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Evening star., 1923-01-20
Suggests Lining Avenue
With Federal Buildings
To the Editor of The star:

To the Editor or 1he star:
Some months ago a resident of the
Buckeye state came to Washington
expecting 20 see Pennsylvania ave
nue. lined on both sides all the way
to the Capitol with splendid govern
ment buildings. Disappointment at
the ruraI-looking shops and whole
sale supply houses which flank this
most historic avenue in the world"
on both sides was decidedly manifest
No great stretch of imagination is
required from any one TO visualize
the splendor that would result from
a proper grouping of handsome pub
lie buildings with appropriate land
and in the vicinity Of the Capitol One
need only view the Pan American
building and it's companions to real
ize how the whole approach to the
Capitol would be transformed 1t
would be In the interest of efficiency,
too, to have government buildings
with their interrelated activities
grouped within easy distance of each
other.
Notwithstanding certain imperfec-
tions that have crept into its archi-
tectural scheme, Washington is still
the most beautiful city in the whole
country and unique in the whole
worlds The most historic Avenue in
the world should be one of Imposing
beauty and dignity. instead OF dwin-
ding on its approach to the mag
nificent Capitol into a collection of
commonplace structures wholly out
Of tune with the surroundings Ger
fainiy every effort should be made to
keep out the discordant note and to
of beauty that was begun by Len
fant in George washington's day.
Now that Washington is to have
some new buildings, this is a matter
for consideration. JULIA c. GRAY.
Evening star., 1923-01-20
Accomnanyinr these street.corner

Accompanying these street-corner
posters designed for the attention of
the pedestrians there should be a
series of windshield posters, pertinent
adtnonitions for the benefit OF those
who drive the cars. While the corner
posters tell the people afoot to mind
their step" or that "The jay walker is
taking short cutsto the hospital" or
advising the pedestrian to Use the
head and then the feet" it would be
we'll to tell the motorist by means of
these windshield stickers a few things
also.
For instance, sticker so placed
that it can be read by the man at the
steering wheel might effectively ad
monish him that 1.-THE machine does
the killing, not the pedestrian" or
that "Short cuts lead to JAIL" or that
who dies
Street safety is entirely matter of
reciprocity. The burden of RESPONSE
bility should not rest upon the pedes-
'trian alone. 1t is necessary to educate
the man afoot In better methods,
greater care, closer attention to traf-
fic conditions, and especially to the
fact that there are many reckless,
needless, thoughtless motorists who
have no regard for other people. But
it is also necessary to instill into the
minds of drivers the fact that there
are more people walking than riding,
and that the walkers are the only
ones who pay the penalties of in
juries when walkers and riders collide.
Evening star., 1923-01-20
EDITORIAL DIGEST

This is very much the opinion of the
Seattle Times, which believes that the
only use which America could have Tor
the islands at present would be 60
strengthen the national defense. Geo
graphically the islands are outposts of
the American continent. The British
are q proud people, and the United
States cannot insist upon an arrange
ment by which the islands shall be-
come the property OF the United States.
The possessions are not worth quarrel
ing over; that much is certain"
The cost is out of all proportion to
any possible benefit, as the Waterloo
Tribune sees il. The islands are no
use to their present owners and of lit
tie more use to this country, and
Great Britain and France know this
1t explains. I'm war they would be no
good to them. They would in fact,
be a hindrance. The West Indies offer
a way of settlement of the debt. That
much can be said. But they are not
worth $4,000. 100000 to us" The sug-
Detroit Free Press sees ii, but it does
not believe that any such sale could
be arranged without bringing other
complications, because the West In
dies contain some of the oldest and
most loyal British colonies" The fact
that Senator Reed proposed the plan
without even trying to secure the views
of any one leads the San Francisco
Bulletin to suggest that his action lis
an international discourteSy so lacking
in tact as to destroy any intrinsic
diplomatic value the proposal might
contain"
Because of the very general opir-
ion in this country that 1t is not our
design to picket the globe with Amer
lean possessions II is likely the pro-
posal will have no more support now
than when il was first brought before
the Senate" the Buffalo News holds.
There Is not a national policy of ex-
pansion or disposition in that di-
rection. 1t is out of the line of Amer
ican thought
Inasmuch as these islands ARE a
source of great hindrance to the eff
fectiye enforcement of our prohibit
tion laws, state and NATIONAL the
Richmond Times s-Dispatch' believes
that 'it is not inconceivable that the
merits of the purchase proposal will
appeal strongly from that angle. Not
only is the time opportune for. finding
out whether the countries mentioned
are willing to part with these possess
sions, but It is opportune for Senator
Reed in his leadership aspirations"
1t is the opinion. however. of the
Springfield Republican that this coun-
try "knows' the British and French
viewpoint, and that mot only do they
not desire to dispose of these colo
nies, but. Furthermore. that the insu-
lar population is solidly- against alb
sorption by this country"
Evening star., 1923-01-20
Taking a Look Around.

