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Evening star., 1923-07-31
Magnus Carries the Bit.

Magnus Johnson shows signs of
, complete independence of spirit. He
does not relish the idea that he has
been sponsored by any elder states
men, or even a junior statesman elder
to himself. In a ratification jubilee
held Sunday at Crookston, Mimi,
Magnus-he likes to be called by his
first manufactured that Senators
Brookhart and La Toilette and others
will have, to reason with him, adding:
They will not drive me into any
thing" Then he thus announced him.
self: Il am carrying the bit for the
common people,
Magnus will not be the first great
reformer to come TO Washington
bearing the commission of the com.
mon people," and conscious Of his
supreme authority to speak for them.
The path to the Capitol has been well
worn in the past by such feet as his.
One of two things happens, as a rule,
when such an one reaches Washing
ton. He thunders for while as a
tribune independent of all restraint
and political guidance and then Iapses
into the docile discipline of party or
group management. or he continues
TO thunder lonesomelike to the end of
his official days and exerts no influ-
ence upon the course of national af-
fairs
The one-man party or the political
solitaire player plays no effective part
in the. scheme of things. He makes
a lot of noise--Magnus will surely do
gthat-but the books of the laws carry
no statutes known to the public by
his name. Truth is, the one-man per-
former is almost inevitably a mega
tive force. 1t takes bloc, if not a
ma ajority, to work out affirmative re-
suits. and blocs and majorities are
made UP of men who yield to leader
ship and who merge their identities
into the common whole. s-...
Be the fate of Magnus as legislator
what it will, his declaration is inter-
esting and perhaps important in dis.
closing that in radicalism lies con.
fusion, Of purposes and results.
Evening star., 1923-07-31
Ellis nland Congestion.

An outrageous cOnQltlon VIII exist
st the port Of New York tonight
and tomorrow. Fifteen transatlantic
steamers are due to arrive with ap-
proximately $4,000 immigrants aboard.
The capacity of the immigration sta.
ton at Ellis Island is 100. The inn
migrants. therefore, will be compelled
to remain, except for those first ad-
mitted to the station, from forty-eight
bring them to these shores.
immigration officials of the United
States charge these conditions to the
greed of the steamship companies.
The competition for carrying immi-
grants is responsible, they say, and
steps must be taken to check this
race by the government of the United
States. if the result can be accom-
plished in no other way.
Under the quota law of this country
now in effect, limiting annual immi-
grafton from given country to 3
per cent of the aliens of that na-
tionality already here, it is possible
to admit up. to 20 per cent of the
annual quota within a month. The
new year for immigration began July
and there was a tremendous rush
Of immigrants into American ports,
particularly New York, at that time.
This is to be repeated with August 1.
Quotas for some of the countries
that is the 20 per cent monthly quota
limits-will be exhausted for some of
the countries almost Immediately. I'M
migrants from those countries now
on the sea will necessarily be turned
or week or two later.
The hardships imposed by existing
conditions upon the immigrants are
very great. The hardships imposed
upon the 500 men and women EN-
ployed in the immigration service at
Ellis Island are great. too, in these
times of rush.
Secretary Davis of the Department
of Labor is now in Europe, where
he has been visiting many nations in
his study of the immigration problem.
The Secretary believes that the immi.
grafton law should be amended so as
to provide for "selective" immigration
for the benefit of the United States
He believes, too, that rigid xamina-
tions should be given in the foreign
countries before the immigrants ever
start for the shores of the United
States. In this way many tragedies
enacted at Ellis Island and other i'm
migration stations could be avoided
Aliens who had spent their all with
steamship companies to reach the land
of promise would not so frequently
have to be deported.
Well informed observers insist that
the Congress will not let down the i'm
migration bars, despite the clanlor of
certain industries here for more for
eign labor. With the quota law con-
tinuing in effect, Congress may be
called on to pass stringent laws regu-
lating the steamship companies in
order to prevent congestion such as
that which will exist after midnight
tonight in New York. The foreign
countries from which the immigrants
come might well lend a hand at such
regulation in behalf of their nationals
who are travelling to America.
Evening star., 1923-07-31
Home for Predetermined.

