserted at
the White House. He Is said to feel
deeply upon the subject. AS the Asso.
ciated Press puts it, rather than be
placed in such a light "he would pre-
fer to remain at home In communion
with Laddie Boy" The President is
said to feel that some Of the newspaper
writer's "have overplayed their hand
in investing the trip with too much
partisan political significance.
The President Is quite right in ex-
pressing his resentment at being
placed in what would be an unethical
and undignif1ed position No President
ever entertained higher ideals Of the
presidential Office than the present in.
cumbent Of that Office, and none ever
put them in more consistent practice
than Mr.. Harding. He Is at this time
a little more than halfway through
his term Of Office. and 1t would be, as
he is described as feeling. undignifled
to start out now upon a campaign for
denomination.
1t will be quite possible, In the
course Of what Is to be an official trip
for President Harding to discuss con
ditions and problems which later may
become the subject Of partisan divi
sion and yet divest his remarks OF
partisan implication at this time. Al
any rate, it has been made clear tc
the country by authoritative comment
at the White House that the Presi
dent will not permit his journey to be
regarded in the light Of an adventure
upon the hustings.
Evening star., 1923-04-11

science is sure Of the cuie Il will be
announced" Il is evident that the
physicians are encouraged and that
their hope is strong that. a cure has
been found. They seem to believe that
the microbe has been found which de-
velops anu.bodies in the system that
are deadly to the germ which causes
paresis. The physicians at st. Eliza
beth's do not claim to have made the
discovery. and they give proper credit
to pioneers in this matter, but they
have materially helped and are help
ing the cause along and the world will
give them praise. 1t is said that tests
at st. Elizabeth's and abroad have re-
stored paretc patients to what ap-
pears to be normal health. In some
European cases 1t Is said that patients
to whom the treatment has been ap.
piled have been without symptoms Of
paresis SO long-in some instances for
several years-that 1t is believed they
have been cured.
Evening star., 1923-04-11
Women's and Girls Wages.

The decision Of the Supreme Court
that the law fixing a minimum wage
at which women and girls may work
is unconstitutional comes at time of
high wages and active demand for
labor. 1t is believed that all capable
workers are secure in their present
employment, and that If change
were forced upon them, or if they
wished a change, other employment
at high wages would be open to them.
If there should be let-down in pres
ent prosperity wages would no doubt
go lower, but authorities in sue. mat
ters say that there is no plain sign
that prosperity is slipping. 1t Is even
said that the demand for goods and
the demand for labor to make the
goods and deliver them is getting
stronger.
The decision Of the Supreme Court
against the minimum wage law of the
District, and which makes clear that
similar laws in the states are uncon-
stitutional, will have the effect of
stimulating efforts to enact laws Of
this kind which will be within the Con.
stituton. 1t will also stimulate a de-
sire to amend the Constitution SO that
awage-tixing law shall not be construed
as a price-fiXing law, and as restric-
tion upon the right of contract. 1t is
said that Senator Borah foresees 1.-The
proposal for an amendment to the
Constitution making it possible for
Congress and the states to legislate
for minimum wages" A national con.
ference Of women's organizations may
meet at Washington Ito study the ef-
fects of the decision" and to determine
a plan for the future.
Laws regulating wages for women
and girls Were brought about in re-
sponse to demands that could not be
denied. and it is not likely that the
case will be finally closed by the de-
cision against the constitutionality of
such laws. II no laws of this nature
can be made valid flip will be given
to trades unionism among women.
What some persons may construe as
a hint of this is to be found in the
opinion Of the court, 1.-The ethical right
OF every worker, man or woman, to a
living wage may be conceded. One of
the declared and important purposes
OF trade organizations is to secure it,
and with that principle and with every
legitimate effort to realize it in fact
mono can quarrel, but the fallacy of
the proposed method of obtaining it is
that 1t assumes that every employer
Is bound at all costs to furnish it,
The president of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association has said
that wages of women and girls will
rot be lowered here as a result of the
:. Supreme Court decision, and officers
,bf the Hotel Mems Association say
pretty much the same thing.
Evening star., 1923-04-11

