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Evening star., 1923-02-14
FOUR DIE IN FIRE.

-Four children, all under twelve years.
were burned to- death last night in .
fire that destroyed their farmhouse,
twelve miles northeast OF here.
The mother, a Mrs. Gibbs, saved a
fifth child, aged four. by jumping
from a second-story window. They
were burned severely and are not
expected to live unless medical aid
can reach them.
A blizzard has made roads impass-
able.
An overheated stove is believed to
have caused the fire.
Evening star., 1923-02-14
WILL FIGHT EPIDEMICs,

NEW YORK, February 14-With
a growing epidemic of influenza and
pneumonia reported daily, officials of
the striking International Ladies
Garment Workers Union today
planned to establish a drug store.
owned and conducted by the union,
from which medicines will be sold at
cost exclusively to members
Through proper buying and CO.
operation" reads a notice issued by
the union, the prices charged will
be but small percentage of the
usual charges at drug stores"
Evening star., 1923-02-14
TRAFFIC COURT
RICHER BY $1,225

Fines totaling $1.225 were imposed
yesterday in the Traffic Court, and in
most instances were paid.
The docket yesterday was large, a
number of cases being left over from
Monday. There were three cases of
driving while drunk and nine cases for
violation Of the speed regulations.
Evening star., 1923-02-14

by Margaret Shanks, dedicated to
Lincoln. The Washington quartette,
composed of Mary Shirier Bowie. So
prano; Richie Mclean, contralto; j.
F. M. Bowie, tenor and Fred East,
bass. sang selections from Robin
Hood and other works.
Evening star., 1923-02-14
HEALTHY CHILDREN

strength. in regulating and assisting
her natural functions, and in putting
In perfect order her system. 1t les
sens the pains and burdens, supports
and strengthens weak women.
It's an invigOratfnE, restorative
tonic, soothing and bracfng ner-
vine that has been favorabIy known
Tor the past fifty years. 1t contains
NO alcohol.
Evening star., 1923-02-14

lating two minor traffic regulations, $40
for driving on the wrong side OF he
street and SAC for speeding
In all cases the penalty for non-pay-
ment is a Jail sentence Of as many
days as dollars in the fine
Evening star., 1923-02-14
the following message from President

the following message from President
Harding:
'As the passage of the years takes
us farther away from 1t, there Is ap-
parent disposition among thoughtful
Americans to look back upon the
generation ending with the civil war
period as a sort of golden age OF
American craftsmanship. 1t was
marked by a courageous attack upon
stupendous questions whose wise set
tlement was rightly regarded as
fundamental to the very existence of
the republic. There were giants ar
rayed on both sides of those questions.
and for that very reason we have
come to appraise more highly the
contributions of the leader Of the
leaders, whose sagacity, clarity of in
tellect and steadfastness of purpose
won for him the premiership among
those who at last dominated and won
In the cause of liberty and union.
Abraham Lincoln. Even those who
were at the front OF opposition to
him appear to us greater by reason
or having coped with this giant of
human purposes and patriotic aims.
1t was the moral intensity of this one
man which, more than anything else,
made the men of his time appear to
us as giants; and we shall appreciate
him more and more as. with continued
studies of his career. we come to
recognize that his times were truly
the age of Lincoln.
a u n I'm " ~
Evening star., 1923-02-14
Mrs. willebrandt Speaks.

Mrs. Willebrandt, first speaker. paid
a tender tribute to the Great Eman-
cipator, touching upon the obstacles
he had to face, not only in the COM
bat against the Confederates. but the
opposition behind his back in the
north.
Mrs Willehrandt took occasion to
cautiously criticise the Ku Klux Klan
as an organization with an Amer
lean purpose and against the en-
forcement of the vested powers of the
Constitution and the established gov
ernment Her address was warmly re-
ceived.
Lincoln was the greatest contri-
Evening star., 1923-02-14

come from
h e a l t h y
nl . t h e r y.
And mothers
Will certain
ly he healthy
If they'll take
DIR. Pierce's
FavOrite Pre-
8 c r ip t Ion.
n o t h 1 n &
equals 1t In
building up a
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Evening star., 1923-08-30
A Cuban Reform Movement.

