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Evening star., 1923-03-18
BY HARDEN CoLFAx.

The nations $500, 100000 income
tax bill for 1922, first installment of
which was collected this week from
about 100000 individuals and cor
porations, is insufficient by about
s76,oo0,0 900 to pay the interest on the
public debt and the upkeep of the
Veterans Bureau, two OF the imm edi-
ate obligations arising from the world
war.
Analysis of preliminary returns re-
ceived by the Treasury Department
and the budget bureaus estimates of
governmental expense. shows the en-
tire cost Of running the government.
less these two items, is to be met by
revenues obtained from the tariff and
miscellaneous internal revenue chief
ly, with, receipts from other minor
sources filling in.
The Treasury's estimates of S400,-
100000 in income tax receipts March
Is, however, are regarded as con-
servative by many private tax spe-
cialists here. The belief is expressed
privately that the final figures will
show an excess over s400,0o0.o0o.
Receipts last week indicate that
the total to be collected by the gov
ernment in income taxes this fiscal
year will surpass $1,000. 100000 by a
few millions. The effect OF last years
reviving prosperity is hardly felt in
this fiscal years receipts. The reason
assigned for this by Treasury officials
Is that real prosperity did not start
until the last three or four months of
1929. -
Approximately s1oo,ooo.oOO in back
taxes, 1t Is stated. will be collected
during the present fiscal year. The
sum has been popularly stated in the
neighborhood of 100000, 900, but that
figure. officials said yesterday. 10 in
correct. The higher sum represents
collections Plus assessments on tax
Evening star., 1923-03-18

wise and pound foolish" Representa-
tive Ireland said:
We offered a resolution raising the
basic salary of the chief janitor Of
the House 5000. 1t was a very meri-
torious case. He deserved 1t. 1t was
sponsored by one Of the most con-
spicuous members of the House. The
corresponding position in the Senate
paid $500 more. I cited this as a
splendid case deserving advancement,
yet 1t provoked heated debate when
the House should have devoted It's
attention to much more important
matters. A roll call was demanded
and sufficient members responded to
have it ordered. The resolution passed
with a comfortable majority. Several
members of better ability consumed
time and little else, delaying the more
important business of the House by
reiteration OF former speeches. The
actual time consumed and the delay
accomplished by filibuster cost the
government three times the amount
involved in the resolution, and more.
No great consistency Of economic ef-
fort Is shown in such . performance"
Evening star., 1923-03-18
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

QUESTION brought to the
n democratic leaders by recent
II events. and calling for the best
4 \ Of thought on their part, is:
What position shall the party take
next year on the permanent court Oh
international justice proposed Dy
President Harding. assuming that
should be still an issue? And What
stand shall the party take on the
whole field of international rela-
tions?
At one extreme is the possibility
for the democrats to announce their
renewed adherence to the league or
nations as it exists and fight the cam
paien on the same lines as In 1920.
At the less hazardous extreme is the
feasibility for the democrats merely
to say that they favor the permanent
court Of international justice pro-
posed by misunderstanding that In
stitution is still in debate.
In between these extremes is the
whole area OF possible variations of
policy on foreign relations. And just
what place within this field to choose
for their platform is a question that
must give the democratic leaders
deep concern.
* ss x =
Much, of course, depends on what
happens to Hardings proposal for
the Permanent Court in the next ses-
sion Of the Senate, beginning next
December (Much depends, also, on
other developments in the whole for
eign field between now and June of
next yearD II the next session of the
Senate should adopt the Permanent
Court, and adopt 1t fairly soon after
the beginning of the session, that of
course would remove this particular
institution as an issue. But IL there
should develop a fight on this ques-
tion, between two wings Of the Re
publican party, led by Harding and
johnson respectively. that might
make an excellent andS promising
opening for the democrats In all re-
spects the democratic position will be
made comfortable If the Republicans
develop a split on the court. But
omitting that possibility, the demo
Gratis face the necessity of phrasing
shall provide a sufficient contrast
with the republicans which shall be
sufficiently close to the out-and- -ou,
league Of nations position to satisfy
the strong league democrats and al
the same time be sufficiently different
to avoid the odor Of disaster that at
tended the league issue in 1920.
II 4 II II
In facing the problem one of the
| chief embarrassments that faces the
democrats Is inherent in the question
Of what Wilson will do himself and
what he will want the party to do
The common assumption, among the
party leaders and among the public
/ as well, Is that Wilson is for the
! league Of nations, that he is for il in
! the shape in which he brought it home
from Paris and in that shape only
and that he believes the league in its
| unmodified form to be the only means
of bringing the world out OF its trou,
bleA
That, say, Is the common assump.
Evening star., 1923-03-18

