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claim for s67.266,626.23 fer general
damages growing out of submarine
warfare; another claim for S37 1882 900
by the Veterans Bureau for war risk
premiums. s5.3S0,000 by the railroad
administration and s4o,075 for war
risk premiums of the Shipping Board.
Individual claims range from $780,
100000 for alleged patent infringe.
ments to 81 for the less of property by
a prisoner of war.
Lusitania claims are included. These
are large in individual amounts. rising
to S5,000,000 in one case. but ranging
usually from $4,000 to 100000.
An interesting item in the list is the
claim of George Sylvester Viereck,
former editor of the F'atherland in
this country, regarded as one Of Ger
many's best friends in the United
States in the course of the war, who
demands $4,000 for property in Ger
many. Other names appear that give
rise to passing amusement considering
the fact that during the war their
owners were inclined to rejoice at Ger
man "frightfulness'' and destruction.
For the present these claims are
somewhat academic in character. The
German government is all but bank.
rupt. and despite the important part
played by the United States in the
winning of the victory, this country
will not press for payment against
the undeniably superior claims Of
others. Suggestion may be made that
the United States itself satisfy the
claims of its nationals and take over
the whole debt as a government mat
ter to be pressed by this country later
when Germany is in position to pay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21
ar case actually in dissolution.

lar case actually in dissolution.
The office Of recorder of deeds is self
sustaining. 1t Is indeed q profit.
making Establishment. 1t has earned
many times the amount necessary to
build permanent, safe housing.
Though this argument has been fire..
quently presented 30 Congress 1t has
been steadfastly rejected.
In the case of the income tax unit
housed in one of the temporary war
buildings, the government faces an ir-
reparable loss in the event of the col.
lapse of the structure, which is feared,
or in case of fire. Records that cannot
be reproduced, upon which depend the
payment of millions of dollars in in
come taxes, are daily exposed to de.
struction.
These conditions should surely be
stated to Congress at the next session
in such terms that there can be no
further delay In the provision OF ade.
quate funds for the proper housing of
government works that involve such
vast interests and such great values.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21
War Claims Against Germany.

A bill Of war claims against Ger.
many has been presented to the mixed
claims commission totaling $1,47s,084,.
1892. Stated in terms of Germany
currency at the present quotation of
$4,000 to the dollar. this claim means
about seventy.four trillion marks.
The filing of these claims does not
necessarily mean their collection. This
government has brought together in
this reckoning all OF the ascertainable
equities that may be stated ''if, as and
when" as the brokers say, Germany
is ever in a position to pay. The
United States is not likely to press
these items for collection at the pres.
ent time, when Germany's debts to the
allied nations in reparation is a mat.
ter Of grave debate involving the most
difficult complications. But it is nee.
essary to state the account as mat.
ter Of government business.
The largest claim in the list is that
Of the government itself for s255,544,-
s01.51 for the cost of the army Of oc.
eupation in Germany. That claim is
now under negotiation with the allies
IN Earis. Then thare u = government
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21
Efficiency Rewards.

There are branches of the govern.
ment at Washington which encour-
age initiative and inventiveness
among the workers. There is an opin-
ion strongly held by some persons that
in a government Office or workshop
new and improved ways of doing
things are officially frowned on, and
that a man or woman who finds a
shorter process for doing the assigned
work is out Of luck.
1t must be that in some government
offices this is the case. because it
short cuts are not wanted could hard
ly be so widespread and strongly held
unless there were some foundation for
it. But il appears that in one branch
of the Post Office Department they
give prizes and official letters of APP
prevail to persons who find a better
way of doing their work.
The Star, in news story, told of
awards OF cash prizes and a letter Of
commentator signed by the Post
master General LOT several small IN
ventions made and used by men in
the mail bag repair shops. One young
man was rewarded for inventing q de.
vice for roaming" or charging key.
holes in mail bag locks; another for an
invention for cutting lacins cords for
mail bags: another for device for
bending tumbler springs in mail bag
locks, and the third assistant post
master general was given a prize for
his slogan last winter. Say Merry
Christmas with a postal money order. .
Here is government shop in which
Progress is spelled with a capital p.
Perhaps some time one may read that
an humble clerk has been given a
cash prize and a letter of commenda-
ton from the head of the department
for devising a way of shortening the
correspondence methods of the office
or for discovering an improved way
of getting out an answer to an anx-
ious writer asking for information
which it is thought the department
should be able to furnish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The COnmuter.

