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pitals. A group OF close to $50 enthu-
siastic and pubiic-spirited men and
women have devoted their time and
energy to the personal presentation Of
the facts in the case to prospective
contributors. And on Monday night,
the date set for the termination of the
campaign, the total Of contributions
received had reached less than 80 per
cent OF the requisite figure,
The failure involved may not be laid
at the door of the hospital authori-
ties. nor of those whose hands and
hearts have been devoted to the too
often thankless task of telling Wash
ington the unvarnished truth concern
ing it's hospital needs. In the face of
every interest, selfish or unselfish; in
the face Of every dictate of mind or
conscience, the failure is that OF the
city Of Washington up to this time
adequately to meet a civic obligation
as essential to it's collective and in
dividual security and we'll being as is a
sewage system or pure water supply
or paved streets.
+ The city stands in urgent need Of a
ties. Logically, 1t may be argued that
the proper method of meeting that
need is through municipal taxation.
Yet common sense answers that that
method may not be applied today for
tomorrow. and 1t is for tomorrow that
this extremely critical condition must
be met.
There is no practical way today for
any individual to insure hospital facili-
ties for himself or his family when he
tributing the dollars whereby those
facilities may be constructed. Over
and above this obvious fact, which Is
as irrefutable as any basis for life. fire
or accident insurance, towers the obli-
cation Of those who are able to fur
nish hospital facilities for their neigh
bors who are unable to provide them
for themselves. A city which will not
from it's own pocket care for its citi-
zens, rich or poor, when sickness over
ldhSS lHeNl, Diluu WI sc.
That shall never be said Of Wash
ington, the Capital city of nation
which prides itself upon its foresight
and philanthropy. The Garfield Hos
pital campaign has been extended. 1t
must be vigorously continued until the
requisite sum shall have been raised.
There are tens Of thousands OF Wash
ingtonians who owe it to themselves
and the city TO play their part in
! upbuilding Washington's hospitals.
There are thousands able to construct
as a memorial the room which they
may need tomorrow. May they step
forward with that grace and enthu-
siasm becoming to those who pride
themselves upon paying as they 60"
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The Presidents Recovery

President Harding's recovery from
his indisposition, which is of the prev.
alent type characteristic OF winter,
has been gratifyingly rapid. He is
now virtually back at werk after near
ly a week Of enforced vacation. Mr..
Harding's description of himself at the
outset Of the attack has doubtless
appealed to all of those who are
touched with the grip germ. He said
he felt mo good all over That is
a graphic statement of the sensation
of this ailment. 1t is one of the most
utterly depicting of ills.
The presidency is a difficult office,
highly exacting in its demands upon
the strength of the incumbent. There
is no real rest for him from the be-
ginning to the end Of his term. When
he is not actually at his desk attend
ing to the routine of papers, reports,
letters and recommendations or listen
ing to the talk of callers, all of whom
want something done or not done, he
Is burdened with the responsibilities
ti<aS ihiiSAS Z III eiiS pOoitAoii' liz iiic1S
leave Washington for ''rest," but the
Office pursues him. He may for a
few hours, or even perhaps a few
days, seek isolation at some point re-
mote from the capital, but the wires
are never cut and the wireless is never
still. He is 'in touch" constantly.
A man must have a remarkable
constitution to stand this strain in
these days. The President is the GEN.
tering point upon which hopes and
aspirations. desires, plans and designs
Of countless people center. The un-
written, unspoken thought that thus
concentrates upon the occupant of the
White House is in itself an incessant
pressure.
In this present case the President
has a particular burden to bear in
the illness of his wife, who, though
much improved from her serious ill.
ness is still in an invalid state and
her suffering has naturally reacted
upon him. There is reason for the
warmest congratulation to both Mr..
and Mrs. Harding upon their recovery,
and to the President especially on
his so prompt restoration to health.
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WHY NOT KEEP UP THE
GOOD WORKs

think they (the Shipping Board)
have made very considerable prog
ress in the direction of effecting
economies, but my question Is. Why
get weary Of well-doing? Why, since
they have attained this high state OF
efficiency, do they propose to stand
aside and almost give away the onsnap snaps ? 3
them?-senator Fletcher, Florida
democrat.
THE BLOODSUCKERs OF
SHIPPING.