the bathing beach and OH the links
refreshnent stands are demanded by
the public, and these are now oper-
ated by the concessionnaires. The
public makes other demands which
the government would have difficulty
In meeting. The senator says that II
the public does demand refreshment
booths these could be let out as con-
cessions, while the operation and main
tenance OF the grounds could be
looked to by the government. There is
no suggestion from either side that
the facilities for sport and play be
provided to the public without cost.
At present the matter Of charges Is
supervised by the Office Of public
buildings and grounds. 1t may be that
this matter will be gone over in all
its details, but it seems that under
the present plan the bathing beach
and golf links are being managed to
the satisfaction Of those parts of the
public using them. 1t was decided this
season to put certain Of the tennis
courts under the management Of the
Welfare Association, but this decision
was reached because the Office Of
public buildings and grounds lacked
the funds to operate those places. and
it was said to be a question Of keep
ing the courts closed or putting them
under the concession plan. 1t would
probably be the ideal plan to keep the
public recreation places lder direct
public management, but whether this
would make for economy Of operation
and for the convenience of the public
may be debatable questions.
Evening star., 1923-04-11
THE WAYS OF WASHINGTON
BY WILLIAM PICKETT HELM

Our sixty hotels. with their 6,4SH
rooms-all filed as full as comfort Will
permit-will afford accommodations 10
less than 1c per cent of our visitors.
Our homes and our apartments must
be filled TO the limit of capa city-everl
one-if we are to show our guests only
degree of hospitality that accords
them place to sleep.
When our guests take bath our res
Il, 100000 gallons of water. The tota!
drain on the water supply, over and
above our usual requirements, is esti
mated at about 2o,ooO.o0o gallons DAILY
To feed this mighty assemblage re-
quires more than loaves and fishes, but
speaking only of loaves, we must have
at least 100000 daily.
To sweeten the tea and coffee of our
guests during a single day and furnish
them sweetmeats we must provide more
than 25o barrels of sugar, each weighing
more than 500 pounds.
And if we were to fill railroad water n
, tank with 10000 gallons of coffee, I'd
would be hardly enough to give eachI
guest d cup for breakfast and another
for dinner.
IL the guests were all to decide ii
take a stroll at one time on PennsSl \
vania avenue, that famous thorough L
fare would be packed sidewalk and
street. from the Capitol to the Wh!ttH
House with q mass of humanity "a
close together that it could hardly WALL
with comfort.
These are imposing statistics. They!
fairly took my breath, SO I wenf
down to the Homer building for i
talk with Mr.. Warner, the Shrinersl
publicity representative. who Is in toucI
with all that's going on In the way
of preparation. I wanted to find OUT
about arrangements for handling thd
crowd.
I'VE expect this party to so OFF
like cIockworlz," he said. 1--WE ard
alive to the size OF the job and we'rd
making arrangements accordingly
But" I protested, this crowd will
eat Washington out of house and
home in about two days"
The supply firms" he replied. "wil
have stuff rolling in here a month
in advance of the convention. Thd
storage space will be filled to burst
ing before the first Shriner reaches
Washington.
mo fear OF not enough food, but ]
would suggest that Washingtonians
lay in a. supply of staples sufficient
to carry them through the week and
do il in advance. That will make
it easier for the visitors to be ac-
commodated"
Special telephone exchanges. built
for the occasion, will take care of
extra calls The electric light and
gas companies will be pressed almost
to capacity. The troiieys:. will be
hopelessly overwhelmed. 7..a
And weli see the sidewalks brinl-
ming over every hour OF the uay.
with tens of thousands spilling out
onto the streets. 5.-
Incidentally, our guests will spend
about $4,000 D minute while here
Evening star., 1923-04-11
Smash the Rum Fleet.

The proposal to use United States
naval vessels to break up rum-running
is one that ought to receive indorse-
ment of all good citizens. regardless
of whether such citizens do or do not
believe In the wisdom Of legislation
enacted for enforcement Of the eight
eenth amendment. The issue has
progressed far beyond the alcoholic
content Of drinks which may be sold.
1t Is a question Of whether the United
States government or the bootleggers
and their gangs Of thugs are to be su-
preme.
The spectacle Of the rum feet
lowering of the coast and brazenly
sending its cargoes ashore. the SNUG
glers jeering the while at the efforts
Of the inadequately equipped enforce
ment officers. is one to make every
American blush with shame. The
profits Of the Illicit trade are so enor-
nous that the rumrunners have been
able to provide themselves with small
craft so speedy that the vessels at
command of the enforcement officers
are helpless in competition with them.
The situation has become a national
scandal and disgrace, and ought not
longer to be endured.
1t is suggested that Navy eagle
boats be turned over to the enforce
ment staff to supplement the coast
guard vessels. which are too few in
number and too slow to put down the
rum.running. The Navy has a large
number of these speedy vessels, which
did such effective work In hunting
down German submarines during the
war, and they could not be better en-
ployed than in another war against
outlaws Of the seas. 1t would not re-
quire a prolonged effort to break up
the rum-smuggling. Wherever a rum
fleet anchors outside the three-mile
limit an effective blockade should be
established and the landing Of cargoes
should be made so difficult and SO
costly that the smugglers would find
no profit in it.
The Navy ought to welcome the en-
terprise because Of the splendid train
ing which would be involved. In time
of war 1t would be the Navy's duty to
protect our coasts from enemy YES
sells, including submarines. and both
the Navy and the people are con-
fident it can do so. II 1t can, 1t GER
tainly ought to be able to cope with
the liquor smugglers. and the effort
would give the Navy valuable expert
ence which might come in useful at
some future time.
Evening star., 1923-04-11
The Fly Season.

