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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-06-22

Cumberland. Miss Margaret p.
Somerville. daughter of the late VIII
liam A. and Harriet Sonierville, and
DR.. Thomas A. Gormly, of Mt. Vernon,
Iowa. were married at the home of J.
Wesley P. somerville. brother of the
bride. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Martin Luther Enders, pastor
Of st. PauIs Lutheran Church. Mem
bers Of the immediate families and a
few friends were present. Following
the ceremony a breakfast was served
at the Eomerville home. The couple
left on the Baltimore and ohic train
No. s, tor trip 10 Eastern eltiea.
Evening star., 1923-11-06
Gov. Pinchot's Drive.

In line with President Coolidge's
suggestion at his conference with the
governors, that the states must bear
their share of prohibition law enforce
ment, Gov. Pinchot, in cooperation
yesterday with federal authorities, set
out in earnest to close up liquor-dis-
pensing saloons in Pennsylvania. Fed
eral Judge Thompson issued a pre-
llnlinary order against a saloonkeeper
in Pottsville restraining him from
further alleged violations of the Vol
stead act
1t was only a partial victory for en-
forcement, however, as the judge re-
fused to make an order ''padlocking''
the saloon, which would have sealed
the property. At the close of the hear
ing the United States district attorney
had warrants issued for the arrest of
six Philadelphia saloonkeepers on a
criminal charge of maintaining a
nuisance. and filed bills in equity for
the padlocking of their premises.
In the latter cases the owners of the
premises were also made defendants,
the first time the government has
sought to penalize the owner of a
saloon property in Philadelphia. This
will present a new feature to enforce
ment undertakings in the City of
Brotherly Love. and is calculated to
PIT additional teeth" in the law
Philadelphia saloonkeepers' fragrant
defiance of the law and scorn of Gov.
Pinchot's attempts to. enforce it have
been notorious. making the law and
the executive a by-word.
With the state and federal authori-
ties cooperating whoie-heartedly the
country will follow with deep interest
the outcome of the legal proceedings,
which will furnish test whether the
constitutional mandate that Congress
and the states shall concurrently en-
force the eighteenth amendment can
be, in fact carried out
Evening star., 1923-11-06
The Phone Call to DUTY.

Detroit is having municipal cleo
tion today and all day long $50 tele-
phone operators have been calling up
the 10000 subscribers of the phone
company and asking them if they
have voted yet. This is an effort to
get every Detroit citizen who can be
reached by phone to go to the polls.
1t is a non-partisan movement.
There is a reflection upon the citi-
zenship Of the people of Detroit in the
adoption of this expedient. Every
adult citizen should vote, whether the
Office at stake is only mayoralty or
a presidency. But it is notorious that
a large percentage of the people do
not vote. This is not peculiar to De-
troit. It is characteristic of all cities,
of all parts of the country, urban and
rural. People have in many cases to
be prodded to the polls. They have
to- be reminded of their duty, per-
suaded Of their duty. Some of them
are obstinate and refuse to go, say
they take no interest; some say that
they regard politics as dirty game
and want to keep out of it. They do
not realize that if politics is dirty it is
because they and others like them
good. clean citizens, with an honest
view of public responsibility-do not
lgo to the polls at primaries or on
election day.
The women Of this country fought
sur many years for TIE vote and now
Evening star., 1923-11-06
Location of the CapitaI.

Gaillard Hunt is giving a series Of
lectures to a Washington club on the
history of Washington. 1t is an inter.
esting matter, one on which all our
people should be informed, and Mr..
Hunt is qualified to instruct them. 1t
is likely that he will deal more with
how the seat Of government came to
be on the Potomac river rather than
with the whole history of Washington,
because he has gone into that subject
before. A paper on this by Mr.. Hunt
was published in the annual report of
the American Historical Association
for 1895, and was reprinted in 1900
in the volume commemorating the
hundredth anniversary Of the estab-
lishment of the seat of government
here. In 1899 the Columbia Historical
Society named a committee to ICON.
slider and report on" this matter, and
that report is in print. A number Of
our local historians have dealt with
this matter. and among these were
Hugh T. Taggart, Wilhelmus B.
Bryan, DR.. Samuel C. Buey, Aims
worth r. Spofford and Call ard Hunt.
There were many others. II is posi-
Evening star., 1923-11-06