The COmmuter.
Oh, strange amphibian; never quite
content;
Seeking to find different element,
You make a plunge into the country
air
When you grow weary OF the city's
glare.
Then you plunge back and all exult-
ine'say:
Il very nearly missed the train today.
My life is joyous. free and never slow.
l scarce arrive ere it is time to CO."
As evolution's story still is told,
What changes, gradual yet great,
unfold.
Your eye is piercing ana certain
shock
Goes through you every time you see
a clock.
From carrying bundles, in your quest
of ease,
Your arms grow curved into paren.
theses.
And as you roam you vow you're free
from care,
Since life is something neither here
nor there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21
Worst Tradition of American Uni
versity Life,

Whether or not investigation de-
termines that Leighton Mount, whose
skeleton is said to have been found
victim of the hazing of freshmen at
Northwestern University in 1921. the
incident, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, will at least have called
attention to one Of the worst tradi-
tions of American undergraduate
life." and. the Dallas Journal adds, "is
certain to provoke public condemna-
ton of the hazing practice as it has
been INDUCED in American uni
versities and colleges" Such con-
domination is, indeed. strongly ex-
pressed in editorial columns, followed
by a demand for a complete abolition
of hazings and unregulated class
rushes in those schools which still
permit them.
American college authorities have
been fighting hazing for a'quarter of
a century" the EllShart 0nd) Truth
reports. and. according TO the Lincoln
Star 'the American people had
thought that ii was thing OF the
past" Now, however. within three
days after one Northwestern Uni
versity freshman was killed and SIX
were injured in class war, the
skeleton of Leighton Mount. missing
student of the same college. was
found under an old pier" making 1T
evident to the Lansing state journal
that so far as that college at least
Is concerned there has been no ban
on hazing, and that college authord-
tiles have permitted the disgraceful
battles to continue with resultant In
juries." ,,,.
a dip into ice water for Northwest
ern." but the Wichita Eagle thinks
lit may be life saver for the uni
versities In the excitement of the
moment the ultimate gain looms small
and far. But there should be an ulti-
mate gain" for, as the New Bedford
Standard points out. 1.-THE case re-
preston Of hazing, class rushing and
other forms of student ebullition that
are part of the traditions of many
American colleges. What II 1t is a
tradition the Charleston Mail OBJ
jeots; colleges should lead in casting
off traditions that are relics of bar
barism."
that .'hazing is generally a subject for
hufrnor. and the public has up to this
which the hazers play upon their
mnfortunAte victims" Ordinarily, the
Pinghan,ton Press says, there is no
more harm in college hazing than
there is in college foot ball" Never
theless, the Nashville Banner con-
tends .'hazing has resulted in unneces-
sary fatalities time and time again.
Each set OF hazers Ras been desirous
of improving on the tortures pre-
viously used and the result has
usually been a tragedy" The harm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21
EDITORIAL DIGEST