The repair yards are the blood
suckers of shipping. They will SIM
pIy take the life out of shipping II
they are allowed their own way with
reference to repair expenses.-Senator
Fletcher, Florida, democrat.
wooDEN-sHIP PROBLEM
ENDED.
The wooden-ship problem no longer
exists. They have all been disposed
of during the last year. We held
public auction and disposed of $310,-
0OO, 900 worth Of wooden ships for
ping Board to House committee.
WHEN Is SOCIALISM
NOT SOCIALISM,
To call a thing socialism does not
make II socialism, and II you are op-
posed to every socialistic measure
you ought to oppose every public
school, because there 10 not a. more
socialistic institution In the world
than the public schools. The great
individualist philosopher, Herbert
Spencer, opposed the Introduction OF
the public school system on the
ground that 1t was socialistic.-Rep-
resentativs London, New York, So
cfalist.
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ECHOES FROM CAPITOL HILL
CUT OUT ALL THE REST.

CUT OUT ALL THE REST. -
The truth Of the matter is that we
ought to furnish to the Vice Presi-
dent Of the United States. the Speaker
OF the House of Representatives, the
general of the Army, the ranking ad-
officer a passenger automo
would be fourteen in all-and we
ought to cut out all the rest of them
Senator McKellar, Tennessee, demo-
crat.
HARBORD AND THE
SOLDIERS BONUS. ~,
I do not want to be put in the at
titude OF criticizing Gen. Harbord;. j
think he Is most excellent man, and
it may be true, and probably is, that
the House made a mistake in denyY
ing him his retirement pay; but | do
say that he will be treated no worss
II retirement pay shall be denied him
than have been. all the boys who
served this country and who haxs
been denied adjusted compensations~
Senator Caraway, Arkansas denio@
crat. Z, :
ABLE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.i j
/ II there is any body Of men in the
world who can protect themselves. It
is the Shriners. - Representative
Tincher, Kansas, republican. 4eg
JUST SUPPOSE.
Suppose the government went into
the law business and provided for
each and every litigant a counsel and
stated what the fees of that counssi
should be and how much time he
should give to his business, whethaf
he should be employed in this section
or that section: but that no person In
this country could hire lawyer witits
out going to the United States geVS
ernment and taking the lawyer thaa
the United States government should
assign. - RepreseJrestive;TnE EnEkeghffI
Massachusetts, republican, itfs. stss.s
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Hospitals for Washington

The failure Of the Garfield Memorial
Hospital to acquire, in the week set
aside for the campaign. the $500, 900
essential to increasing its hospital
facilities by 100 beds and providing a
home for its nurses has a connotation
under which the District Of Columbia
may not rest. The urgent need Of the
community for prompt and substan.
tial increase in its hospital facilities
has been laid before the public with
fairness and force. That need is to-
day emphasized by the statement
made on responsible authority that for
the past several days, with the peak
Of local disqualification yet to be
reached for the year, there has not
been q vacant room and on certain
days not q vacant bed in the local hos.
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EDITORIAL DIGEST

gathered at an early date probably
slipped through the fingers of the
prosecuting attorneys because Of in
action. No one will ever be punished
for this crime, although the mob had
no thought of concealment The case
presents an example of the break
down OF the state" While this is in
part true, the Scranton Times also
feels that the verdict brings forcibly
TO attention the difficulties of obtain
ing conviction in a case wherein
apparently. whole community is in
vowed. Local prejudices play a most
important part and prosecution is
fraught with many difficulties. Still
mob violence and mob rule must be
suppressed IL orderly government is
TO be maintained in this country. 1t
Is renectlon on our jury system that
convictions in such cases as that of
Herrin are almost impossible to OBJ
tain. Subscribing to this sentiment.