A number of men who will be new
to national life as members of the
next Congress are dropping into town
for a brief survey of the situation be-
fore entering upon their legislative
duties. They may not go into action
until next winter. They may have to
answer the bell as early as early
spring. But, soon or late, they want to
be ready when the time comes, and
have a workable idea as to how the
wheels go round.
The Sixty-eighth Congress will be an
interesting body, charged with much
responsibility. Its record made at the
first session, or at the two sessions if
a special one is called, will enter into
the presidential campaign. It's i'm
portance. therefore, could not we'll be
overappraised.
A good deal of business will be on
the card. 1t has been piling up, and it
will continue to pile up. Some of it
ought to have been transacted by the
present Congress. But that. Is another
story.
The republicans will be in control
by narrow majorities. In the House
they will appear to have "shrunk con-
siderable" and in the Senate they will
not enter upon lush times.
All to the good IL the situation is
properly handled. Where every vote is
valuable all must be carefully shep-
herded. Factionism pushed over the
line might prove destructive in the
highest degree. Hence conferences
and teamwork should mark the course
from the beginning, and continue until
the shutters are put up,
Evening star., 1923-01-20
Acquisition of West Indian Islands
TS niSannroved.

The fact that President Harding
does not look with favor" on the
plan of Senator Reed and others that
the United States acquire the British
+ and French possessions in the West
Indies in liquidation of their war In
dcbtedness to the United States seems
generally to be approved by most
newspapers. A few see some merit in
the plan, but the majority agree that
II would be a mistake. The fact that
most of the population of these Is
lands also are in opposition has much
weight with some editors. while others
feel that prohibition enforcement
might furnish some excuse for at
least considering the plan.
'It is a bright idea of the prohibi-
tion interests" argues the Bingham
ton Press. "They want to dry UP the
islands In order to cut of the supply
from the American bootleggerS. But
that's a large order. The little fell
lows might be hit. but the big rel
lows would continue to do business
at the same old stand. as long as Eu-
rope. Asia and Africa remained ex-
empt from the operations of the Vol
stead law" However. the Columbus
Ohio State Journal rather feels that such
"A
even the problem of expense is not
so vital as 1t might appear. 1t holds
that this country has a policy of
helping peoples find their way TO the
point where they may be capable of
seIf-government. It would be big
Fundamental change to take large is
lands and administer them to the end
that we may make money out of the
business 1t is an un-American pol
lev the wisdom of which Is open to
the most direct challenge. 1t is doubt
full If the administration or the peo-
ple want to make the change, even
in a desperate effort TO collect a bad
debt.
There is only one value to the islands
so far as a European power is con-
cerued, the Chicago Tribune, which
fathered the plan. insists. and that Is
military" 1t is a value only directed
against the United States. The subma-
rine and the airplane have increased
the Importance and the threat of
islands. We hope never to be at war
with Great Britain or France, but hope
does not eliminate possibility. America
could not use the islands against Great
Britain or France. They are useful
only for an attack against the United
states. or, in the possession of the
United states, for defense of this coun-
try. its canal and its trade routes"
Evening star., 1923-01-20
ECHOES FROM CAPITOL HILL