| less running within the student BODY
which softens the brashness and
tones down the rough edges of the
freshmen is one thing" the Knicker-
oocker Press (Albany) thinks; tor
ture. physical abuse and felonious as
sault are something else, and some
, thing which ought TO be suppressed
with the utmost firhlness" Boys iii
| their teens, says the Sioux City Jour,
| naI; are not responsible agents Of
their own destinies Given their free
dom, the quickest development Of
which they are capable is the ex-
ploitation of their irresponsibility,
heedlessnesa. care1essness; and IL is a
| serious matter when the violence of
! uncontrolled play results in such a
grewsome accident as befell Leighton
Mount" The feeling OF irresponsi-
bility is encouraged. the Decatur
Herald believes. by the apparent at
titude that college students should
De immune to punishment for trans
sressfons of the law for which non.
eollesians could not hope to escape
penalty" and while 1.-THE law does not
stop at campus boundaries. and i'm
| munity does not hedge collegians."
the paper points out that policemen
, seldom make arrests for disorderly
conduct when freshmen and sopho-
| mores engage in class scraps on COL
lege territory, and college authorities
usually prefer to exercise their own
4
in the law"
However, "hazing that ends fatally
! is murder" the Oregon Journal port
land) declares. and those who com
nit that kind of murder should be
dealt with like any other oriminala."
and "civil authorities" the New YORK
World suggests. could do more than
college presidents. by the enforcement
OF the penalties of the law, to check
such college FRANKS as felonious as
sault and rnanelaughter."
Accidents are the constant rIsk of
youth" the World continues; death
may happen at any time when large
bodies or young men engage In fighl-
ing not meant to be fatal. even In
friendly fro1ic. What should not hap
stances be concealed by means sug-
costing the calculating criminal" If
| in fact Leighton Mount did die from
rough treatment at the hands OF his
fellows" the Duluth Herald holds that
they would have been wiser and
| nobler to have made the truth known
then and there. They might have suf-
Tered punishment, but they would
have had sympathy and respect FOR
their frankness" The evidence that
Chicago Tribune "to the conclusion
] Of At least guilty knowledge on the
| part Of some one" for I'VE do not hide
human bodies in this day and age
| unless we wish at the same time to
| hide evidence of death and RESPONSE
bility for death" That phase OF the
story leads the Mobile Register TO
| suggest that the university fnstitute
| a course of lectures upon student hon
, orable, conduct, and make attendance
compulsory"
Because of the edict of the college
authorities banning hasing and clasE
| rushes for all time" many innocent
persons will suffer" but the Kansas
city Journal believes 1t better Ito
| make college life drab rather than
J have it stained with blood"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21

| Harry NJ. Daugherty's comrades
| smile at the tale that he has said
farewell to politics. 1t Is the breath
of his life, and he will not leave
politics till life leaves him. The At
| torney Generals friends explain that
his interest in politics certainly VIII
last as long as Warren G. Harding is
/ in public life. Undoubtedly, but Tor
| Daugherty's personal suasion on an
| authenticated occasion nine years
ago. Mr.. Harding today would be
editing his Marion newspaper instead
4 of inhabiting the White House. Hard
| ing had been beaten for the Ohio
governorship in 1910. He was much
depressed by his defeat and fore
| swore further political ambitions. But
Daugherty had other plans for MIN.
! When 1914 came, and Buckeye repub-
| licans were looking for a candidate
| for the United States Senate, Daugh-
| erty found Harding summing himself
! in Florida" brought him home, mad
| him nominated, and then elected him.
| The President has invited Daugherty to
! join the Harding party on its return
| from Alaska and make the water trip
! back 70 Washington. The Attorney
Generals physicians say he can do 1t.
x X
George L. Berry, head of the Inter-
national Printing Pressmen's Union,
who has just been triumphantly &C
kquitted of charges of malfeasance in
! office. was a major in the American
| eXpeditionary forces and rendered
| outstanding service in command OF
| labor battalions in France. At the
| peace conference Maj. Berry was a
! liaison officer between the American
| labor delegation and the labor repre-
| sentativeS of the allied powers.
! Pressmcn'S Home. Tennessee. the
splendid philanthropic establishment
! founded and maintained by the
pressmen's union. is mainly Berry's
creation and he still directs its af
| fairs. Berry is past national vice
/ commander of the American Legion.
John Bull expects that our pro-
verbal sense of humor will solve the
American waters. Says the veneer
able Sunday Timse of London:
of course, way out will be
found. The situation is too farcically
| impossible to last. 1t will not even
| ships to enter British ports on the
| ground that they do not carry the
! legal quantity of liquor. Sooner or
\ later American humor will be touch
| ed. and then sanity and decency will
| reign again"
! + X
! Cyrus f. Woods. newly appointed
| am bassador to Japan. will sail for
Yokohama from San Francisco aboard
| S. S. President Taft on June IS. He
| hopes to tarry a day at Honolulu and
discuss Hawaiian conditions with
| Gov. Harrington. While in Washing
! ton this week Mr.. Woods paid his
respects TO Mr.. Hanihara, the Japa-
| nese ambassador. who will entertain
! formally in his honor next month. A
| Washingtonian with whom Ambassa-
/ dor Woods spent reminiscent hours
was Warren +. Martin. special assist
ant TO the Attorney General and for
I many years Philander C. knoxs
| right-hand man. N was under knoxs
| aegiS that Mr.. Woods entered the
| diplomatic service in 1912. Our new
| envoy to Toxic is one of the elite in
! tellectual company that proudly
| wears the Phi Beta Kappa key, won
| at Lafayette College In 1885. Seere-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21