Anxiety lest Cuba was in the first
stage of another uprising, caused by
the announcement of a curtailment of
the cable service, amounting to tenn
porary censorship, proves to have
been unwarranted by the facts. \
proposed demonstration of veterans
in favor of certain reforms in the
government turned out to be a peace
full affair, dignified and warmly to be
welcomed by those who desire the ad-
vancement of the island republic to-
ward stability and sound administra-
ton.
The reforms demanded by the vet
Grams, who We're Joined by numbers
of women of high standing and ad-
vanced intelligence, refer to many
matters. One is the abolition of the
state lottery. Another is the budget
ing of pensions instead of financing
them out of lottery proceeds. Freedom
of prosecuting officers from legisla-
tive and executive interference is
asked, also removal of public officers
from membership in electoral boards.
The veterans and women would limit
congressional immunity to arrest and
prosecution to offenses committed dur
ing the discharge of legislative duty;
would limit imported labor to 25 per
cent of those employed; protest the
proposed increase of the congressional
term to six years and urge limita-
tion of the presidential term to one
year; ask abolition of all amnesty
laws, and finally demand complete
suffrage for women, giving them the
same right to vote and be voted for as
is now enjoyed by men.
This is a program for which there
will be very general agreement in this
country, and a warm sympathy. The
demands furnish, indeed, as by a cross
section view of Cuban affairs, a clear
conception Of the present state of af-
fairs, demanding reform.
Cuban turmoils in the past have
been of a strictly political nature. The
present agitation is constructive eff
fort to secure a better government,
regardless of politics. The United
States is, of course, deeply interested.
1t will closely watch proceedings. It
will keep it's representative on the
ground. In the matter of the rail
road law, recently passed, it will deal
in its own way, after determining
whether American rights have been
infringed or menaced by unjust legis-
lation. 1t will not take hand in the
present veterans movement, but at
least, so far as public sentiment in this
country goes. it will hope for the sue
cess of these reform endeavors.
Evening star., 1923-08-30

own, and Kid Dropper was dropped"
as consequence. Louis Cohen, who
did the killing, was merely a tool Of
The "higher-ups' of the Little Augies,
OF course, there is a blood feud now
between the two gangs, infinitely
more bitter and deadly than that
caused by mere trespass upon busi-
ness preserves. and it is to be ex-
pected that it will be waged to a
finish.
Meanwhile the question arises
whether the strike game in New York
is not played to the point where public
intervention Is necessary. When pro-
fessional gunmen, who have no COM
FUNCTIONS about killing, can be hired
by the dozen to act a.; guards and
pickets, shooting indiscriminately
whenever a collision occurs between
workers and those who refuse to
work, it would seem that the police
power has been passed on to an utter
ly irresponsible organization. The
public welfare demands that these
gangs be broken up. But whenever
one Of them gets in bad it always ap-
pears that there are influences in GER
tain high political circles that pre-
vent the determination that the Sc
curity of the city demands The gang
ster is but an expression of the
methods in vogue of managing the
affairs of the metropolis.
Evening star., 1923-08-30
Education in Near-Coal.

If the strike comes and our usual
winter lot Of coal is cut off, or pain
fully reduced, We shall not lack for
instruction in how to warm ourselves
with substitutes. 1t is an educational
course to which hard coal users do
not look with pleasure. Many persons
will, perhaps, decline to enter for the
course, and if the worst comes to
worst will shovel soft coal or pour
into the furnace Scuttles of coke with
maledictions on the heads of strikers
and others. But the educators in the
use of substitutes mean well. They
plan to "inaugurate a widespread
campaign of education to teach the
public how to use hard coal substi-
tutes," and the United States bureau
Of mines. it is said, will "send engi-
neers TO various communities to meet
dealers. consumers and civil officials
and offer expert advice on the use of
substitutes Soft coal men and fuel
oil men are making ready with the
best of motives to teach hard coal
habitues how to get on without hard
coal. Notwithstanding all this, the
slogan of millions of people in the
anthracite burning states and the
District of Columbia is Hard coal and
not substitutes"
Evening star., 1923-08-30

manding more room. The govern
ment's need for buildings Is country
wide and there Is a disposition to in
troduce in Congress and press upon
the attention Of the national assembly
a general building bill. There is i'm
portant opposition to this because Of
the cost that would be involved. Those
who stand for a general building bill
seem reluctant that the needs of the
government at Washington should be
considered apart from its needs outside
of Washington, but the Public Build
ings Commission hopes to win Con-
gress to it's plan for separating the
needs of the government at Wash
ington from the national building pro.
gram.
In Washington, many of the tempo
rary war structures, some of which
have become shaky, are occupied by
government workers, or piled high
with records. 1t is pointed out by the
commission that the internal revenue
bureau is not only housed in build
ings in various parts Of the city, but
has a huge amount of valuable and
irreplaceable records stored in an old
frame building at 14th and b streets
in imminent danger of fire and de-
struction." Even the old and rotting
barrack buildings In East Potomac
Park are filled with government prop
erty of various sorts. 1t Is against
the best public policy to dispose of
this property and there is no other
place in which to keep it. The gov
ernment at Washington is in serious
need of new buildings.
Evening star., 1923-08-30
Need for New Buildings.