the Pittsburgh Dispatch also argues
that II there Is one need paramount
today IT is to impress upon and con-
vince every one that the corner stone
or self-government and of security of
person and property is in common
submission to the law and the main
tenance of public order"
The decision of the jury was tn he
expected. the Peoria Transcript points
| out, because 'verdicts OF guilty rarely
are returned in a community frozen
with terrorism. The jury did the
| OBVIOUS TACT in the obvious way. The
ed what they conceived to be their
vital interests; IL the state of Illinois 6
| had been, equally alert and deter
mined. the massacre would not have
| occurred. This Is also in part the
view OF the Portland Express, which
! holds that the result means that
murder Is no crime in Herrin ),
and, further, that the verdict, and
| the comment thereon Of the attor-
neys for the accused, would seem
to mean that when a group of miners
| leave their places the operations must
remain idle and IL any other men
! choose to take their places the mem
| bers of the union would be legally
and morally justified in shooting from
ambush those who were doing the
| work which they had refused to do
The crimes at Herrin were the loeica /
sequence of the Gompers doctrine of
labor above the law. 1t Is doctrine g
r.ania ws,Ia IN II an a,o%sd to prevail would
institutions and the failure of free
government" This particular verdict
! however, the Lafayette Journal
| Courier hopes, marks only a stage
In the court proceedings. One thing
and society will not be appeased nor
! safeguarded until punishment has
reached the guilty. 1t is not for out
| siders to attempt to say who is guilty
me piaciiS oI ln1amy and penalties
| Illinois" "
| The verdict was no surprise" to
the Indianapolis Star, which finds the
really surprising feature is that the
| prosecution, was able to get on the
| jury several members who even heaie
| tated to acquit the accused, who Were
| willing to defy the spirit Of the com
| munity In an attempt to reach a
verdict Of guilty" The WiIkes-Barre
| Record. on its part, feels the deci-
! that 'one of the most deplorahIs
crimes of the day and generation will
| go unpunished." III
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Recalls War of 1870
Writer Declares French We're
Aggressors in That Conflict.
To the Editor of Tho Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
In The Star of Friday, January 1e,
appeared a very interesting letter by
Mr.. Archibald Hopkins regarding the
occupation of the Ruhr valley by the
French, and which, as he points out,
seems entirely justified. Then he goes
on to say that Bismarck. in order to
consolidate the newly formed German
empire, deliberately provoked and
brought on a war with France in
1870. This war resulted in France
losing the two provinces. Of .Alsace
and Lorraine, and Of being compelled
to pay $1,000. 100000 to the victor.
Now, there was no German empire
at this time. and 1t was only this war
which caused the various German
states to consolidate under the lead
ership Of Prussia.
have before me Ridpath's History
OF the World, and on page 1853 and
1884 of volume 3 is given a full and
detailed account of the events which
led up to that brief war, SO disastrous
and humiliating to the French.
The events set forth are brtsdy
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identify themselves with them per-
suasively when the men come home
at night. AS in every great capital,
women in Washington exercise vast,
public affairs Bismarck always pre-
ferred an amba assador's wife as a din
ner companion and usually arranged
to have one. He hoasted he could ac-
complish more through the women"
than by the routine methods Of di-
ZIONIST in Washington than Leslie M.
Shaw. twice Governor of Iowa and
Secretary of the Treasury throughout
most of Roosevelt's administration.
He has "a prodigious memory and
scorns notes when he recites well
known poems or passages from
famous speeches of American orators
other day Gov. Shaw rendered a bal
lad celebrated in Washington in the
days of Senator Jones Of Nevada.
Jones was considerable rhymester
and composed many jingtes Of the
west he loved and sprang from. Shaw
thought 1t timely-ln view of certain
pending religious controversies in
written by Jones. called "Silver Jack
They tell Of a two-fsted. hard boiled
Nevada miner who refused to permit
brother roughneck to stand up in a
| mining camp barroom and deny the
validity of the Bible "Silver Jack
| mopped the floor with the non-heliev-
er and converted him into de-out. VI
disheveled. member of the God fear
ing community.
X y y
August Thyssen, the veteran Ruhr
ironmaster. whose son Fritz was
court-martialed by the French. is
Germany" Teutons call him king
Thyssen" because Of his longtime
supremacy in the Rhenish coal, iron
and steel trade. He is eightv-one
years old. wears three dollar suits OF
ready made clothes, and on his family
coat-of-arms is emblazoned the slo-
gan: IF I rest, / rust" Thyssen in
augurated his career in the early six
ties on $4,000, with which he built q
/ rolling mill. employing sixty men
! Today he is the master of industries
| comparable to those controlled by the
United States Steel Corporation, with
pay roll Of 100000 men and more.
He started Germany on her ill-star-
red Moroccan adventure fifteen or
eighteen years ago by offering to loan
Sultan Abdul Aziz a hundred miliiun
marks. when marks were not staZa
money, in return for q monopoly OF
Morocco's iron ore deposits.
y X
In the lounge of a populous down
town hotel the other night sat. then
tried to stand, two young men who
had quite unmistakably been hover
ing Ger the f1agon. The more CO.
herent of the translucent twain mo-
toned 10 the assembled guests in the
lounge as does a man about to al
dress an audience. Folks he CUR
gled. Folks. if you ever get a
| chance TO vote on prohibition, vote
against II. 1t cost me s35 to get this
jag, and i used to get it for SIS"
Copyright, 1921
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CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS.