The Washington home for feeble
minded persons is soon to be begun
on the S00-acre tract of land recently
bought by the District Commissioners
on the Little Patuxent, near Anna polls
Junction, in Anne Arundel county, and
this home is to have all the approved
features which have been developed
in similar institutions in other parts
of the United States.
The feeble-mindsd population of the
District Is not large, but it is large
enough to call for the establishment
of home. and this fact has been
brought out time and again during q
succession Of years by medical men
and by philanthropic societies and In.
dividuals. No calculation can be made
Evening star., 1923-07-31

price of the fruit. Every time any
one sings 1t he adds a penny to the
| high cost OF bananas.
Now If some one will please write a
catchy song telling how much there
Is in optimistic patriotism, the coun-
| try viii be saved. That is the road
| away from revolution" but there are
/ too many banana peels sprinkled
along its sidewalk.
There is considerable excited dis
cussion about what should be done
| by the government to meet the coal
| emergency in case OF a strike OF the
miners. Members of Congress are
they would advise the President to
take-such as having him seize the
mines and draft" labor to operate
them.
II would be a bold prophet who
would undertake to foretell what
President Harding will do to meet a
prophet to tell some of the things
| which he won't do He may declare
| an emergency, and. for the pubic
safety. confiscate control of the mines,
| dertake TO draft labor" for that is
| expressly forbidden by the Constitu-
! tion. The Constitution. by it's four
| teenth amendment, forbids any man
involuntary servitude except @ dor
| in a mine would not only endanger
| his own life, but the lives of all 9TH
| ers who are in the same mine.
| The joke Is on Europe. She mis-
| took our Hiram johnson for "Mr Easy
Mark" when he came over there. She
| fed him and toasted him and en-
! braced him--a la Francais-and then,
because he did not bite the hand that
! was feeding him, they thought they
! had him captured.
! What was the European surprise 10
discover that their guest, VINO had
eaten salt at their table and perhaps
| had drunk their vim ordinaire COR eA-
traordinaire), had come back nome
and was guilty Of doing that henl-
! Gus thing saying uncomplimentary
things about what he had seen when
| he was a guest.
The only consolation the French
Statesman gets out OF me. the senator a;S
| worse things about England than he
did about France.
No wonder European dignitaries re-
fuse, of late. to lecture in America.
They can tell us any lnlnS, dlltE our
own congressional majority gets
home.
X x K X
| Senator Brookhart has been de-
manding that a special session of
Congress be called as soon as Presi-
dent Harding gets back. and that its
first act shall be to plunge into the
wheat market and buy 5oo.O0O,oo
bushels of wheat at price that will
give farmers profit. Yet in his lat
est interview he naively remarked:
| Il do not know whether there will
be a special session OF Congress. but
that is the only remedy; and il is
only a temporary one, for the pres
ent impending peril to agriculture lies
! In that special session
Whether he meant just what his
words imply win be clearer later, but
pressed truth when he spoke of the
"impending peril to agriculture" ly-
| ing in that special session.
Il
1t Is denied by the old-timers that
Congress and President Harding are
seriously considering the Brookhart
peril TO agriculture which would
consist in plunging the nation into
the wheat speculator pit.
If that impending peril" ever
| should arrive, what would happen to
the farmers? Would they continue
their study of world conditions and
the law of supply and demand while
Uncle Sam holds the bag?
4 ,Cnpvrfght 1909 hv u Y Collins
Evening star., 1923-07-31

