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Evening star., 1923-03-14
What's Dollar Gas" to the Pleas.
ureS of Autoing?

Lets not sell the old bus yet"
recommends the Burlington uowa)
Gazette, refusing to become alarmed
over the prospect of dollar-a-gallon
gasoline, of which a Senate investi-
eating committee warns "if q few
great oil companies are permitted to
manipulate profits for the next Few
years as they have been doing since
January, 1920" Many other papers
also dismiss the prophecy as over
drawn, pointing out that such
course on the part OF oil producers
would mean economic suicide. ana
they discount the findings of q COM
mittee headed by Senator La Toilette,
whose prejudice against the Standard
Oil Company. they say, is ingrained
However. other writers feel. with the
Brooklyn Eagle, that III the La Fol
lette committee charges -. are re
even partly true something should De
done about it," and there Is con-
siderable number who affirm the In
dictment which the Senate committee
brings in against Standard on.
1.-The Senate subcommittee. heaaeu
bv Robert Nj. La Toilette. which has
been Investigating conditions In the
pain Dealer says, doubtless found
what 1t set out to fnd-complete
domination by the Standard group.
But, granting the possibility OF preju-
dice, the Wilkes-Barre Record holds
that "the report will not be cast asid e
as another exhibition of La Toilette
peryersity,'' for, as the Duluth Her
aid says, though the name OF the
chairman Of the committee will dis
credit the report with many, 1t Will
p. a guaranty of truth to many
others" and "the findings do not
strain credulity." since. to quote the
New London Day, there Ia very
natural tendency on the part OF the
public to be suspicious of any ousl-
ness as extensive as the STANDARD on
Company, particularly when the
enormous profits Of that great or
panization are partially known and
the cost Of gasoline shows q tend
ency to climb without apparent rea-
|son."
encv "the public is vitality interested
in the question whether the legal dis
solution of the so-called Standard OH
trust has really been effective - In
nractice," the Milwaukee Sentinel as
serts. Indeed, according TO the
Rochester Times-Union. 1t is serl-
ous matter which concerns every
user of gasoline and other petroleum
products directly. and indirectly
touches every one else" Certainly y
.somethtng is radically wrong with
the oil, Kerosene and gasoline mar
Eat" the Jersey City Journal feels,
IN view of the fact that "a few years
Evening star., 1923-03-14
Militant Progressives.

Activities or progressive repuDll-
cans of the House in their present
undertaking will be watched with in
terest during the months preceding the
assembling Of the next Congress. The
project is described 'as movement
to weld republican progressive ele-
ments Of the next House into a COM
pact working unit
The unit is to be applied to the ac-
complishment Of certain specified aims.
principal Of which is the generous al
location Of the progressives to impor-
tant committees, and especially to
larger representation Of that element
on the committee on rules. A spokes-
man for the progressives. describing
in yesterdays Star this feature Of the
plan. said, Legislation in the House is
controlled by the floor leader and the
Speaker with the cooperation of the
committee on rules" It may be OBJ
served, however, that the last word
rests with the membership of the
House. The committee on rules may
propose. but the House disposes, and
under the present system no PROPOSE
ton advanced by the committee on
rules becomes effective unless a ma
jority Of the House, including demo-
Gratis, progressives and "stand-pat-
ters'-if there be any-gives sanction.
1t has been generally assumed since
the Cannon overthrow in 1909 that
the House is master of its destiny and
that tyranny is no longer possible.
It is discouraging to the democrats,
supposed to be basing high hope upon
q split among the republicans in the
next Congress being effected by this
progressive move, to learn from the
spokesman that the progressives will
have no traffic with the democrats in
achieving their ends. The movement
is described as being entirely within
the republican party, and does not
hold out prospect Of the election OF a
democratic Speaker with the aid Of the
progressives. The progressive drive is
interpreted as being inimical to the re-
election of Speaker Gillett. on the
ground that he is a conservative" 1t
is freely admitted that he has been a
fair presiding officer, however, and
that Conservatism is the only crime
chargeable to him. What a twilight
zone there is between the terms con.
servatism and progressivism. Where
does the one begin and the other end?
Every forward-looking measure sug-
gested in Congress is promptly
labeled progressive" and yet it is
found that if it is genuinely forward.
looking and not merely radicalism
rampant. conservatives favor it.
1t ought to be feasible for genuine
progressives and sincere conservatives
to get together on committee assign
ments and legislation and present a
solid front to the democrats. With
the scant republican majority there
will be need of cooperation. or the re-
publican party will be threatened with
disaster on the eve Of the presidential
campaign.
Evening star., 1923-03-14
Children's Health.