The work Of being a statesman is
sometimes mournful. Valuable time
wss spent in the House last week de-
batting what had happened to the
missing napkins In the House res
taurant One member after another,
figuratively, turned his pockets wrong
side out and exclaimed: Search me-"
Not trace of the missing linen could
be found, and the mystery deepened
as the debate progressed. Aunt
Alice" who Is an experienced keeper
of restaurants. could throw no light
on the subject, for she has not had
much experience feeding representa-
tives, and she, perhaps, used paper
napkins, the same as those found In
the ancient tomb of King Tatukhu:
man in Egypt. This practice of hand.
ing congressman real linen napkins
is just a sample of the utter extrava-
gance handed down from the last ad-
ministration. and when we get back
to normally the statesmen will wipe
their mustaches upon their coat
sleeves or they will go engraved. The
folly of giving napkins out promis.
cuously, while people in other parts OF
the world are starving for the scraps
must and shall be stopped; The Ro.
mans used napkins-and Rome fell.
y n n
Then there was a cannon shot that
was heard around the world when i,
went out over the House radio. Rep
resentative Joe Cannon appealed fol
economy of paper, and begged the
House to quit having so many useless
roll calls. which simply filled the
pointed to the fact that the sale OF
the waste paper brought into the ma
tional Golfers some $4,000 a year, but
the pure white paper cost fve to ter
times as much as they got for it after
their names were printed in these
useless roll calls. Stop it.! Stop the
flow of oratory, too. 1t is like paint
ing the lily-"wasteful and ridiculous
excess"
The Labor Department states that
the cost Of living is IL per cent less
than it was in 1921. Maybe that is
because most of US have gotten down
to plain living and high thinking. Let
US not fatter ourselves that II we
still insisted on porterhouse instead
Of rump we would find our savings
account growing again-or yet. II
still costs 66 per cent more than ii
did before the war.
y
The American Tree Association, or
ganized by Charles Lathrop Pack
formerly president of the American
Forestry Association. has for its main
object to persuade the American peo-
pie to plant a million trees in 1928
the semi-centennial of the founding
Of Arbor day. To become a member
of the tree-planting association. all
that is necessary is to certify tina,
you have planted at least one tree in
1s23-any. kind Of tree.
There is a movement on foot to per-
suade all states to contribute memorial
trees to be planted around Lincoln
memorial in Washington. States
should correspond with Lieut. Col
c. o. Sheriff., superintendent of pub
lie parks and buildings Of the District
of Columbia, for instructions.
ment Of individual tree planting
there ought to be a general rule that
all appropriations for the federal and
state aid for roads should require
the planting Of double rows of trees
the entire length of the highways, as
is the custom In Europe. In that way
millions of trees will eventually
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Washington Observations
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Representative Frank L. Greene of
the lower house Of the Sixty-seventh
Congress who will be translated into
the Senate of the -Sixty-eighth Con-
gress AS he's been a senator-elect
since November, some of his friends
are In a quandary whether to address
him as, "Mr. Congressman" or Sen
ator." Greene has solved their diff
ficulties. Call me Frank" Is the
happy medium he suggests. Greene,
like so many Of our public men, is
newspaper man degenerated into a
politician: He came out of the Span
ish, American war a colonel after en-
listing as private. The new Green
mountain solon Is one of the ac-
knowledged wits OF Congress. He can
reel on good stories by the furlong
and never repeats. Greene likes to
hands of an anecdotal victim in Yer
mont. Ever heard this story be-
fore?' the representative asked, stop
ping in It's midst. We'll, never at
such length" was the crushing reply.
Overheard at a congressional din
ner this week:
Mrs. A.--You know, I think Mr..
Harding is bellicose.
Mrs. B.-You mean Mr.. Taft, don't
you?
