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Evening star., 1923-09-21
A Sacrifice to Science.

The tragedy yesterday at the bu-
reau of standards was one of, the sac
rifices that science makes in its prog
ress and development. The cost was
a heavy one. Four lives were lost
and six of the laboratory workers
were seriously hurt. A material dam
age was caused estimated at $4,000,
much smaller, of course, than the loss
in life, for which no adequate CON-
pensation can be made.
Only speculation is possible as to
the cause of the accident. 1t is be-
lieved, however, that it was due to a
short-circuit spark igniting the gas
that had accumulated within the air
tight chamber in which an airplane
motor was being tested to determine
the loss. of fuel by evaporation. The
tests under way were designed to
show the efficiency of air motors at
different attitudes, as measured by the
degree of vacuum in the testing cham
assemblage Of a number of men with
in immediate range of the explosion
and within a restricted space.
The work of the bureau of standards
is in large measure designed to in
crease safety, to decrease the percent
age of accident. Tests are made as to
the strength of materials and the
power of fuels and explosive sub
stances. There is no possible calcula-
tion of the value to the people of this
country of these experiments and
tests Buildings and all other struc-
lures are stronger and more durable
because of them. Industrial processes
are safer and more efficient. And this
increasing scale for a good many
years, with a remarkably small per.
centage of mishaps. Yesterdays acci
dent was the worst in the history of
the institution. Seemingly no one is
to be blamed for it. 1t was simply one
Of those things that may happen at
any time in the course of laboratory
work where dangerous elements are
being handled.
The keenest sympathy is felt for
those who are hurt and for the fami.
lies of those who died. Material aid, if
it is needed, will undoubtedly be forth
coming. The government itself makes
but small provision for those who are
injured in it's service. In this case
Congress should by special enactment
recognize the governments obligation
Evening star., 1923-09-21
Court and Klan.

Gov. Walton of Oklahoma wins the
first round of the legal fight. Yester-
day a district judge ruled that the
military power is supreme in Okla
>hon1a, dismissing petitions for habeas
corpus filed in behalf of three men
held by the militia officers for par
ticipation in the Tulsa county fog
ging While an exception to the rul-
ing has been filed, and the case will
therefore probably go to the supreme
court of the state, there is little reason
to look for a reversal, as in such
cases the courts usually hold the ac-
complished acts of executive officers
to be valid. In other words, the courts
as a rule sustain the judgment of the
executive in respect to the existence
of emergencies. +,
With the military rule established
by the governors action. thus upheld
by at least the court of first instance,
q movement for impeachment becomes
less important. 1t is, indeed, to be
doubted il a maj jority of the legisla-
tuIe Will dSSehlble anu seen " CAdi-
lenge the authority of the governor.
At first he was inclined to seek to pre-
vent meeting. Now he is advised to
let the meeting be held. if one is at
Iempted, and to disregard it as illegal
and ineffective. The speaker Of the
lower house. who is supporter Of the
governor. has declared that a session
of the legislature would be illegal,
Evening star., 1923-09-21
The Milk Row.

In the controversy between milk
producers and distributors the main
point of interest to the people of the
District is that there shall be no in
tefruption of supply, no lowering of
quality anc , increase in the price of
milk. The health officer announces
that his office will protect consumers.
Spokesman of the producers associa-
ton have said that the association
does not contemplate an increase in
price to distributors, that the asso.
citation will insure a full supply of
milk to Washington and that mot a
child shall suffer nor a customer go
begging" Spokesman for a group of
distributors say they refuse to recog-
nize the association of producers be-
cause it would put control of the milk
supply of Washington under that as
sociation. and that then the quality of
milk might be lowered or the price
raised.
Representatives of the producers
make specific denial to each charge
made by the distributors. They say
that the farmers, members of the as
ISOLATION, are standing firm for the
right of cooperative marketing; that
their association has been formed in
accord with the cooperative associa.
tions law Of Maryland and federal
statutes, and that their association
had the approval OF the Secretary of
Agriculture and of other dairy and
farm experts in the service of the ma.
tionai government.
The public has not and cannot have
Evening star., 1923-09-21