ton. 1t puts a fear in the hearts and
an inhibition on the minds OF many
of the most prominent democratic
leaders Many of them believe that a
declaration for the league in an un-
modified form, in the same form in
which 1t was an issue in 1920. would
be a mistake. At the same time they
believe the party ought TO go on
record in favor OF the league modified
by reservations. One of the ablest
and most loyal democratic leaders in
the country-6ne who is loyal both
to his party and also to the league
as an issue-said to the writer: II
should like to come out in favor of
a modified league, but I am afraid
Wilson might 'bawl me out'.'
What Wilson would do about that,
and tho whole question OF what Will
son believes should be the party plat
form on foreign relations. is, OBJ
vious, thing wholly within the
boundaries of Mr.. Wilson's own heart
and mind. The present writer has
been told that Wilson is not so un-
reasonable as this assumption on the
part of the other leaders would i'm
ply-that Wilson recognizes the
weight Of events in recent history,
and that he would not object to a
party platform which should take ac-
count of the water that has gone over
the dam since he first brought the
league home from Paris.
However, this is field in which
no writer can pretend to be exact,
and in which no party leader can af-
ford to take a newspaper statement
as justification for action on his part
Sooner or later the party leaders
must get together with Wilson and
learn from his own lips whatever
contribution he cares to make toward
Judgment as to what the next demo-
cratic platform on foreign relations
should be-
y + = ::
One thing is clear: Eliminating
Wilson as being incapacitated by the
state of his health, the one demo-
cratic leader who is today the most
outstanding spokesman Of tho league
of nations Is Cox Of Ohio. It would
be within the, truth-in fact. 1t Is
rather called for-to say that Cox
Is the most courageous democratic
spokesman in this field. Both pub
licly and within party councils. Coz
talks out where others ''pussyfoot.'
Cox during his 1920 campaign became
saturated with the league of nations
1t gripped him. He became devotee
He took on a sort of evangelistic fer
vor about It Cox preaching the
league of nations during the closing
weeks Of the 1920 campaign had al
much fervor as Billy Sunday preach
, ing the Ten Commandments This
identity with the league, and this
absorption in 1t, which Cox acquired
during the campaign. Is still with
him. Some of the fervor, some of the
evangelistic exaItation disappeared In
the cold shock of the morning after
when the overwhelming quality OF
his defeat was recorded. But wha,
Cox lost in fervor he has since made
up in a quiet access Of tenacity. Cox's
study during the two years and some
months since he was defeated has led
him to believe that a universal as.
ISOLATION for the prevention of waI
Evening star., 1923-03-18

is the one and only instrument that
can save civilization. He has sat in
his office in Dayton and watched the
world pass through crisis after crisis
and effort after effort to work cure.
He has tested each crisis by the for
mula of the league OF nations. con-
trasted each failure To cure with what
might have been done through the
league. and has settled day by day
more firmly in the conviction that
| sooner or later the world must come
around to the league as the only way
out. He holds this belief as some
thing fundamental. in the same spirit
that he holds to the simple business
principles on which he runs his news
papers.
But Cox, without much doubt, while
he believes the underlying principle
of the league to be the only sound
one, has no preconception about the
original form of 1t. 1t can be taken
| for granted that he would accept res
| ervations, and would be content, or
might even himself propose, that the
next democratio platform should
stand for modification Of the league
Il x :: 4
| 1t is a question, however, just how
much power Cox will have in the
next democratic convention and what
his role will be. He may possibly cut
! q considerable figure in the platform
making, as an earnest advocate of
| courage about this matter Of foreign
1 relations.
But as regards the nomination for
/ the presidency, any one who looks at
| the democratic situation as 1t exists to-
day, in terms Of the actual facts and
in terms of the attitude of important
leaders. is compelled to set down the
concIus ION that Cox Is out Of 1t for
1924. 1t Is not possible for any sur
vey of the situation as 1t exists to-
day to reveal any likelihood Of Cox
having as many as a hundred dele
gates out of the ten hundred and
eighty-nine who compose the demo-
cratic convention.
| The reasons for the eclipsing Of Cox
are two. One obvious one is the over
whelming character Of his defeat in
1920. That alone Is a serious handi-
cap.
Further than this. Cox In that cam
paign did not make the kind of i'm
preston and did not enlist the kind
! of personal following based on affec-
tionate loyalty to a dashing leader
such as might have enabled him to
salvage as much out 6f defeat as
some other men have saved out of
| similar disasters. Cox did not como
to the end Of the 1920 campaign as
Bryan. for example, came to the end
OF his equally disastrous 1895 cam
lpaign-defeated, but nevertheless
with a degree Of popular affection and
devoted personal following such as
! enabled him to get two subsequent
nominations
| But even more fatal to Cox than
these reasons Is the fact that there
has grown up among some of the
democratic leaders a disaffection
toward Cox personally. which in some
i cases Is stronger than their emotion
Of devotion to him was in 1920. Some
Of the leaders who were at the very
Evening star., 1923-03-18
Democrats Find Themselves in Quandary
Over the League of Nations as an Issue