The health officer tells us to swat
the early fly. The fly is a quick null
tipiier. and by getting him and her at
the, opening Of the fly season we will
save ourselves much trouble and per.
haps a good deal of sickness. The
danger of having flies about the house
has been explained so often that it
seems impossible there are persons
who do not know that this insect is
a disease carrier. Enlightened persons
screen against flies, destroy their
breeding places and swat them when
they pass the barrier and invade the
house. A stitch in time saves nine, and
n swat in time prevents millions of
MES.
Evening star., 1923-04-11
Science Makes q Stride :

The Government Hospital for the
Insane comes prominently into the
news because It is reported on the au.
thority Of the superintendent. who is
one Of Americas eminent psychi.
artists, or physicians Of the mind,
that a cure for paresis may have been
found. If this shall be established as
a fact medical science will register an
other forward stride and another
malady be removed from the incura-
BILE to the durable class. The an.
nouncement is made with caution, and
the physician and assistants conduct
ing the experiments are careful to say
that the new treatment should not be
accepted as cure. that time will tell
the story, and that when Hasdical
Evening star., 1923-04-11
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE
Some idea Of the magnitude of paci-

Some idea Of the magnitude Of paci-
fist propaganda In the United States
may be gathered from the budget of
the National Council for Prevention
OF Preparedness" According to its
official report, 1t spent only $4,000
up to the close OF 1929, but Is con-
Quoting a drive for a s250.0o0 fund for
1923. Its aim Is to establish state,
county and oity branches throughout
the country. 1t Is making a special
effort to reach the schools. Probably
1t will surprise residents Of Washing
ton to learn that leading pacifist
propagandists already have found
their way into the public schools Of
the District OF Columbia. One Of the
most mos pernicious activities of the paci.
INST organization is the circulation Of
a so-called Campaign text book" In
graphic. chapter-and-verse fashion
the book teaches young and old how
70 preach destruction of national de-
Tense. The catechism Is filled with
pernicious doctrine. subtly and plaus-
IDLY put.
When Henry NJ. Dawes Of Chicago
arrives in Washington to become con-
troller OF the currency he will bring
with him hustling young Irishman
with the fighting name of Capt Fran
els Kilkenny. Kilkenny accompanied
the new controllers brother, Charles
e. Dawes. to Washington when the
latter was appointed to the same post
by President Mckinley. Now he's
coming to show the ropes to the sec
ond Dawes put in charge Of the cur
xyf11 hA
experience at the Treasury, for he
was Gen. Dawes right hand man In
the bureau of the budget in 1921 and
iS22. Kilkenny. who grew up in the
banking business with Gen. Dawes In
Illinois. was at his elbow in France
during the war. Despite his surname.
ancestry and war record. he's one of
the most peaceful of fellows.
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When Lord Robert Cecil comes to
Washington to talk about the league
OF nations Woodrow Wilson will not
be the only man he will find here
who assisted in fashioning the cove
nant at Paris in 1919. The other is
Sadao Saburi. counselor of the JAP
anese embassy. who. together with
Mr. Maxine, chief Of the Nfpponese
peace mission. acted for Japan on the
League of nations commission. Ma
kino was able to follow in minute
detail the sometimes embittered dis
cussion OF covenant questions between
MT Wilson and Lord Robert Cecil
because the Japanese statesman was
educated in the United States and
commands our language with entire
fuency.
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Arthur Deerin Call. secretary Of the
non-pa ciflst American Peace Society,
| told a capital story this week at the
expense Of an unnamed member of
Evening star., 1923-04-11
War and S'Wise Women"
Themes Figure in Discussion of
Poison Gas Experiments.
n n. Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star: -.
Recent telegraphic news chronicles
the death Of NOTED Japanese sci
entist," killed while experimenting
with poison gas.
A few weeks ago the public were
told Of "a new asphyxiatins gas for
wartime use against which gas
masks are useless"
There are four requirements for
these wartime gases. They must be
invisible, heavier than air, wide
spreading and deadly. Very rapid
progress is evidently being made in
the discovery Of such gases in yari-
Gus quarters Of the globe.
Still more rapid has been the i'm
provement In aircraft. wireless-di-
rected planes capable of travelling ESQ
miles an hour. appropriate engines of
1000 horsepower and monster air
ships have wholly revolutiontsed the
art of war. Armies. navies, fortif-
cations. trenches. dugouts, "sdentihc
zrontiaEc sou6sr states have ell
Evening star., 1923-04-11