According to Philadelphia scier-
fist we can begin to look forward TO
the day when we can carry a vest
pocket case Of tabloid "hormones" and
thus regulate at will our various pas.
sions. Cannot you see the head coach
just before the game feeding his husky
gridironers the necessary gland ex-
tract to make them chew up the other
fellows? The right pill just before a
necessary apology will also put one in
the proper humble frame of mind to
go through with it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21
A Common Impulse.

Man. he likes to make a speech,
An make 1t good an long;
Bird, he hops upon a limb
An wants to sing song.
Bullfrog bellows in de marsh,
De cricket chirps his BEST
An even de mosquito.
He gifts noisy like de rest.
De bumblebee keeps buzsin',
But the locus browns him OUT
Dey's all a-speechifyin';
Everybody wants to shout.
Oar ain no use objeetin',
Cause it isn't nothin' Queer
We kind o. wants the earth TO stol
A, notice dat ives here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21

Frederick Funston. ir.. and Emilio
Aguinaldo. ir., are plebe classmates
at West Point. 1t is pretty good bet
that there will be requests from mem
bers of the "yearIing" class for fire.
quent stagings of a stirring capture
scene, with preliminary swims across
wash basins. cap pistols and other
thrilling effects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21

The abolition of poverty should be
achieved in the United States within
the next twenty-five years. says Miss
Julia Lathrop, former head of the chill
drens bureau and recently adjudged
one of the twelve most famous wom-
en- in the United States" If what she
says comes true. she will easily out.
rank ell the other eleven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21

A New Jersey jury rendered a yer.
dict in favor of a plaintiff whose hus.
band had been killed in a motor smash.
up, and then set the DANA ses at $500
Judge Bodine of Newark said that
such a sum for an adult human life
was ridiculous and set the verdict
aside. Perhaps this particular jury as
sessed themselves individually and
struck an average valuation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21

Although it might prove somewhat
difficult, should not hesitate to begin
the study of Sanskrit," says a nifty.
year.old Lima. Ohio. clubwoman, In
ernphasizing the fact that the decade
of the forties is wofnans best age.
Modest as we'll as brave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21

The socialist party Of America has
passed a resolution calling on Con.
gress to impeach Chief Justice VIII.
liam Howard Taft. If they will only
forget to appoint committee our es.
teemed ex.President will be safe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21

And now Maude Adams is returning
to the stage. She may have been in
spired by the example of the late
Sarah Bernhardt. who, however, never
was away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21

The Saltillo district of Mexico re-
crop in nine years. What do they
raise down there, century-plant bios.
SONS?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21

Mussolini began life as a brick
Iayer. and still boasts that his brick S
were well and truly laid. 1t is pity
he laid aside the trowel for the
sword 1t is only by bricklaying even
in politics that anything solid and
permanent can be accomplished.
ISRAEL ZANGWILL.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21
Few Words.