Interstate Commerce Commission cam
not ind here a point where the con-
sumer can be helped Any Increase
greater than so cents a ton would he
an imposition on, the public. Any in
crease applying to coal mined before
the settlement would be a plain hold
up And the examination of freight
rates and dealers margins NAV dis
close the fact that instead of there
being any increase at all there should
be sharp reduction in the price OF
anthracite
Even the governor the Cincinnati
enquirer believes. realized 1.-The weak
ness or his settlement as a relief to
the consumer The governor, who
loudly professed interest in the CON
sumner at the opening of the con-
terences. left it for the last phase Of
ms settlement. That Is. the public
winch should have had at least CON
current, consideration. is to be given
II last and must wait for 1t indef-
lnfteiy- and may not get it at all II
consumers of anthracite escape with
less than dollar a ton extra they
will be lucky"
1t Is. of course. possible that the
pubic VIII eventually be protected
but the Canton News points out that
the need of complete readjustment
of the anthracite industry is empha-
sized by Gov. Pinchot, who realizes
that the agreement TO continue min
ing operations is only temporary. The
Coal Commission also says that the
anthracite industry is operated most
unscien entitically-which may be taken
to mean that the operators and min
ers have been getting all they can
from the business, and consumers pay
the costs"
To which the Peoria Transcript
somewhat sarcastically adds +'mine
workers and operators are happy,
politicians are happy that Gov. Pinchot
is happy. AS for the additional dollar
added to the price of hard coal settle
ment. the public will pay. reluctantly
perhaps, but none the less certainly
Its a grouchy consumer who auib-
,bles over the price when good fellows
get together"
Evening star., 1923-09-21

while leaders of the impeachment
movement announce that the speaker
would. In case of a meeting, be de-
posed from his office.
1t is quite a long way between the
call for such a meeting and an actual
assemblage and action. Members who
may in the first flush of feeling be in
move are likely to hesitate, in the.
light of the decision of the court that
military rule is valid. If, however. i'm
peachmeht is undertaken by an ir-
regularly sitting legislature, and it re-
suits in declaration of custer from
office, it is altogether probable that
Gov. Walton would refuse to recog-
nize the validity of the procedure and
hold firmly to his post. In that event
a dual government would be installed
in Oklahoma, one recognized by the
courts and the other by the legisla-
ture. But with the state militia sup
porting him. and with the courts sus.
tanning his position, it is hardly con-
celVdpIS tHdl lie soNeInor Wouiu sieiu
or would fail to exercise efficient au.
thority.
Continued effort to oust Gov. Wal.
ton from his office in face Of the court
decision thus far rendered would be
in line with the spirit OF coercion by
extra-legal means which animates the
organization for the suppression OF
which as a factor in Oklahoma affairs
Gov. Walton is now working. The
executive of the state has proceeded
thus far within the boundaries of legal
right. The organization which is defy
ing him has. by the decision Of the
court, placed itself outside of those
boundaries.
Evening star., 1923-09-21
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

Q. OF what disease do most of the
animals in the Zoo die?-H. j. F.
| a. Records Of the National Zoolog-
| ical Park for the past eight years
show that enteritis is the most COM
mon cause of death. Enteritis is the
medical term for Inflammation of the
intestines and covers, of course. spe-
cific troubles of very different origins.
Q. Does President Coolidge. draw
the Presidents salary or the Vice
President's?-V. D.
A. President Coolidge draws the
salary of the President of the United
States, which is $4,000 year.
Q. What proportion Of the farms of
the United States use electricity?-A.
L. G.
A. The rural lines committee of the
National Electric Light Association
estimates that 5.4 per cent of the
farms of the country are supplied
with electric energy from central sta
tions and individual plants.
Q. When and where is the next
publishers convention?-R. D.
A. The National Publishers Asso-
citation will hold It's annual meeting
September 1919 at Briarcliff Lodge,
Brfarclif Manor, New York.
O. What is the origin of the Pc
culiar cry Of the fascisti?-M. w. D.
A. The. italian embassy says that
CD h.
Ella Ella, Ella, alara," which the poet
warrior Gabrielle d'Annunzio used dur
ing the recent war when in command of
a squadron of airplanes called "Sere-
nissima," after the medieval republic
of Venice. D'Annunzio himself had
revived this cry, which was used by
the crews of the Venetian galleys in
the middle ages. .s~ =
Q. When was the first terrestrial
globe made FL. J. p.
A. The. oldest example of a terres-
trial globe known is that constructed
| at Nuremberg in 1892. One of the
earliest to contain both hemispheres
| is that in the New York Public Lii
brary' and is of date 15O6-1507.
Q. Why do secret societies set fire
| to a cross?-H. L.
A. The fiery cross has been for
| many centuries a signal to gather
peoples of certain organizations or
affiliations together. .f r .
O.. What is meant by the term
'Sfcilian Vespers" ]. K.
A. The name "Sicilian Vespers" was
| given to the massacre of the French
1 in Sicily, because the carnage at
| Palermo, Italy, on the day after
| Easter .(March 80. 12S2), took place
while the church bells were ringing
| for the yesper service. Charles OF
Anjon, France, had oppressed the
conquered Sicilian people, who arose
an this day and massacred all the
| French residents of the city, even
| Italians and Sicilians who had mar
! ried French citizens.
O.. How do the profits of the Pan
! anna canal compare with the cost of
| building it?-R. A. G:
| A. The Panama Canal Commits
sion says that the profits from the
| canal to date have been approxi-
| mately $16,000.00e, while the cost of
building the canal was approximately
| $4,000. .OOe -. -, -
Q. Where was Nathan Hale buried
IN. r.
A. The, body of Nathan Hale was
placed in an unmarked grave and its
location was never disclosed.
Evening star., 1923-09-21