regard it highly. But some Of them
do not vote today. Some Of them, in
deed. have never cared for the vote.
But those who wanted 1t and many
who have been converted to the vot.
ing spinit since it was granted faith.
fully discharge their duty on all elec-
ton days, local or state or national
If the vote were taken away from
citizens for not exercising it they
would be outraged. They would hold
indignation meetings, would demand
the restoration of their rights under
penalty of demonstration and possibly
revolt. Nothing is cherished SO much
as that which is denied.
Those telephone calls in Detroit,
summons to duty, ought to make the
people of that city ashamed It would
be a good thing to have this practice
followed in all other cities. if only to
get out larger votes at election time.
Perhaps, the people would then get
the habit of voting regularly. And
that would be for the country's good.
Evening star., 1923-11-06
German Breakup Viewed
By Press as World Crisis

de mocratic government" So far.
also, as the position of France and
Belgium is concerned, the Canton
News recalls they may well afford TO
forego the attempted collection of
reparations in return for concessions
that would eventually prove more
valuable than the payment of few
million dollars" So complex is the
situation that the Asbury Park Press
insists anything is likely to happen,
and the German people know perhaps
less what is transpiring than those
on the outside looking in."
The Saginaw News-Courier is con-
yinced France holds firmly to the
main consideration, the exaction Of
reparations payments in full" yet.
powerful as is the present-day
French military machine. it is scarcely
to be believed that France would at
tempt the sending of armies of occu-
patton into the several parts of Il
divided Germany" Dissolution. in ad-
dition, would involve new European
problems" the Topeka Capital points
out, and France is supreme at the
moment, but no status is permanent
in Europe, a continent haunted by
deep-seated traditional hatreds and
rival ambitions for power" The
United States has very deep RESPONSE
bilities in the matter, the Muekegon
Chronicle holds, because ito betray
our friends is bad enough. But to be
tray the confidence of our foes is even
less honorable" 1t is difficult, how
ever, to tell what can be done. and the
Kansas City Journal. pointing out the
significance of the Rhine1and move
ment says "the situation confronting
Germany is gravely complicated by
this latest development. But 1t is
clear that it cannot continue indef
initely along existing lines. though
the Rhineland proclamation is pre-
carious foundation upon which TO
build predictions"
1t is the view of the Wheeling
Register that France had best give
up her militarism and turn her at
tention TO righting her chaotic finan
cial standing and the pursuit of
domestic happiness and tranquility.
The world is not back of French
care policy of German destruction.
The peace sought in Europe was TO be
a peace without victory or conquests.
While, of course, this all may be true,
however, the Chattanooga News feels
"the German people are in a desperate
condition and, unfortunately, that
which more than anything else leads
to civil war. the hungry stomach, Is
now the normal condition of the In
habitants of that country" And as
the Grand Rapids Press sees 1t, IF
Germany is again separated into the
extremely individual states which
blood and iron welded into the Ger
man empire 1t is entirely possible the
change will mean q material loss to
the seceders. Prussian efficiency oper-
ating through a PruSSian bureaucracy
kept all Germany on her toes.
Evening star., 1923-11-06

BILE that no stone has been left un-
turned and no record undiscovered
which throws light on how Congress,
sitting, at Philadelphia, passed the
Capital-remOval bill in the spring of
1880.
one OF the measures before the First
Congress which caused serious dis.
cussion was the "assumption bill i"
under the terms Of which the general
government would assume the revolu.
tionary debts of the states. Virginia's
debt had been reduced, was funded at
8 per cent, and the interest was being
regularly paid. Some states had not
been successful in caring for the revo-
lutionary obligations, and Virginia
protested against assuming a share .of
responsibility for debts of less pres.
porous or provfdent states. Repre-
sentatives Richard Bland Lee and
Alexander White Of Virginia were
vigorous in opposing the assumption
bill, which was pet measure Of Alex
Iander Hamilton, and it was defeated in
the House April II, 1880. by two
votes.
Another measure Of earnest debate
was that providing for the establish
ment of permanent seat of govern
ment. As the Capitalization bill first
passed the House it fixed the seat Of
government on the Susquehanna river.
The bill went to the Senate, and tie
Capital site was changed to Germaa-
town, Pa. The House accepted tEe
change. but made a minor amendment
which sent the bill back to the Senax.
Richard Bland Lee had offered "a
resolution that the Capital be estab-
lshed on the Potomac river. WhAe
these questions were in agitation
there was a dinner party at the house
of Thomas jefferson, Washingtor:'s
Secretary of State. 1t is thought that
there an agreement was reached that
Hamilton would support Lees Capital-
location resolution and that Lee would
support the assumption bill. That ELL
was got before the House again, AID
Representatives Richard Bland LIE
and Alexander White Of Virginia asid
Daniel Carroll of Maryland reversed
themselves and voted for it, and it was
passed. The House passed the bill IS
tablishing the seat Of government Sn
the Potomac between the mouth sof
the Eastern branch and that of CoEo-
gocheague creek July 8, 1890, by.
vote Of 80 to 90 1t went through the
Senate in that form. and was signad
by President Washington July f6,
1890. 1t was amended March 3, 1871,
that the federal territory might be tte-
low the mouth of the Eastern branfh
so as to include the town of Alexaan-
dria, but before that amendment was
enacted President Washington direct
ed the Commissioners to lay out the
new territory as it is today, minis
that part which Virginia ceded and
which was retroceded.
Evening star., 1923-11-06
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