/: @ What do the painted bands
;mesn that have been put on the
electric light posts along the curbs
of principal streets? X. II.
a. The American Automobile As
-sociation says that these color band
markers are in general use in the
New England states. New York and
Pennsylvania, and that an effort Is
being made TO have them adopted
nationally. Blue bands signify north
aSa south; red, east and west: yellow
Diagonal. When posts bear more
than one color 1T signifies that a
driver is on the right road for routes
that are marked on an automobile
m&p as going in any of the directions
siEnified.
Q. How many strikes were there
In :the United States last year? M. II.
A. approximately 5000 strikes are
recorded for the year 1922. involving
100000 persons. This was an in
crease of s32 strikes over the pre-
viaus year.
Q. Do more men than women
commit suicide? NJ. H. T.
"A OF 10000 suicides in the United
States in 1922, according to the data
Of the Save-a-Life League, one third
nete that seventy-nine were million
aires.
%. Do we still have a tariff on the
Importation of alcoholic beverages? j.
T.: C.
"A. Under the Fordney-Mccumber
tariff act Of 1922 there was duty of
Sc a proof gallon on brandy, $S a
pyoof gallon on champagne and 81 a
gallon on ale and beer.
%. How long have we had trust
companies in this country? d. d.
"A. The year 1922 was the one hun
d:edth anniversary of trust. compaAy
asttvities in the United States, the
fiFst grant of fiduciary powers, TO a
corporation having been !, made in
q. How large are the windows m
the Washington Monument? r. &. =.
"A. They vary in size, but are about
effect by feet
q, Has it ever been proposed to
build bridge over San Francisco
bay? F. c. L H
"A such a project has been dis
cassed for several years and recently
two engineers made a report estimat7
lag that structure combining a
mole. trestle, girdle bridge and tun-
mel would cost s40.0OO.00O. The To-
cation recommended would provide
a. route about 9.aS miles long between
the city halls of San Francisco and
Oakland. Because Of its cost it is not
expected that the project will be
carried further in the immediate flu
tare. .
q. Is it true that the Panama ca
nal has more traffic than it can
handle? B. e. T.
"A. The traffic of the Panama canal
has nearly quadrupled since the open
lag of the waterway. but the canal is
Evening star., 1923-07-31
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
By Frederic j. Haskin

now being used only to 40 per cent of
Its capacity.
Q. What is tantalum? D. *. Fl.
A. Tantalum is a new commercial
metal recently placed on the market.
the most unusual property of which
Is it's resistance TO corrosion. 1t is
said to be of greater potential value
than platinum.
9. viii airplanes become cheaper
A. French experts assert that in the
near future 1T will be possible to turn
out a complete flying machine for
5000,
O. Have all the foreigners who were
captured by the Chinese bandits been
released?-L. j, p.
A. Eight men, including four Amer
leans who were the last OF the sew
enty-seyen foreign prisoners taken
by the Shantung bandits on May s.
were reported on June IL to have been
released.
@. How many socialists are there in
the Wisconsin legisiature?-M w.
A. At the last election the socialists
In Wisconsin elected eleven assembly
men and three state senators.
Q. Are there more negroes than
whites in South Carolina N NJ.
A. In 1920 the whites in South Caro-
lima numbered S18,536 and the negroes
S64,719.
Q. Who paid for the building of the
White House?-A NJ. p.
A. The original cost was defrayed
from the sale OF lands donated by
Maryland and Virginia.
Q. What is the fire loss of the
United States?-J. NJ. T.
A. The National Board OF Fire Un-
derWriters estimated the losses in
1922 at 100000, ,000-an equivalent of
s4.54 for each person in the country.
Q. What book has the widest sale?-
A. The Bible is the worlds best
seller. An average of 3o.000,Oo0 copies
are sold yearly, or $4,000 each day.
Has Japan a warm or cool climate:
M. F.
A. Climatic conditions vary widely
in Japan. In the Loo-choo group
subtropical conditions prevail; the
heat Is great. and snow and ice are
never seen. In the kurile Islands. on
the other hand, snow and ice never
entirely disappear.
@. Are days longer or shorter than
they used to bed. h.
A. Since the earth is slowing down.
scientists say II follows that 1t was
once rotating faster, and that there
was period. a long time ago, when
the day comprised only twenty hours
Going farther back still, until incon-
ceivable ages ago. the earth must
have been rotating on it's axis in
period of from three to four hours
.(Let The Star dnsUer your questions.
Address your inquiry TO The Star In
formation Bureau, Frederic j. HdSkin,
director, 1890 North Capitol street.
There is no charge ercept cents an
stamps for return poSta9e)
Evening star., 1923-07-31
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS

The report from the soldiers train
ing camps that Al per cent of the
23.33o men who offered to take MILL
tary training were found physically
unfit receives justification from Gen.
Fer shing. who declares that six out
OF every ten young men between sew
'enteen and twenty-five years of age
who are seen on the business streets
of Washington would not qualify for
military duty.
1t is the opinion of military au-
thorities that this great percentage of
defective men Is a national disgrace
and one that can and should be re-
moved. 1t is claimed that in France
and Germany the percentage of de-
fectives is only 10 per cent.
The claim as to those European
countries may be questioned, for the
physical contrasts In appearance be-
tween any European and American
troops during the world war did not
justify faith in the physical superior
ity OF the Europeans. On the con-
srary. the Americans are (. larger,
stronger and apparently far BITTER set
up.
1t may be explained that the Ameri-
can physical tests are stricter. leav-
ing a greater proportion of men in
the discard. Whether that be true or
not, the fact that half of the Ameri-
cans are reported not in perfect con-
dition at military age indicates a
serious condition.
In Wichita. Kan, last week the
mead school nurse reported that dur
ing the school term 14,153 pupils
were InSnprtp6
defective.
The Duke of Cornwall. alias the
Prince of Wales. owns a farm in
Canada and. like all good farmers. ne
is going to help in the harvest. He
VIII come "unofficially" and ask his
farm superintendent for a job. If he
is the regular fellow that he is
known in America as being. he will
dotf his coat when he runs the har-
vester, and not try to drive In a
Sultry sun with heavy coat but
toned up, just as if he were Presi-
dent of the United States.
= x x
Being wheat raiser, will he Join
the farm bloc and demand that the
government buy his crop, at a price
which will make his farm pay- Who
farm paying expenses? Maybe the
Impending peril of the dukes farm
lies in parliament, but if SO, he might
write his pa and ask him to do to
parliament what Hamlet wished to
do to his own too. too solid flesh"
-thaw and dissolve it. The weather
will help on the thaw, if King Pa
will do the rest.
If the duke will only stick around
until December and take a. run down
to Washington. Senator'S Frazier.
Ladd, Magnus johnson and Brook
hart will take him into their councils
and tell him more about durum wheat
and Durham cows than Horatio
"ever dreamed Of" The mere fact
that they are dirt farmers" and he
"a royal gentleman farmer won't
make mary bit of difference; for the
dirt farmer OF today is oft the
only three generations from shirt
sleeves to the throne of Russia or
the White House of the u. s. A.
why should the spirit of mortal be
proud?"
The prince is a great cavalier. and
can ride anything from a democratic
mule to a c. o. +. elephant. Both
animals will meet him at the border
tearing into Washington like a
rodeo on rampage.
Banana psychology might save a
nation. The silly song about the man
who had no bananas has started run
on the banana bank and doubled the
Evening star., 1923-07-31

Lecturers from abroad aro begin.
ming to fear the criticisms of America,
which has been described as a nation
Of natural speechmakers. Yet the
audiences here have always shown a
courteous readiness to welcome a fel-
low artist personally. even though
inclined to consider with expert calm
questions of temperament and tech.
niuue
Evening star., 1923-07-31

William Watson says POLITICALLY that
Libertys image adorns her own tomb.
This may lead New York to consider
a concession to sensitive foreign senti-
ment by moving the Bartholdi statue
cut beyond the .twelve:mile limit.
Evening star., 1923-07-31

Many Americans may appear indif-
ferent to world problems because
they are so busy looking after their
own supply of fuel for next winter
that they cannot concentrate on ship
ments OF coal for the Ruhr or on the
Mesopotamian oil situation.
Evening star., 1923-07-31
All Other States.
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The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
IA the use for republication Of all news dis
patches credited TO It or not otherwise credited
In this paper and also the local news pub
lished herein. All rights OF publication OF
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1923-07-31

Oil men say gasoline is too plentiful
to be sold at current rates. Many a
motorist can remember when the f1iv.
yer tank could be filled up for 10
cents a gallon with a fluid that
smelled better and delivered more
power.
Evening star., 1923-07-31

England reports that the twelve.
mile limit is being sympathetically
considered. The nature of the sym.
pathy Is not precisely defined. Many
sailors would sympathize with any.
body on shore who is twelve miles
away when the hour for grog arrives
Evening star., 1923-07-31

A third party is expected by Sena-
tor La Toilette unless the republicans
and democrats liberalize and even rad
icalize. The difficulty about third
party is that in an election it seldom
runs even a good third.
Evening star., 1923-07-31

A statesman from st. Louis says
beer: would help to dispel unrest.
Spoken like a statesman from ST.
Louis. A Milwaukee statesman will
doubtless be found to indorse the sen.
timent.
Evening star., 1923-07-31

Nobody doubts that old John Bar
leycorn would like to have William
H. Anderson arrested for driving a
water wagon while intoxicated with
temporary power.
Evening star., 1923-07-31

The issuing Of paper marks still
goes to prove that in Germany, as
elsewhere, there are still a few people
who do not read the papers.
Evening star., 1923-07-31