Col. Sheriff., officer in charge of
public buildings and grounds and act
ing chairman of the Public Building
Commission, presents facts concerning
government housing at Washington
which ought to impress Congress with
the danger of postponing the erec-
ton of suitable buildings at the Capt.
tai for the conduct of national busi-
ness. The condition is known to- all
government officials and other en-
ployes, to the public of Washington,
and the facts are plain to thousands
of persons not of Washington, but
who have business with the federal
offices.
Col. Sheriff. says that the commits
sion has practically exhausted all
possibilities in the District of Colum-
bia for space in government buildings
and is at loss how further to pro-
ceed." 1t has reached the point
where it cannot provide space for
bureaus and departments that are de,
Evening star., 1923-08-30
New York's Auxiliary Police

Out of the mystery of the motives
for the Staying Of a gang leader by
the juvenile member of a rival gang
in New York city the other day comes
one fact that the police have ELECTED
which has an interesting bearing upon
industrial conditions in the big town.
1t seems that the Droppers, which
was the name Of the organization
headed by the dead man, had built up
prosperous business in furnishing
protection to strikebreakers in the
numerous contests between the cloth
The gunmen sometimes acted as
strikebreakers, sometimes as guards
against the pickets. A rival gang,
the Little Augies, had likewise gone
into the strike game, but on the other
side, supplying men for a price to
protect the strikers. But the Drop
pers, not satisfied with one slice Of
the labor trouble melon, took two.
That is, they bid in for business on
the strikers side as well, encroaching
upon the preserves of the Little
Augies. 1t thus happened that at
times the Droppers had men on both
sides of fight. but being. of course,
we'll known to one another, they took
good care never to hurt their own
members in scrap. The Little Augies
naturally resented this invasion of
their particular field Of operations
and declared war. Thus the guards
became involved in a feud Of their
Evening star., 1923-08-30
Unsettled Gasoline Market
May Continue a Long Time

hand. the Rochester Times-Cnio is
convinced. arguing New York should
not be financing the Standard Oils
nght in South Dakota or anywhere
else. The consumers in New York
state should begin to get some tangi-
BILE benefits from the reduction in
the price of crude OIL
The price of gasoline is controlled
by a sort Of open-price association.
dominated by a single group." the
New York World insists, and the Mil
waukee Journal recalls that 'inde-
pendents struggling in the overflow
of crude met recently and considered
cutting the price of gasoline to stim-
second thought" Because of Its wide
use, gasoline "is placed In the same
category with COAL" the Detroit News
holds, and before the agitation uuiets
down the public of the entire coun-
try will expect to be informed of the
salient facts determining the price
Of gasoline"
The only possible result of the
slashing of prices, as the New York
Call sees it. will be the "eIimination
of the independents" to which the
Wilkes-Barre Record adds there is
no assurance that the present flare
up will result in permanent relief for
the users Of gasoline" and emphasizes
that mo remedy has yet been found
for combinations resulting from the
common ownership of stock in vari-
Gus organizations ostensibly separat-
ed by decree of the court. This phase
of the question enters into the pres
ent effort to supply gasoline at rea-
sonable profit" 1t should be remem-
bered, however, the Pittsburgh Ga
zette-Times says, that at is not in
the public interest ever to have COM
modify prices so reduced that some
factors will grow stronger at the ex-
pense of the ruin of others. 1t seems
that is to be the result of the 'gaso-
line price war"
:. The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch thinks
CONSUMERS of gasoline are perfectly
willing for those who make and han
die this indispensable fuel to get a
fair profit, but they get restive under
the belief that the big gas companies
are charging an exorbitant figure for
their products. Gasoline is now al
most as indispensable as bread and
butter and the prices charged for 1t
should be just as reasonable" Be
cause the Standard took a cut of &C.,
while the independents only made it
5.5, the Louisville Times feels 1.-The
latter cannot stand the strain of deep
cutting. The Standard can stand it
longer than tho little fellows can.
The little fellows are In danger of
being squeezed out Of business"
Evening star., 1923-08-30
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Every Year.
Every year the snowfiakes flutter.
then the violets appear:
Roses later on, and beans and cab.
bage will draw near:
Hot waves and mosquitoes till the
frosty nights are clear
Every year.
Every year the gentle promise of new
happiness we hear,
Then a threat of discomfort will hover
in the atmosphere:
Sometimes the world is hopeful and
sometimes it stops to sneer,
Every year.
We talk about the taxes and about
light wines and beer,
And the way that women dress we
VOW is getting still more queer:
We declare that what we buy is most
unreasonably dear,
Every year.
We sing the same old tunes with
varying words to charm the ear;
The same old stories move us to a
smile or to a tear:
Yes, we like this old world better with
its sorrowing or cheer,
Every year.
Evening star., 1923-08-30
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. H4SKIN