heart Of the Cox movement, some Of
the individuals who were most r.
sponsible for Cox's nomination. are
not now friendly to him. On the con-
trary, they are strongly opposed to
him. This statement includes men
whose names are not widely familiar
to the public but whom politicians
will recognize by the description.
Part of the reason for this present
disaffection toward Cox on the part
Of the leaders who got him the 1920
nomination lies in the fact that Cox.
after he got the nomination, did some
things against the urgent advice of
these leaders. A few Of these lead
ers (and 1t should be made clear that
this does not apply to all of them)
wanted Cox to be wet" and he did
not do that. A few wanted him to
dissociate himself from Wilson and
the league OF nations whereas Cox's
first step In the campaign was to
visit Wilson at the White House and
to espouse the league most strongly.
But the present disaffection toward d
Cox includes leaders who approved
his refusal to be wet" and his in
dorsement of Wilson and the league,
leaders who completely approved the
way Cox conducted his campaign. AS
to these men, the reason for their
present attitade toward Cox is largely
personal. 1t is based on human fac
tors, things that have arisen in their
personal relations.
\ x x
This disaffection against Cox exists
in his own state, among democratic
leaders in that state who have a
strong voice in the direction of demo-
cratic affairs. Without going into a
local state political situation in too
much detail, 1t can be said that Cox
at present is decidedly on the out
side of the Ohio democratic organiza-
tion and is the object of strong dis
approval on the part both of leaders
within the organization and other
strong men outside the organisation.
Last fall, when it became apparent
that the Ohio democrats could win
the governorship, some five different
men wanted the governorship nom-
inatfon and set out to get It. Natu-
rally, each of them sought the aid of
so conspicuous a man as Cox. In the
ensuing clash Of personalities and
factions Cox seems to have failed to
avoid getting himself rather sbadly
| mauled. For this and other reasons
the situation Is such that If Cox
should go out next year to get the
delegates from his own state he
would encounter strong opposition.
In the event that other candidates,
such as McAdoo or Ford or Ralston
or Underwood should decide to con-
test Ohio. Cox might readily lose a
considerable number OF tho states
forty y-eight delegates. And even II
Cox should get the nominal indorse-
ment of his state, 1t Is certain that
most of the personnel of the -delega-
tion, the actual individuals who will
go to the convention, will be un-
friendly to Cox. They will be in the
state of mind that will give a per-
| functory vote to Cox, but will actu-
ally be opposed to him. After voting
for Cox long enough to fulfill their
bare obligations they will turn to
1Conanued on f6Ird PaSe.)
Evening star., 1923-03-18

But even more fatal to Cox than
these reasons Is the fact that there
has grown up among some of the
democratic leaders a disaffection
toward Cox personally. which in some
cases Is stronger than their emotion
Of devotion to him was in 1920. Some
Of the leaders who were at the very
Evening star., 1923-03-18

QUESTION brought TO the
n democratic leaders by recent
II events. and calling for the best
< a Of thought on their part, is:
Evening star., 1923-03-18