can participation in the economic de-
velopment of Persia and the near
east. Coupled with their appreciation
of Americas financial strength is
SLAMS. Turks and Afghans in her po-
litical disinterestedness and her eco
nomic efficiency"
During the hectic political times
impending, many statesman is pre-
pairing to be heckled ruthlessly by
constituents on the prohibition ques-
ton. John Sharp Williams, Missis-
sippi's eloquent son, disposed of an
interrupter brilliantly during his last
campaign for the United States Sem
ate. MAY 1 ask the senator a ques-
tion?" an inquisitive auditor rose to
remark. In his blandest and grand
est manner, Williams rejoined: Ger
tainly, sir. Amy constituent of mine
can ask me a question any time"
Then the heckler said: Senator. do
liams retorted: as that an inquiry
or an invitation?" That ended the
argument.
Silence that even Calvin Coolidge
might envy marks the conduct of
James NJ. Cox. a potentiality for the
democratic presidential nomination.
whose possibilities are not under
estimated by shrewd leaders. Cox's
only answer when asked about his
candidacy is that he is interested in
seeing the party adopt a platform that
keeps the faith" Which Is supposed
to mean league Of nations platform
The former Governor of Ohio is
going in strong for practical farm
ing. Also he is giving evidence of
abiding interest in the rural commun-
ity where he has his bucolic habitat
by rebuilding the local church as
gift to the village. Cox's grandfather
burned the brick from which the
original church was built In that
leader once attended Sunday school.
Frank B. Kellogg is the first Amer
lean ever sent to the Court of St.
James who never had the advantage
of a college education. His parents,
New York state people. went to Min
nesota after the civil war as pioneer
farmers. and their son. after an ordi-
nary public school training, studied
law at Rochester, Mimi. His readings
in a country lawyers office enabled
him, in 1878. to secure admission to
the bar Thenceforward his rise in
public life was steady. The firm of
Davis, Kellogg & Severance. at st.
Paul sent two of its members to the
United States Senate-the late Cush-
man X. Davis in 1887. and Frank Il.
Kellogg in 1917.
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-11-06

President Coolidge's participation
in the George Washington Masonic
ceremonial at Alexandria. Va, caused
this observer to make inquiries at
the White House about Mr.. Coolidge's
fraternal affiliations. He hasn't any.
He has never been a Joiner" Ex-
cept for his membership in the Am
herst chapter of Phi Gamma Delta,
the President belongs to no frater-
nifty or fraternal order of any kind.
That is another respect in which he
is fundamentally and Temperament
tally different from President Hard
ing. The Phi Gamma Deltas are
proud of the coincidence that three
cotemporary Vice Presidents of the
United States-Charles W. Fairbanks,
Thomas r. Marshall and Calvin Cool
tdge-were fraternity brothers of
Gamma ever to make" the White
House. Newton D. Baker is another
of the fraternity's famed members.
Jules Jusserand enters upon the
final quarter of his twenty-frst sue
cessive year at Washington In troub-
lous times 1t will be exactly a score
of years and one on February Z,
1924, since the French ambassador
was officially accredited to the United
States. No foreign diplomat ever
stationed here achieved such a rec
ord and few diplomats at any cap
ital have equaled it. NJ Jusserand
is approaching the end of his sixty
ninth year Diplomacy has not en-
crossed all of his busy life. He has
written number of books, including
volume produced amid the preoc-
cupations OF war time-"With Amer
leans of Past and Present Days"
In 1921 M Jusserand was president
of the American Historical Associa-
tion. Chicago, Columbia Harvard
Princeton and Yale universities have
given him honorary degrees.
The first Persia Society of Ameri-
come of suggestion made at the
dinner recently given in New York
by Mira Hussein Khan Alai, the &C :
complished Persian minister to the
United States. People in the United
States are not generally aware that
Persia's economic house is being put
In order by an American mission at
Teheran. The head of the mission
is DIR. A. c. Millspaugh, who has the
title of administrator general of the
finances of Persia. Until his dispatch
to Teheran last year. DIR. Millspaugh
was the petroleum specialist of the
October meeting of the American Iron
and Steel Institute, Minister Hussein
Alai stated:
''The time is propitious for Ameri
Evening star., 1923-11-06
The Salvation Army.