q. How can a person make COM
plant to the Rent Commission?-G
w. III.
A. The Rent Commission is in the
district building. 1t is not necessary
10 make a complaint to the commission
through an attorney. A complaint
can be made in person or by mail
Q. At what hours and on what
days are the swimming pools near
the Washington Monument open for
j. W. p. " '
A. The municipal swimming pool
is open from z am. to 6 pm. every
week day. Women are allowed i'm
the pools on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, from am. to . pm The
days for men are on Tuesday. Thurs
day and Saturday from am. to 6
pm. Every morning from to 9
mixed bathing is allowed. The pool
is closed on Sunday.
q. What was Roosevelt's attitude
toward becoming Vice President
a. q.
A. Bradley Gilman quotes him as
saying: Il see no attractive outlook.
] shall probably end my life as
professor in some small town.
Q. When will the auction bridge
rules be revised again?-H. H.
A. Milton C. Work, the chairman
or the card committee of the New
York Whist Club, is authority for the
statement that no revision Of the
laws of auction is contemplated at
present, the laws which became
effective September /. 1920, have
given complete satisfaction.
Q: How much money has the Rock
efeller Foundation spent?-C. H. Y.
A. From. May %. 1913. to Decem-
Der II. 1922, the expenditures Of the
Rockefeller Foundation totaIed s76.-
$1,000. The largest item, $22.298. 541. i.
was for war work, covering Y NJ G
A. Knights of Columbus. Jewish Wei
fare. Y. W. c. a. and other camp and
community welfare. medical research
and relief and humanitarian aid, in
Guiding the American and Interna-
tional Red Cross
Q. What was Booker T Washing
tons attitude toward the use of the
word ''negro"?-J. T. H.
A. He made it a practice to write
and speak of members of his race
as negroes and when using the term
negro" as d race designation he en-
ployed the capital an"
Q. How many comic strips are pub
iished in this country?-F. ]. w.
A. Vanity Fair says that there are
dbouI -VU suCH FEATURES. over 80
per cent of the newspapers of the
country carry some comics.
@. Did Mrs. Stowe make a fortune
out of Uncle Toms Cabin"o-D. H
A. Mrs. Stowe was paid $500 for
the serial rights for Uncle Toms
Cabin and for the stage rights she
received little or nothing. Had she
been rewarded on the present ROYALTY
basis her earnings from the PLAY
alone would have been about s., 900, :
600. She died in very moderate cir
cumstances.
Q. What is the technical name for
eating clay or dirt?-J. NJ.
A. The practice of eating some
kind Of earthly matter, such as CLAW
or chalk, is known as geophagy or
geophagism.
Q. Is King George related to
queen Mary other than by marriage q:
+. d.
A. Queen Mary is the second
cousin once removed of King George.
@. What is the exact wording of
the Presidents oath as formally de-
manded by the Constitution?-MA A. H.
A. II do solemnly swear Cor aff1rm)
that l will faithfully execute the
office of President of the United
States, and will TO the best of my
ability protect and defend the Con-
stitution Of the United States"
Q. Who was the first Japanese to
Evening star., 1923-08-30