Continued on THIRD Page)
Evening star., 1923-03-18
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

y AkING the tariff out Of politics
or rather divorcing the pol
iticiainS from tariff making
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-14
SAVED BY PRESENCE OF MIND
Few Men Would Have the Nerve and
Patience Of George, Though the
Emergency Was Great.

julius Il. Dltterman, the millionaire
fruit importer. said on the AQuitania:
THE Germans charge the foreigner
1000 marks for theater seat that
costs Il German 300 marks, Oh, they're
tricky. A new trick every minute.
1.-THE Germans are like the chap who
attended hooch and poker party and
didn't get home till u. m. AS he
noiselessly opened the front door his
wife called down in sleepy voice:
sis that you, GeorgeT
"Quick as flash George drew him
self up, and, standing there stock still
in the dark hall, he ratified off in u
metallic voice two bedtime stories, an
Grafton against communism and the
market quotations for the day. Then
he sang old Black Joe and three
selections from Tosca,' winding up
with the stentorian announcement:
at is now Al o'clock by Airing
ton ofiicia! time
"His wife, convinced that she had
forgotten l. disconnect the wireless re-
celving set, vents TO sleep again, telling
herself that 1t was still early, and the
up-tc-date deceiver slipped off his
shoes and made bed In safety"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-14
PLANTS THAT ARE POISONOUS
Many Of Those In Common uoe Are
Capable Of Producing Mild Irrlta.
tlon Of tho Skin.

Although poison Ivy ia one Of the
worst offenders, 1t frequently Is blamed
for poisoning caused by other plants,
says DR., w. W. stockberger Of the
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture. The department has list Of
more than 100 such plants that grow
in this country, and It Is probable that
there are others that may be poisonous
to some persons. Not all Of these
plants are equally poisonous, and. too,
there is great variation In the suscepti-
bility Of persons.
Because some of these common
plants are used for ornament In the
home is no reason to fear them, MS
most persons are not affected by them
and In the great majority Of cases the
irritation Of tho skin Is mild. This
would probably hold true Of such
plants as the tomato, geranium, daffo-
dill and many others that are known
to cause skin poisoning Such plants,
though, as the nettles are irritating to
most persons.
In the long list Of plants having
these toxic properties are the follow
ing. which are well known, but not all
of them generally known to be poison
Gus: Aconite, ailanthus, asparagus,
catalpa dog fennel, lady's slipper,
wild carrot, hop, lobella, oleander,
nightshade, oxeye daisy, parsnip. poke
weed, smnrtweed, primula buttercup,
poison elder or poison dogwood, blood
root, mullen, coclllebur and the mus
tards. The pollen of the Easter lily
has been known to cause irritation Of
the skin, Tat this is probably as rare
rs poisoning by leaves Of the geranlum
or the carrot Some Of these plants
are poisonous when taken internally,
but the list has been made out on the
basis Of being irritating to the skin.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-14
AYERS "MISc0USIN" is RIGHT
Student Of Aboriginal Language Says
Our Ancestors Erred In Naming
Great Western State.

Following the discussion as to
whether the state of Wisconsin was
named after the Polish explorer,
Tadeusz Wlscont, rs authorities In
Madison have been told, or whether
the name was derived from the Indian
appellation to the Wisconsin river,
William FL. Wheeler, student Of Indian
lore and aboriginal nomenclature, says
the real name Of the state should be
WISCONSIN. Mr.. Wheeler believes the
word Wisconsin is corruption Of an
Indian term meaning red stone, which
is characteristic of the banks of the
Wisconsin river in the Dells region
Mr.. Wheeler lived for years among
the Indians of the Lake Superior re.
gion, where his father, Rev. l. II.
Wheeler, was missionary. "All over
this land" asserts Mr.. Wheeler, "the
memory of aboriginal inhabitants was
sought to be perpetuated by our nnces.
tors by undertaking to apply Indian
names to lakes, rivers and streams,
but with lamentable inaccuracy, so
that 1t IS extremely difficult in most
cases to one posted in the language, to
identify the name"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-14
Faithful Lover Carries
Girl to Wedding Altar

San Francisco,-A broken back did
not deter pretty nineteenyearold
Jean Strang from clipping.
Confined to hospital for more than
a year, Miss Strang was permitted to
go for nm automobile ride. Her faith
ful sweetheart, George G. Franklin,
also nineteen, who since the autOmo-
bile accident in which she was Injured
has haunted her bedside, carried her
to his machine Two hours later they
had not returned and Mrs. Rebecca
Strnng, becoming worried asked the
police to find them, The police failed.
but the next day Mrs. Strnng was
notified that her daughter and
Franklin had been married at Redwood
City.
The bride, her back encascd in u
wooden brace. was carried to the al
tar by the bridegroom and rhum.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-14
Spider Bites.