Eminent republicans believe that a
state can soon be carved from Alaska
and one that will be better behaved
than Minnesota. ,t<-
Evening star., 1923-07-31
.FickIe Fiiyyer Vote.

why do you object TO the cnomi-
nation of that eminent motor manu-
facturer?'
His popularity is too unreliable, !"
answered Senator Sorghum. TOO
many votes would be suddenly influ-
enced by the way peoples flivvers
happened to be working on election
day."
Evening star., 1923-07-31

The pugllist Is the champion con-
tender for short hours and high re-
muneration.
Evening star., 1923-07-31

+. The Evening Star. with the Sunday morning
edition, is delivered by carriers within the city
at 80 cents per month: daily only. 45 cents Per
month; Sunday only, 90 cents per month. Or
ders may be sent by mail, or telephone Main
5000. Collection 10 made by carriers at the
end of each month";
Evening star., 1923-07-31
Seeking Escape.

You dance more than you used, to-
YES" replied Miss Cayenne. 1.-THE
music is getting to be so irritating
you have to do something to keep
your mind off it,
Evening star., 1923-07-31
From Graya TO Cav.

When matrimony brings dismay
Time swiftly soothes the sorrow,
And those who get divorced today
Hold weddings on the morrow.
Evening star., 1923-07-31
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Maryland and Virginia.

Daily and Sunday..1 yr., IS. 40; 1 mo-. zoe
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Evening star., 1923-07-31
Advantage.

. ..s Advantage.
I'm studying psychoanalysis," re.
marked Mr.. Meekton.
do you think it will benefit you?"
1T may. Already I'm getting a
little the best Of the home converse
tion by learning q lot of words Hen
rietta doesn't know the meaning Of"
Evening star., 1923-07-31

Jud Tunkins says his hired man has
got so interested in politics that about
all the work he does is guess work.
Evening star., 1923-07-31

DE bootlegger.' said Uncle Eben,
lis de reason why members, of SO
many families hab trouble buyin'
Shoes"
Evening star., 1923-07-31

lord Eversley, who has just cele-
brated his ninety-second birthday, Is
nos only thstIo!dest member Of either
Evening star., 1923-07-31

%. How large are the windows m
the Washington Monument? r. G.
A. They vary in size, but are about
effect by 4 feet. 80.
Evening star., 1923-07-31

%. How long have we had trust
companies in this country? d. d.
"A. The year 1929 was the one hun
dsedth anniversary of trust company
asttvities in the United States, the
fisst grant of fiduciary powers TO a
corporation having been made in
1892.
Evening star., 1923-07-31

force and fervor of the symptoms.
Besides, a fall of any sort pre-
cludes the possibility of prepare fion.
else it is no fall at all. And this par
ticular fall" with which he deals so
laboriously is the clearest and sheer
est of accidents. There is no way, in
fact, of changing its precipitancy Of
character. Nevertheless, Mr. Bennett
the threatening. calamity. And what
does the young man do when sy.np-
toms appear. Does he HE himself
away to the lady? Does he. per-
acting in the capacity of physician?
He does neither of these things, Il he
is following Mr. Bennett. Instead.
he looks up his bank account. The
balance here tells him what to do,
Let us suppose that this is quite to
has looked over the field like a stock
appraiser does he take definite steps
in any certain direction. Indeed, there
are so many danger signals. and go
Slo" signs set up here that IL they
were minded they would make the
matter of falling in love about as Joy
Gus as going to market or doing any
other of the purely useful things with
which this man of long foresight
seeks to link up the supreme preoc-
cupatton OF youth. The pare answer
of inhibitions laid down here an
validate the authors claim as:
love guide, even of q guide who: is
trying. to make the best Of life. Here
Is a Iong-and tiresome and stodgy-
turning of the subject of young leve
tressing period of fumigation and
other measures of disinfection,
enough. as a whole. to work the com
plete finish of any love germ that
might find lodgment in the heart sof
human. And, when Mr.. Bennett takes
up the subject Of matrimony he is no
less thorough. no less practical, no
less exhaustive. no less exhaustiEg,
than when he Is giving out admori-
ton on the subject of love. The spirit
of authority is taking possession of
writer who has served the world well
by way of his own conception and
projection Of fiction. Too bad
I G. II