When the Governor of South Da-
kota. by a stroke of his pen, ordered
cut of 10 cents a gallon in the price
of gasoline he precipitated situation
that bids fair to last for a long time
to come. This break in prices caused
quotations to tumble in a haphazard
manner throughout the country. and
brought forth lengthy explanations
concerning the cause. Supply and de-
mand were declared to cut little
figure in the price. The enormous oil
production in California was cited as
a contributing cause. Congress was
declared to have a duty in regulating
the oil industry by creating new bu-
reau and a whole lot of new Jobs. Ed
itors generally, however, believe that
the price must now be kept down and
that the Department of Justice must
prosecute should It be shown that the
larger companies are deliberately
driving the independents to the wall
in order that they can clinch their
monopoly on the trade.
The ong-drawn-out senatorial in
vestigation, (which got nowhere" is
cited by the Cleveland Plain Dealer as
a real reason against congressional
action. and suggests that "if Stand
ard Oil Company can authorize cut
of 10 cents a gallon and still cover
costs of production there can no
longer be any doubt as to the prin-
ciple which actually determines the
price of it's products when competi-
ton is lacking" This likewise is the
opinion of the Springfield Union,
which holds If the statements Of the
Standard that it is losing money" are
true. 1t means it's cut was designed
to drive competitors out of the field"
and by the New Orleans Times
Picayune, which feels "the reported
readiness of oil companies to meet the
price fixed for South Dakota, owned
supplies in that state will not go un-
noticed elsewhere"
The whole brings the question of
"stabilization" once again very
strongly to the front, as the Des
Moines Register sees the situation,
and It wonders whether "the country
wants to adopt the policy OF stabili-
zation not only for oil and steel but
for other things? II 1t is good and
right for steel and oil 1t is good and
right for agriculture. and cannot be
refused. The fact is, the country does
not know whether 1t wants to cling
| to competition. enforcing 1t where
necessary, or to go to stabilixation.
That Ia what this generation seems
! to be here to find out" Other state
lexecutives, however, ought to take q
Evening star., 1923-08-30

One interesting phase Of the prob
lem of distribution is the scattering
of responsibilities among operators,
miners, carriers and dealers for the
high price the general public will have
to pay for coal.
Evening star., 1923-08-30

President Coolidge's new private
secretary does not feel called upon to
express opinions on matters to which
he has not had time to give full inti-
mate consideration; thus indicating
complete accord with one of the ad.
ministration's most important policies.
Evening star., 1923-08-30

In reminding the operators and
miners that public interest demands
that this controversy shall be settled,
Gov. Pinchot awakens the hope that
the, ultimate consumer is at last to
have a share Of consideration.
Evening star., 1923-08-30

1t would be a desirable thing to
have the government of China suf
ficiently stabilized to provide reliable
address to which demands for the
proper protection of foreign residents
may be addressed.
Evening star., 1923-08-30

1t is seldom that the ultimate con-
sumner clearly understands the precise
details Of controversies in which he
participates only on a mental anguish
basis. 1t is but recently that the aver
age citizen has clearly understood
what the check-off system is.
Evening star., 1923-08-30

Statistics are produced to show that
Illinois paid fifteen millions of dollars
for medicinal whisky in 1922. This
does not settle any question as to
whether the people of Illinois are es-
pecially sickly or gifted with peculiar
ly robust constitutions.
Evening star., 1923-08-30

Science continues to instruct the
world in the traces of ancient civil
lizations. History repeats itself, and
an ancient tomb may offer, here and
there, a suggestion that will throw
light on the more pressing problems
Of the present. A mummy should be
required, if possible, to lead a little in
thought as well as in fashion.
Evening star., 1923-08-30

Both drugs and machines are an
rounced which show when people do
not tell the truth. Next summer, when
campaign orators point with pride and
view with alarm, will be a good time
to try them out.
Evening star., 1923-08-30

A number of controversies never
come to a settlement. One of them re-
lates to the question of which town
has the best ball team.
Evening star., 1923-08-30
The Grand Inconsistency.

Nobody approves Of wars terrible
ways. yet scarcely single month
passes that some chemist does not
claim a measure Of praise for dis
covering new lethal gases!
Evening star., 1923-08-30
Hard Calculation.

How many hours day ought a
man to work?"
II dunno" answered Cactus Joe
1.-THE fact that a man kin stay awake
from noon till five the next morning
in a poker game don't prevent him
from goin' to sleep in three-quarters
Of an hour on watchman's job"
Evening star., 1923-08-30

There is no agricultural satisfaction
in rejecting that in Europe dollar
wheat is worth a million marks a
bushel.
Evening star., 1923-08-30

German marks are among the for
eign publications that have large cir
culation but no influence.