Which recalls David Jayne Hills re-
joinder to a fair member of the for
eign diplomatic set who mistook him
for the Chief Justice There is a con-
siderable facial resemblance between
fhA f@r ~
ambassador. 81 am sorry, madame" "
said DR.. Hill. "but i am only Mr.. Taft
| in reduced circumstances"
Senator Arthur Capper, who is try
both marriage and divorce conditions
! manifestly doesn't think the modern
dance is conducive to matrimonial
woes. The leader of the farm bloc
! is one Of the most ardent. as we'll as
| one of the most accomplished. dew
otees of terpsichore in Washington
He is equally at home in the stately
waltz or amid the gyrations of jazz
| At Secretary Hughes reception in the
Pan-American Union this week, Sen
ator Capper and Secretary Wallace
made public manifestation Of the
amenities that prevail between the
Agriculture by dancing frequently
with each others wives. Senator
Shortridge of California and Senator
David l. Walsh OF Massachusetts are
| stepping" members OF Congress, too
Somebody asked a member of the
| cabinet who is "the most influential
| man in Washington" The answer
was, Miss Janet Richards" 1t was
a tribute to the fact that that ex-
traordinarily well informed talk
lady" as she calls herself, molds i'm
portant public opinion in the capital
through her Monday discourses on
current events. Among the thousands
who sip of political wisdom at her
inexhaustible fountain are the wives
and daughters Of cabinet ministers
, senators. representatives and diplo-
mats. They have implicit faith in
"Janet's' facts and fancies- They
Evening star., 1923-01-25
America Escapes Rebuff.

Those well intentioned but badly
informed Americans who have been
insisting that this government inter.
vene in the controversy between
France and Germany may now be
thankful that the President and his
Secretary Of State had the wisdom
and patience not to rush In with
premature tenders of good offices. An
offer by Italy Of mediation has been
scornfully rejected by the Berlin gov.
ernment and there is no reason to
believe that outside interference would
be more welcome to France than to
Germany. Apparently conditions in
the Ruhr must get worse before they
can be expected to get better.
1t - beginning to be suspected that
Evening star., 1923-01-25
Car Fares and Contracts.

In the course of the debate on the
District appropriation bill in the SEN
ate yesterday the question of the rate
of fares on Washington street rail-
ways was broached in connection with
certain street improvements, and the
proposition was advanced that the
present rate of fare, being higher
than five cents, or six tickets for a
quarter. is a breach Of contract. The
senator cited certain laws relating to
the incorporation of the two COM
panies, specifying these rates as a
maximum, and later he offered an
amendment in the form of a proviso
that the appropriations in the par
ticular section to which it was pro-
posed to attach it should not become
available until the Utilities Commits
sion should reduce the fares to that
minimum. This amendment was.
however, objected to on point of order
as legislation on an appropriation bill.
This matter of the street railway
fares in the District cannot be settled
emptory reduction in the rate of fare
specified in the original contracts"
cited in the Senate yesterday. The
Public Utilities Commission is charged
by law with the duty of fixing the
rates, and it is held that that law
creating the commission supersedeS
charter fare limitations. In the exer-
else Of that power the Utilities Com
mission has changed the rates several
times. Yesterday the grant Of a
higher rate was mentioned as a war
measure 1t was only that in the
sense that war conditions were such
that a higher rate of fare was nec-
essary to enable the local companies
to subsist. Since the war the rate has
been lowered. though not to the point
Of Ave cents straight or six tickets for
a quarter.
AS was stated in the debate yester-
day, a merger Of the two railroad
companies would undoubtedly in the
circumstances be the best means Of ef-
fecting a reduction of fare. AS long
as the two systems remain separate II
is necessary to fix the fare with re-
gard to the needs Of the less affluent
Of the two corporations. Under con-
solidation unquestionably the fare
could be reduced considerably, but
that consolidation cannot be forced
justly by the imposition Of a lower
fare rate either by statute or by ad-
ministrative action.
The District wants lower street car
fares. 1t recognizes fully that the
present rate, while only barely high
enough to yield a reasonable return
of profit to one Of the companies, is
higher than the reasonable return re-
quirements Of the other company. 1t
knows also that two rates Of fare, ad
justed to the respective necessities Of
the two companies, would work not
only a hardship upon the less affluent,
by the diversion of traffic from it, but
would probably precipitate worse
condition than exists today. 1t looks,
therefore, to consolidation on some
equitable terms Of these two COM
panies, thus permitting the Utilities
Commission to fix a rate Of fare that
is right for the companies and right
for the public, and that conforms to
the principle of uniformity upon
which the charters granted to the two
companies, as cited yesterday in de-
bate, were based.