In the warm parts Of Spain and Italy
there is brown spider the size of a
chestnut, called the tarantula. A some.
what similar spider In Mexico got the
same name from the early Spanish ex.
plorers. There Is an old story of the
danger Of Its bite and that tarantulas
coming North on bunch of bananas
have killed people In the United States.
One story that 1t produced epilepsy
and kind Of dancing madness GER
tainly prevailed in the Middle ages
This, 1t was claimed, could be cured by
special music Many experiments have
been made as to the effect of these
spider bites. One distinguished ento.
mologist actually allowed various spe.
Giles of spiders to bite his hand. Some
of these drew blood, giving sensation
like that of sharp needle prick The
wounds smarted and swelled somewhat
and itched when rubbed, producing
very much the sensation Of mosquito
bites, but no permanent ill-effects fol
lowed.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-14
Classic Greek.

Greek-the shrine of the genius Of
the old world; us universal as our
race. as Individual as ourselves; Of
Infinite flexibility. Of interchangeable
strength, with the complication and
the distinctness of Nature herself; to
which nothing was vulgar, from which
nothing was excluded; speaking to the
mind like Italian. speaking to the mind
like English; with words like pictures,
with words like the gossamer films Of
the summer; at once the variety and
picturesQueness Of Homer; the gloom
and the intensity Of Aeschylus; not
compressed to the closest by Thu
cydides, nor fathomed to the bottom
by Plato; nor sounding with all Its
thunders nor lit up with all Its ardors
even under the Promethean touch Of
Demosthenes Henry Nelson Cole
ridge.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-14
Japan AGAIN FEELS
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS

Toxic. = Sharp earthquake shocks
Sunday night aroused considerable
nervousness here, but did not inter-
ERE with the work of reconstruction.
The cabinet is cooperating in every
way with business men and the mill
airy in the work of rehabilitation.
Vow plans of the government look to
he prevention of such widespread de-
itruction in the event of another ter
fife earthquake. They include pro-
fsions for fireproof and quakeproof
buildings and avoidance of congestion.
Admiral Anderson, commander of
he Asiatic fleet Of the United States
lavy is now in Toxic. The people
IRE displaying their gratitude for the
,rompt assistance given by America
md Great Britain.
Sixty thousand bodies had been re-
covered in Toxic and Yokohama up
and including Monday and the po-
ice estimate that 100000 persons
AVE been treated for wounds and
Iickness as result of the earthquake.
landing party from the United
States destroyer Huron has buried the
lead from the American naval hospi-
al at Yokohama.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-09-14
MANY LEGENDS OF tliAWATR
Said to Have Made His Homo on
Macklnac lsland--Why He Can.
not Return to Earth.

Some legends credit Hiawatha with
having made his home at Maclinuc
island, and from that point as cen
ter, to have made new earth around
him. According to the story the fight
with his father began on the upper
Mississippi, and the powders found
along Its banks were their missiles.
The south shore Of Lake Superior was
the scene of his conflict with the ser
pents. He hunted the great beaver
around Lake Superior, and brought
down his dam at Saut Ste Marie. A
depression In rock on the southern
edge of Michlplcoten bay Is where he
alighted after jump across the lake.
In a larger depression, near Thunder
bay, Lake Superior, he sat when
smoking his last pipe. The big rocks
on the east side of Grand Traverse
bay, near Antrim, are the bones of
stone monster that he slew.
Some legends say that Hlawatha
Is buried under mountain three
miles long, on the east side of Thun,
der bay, which, from the water, re-
sembles a man lying on his back.
Others say that Hlawatha now lives
Mt the top Of the earth, amid the Ice,
and directs the sun. He has to live
In cold country because, If he were
to return, he would set the earth on
fire with his footsteps.