Congress. The statesman In question
was member of the American dele
CATION which visited Belgrade last
summer with the Interpariiamentary
Union. The Serbs were still celebrat-
Ing the marriage Of their young king
to the beauteous princess Of Rumania.
The establishment of the Serbian min
lister Of foreign affairs was in corre-
spending degree when the gentleman
from Queried, across the
luncheon table: "Mr. Minister, would
you mind explaining the system by
which you elect your president?
Patriotic tourists who visit the tomb
Of George Washington at Mount Ver-
non always enjoy the eloquence Of the
darky who stands guard and dilates
upon the glories of the Father of His
Country. He has told his story count
does not stale the infinite variety of
his wit. A party Of visitors the other
day remarked that a hooking bird
perched on a nearby limb sang with
uncommon righteousness. deed he
does. deed he does" the darky agreed.
Oats coz I looks after his food,
reg'ler. three times day. He don't
dat bird. He Jest devotes all his
time to practicin'. OATS why he sings
SO mellinuous, as you says"
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Mrs Medill Mccormick, daughter Of
a United States senator and wife Of
another. hopes the G. o. P. isn't going
to commit the blunder of the 1922
congressional campaign and forget
the existence of the woman voter"
The accom- plished wife of the senior
senator from Illinois, who divides her
time between republican politics and
,, Holstein cattle breeding. is convinced
, disaster is ahead in 1924 for any party
that ignores the skirted branch of the
electorate. To the extent of her
powers, she intends seeing the re-
publicans don't recommit the mis-
take. Mrs. Mccormick Is rabidly op-
posed to non-partisan woman voters.
She would much rather, would this
woman should be a democrat. than
neither republican nor democrat.
Nothing more signally indicates
President Harding's anxiety to have
Alaska interpreted" to the American
people than the arrangements he is
directing to facilitate the work of
, newspaper men who accompany him
farthest north. The President is bent
upon relieving Alaska Of the odium
OF being Columbia's stepdaughter. He
believes his administration could
leave no finer heritage than that. He
is enthusiastically sold on the
territory's possibilities, once It's ad-
ministrative house Is put in order.
Correspondents by the dozen are plan
ming to follow in Mr.. Harding's wake
when he starts for Alaska. The more,
( the merrier, is his dictum.
tCpyright, 1927
Evening star., 1923-04-11
n rendered futile and ridicu-

alike been rendered futile and ridicu-
lous.
1t is alleged that some one asked
Edison, rs it true that all life in New
York could be wiped out in twelve
hours?' NO." the wizard Is said to
have replied. ut is not. 1t could be
done In three hours"
All these facts being patent to all
newspaper readers. is 1t not about
time that our POLITICIANS and st1es
men get a move on?
There has been some little talk of
pious resolutions outlawing the use of
poison gas in war. But every one
well knows that war is the abroga-
tion Of all law. and pious resolutions
become only SCRAPS OF paper"
But here's where the wise women"
come in!
The National League of Women
Voters in Baltimore convention as
serted tits conviction that the aim of
all international peace efforts should
be to outlaw war Itself and to abolish
1t as legalized institution, instead of
to regulate IL. and that to this end
code of international laws be created
by which the waging of war be made
q crime!" etc.
We have abolished the duello be-
tween individuals as impossible: why
not all Join the wise women and out
law war. which has now become SIM
ply scientific massacre OF whole un-
EDWARD BERWICK.