The Salvation Army, or a part of it,
marches along the Avenue and is re-
ceived at the White House by Presi-
dent Coolidge. The congress of this
Christian host at Washington and the
celebration of the thirty-eighth ami
versary of its organization are events
of moment to a large number of per-
sons and of interest to a very great
number. 1t is said that "the birthday
of the organization is also coupled in
the local celebration with the thirtieth
anniversary of the army's work in the
Capital" 1t really seems farther back
in time than that when we first heard
the big bass drum and the tambourines
of these humble and devout laborers
in the Christian field.
The thought comes that when a
small group of these earnest men and
women gathered near the Cogswell
fountain at 7th and the Avenue, or at
the Franklin statue at the Avenue and
10th street, not very many persons
realized their mission or believed that
the army would grow to the size it is
today, and that it would impress it.
self upon the world. The good work
Of the army has become familiar to
everybody, and it is believed that it
exercises wonderful power in attract
ing to the cross men and women who
cannot well be reached except by Sal
vation Army ways. The work of the
Salvation Army has been commended
by men and women who are great in
the worlds affairs, and it's growth has
proved that it has met and is meeting
one Of the worlds needs.
Evening star., 1923-11-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

O.. Is it permissible to wear peacock
feathers on a hate. L.
A. The biological survey says that
peacocks are common fowls and there
is no law to prohibit the wearing of
peacock feathers.
F. D. W.
A. The name of the American horse
that won the race with Papyrus is the
abbreviation of the name of a friend of
Harry Sinclair, owner of ZeV.
Q. Does autumn comprise certain
definite months?-S. G.
A. Astronomically, autumn begins In
the northern temperate zone at the au-
tumnal equinox, about September %.
and ends at the winter solstice, Decem-
ber 81; but in popular language II COM
prises in America September, October
and November: in England. August,
September and October. Autumn in
the southern hemisphere is at the same
time as spring in the northern hemi-
sphere.
Q. Would it be injurious to canary
bird to cut its claws which have grown
too long?-L. v. S.
A. If the claws of a canary turn up
or are too long, cut them with scissors,
but be sure not to cut them too short.
III its feet are hard or cruSty, rub them
with Vaseline.
Q. Is there term applied to animals
who sleep during the summer, a.
"hibernation" is applied to winter
\. S.
A. "Estivation" is the term applied
to those animals which pass the sum-
mer in the state Of dormant vitality.
Q. Did the inheritance tax originate
with the GermanS?-W. n. F.
A. Inheritance tax is one of the old
est forms Of taxation. Such tax was
imposed in Rome 1000 years ago.
Q. Who won the Parker fellowship
in music at the American Academy OF
Rome?-R. V. S.
A. The Horatio Parker fellowship in
music has been bestowed upon Winter
Watts of Brooklyn, n. Y. This entities
him to three years Of study, with an
annual stipend of 81, 900, together with
free residence at the academy and the
chance to visit important musical cen
ters of Europe. Mr.. Watts is the fourth
to hold this fellowship. Competitions
will be held every year in the future. it
is announced.
@. Is Theodore Roosevelt's grave on
Sycamore Hill?-L. S.
A. His grave is not on Sycamore
Hill top. 1t is located a short distance
above the cove ROAD on tne TluBe OF a
knoll commanding the inner bay about
two miles from Sycamore Hill.
Q. Did Pocahontas have another In
dian name?-C. W. f.
A. The real name Of Pocahontas was
Matoaka. Pocahontas is a verbal ad-
jective. meaning he or she is playful.
This nickname was used by Pocahontas
father. Powhatan, in speaking with the
Virginia colonists.
Q. What was the area of the Louis
lana purchase?-D. r.
A The area of the Louisiana terri
tory pur chased in 1903 was a little more
than 1000, 900 square miles.
O. What will clean aluminium with
out defacing the surface?-D. B.
A. A solution of 30 grams of borax in
one liter of water containing a few
drops of aqua ammonia is a good clean
ing fluid for aluminium.
(Do you haze question you todnt
dnstUered? Send it to The Star IN
formation Bureau, Frederic j. Has
kin, director, 1920 North Capitol
street. Inclose 2 cents it stamps for
return postdge.)
Evening star., 1923-11-06