that close and detailed knowledge OF
milk production and Distribution which
would entitle 1t 20 an opinion on the
merits OF dispute. Both parties to
the quarrel give assurance that they
are acting In the interest of the public
and also in their own interest. The
producers seem more emphatic than
the distributors in saying that con,
sumers shall not suffer, and the Dis
trict health Office, which has super
vision over milk shipped to and dis
tributed in Washington, is on guard.
Evening star., 1923-09-21
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE

When President Coolidge and David
Lloyd George meet at the White
House next month they'll have one
topic of peculiarly mutual interest.
Both of them had as political and
educational mentors in early life
humble village cobblers. Mr.. Coolidge
gave public credit, few days after
he became President, to James Lucey,
Northampton shoemaker, for my be-
ing where / am today" Lloyd George,
the SON of poor parents, lost his
father when a very young lad and
was brought up by a fond uncle, who
Wales. "L. G." never tires of recall
ing the debt of gratitude he owes
to his cobbler-uncle. He will be sure
when hobnobbing with President
Coolidge. to want to know the story
of Jim" Lucey of Northampton.
woodrow Wilson was probably the
only President of the United States
who wore the insignia of his office
the official shield of the republic
Thereby hangs an interesting tale.
When Mr. Wilson became President
of Princeton University local jew
eler presented him with scarf pin
bearing the coat of arms OF the mouse
of Nassau. When ne was electeo
Governor of New Jersey the same
benefactor gave Mr.. Wilson another
min adorned with the arms of the
state. This ornament the President
elect wore to Washington when ne
arrived to be inaugurated, on March
4. 1918. He actually had the pin In
his scarf when he drove up Pennsyl-
vania avenue to the Capitol with Mr.
Taft. To the astoniShment OF OBJ
servant onlookers, President wilson
emerged from the Capitol with an
other scarf piu--one consisting of the
national shield. 1t, too, had been pre-
sented by the Princeton jeweler and
Mr. Wilson put it on within few
moments after having taken the
presidential oath. 1t was seldom miss
ing from his necktie while he occu-
pied the White House.
n X
How many articles of agricultural
produce are there. which America
imports from abroad and which our
farmers might learn how to grow?
The question was up at the yester-
day cabinet meeting Here's list of
our chief agricultural imports. with
totals for 1922 and the countries of
origini
SIX tJapsn. China, Italy) .s4os. .ooo, 900
susnr fmeries1 S10a' ............ pp 252, 900 900
Coffee brazil, Colombia, Mexico.
Central Amerca) ............-. 161 100000
Cotton and cotton manufactures
iksRii Briktssini ...................... 1876. 600 600
hiuss sSs aTq Brasi1 T Uruguay 1o7. .ooo 900
Tobacco Holland Cuba, Greece,
Turkey 49,. .-....- f4,ooosV~o
Fruits aud nuts Central America,
Jamaica, Italy, Balkan Statesl.. 12,OOOOO0
Vegetables and oils tChina, Philip
pines. Italy, SPAIN ........... bs,0O0OOO
Grains and grain products (Canada.
Japan) s.......s-. -. ..-.-..'e o4'Vvo,vVo
* X y \
william s.. Kenyon of Iowa, now q
United States circuit Judge. was a
visitor to Washington this week. en-
route. to the west from his summer
Evening star., 1923-09-21