defense from a military standpoint,
but the National Guard is now COM
posed of trained men and organiza
tions which will be able to take their
place and efficiently perform any
military duty to which soldiers may
be assigned. : They, are first-line SOL
diers now.-Represent Anthony,
Kansas. republican.
WOMEN NOT TO REST UNTIL
PEACE is UNIVERSAL.
We are irreyocably opposed to war
and never intend to rest until uni
versal peace is forever established
among the nations of the world
Representative (Mrs) Huck, Illinois,
republican.
THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR.
The almighty dollar bequeathed to
children Is an almighty curse No
man has a right to handicap his son
with such q burden as great wealth.
That sentiment may sound like teach
ings of the soviet, but Andy Car
negie. an eminent American ofgScotch
descent. so expressed truth that
would have been worth millions to a
certain New York bank president If
acted upon in time. Mr.. -Carnegie's
ures, is a bullet-proof guaranty
against Russian sympathy to those
who distinguished sovietism from &C.
centricity by the size of the bank
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FEear, Wis
eonsin. republican.
Evening star., 1923-01-20
Suggestions Offered for
I'd. C.. Pedestrian Traffic
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
As q user of sidewalks and cross
ings I value your efforts to bring
about a realization that in collision
between an automobile and a pedes-
trian there is little danger to the
machine. and scant jeopardy. either
immediate or consequent, to the
driver. / hope that the strong arm
of the law will be so upheld by the
proletariat and the fourth estate that
those responsible for the recent death
of several jay walkers may b
heavily fined. If il is not too much
as much as 500.
In the meantime / earnestly urge
all pedestrians to cultivate a birdlike
hopping gait. progressing between the
white lines by series of rushes and
checks. Dignified citizens are urged
to make frantic efforts at street
crossings lest the time in transit of
some captaintof industry on his way
to explain why he cannot make the
ninth payment on his 1912 f1ivver be
unduly prolonged.
Always carry a clean chamois skin
IN tn6 inner pOChSl anu d slildii Hotc
book In the most accessible pocket.
In case. you are stguck by an auto
mobile, IL you still have the use OF
your limbs, remove the chamois from
your pocket and endeavor to obliter-
ate all signs OF violent contact from
the car. If you are unable to. rise,
record in the notebook the license
number After getting out Of the
hospital you can ascertain the owners
name. and offer to repair any
damages that you may have caused.
II the driver of the car does not
stop after running over you, ycu may
rest assured that the damage to the
car was slight and that he bears you
no III will. L. L. THWING.
Evening star., 1923-01-20
Talk of Another Strike,