.. VIII you give me the meaning
of the word "Potomac"?-M ". r.
A. There are at least three expla-
nations OF the origin Of the word
Potomac: "a That it is derived
from "Pethamook." which means
they are coming by water" (2) 1t
is derivative of "Potowanmeac, ;"
which means 'to make a fire in a
(3)- The word is supposed to mean
"a river Of swans"
Q. Is it Injurious to the arch of the
foot to walk with the toes turned
out?-N. A. F.
A. The weight of the foot is prop
erly distributed when a balance is
preserved between the points of the
triangle made by the foot. The heel
Is one of the points and the others
are at the base of the first and fifth
toes. When the toes are turned out,
the foot has tendency to bend in
ward, so that the weight of the body
is on the inside of the foot. The pres
sure causes the arches to sink in and
become painful. Ballet dancers. who
turn the toes out, exert u strong pull
on the outer muscles of the leg, so
as to arch the foot and Offset the
tendency to sinking in. When the
arch Is more readily held in place
and it is not necessary to exert the
pull on the leg muscles.
Q. What is the authority by which
the Prince of Wales holds his titles?
TX. G. T,
A. The earldoms and baronetages
held by the Prince of Wales are he
reditary possessions to the heir of
the British throne.
Q. How are shot made round in
shape?-J. D.
A. Shot are made by running
molten lead combined with a little
arsenic through sieve or by pouring &
it from a ladle with a serrated edge
from a high tower into water at the
bottom. The stream of metal breaks
into strips which become spherical.
Q. Did Cervantes have a particular
purpose in writing Don Quixote"?-
l. NJ.
A. In writing this book Cervantes
aimed to ridicule the romantic stories
of knighthood which were at the
time extremely popular.
Q. A writer referred recently to
"the only American who signed the
Declaration of Independence. the
treaty of alliance with France, the
treaty of peace with England and the
Constitution" Who was this man.
S. T.
A. This reference was to Benjamin
Franklin.
Q. Can you give me a simple meth
od for putting my name on steel tools?
IT. s.
A. Cover the metal with a coating
of beeswax. With a pointed tool
write your name in the wax. Fill the
writing with a solution composed of
four ounces of nitric acid and one
half ounce of muriatic acid. Be sure
to fill each letter. Let the mixture
remain five minutes, after which wash
off acid and beeswax with hot water.
Q. Where did goldfish originated
A. P.
A. Goldfish are a variety of the
carp and owe their existence to the
Chinese and Japanese people, who,
since the sixteenth century, have kept
them in a domesticated state. and by
selective breeding have eliminated the
somber colors of the ancestral stock
and produced the beautiful colors we
now see. During their first year gold
fish are brown, after which they as
sumo a silvery tint. and as they grow
older they change to gold.
Evening star., 1923-11-06
Opposes Home Name.
10 the Editor of The Star:

10 the Editor of The Star:
Laying of the corner stone of the
new Home for Incurables" arouses
again a wave of interest in new
name for the new building.
There is no doubt that the word
"incurables" is too strongly sugges-
tive of abandon hope, all ye who
enter here" and as suggestion plays
or works--such an important part
in our wellbeing, it is surely worth
consideration.
One of the lecturers who recently
visited Washington told a friend she
would give $1,000 to the Home for
Incurables If they would change the
name.
"Sheltering Arms" has been sug-
gested, but 1t Is too much like chill
dren's asylum.
"Salem House" blouse of Peace), is
a beautiful name offered by another
interested friend; also House of
Friendship" My own contribution to
the list is House by the Side of the
Road" (as easy as Home for Incur
ables), and a reminder of the poem
by Sam walter Floss:
Let me live in a house by the side
of the road
an" NJ z. HOYT.
Evening star., 1923-11-06

Sea captains complain that every
time they take a good-looking young
sailor to the California coast he de-
serts and becomes a movie actor.
Some of the movie actors do occa-
sionally look as if they expected any
moment to be called from a scene
representing a fashionable drawing
room and told to go and swab the
deck.