home in Maine. He called on SEN
atorial and other political cronies of
former days, but fervently averred
he is out of politics forever and aye.
On the subject of running for Presi-
dent in 1924 as an ultra republican
progressive, Kenyon is depreciation
itself He is said to indulge in dis
Greet fits of laughter when he thinks
of the scheme whereby his elevation
to the federal bench was to make
room in the Senate for a less vocif-
erous radical" from Iowa. Then
came Brookhart.
S. S. Mcclure. veteran magazine
editor. is in Washington on a period
ical reconnoitering tour He spent
the summer in Europe and ran across
an amazing piece of hitherto unpub
lished war history. A former mem
ber of the German diplomatic sery-
ice disclosed to Mcclure that when
the kaiser made peace with the boil
shevists at Brest Litovsk, taking
Russia out of the war. the Germans
concluded secret treaty with the
reds. This provided for the delivery
of the car and his family to the
Hohenzollerns. ostensibly for the pur-
pose of preserving their lives. Later
according to McClure'S informant)
the bolshevists learned that Ger
manys real purpose was to re-estab-
lish Nicholas II on the throne of Rus
STA as the ally-vassal of the Hohen-
zollerns. When they heard of this
the reds decided to make way with
the czar, the czarina and their chill
dren.
X x
Sir Campbell Stuart, managing di-
rector of the London Times, was one
of President Coolidge's recent callers.
Stuart is young Canadian, who once
sold Otis elevators, but was discov-
cred by Lord Northcliffe and ad-
vanced. in meteoric fashion. to rank
cliffe to the United States in 1917 as
that British high commissioners mill
tary aide, and later was rewarded
with knighthood. The London
Times, now controlled by the ,Angli-
cized branch of the American Astor
family. recently disclosed the steps
taken to keep it truly national in
stitution. 1t has been provided by
the new proprietors that no person
shall hereafter acquire an interest in
its controlling shares unless with the
approval OF body OF trustees, to be
chosen from among the occupants of
certain exalted positions in the COM
munity. In this way there will be
substantial security that the his
toric traditions of the Times will not
be changed unless for weighty and
high-principled reasons"
y X X
Promoters of the new Hotel Hard
ing at Marion, Ohio, waited until
after the late Presidents passing be-
fore advertising broadcast over the
country for purchases of the COM
pany's mortgage gold bonds. A 61k
per cent issue of these, totaling $275,-
600, Is now on the market. Mr.. Hard
ing is understood to have frustrated
more than a year ago an effort to
float the securities publicly, feeling
that it would be an undue use of his
name and high Office.
Copyright 1929
Evening star., 1923-09-21
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHII.ANDER JOHNSON.

The Farmer.
L wish the gentle farmer
Would consent to reappear
The literary charmer
That he was of yester year
L wish that he would mutter
by Gosh or else "By Heck"
And not stand forth to utter
Strange thoughts our calm to wreck.
l wish his trousers ample
Inside his boots he'd tuck
And be a gay example
OF optimistic pluck.
His phrases economic
Now make me heave a sigh.
l wish he'd be as comic
AS in the days gone by.
Evening star., 1923-09-21
The Ship-Handling Plan Blocked.