Public interest in children's health
is comparatively a new thing. Not
many years ago the child's health was
understood to be only the concern Of
the child's parents. and the wisest and
most considerate Of parents, knew lit
tie of hygiene. sanitation, food values
and such things compared with what
is known today. Most parents were
ignorant. Infant mortality was very
high, but this was accepted as q mat.
ter OF course. In a great majority Of
families children were allowed to grow
up, If they could, without any skilled
attention to eyes. ears, nose, throat
and teeth. II anything went wrong
with a child that could not be cured
with a fiaxseed poultice. sassafras tea
or paregoric the family doctor might
be sent for. He was q worthy man. AZ
learned perhaps as could be tn his day
and generation. but dfty years ago
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Hospitality.

A large and important Washington
council Of the knights of Columbus
has passed a resolution to turn over
the knights hall for the use Of Shrin.
ers during Shrine week. The adoption
of the resolution by Potomac Council
does not carry the plan to f1nality,
as it must be referred to the building
company Of the organization. No
matter what the final result shall be,
the attitude Of this council in bidding
such cordial welcome to the Ancient
Arabic Order Mobiles Of the Mystic
Shrine, to membership in which only
Masons of q certain degree are eligible,
will attract wide attention in and out
OF Washington. The knights are
moved by the double purpose Of Civ.
ing splendid welcome to strangers
and making good Washington's claim
to being the city hospitable.
Evening star., 1923-03-14
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

my brother Horace. than whom
there is no better man, has asked me
to write you a letter so that you can
hereafter identify ma by my hand
writing. I am glad to do SO. I have
are not many autograph letters Of
mine available. ! suppose that ste
biography has become the bane of auto
graph collectors. 1t helps the dis
patch Of correspondence, but 1t does
style. / hope this may serve your
purpose. The only way l can auto
graph letters is to write them. have
mono In stock"
The owner wants $65 for that
specimen OF Taftian penmanship.
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This observer heard President Hard
ing criticized the other day for ap-
pointing only "old men" to high oface.
The facts and figures don't Justify
the soft impeachment. Three men, all
on the sunny side Of fifty. were taken
into the Harding cabinet In 1871
Postmaster General Hays. who was
forty-two; Secretary Hoover, who
was forty-six, and Secretary Davis,
who was forty-seven A babe In arms
was appointed undersecretary of the
Treasury in the person of S. P.
Gilbert, jr., who was only twenty
retary of the Navy, was thirty-three
when he received his commission. and
Richard Washburn Child was named
ambassador to Italy at forty. Albert
d. Lasker, chairman Of the Shipping
Board. was forty-five when he took
branch OF the government All
through the great executive depart
ments are men of youth In charge of
divisions and bureaus.
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California, far-famed land of super
hospitality, has organized a junket
de luxe from Washington to the coast
in July. The city of Los Angeles
and the American historical revue
and motion picture exposition" are
the joint hosts. To the Monroe
doctrine centennial" in Los Angeles
next summer, a special train will be
run from Washington. filled with
notables. who will be the guests OF
the city and the exposition from the
time they leave Washington until
their return" Those invited to enjoy
this luxurious transcontinental ex-
pedition are the President of the
United States, the Latin American
diplomatic corps, the Secretary OF
State, the director of the Pan-Amer.
lean Union, and their ladies; a dele
cation from Congress, and the United
States Marine Band.
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Lord Robert Cecil, who cables from
London that he is overwhelmed with
invitations to speak in America next
month, has made one definite engage.
ment. He will address the annua
convention of the National League 0,
Woman Voters at Des Moines. Re.
gardless. of superstition. he selected
Friday, the 18th, for his appearance
Copyright 1921
Evening star., 1923-03-14
EDITORIAL DIGEST