American labor is evolutionary and
constructive. 1t is not revolutionary,
and it declines to adopt any of the
shbboleths or symbols of revolution
airy movements.
-SAMITEI, GOMPERS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21

Now it is rumored that the Prince of
Wales will wed a/Welsh girl. Those
who own st. David as their patron
hope he will not welsh on this propo-
sition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21

The Evening Star. with the Sunday morning
edition, is delivered ny carriers within the city
at so cents per month; daily only. 40 cents per
month; Sunday only, 20 cents per month Or
ders may DC seat by mail or telephone Main
1000. Collection is made by carriers at the
end of each month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21

If ever a man is to be a real any
thing. the sense of privilege will be
the sign. A physician to whom doc
toring, is not privilege is no real
physician. A teacher to whom teach.
ing is not a privilege is no real
teacher. A'friend to whom friendship
ia not a. privilege Is no real friend.
HARRY EMERSON FOSDICk.
The Russian experiment has proven
that communism destroys initiative
and that no human power can substi-
tute what God has implanted in man
and woman the incentive of personal
gain and the security of property
gained by personal effort.
-CHAUNCEY DEPEW.
Nine out of ten insurgents are peo-
nile who, having failed to achieve any
thinr under the rules Of the game.
because of their laziness, inconpe-
tence or crankiness, are willing to
cheat to win.
The pistol is becoming a national
badge of this country. Even the
ladies have taken to totins them. 1t
js more important for America to
have Individual disarmament than to
SCRAP a dozen battleships.
CHIEF MAGISTRATE McADOO.
Mankind cannot be taught where
its passions and prejudices are con-
eerned.
One of the characteristics of the
average American Is that he resents
the term average. -
--HUGH S. CUMMINGS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21

One of the characteristics of the
average American Is that he resents
the term average"
--HUGH S. CUMMINGS.
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THEODORE w. NoYEs.......E Editor
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21

Mankind cannot be taught wherj
it's passions and prejudiees are con
eerned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21

AS many of my readers know, there
are two Lords Curzon. There Is the
Marquis OF Cursor. the former vice.
roy of India, now secretary OF state
~ foreign affairs and possessed of
inttrnationA fame ~ rnAttefful
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21

While our forefathers were deter
mined TO keep church and state enE
tirely separate. it is now discovered
that the capital of the nation is CEN
tered in church. The bureau of the
census announces that the center Of
population Of Washington is exactly
in the Central Methodist Episcopal
Church. at 1915 9Th street northwest.
westward the star of empire takes
its course" even though it travels at
a snail's pace.
Copyright, 1928, by p. V. Colliusl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21

There is a school of psychiatrists
who make much over the name given
to certain cases generally classified as
shell shock" They even say that
there is no such thing as "shell
Evening star., 1923-01-06
mo APPROPRIATION FOR
SINKING FUND NEEDED
Income From Investments for
Years 1923 and 1924 Sufficient
to Pay Interest on D. G. Debt.

The District appropriation bill fol
the fiscal year 1924, beginning July
next, carries no amount for the sink
ing fund, because the District Com
missioners have reported that they
will not need any such appropriation
Maj. Daniel J. Donovan in his an
nual report to the District Commits
sioners as auditor says
"On June 80. 1921, the outstanding
3.65 per cent District bonds amounted
to $4,s15,750. During the. fiscal year
1922. $196,050 of these bonds were
purchased and Cancelled, leaving the
amount of bonds outstanding on June
assets amount to s4,563.465.62. thus
making the net indebtedness on June
80. 1922. $156,234.38. The District OF
Columbia has no other form of in
debtedneSs than that represented by
Its outstanding 3.65 bonds.
No appropriation is made for in
terest and sinking fund for the fiscal
year 1923. as the income derived from
investments in United States bonds
is more than sufficient to meet the
payment of interest on the 365 bonds
nor Is any appropriation for such
purpose recommended for the fscal
year 1924.
The fifty-year period, for which
the S.65 bonds were issued, the issue
being limited by law to $15,0OO,OO0
will expire August l, 1924. The sink.
ing fund asset, represented entirely
by investments in bonds of the United
States. will nearly be sufficient tC
take up the outstanding 3.65 bonds
although further appropriation, not
exceeding 100000. may be required
Tor this purpose, the amount of the
appropriation depending entirely upor
the price at which the investments
may be sold. =