Attorney General Daugherty, in an
opinion delivered to President Cool
idge, holds the Lasker. Farley plan for
creating subsidiary corporations. to
handle the Shipping Board fleet to be
illegal. The alternatives presenting
themselves are an appeal to Congress
to enact law authorizing the Ship
ping Board TO carry out this plan, the
formulation of new plan or the con-
tinuance of the present method of
operating the vessels.
The merchant marine problem has
proved one of the hardest nuts to
crack arising after the war. The gov
ernment, through the. Shipping Board
and Emergency Fleet Corporation, has
continued to operate these, vessels at
a loss. amounting to some $40.000000
last year. 1t has sought practically
without success to sell the vessels to
private American interests, with the
understanding that the vessels will
continue to fly the American flag in
overseas trade. The late President
Harding gave the merchant marine
question his most earnest attention,
and pinned his faith to the so.called
merchant marine subsidy bill as the
best means of bringing about the es-
tablishment of an overseas American
merchant marine privately owned and
operated
While the merchant marine bill
passed the House it never was per
mitted to come to vote in the Senate
and died at the close of the short ses-
sion With the many changes in the
next Congress, it is predicted that a
ship subsidy pan will have no chance
whatever.
SO President Coolidge must tackle
the problem anew. The plan put for
ward by former Chairman Lasker and
by Chairman Farley was the result Of
careful stuoy of conditions. 1t looked
TO greater efficiency in the operation
of the vessels by the government, and
at the same time to the building up
OF great shipping corporations, own
ing vessels, business, good will and
terminals, which eventually might be
SOLD as paying, going concerns to
American citizens. 1t was opposed by
shipping interests. which have hoped
for long time that in the end the
Shipping Board vessels must be sold
for song or junked, and by the bene-
ficiaries Of the present mana ger agent
plan of operation, under which the
government pays all the losses and
pays to the manager-agents a per-
centage of the gross receipts of the
business done. The present plan is a.
sure thing for the manager-agent. 1t
does away with any incentive to pur
chase the vessels.
Whether Congress will seriously
consider the Lasker- Farley plan de-
pends upon whether it is put up to the
legislative body by the President. If
Mr. Coolidge. believes in the plan, and
suggests the legislation to Congress, it
will be taken up. If Mr.. Coolidge is
opposed to it, the plan dies. The Presi-
dent indicated that if the Attorney
GeneraIruled favorabIy to the plan he
would appoint special committee to
study the matter further before it was
put into effect. He may yet appoint
such committee to aid the Shipping
Board in finding a solution of its
problem. In any event the President
and the cabinet will have to give the
matter their attention in the near
future. -
Evening star., 1923-09-21

I g, Should a photograph be viewed
with both eyes, or with one eye only?
A. The picture is taken with a
single lens and IT will be found that
in order to seegjust what the camera
When so viewed the figures stand out
and the picture seems to have denth
which is lost when viewed with both
eyes.
@. Are seaweeds used to make sef-
attn in this country corresponding to
the agar agar of the orient?-M. A. w.
A. Such an industry is in it's in
fancy along the coast of Lower Cali
fornia. .
Q. How old is the city of Glasgow?
Il. NJ. c.
A. The origin of Glasgow and it's
earliest community is not a matter or
authentic record. One historian says
it's cemetery was consecrated in the
fifth century A continuous outline
of its history dates from 1I24.
@. When did the first Americans
attempt to find the north pole?-
v. C. F.
A. The first American expedition
for arctic exploration left Phila-
delphia on November 4, 1883.
Q. Is it true that the weasel is
useful to the farmer?-H. NJ. c.
A. Weasels live almost entirely on
live animals which are pests TO the
farmers. Mice, ground, squirrels, rab-
bits and chipynunks are favorite food.
Q. Where is the battle of flowers
held?-D. L. +.
A; While battles of flowers are
held in connection with many car
nivals, Vfllefranche sur-Mer, the
great French Mediterranean winter
resort, has an event known as the
Battle of Flowers.
Q. Are railway locomotives com
PEELED to have electric headlights
A. G.
A. The Interstate Commerce Com
mission says that there was an order
established in 1917 whereby railroad
electric headlights.
C. F. s.
A. A series of sandstone cliffs. 900
feet high. stretching along the shore
of Lake Superior for about five miles
are given thesname Pictured Rocks"
They are about forty-five miles cast
of Marquette.
Q. When was the postal money or
4 der system started?-H. l..
A. The Postal Guide says "In 1864
| the need for some safe method by
| which small sums of money could ha
sent by mail became so pressing that
| Congress passed the act authorizing a
| postal money order system. The pos
| tai money order service thus estab-
| lished was the pioneer in the money
| order field in the United States The
| fact that absolute safety is thereby
| assured at nominal cost accounts
for the remarkable growth and popu-
larity of this postal facility"
| Q. Is there a plant where willow
| wood is used for the making of arti-
ficial limbs?-A F. o.
A. The forest service saws that
willow wood is used in so per cent
| of the artificial limbs that are manu-
| factured. Sometimes Eastwood is
| used. Willow is very satisfactory. as
! II has the combined necessary prom
1 critics of lightness and strength
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Evening star., 1923-09-21

A certified check for a million as
installment No. /. handed Premier
Yamamoto by Ambassador Woods is
as good an assurance as could be de-
sired of the friendly relations between
Japan and the L. S. A.
Evening star., 1923-09-21

A strike problem assumes peculiar
difficulty when definite information as
to what the strike is about is not
generally available until after the men
have quit work.
Evening star., 1923-09-21

Earthquakes are reported from
Italy, but the fact that they are geo
logical and not political in character
prevents them from getting as much
attention as they might have under
ordinary circumstances.