Efforts of btuminous mine owners
and mine union officials to arrive at
a wage agreement effective next April
apparently have been halted by
quarrel among the operators. and
there is revival of talk of a possible
strike next spring. One faction, ac-
cOrding 10 report, charges the other
with obstruction in order to create a
panic for profiteering purposes. Re-
sentiment at this seemingly arises from
the fact that it will increase popular
demand for federar-regulation of the
mining industry.
There is no real difference between
the miners and operators in the mat
ter of wages; the miners have made
no demand for increases nor the oper-
ators for reductions. The miners want
a two-year contract and the operators
are willing to sign up for one year
only, but neither party cares enough
about this point to let it stand in the
way of d settlement. About the most
serious obstacle appears to be the
question as to whether a contract
made on the three-state basis will run
counter to the Sherman antitrust law,
and there is a proposal that the gov
ernment be urged to guarantee i'm
munity.
The public has no interest in and
little patience with the quibbling
among the operators or between the
operators and miners. 1t demands two
things of both parties to the contro-
versy. One is that a settlement shall
b9 reached in time to prevent a strike
in the spring. and the other is that
there shall be quick ending of the
present shameless profiteering in coal.
II the operators are as anxious as they
profess to allay public apprehension,
the quickest and surest way they can
accomplish that end is to stop taking
advantage of public necessity.
Opposition to d two-year contract Is
based on the representation that pres
ent high wages ought not to be too
long maintained, because the public is
entitled to cheaper coal. That Is bun
combe, pure and simple. Extortionate
prices of coal today are not the result
OF high wages, except in a minor de-
gree. If prices had been advanced only
to correspond to the higher wages Of
miners the public would make no COM
plaint. Present prices are the result
Of inadequate supply. and of the fact
that the producers and sellers of coal
have taken advantage of the scarcity
to trim" the public. The mine own
ers certainly put low estimate on the
intelligence of the American people
when they try to get away with any
such professed concern for the pocket
hoolSs of coal consumers
Evening star., 1923-01-20
Washington Observations
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Queen Marie OF Rumania, Europe's
royal prise beauty, is expected to
grace the annual convention OF the
American Legion at San Francisco
in October with her pulchritudinous
presence. The legionnaires have
acquainted the queen with their de-
sire to honor her as typifying their
veneration for the work of women
In the, world war. Queen Marie was
indefatigable in works of mercy
among the soldiers of the Ruma-
nian and other armies in the eastern
theater of operations and was seldom
out OF nurses uniform. There is an
animated stirring OF heart among
legion bachelors and no little COM
petition for the hopor of serving as
queen Marie's aide-de-camp In case
she comes to the United States. The
inside track is believed to be held by
certain southern colonel, prominent
In G. 0. P. politics. who was on duty
In the Balkans in 1917 and 1918.
~
William GIBBS McAdoo saw many
friends and political supporters
past, present and potential-during
He was shepherded for the most part
by his lieutenants of San Francisco
convention days-Jouett Shouse of
Kansas, former assistant secretary of
the Treasury. and Robert M. Woolley.
former Interstate commerce commits
sloner. Mr.. McAdoo is in his native
Georgia for the week end to argue
law case at Augusta and then will
- 80 lN.vIG
he permits 1t to be understood he Ia
in that nom -committal state i'm
mortalized by political Barkises since
time immemorial-fn the hands of his
trends. Henry Ford is the darkest
cloud on the McAdoo horizon.
4 +
One of the political tit-bits Of the
hour is the dramatic postponement Of
the impending nomination OF Judge Ed
ward I. Sanford of Tennessee to the
Pitney vacancy ON the Supreme Court
bench. President Harding wills on the
verge of naming Judge Sanford. To
the surprise OF all concerned, a barrage
of influence was suddenly brought to
bear on behalf Of a rival aspirant-Guy
D. Goff, former assistant attorney gen.
eral. Important senatorial backing was
behind the Goff boom, and II was suffi-
cient to hold up the Sanford nornina
ton, even though the latter enjoyed the
advantage of Chief Justice Taft's sup
port. A decision Is imminent The
predlcament Is one OF the classic pat
ronage woes that have turned Mr..
Harding's hair white since March 1,
1921.
x
Whether it is due to the epidemic Of
feeble puns generated by the arrival Of
NJ. Coue or the breakdown Of the
American British funding negotiations.
this observer has been asked whether II
is not obvious that every day. ir every
way, Uncle Sam is growing debter and
debter."
At the National Civic Federation meet
ing in Washington Samuel Gompers. who
married second time in 1921, at the age
OF seventy-on publicly congratulated
Alton B. Parker, who had taken his
second wife the day before, a blushing
Evening star., 1923-01-20
The Vets and Mr.. Bryan.

Some of the vets are comfortins
themselves with the notion. that by his
addresses on evolution Mr.. Bryan Is
weakening himself as public force;
that he is rousing such antagonisms
In scientific circles and in educational
circles, and they are being expressed
with so much vigor. he is bound to
feel the effect in political circles and
in other circles where his voice is
heard.
Mr.. Bryan is not a scientist, and
makes no pretensions In that direction.
He is not an educator, and has no wide
connections in that field. Anyhow,
scientists, and educators are, compare
lively speaking, not numerous, and
take small interest in everyday poll
tics.
First and foremost-almost excfu.
sively. It may be said-Mr. Bryan is
a politician, speaking the language of
the tribe, giving much time to sub
jects in which the everyday man and
woman are interested. They are nu.
iiicIOuS, anu HldhS up luo Ldi &c duuI'
ences that greet him on his speaking
tours. Whenever he succeeds in get.
ting their attention on matters OF the
everyday in government, and con.
vinces them, he feels himself re.
warded.
Mr.. Bryan can make himself under
stood on the prohibition question. He
gives strong reasons why the saloon
should remain abolished and John
Barleycorn remain in his cerements,
and he asks the public to believe that
the ultimate effect, if not the object,
of the wet drive is to pave the way
for the return Of both.
Evening star., 1923-01-20
SAYS Memel Is Not Under League of Nations.

council and not the league council
has been holding Memel under a
temporary French occupation In the
hone of some solution of the con-
troversy between Poland and Lithu-
ania over the Wilma territory.
1t may be that the newspapers are
relying on a collection of maps made
tribute Memel to the league. OF ma
tions; or. perhaps. they have con-
fused Memel with the free city of
Danzie. which is nearby on the Bal
tic and which is under the protection
of the league, with league high
commissioner resident there.
a-. SARAH ~wAMBAUGH,
Formerly Member of the Secre eSariat
OF the League of Nations. s-m@
Evening star., 1923-01-20

To the Editor Of The Star:
In many newspapers during the past
week there has been the statement
that Memel Ia under the league of
nations in some way. The fact is that
Memel has no connection whatever
with the league. Germany, by ar
ticie 80 of the treaty of Versailles,
ceded Memel to the principal allied
and associated powers and UNDER
took to accept whatever settlement
these powers should make in regard
to Il. Sc far there has been no set
element Memel is n natural port LOT
10th Poland-and Lithuanta. and the
supreme council-which is the allied
Evening star., 1923-01-20

full in their machinery for business
and experienced in Its use, would lay
aside politics and kindred influences,
and address themselves solely to pro-
duction and distribution and exchange,
the world would soon be on. an even
keel again, and making the progress
the world so greatly needs.
Evening star., 1923-01-20

An injustice is liable to assert itself
in motor policing. The fiivver that vio-
lates the speed regulations by only a
few miles an hour is easier to catch
than the one that blazes away at fifty
or sixty.
Evening star., 1923-01-20

Troops come home from the Rhine,
but some of the soldiers leave their
hearts behind. The individual impulse
has a most obstinate way of asserting
itself in the face of patriotic preju-
dices.
Evening star., 1923-01-20

Senators who contend that we are
already in a European. ENHANCEMENT
must admit that we are not as far in
as we might be.
Evening star., 1923-01-20

Sporting authorities agree that after
a pugilist reaches forty years there is
no use OF his trying to persuade him.
self that he is getting better every
day.
Evening star., 1923-01-20
WHAT GREAT BRITAIN GOT
OFT OF THE WAR.

OUT OF THE WAR.
j. Great Britain as q result of the
war received a vast empire in ter
ritory and some 100000 additional
ueople. and has the promise of large
reparations. The United States re-
ceived nothing as q result of the war.
Senator McKeHar, Tennessee, demo-
crat. s.-.-..
THE POSITION OF THE
aIRRECONCILABLE
The attitude of the "irreconeilable"
Is dictated primarily by his love OF
America, his jealousy of the cherish
ed institutions of the republic, and
his firm resolve that they shall en-
durss 1t is In some circles deemed
trita now to refer. TO Washington
quotations from. him excite there o
derisive smile, but with q prescience
peculiarly his, Washington foresaw
and understood that the young nation
he nourished could only rise to great
ness and reach peFmanency through
a distinctive American character
Senator Hiram Johnson, California,
republican.
THE NATIONAL GUARD.
The National Guard is no longer a
secondary military force in this
country. 1t has so increased In size
and in efficiency TN the last few years
that II is no longer our second line OF
Evening star., 1923-01-20

Admirers of Ambassador Harvey are
inclined to credit him with having
achieved during his visit to America
what the rhetoricians refer to as IAN
eloquent silence"
Evening star., 1923-01-20

The ancient headline is kept stand
ing in every we'll regulated printing
office. Europe Is on the Verge of
War;
Evening star., 1923-01-20

The democratic party is developing
number of willing leaders who may
exercise some potentiality if they can
be persuaded to coalesce.
Evening star., 1923-01-20

1t is quite possible that under the
present circumstances Wilhelm Hohen-
Gollern would rather be an innocent
ibystander than an emperor.
Evening star., 1923-01-20

Question arises as to whether Ger
man marks are worth enough to pay
for the wear and tear on paper cur
rency.
Evening star., 1923-01-20

The farmer is getting market news
by radio. The notices of interest due
on the mortgage are transmitted by
the banks as usual through the mails.
Evening star., 1923-01-20

German socialists are alert in seiz.
ing the opportunity to represent
French troops as typifying the spirit
Of coercive capital. f-
Evening star., 1923-01-20

Turkey has made the terrors of the
Kemal khan seriously felt in its range
of operations.
Evening star., 1923-01-20

The Rhine flows peacefully in the
song of the poet, but not in the speech
of the politician.
Evening star., 1923-01-20

The President of Germany is en-
inent in popular esteem, butt has a
strong understudy in Hugo SHINES.
Evening star., 1923-01-20

The coal strike is settled, but the
bills of many consumers are being
paid in installments.
Evening star., 1923-01-20

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