back a good grade of gasoline could
be purchased at the filling stations
for about cents a gallon And
since '9-cent gasoline jumped over
gasoline later jumped to 29-cent
gasoline" the Reading Pa) Tribune
suggests that 1t doesn't require "a
nimble imagination to stretch the
price even to the dollar mark"
but such possible price should be
robbed of some of its terrors." the
Memphis Commercial-Appea thinks,
when it is realized that it would be
self-defeating," for, the Hartford
Courant explains, "if gasoline were to
go to anything like that figure nine
tenths of the automobiles in use
would be put out of commission" and
"one can figure out what that would
mean. II the company wants to COM
NIT suicide it will proceed to such
ridiculous extreme as dollar gas:
Admitting that lit may charge all
that the traffic will reasonably bear"
if Standard Oil sets out on such a
gouging spree as Senator La Fol-
1ette's committee predicts the Bal
timore News Will then concede that
the company has lost its cunning"
The New York Tribune also cannot
picture Standard Oil w1llfully going
to such lengths as to bring the
wrath of the entire country down
upon Its head" and the New York
Post suggests that Substitutes are
already being produced at prices that
thu eaten the position of oil in the
market. and the competition would
not be rendered less sharp by jump
in the price of OIL
To the Norfolk Eirginian-Pilot the
prospect OF doliar-a- gallon gasoline
Is not "a radical pipe dream" but il
1t comes it will not be because of
monopoly control: sit will como
mainly because limited natural re-
source can no longer meet an unlim-
tied demand Oil wells dry up, but
the demand for oil is constantly In
Tcreasing" The Hartford Times
agrees that with the phenomenal in
crease In use the price of petroleum
would be certain to jump if the in
dustry were on the most cut-throat
competitive basis"
AS some writers view it, gas is
actually cheaper because of the vast
ness of the Standard OIL organization
for, as the New York Globe explains
1t. despite the fabulous returns
which the oil companies have made.
it is probable that the public pays
industry We're in the hands of my
riads of small producers and dis
tributors" Stating that the purpose
of the report "is to break up and de-
stroy the most efficient organization
for production and delivery of oil and
oil products" what. the Chicago
Tribune asks. would it leave as SUBJ
stitute?" The answer, according to
the paper, is ''numberless small con-
with high overhead costs, which.
without the competition of the Stand
ard, would Immediately force prices
up, not down."
Evening star., 1923-03-14
America at Work.

In his speech last night before the
Republican State Voters Association
Postmaster General New reviewed the
achievements of two years under the
Harding administration, and the sum-
mary is one calculated to cause gen.
eral pride and qualification, regardless
Of where the political credit may fall.
Mr.. New spoke as a member of the
administration and an active party
leader and. naturally, he did not mini
mize the part played by republican
President and republican Congress,
but being Il fair-minded man he did
not overemphasize their role. He gave
due recognition to the fact that in
America the will to work has not been
lost and that it is through work that
these splendid achievements have
been brought about.
It would be difficult to find in eco
nonlic history more striking instance
of rapid recovery from extreme indus
trial depression. Less than two years
ago there were between 100000 and
5000, 900 unemployed workers in the
United States. Today that vast army
Of enforced idleness has been disband.
ed, and there is a demand for labor
which cannot be supplied. Not only is
there employment for practically all
who want to work, but it is employ
nlent at a wage which assures not
only maintenance but betterment in
e}or o-l ,e s1y;p
carpenters and hricklayers earning as
high as s12 a day, and other workers
in proportion, there is being built up a
tremendous volume of purchasing
power which will keep the wheels Of
factories turning and restore optimism
TO the farmer and get him again in
mood and in circumstance to buy.
There is an old saying that man
cannot pull himself up by his own
boot straps, but that seemingly is
what the United States has done in an
Industrial way. Only a minor part of
the credit for restored prosperity can
be traced to improvement in foreign
trade conditions. The initiative which
started the circle on it's upward swing
began here at home, and its own mo-
mentum carries it along. Whatever
influences are exerted by foreign re-
lationships generally are adverse, and
II is mainly in spite Of. rather than
because Of, our points of contact with
other nations that we have come to
better times.
- 1t is phenomenon which cannot
he explained that in land so blessed
there are to be found those VINO preach
discomfort, and others so credulous as
to listen to their pseachments. But
there is no need for great alarm. For
every American who would like to try
the experiment Of Russia. there could
be found thousands of Russians who
would like to bide a while under the
"capitalistic" government of America
Evening star., 1923-03-14
The Air Service.

Reports Of Americas inadequate
armament come from many official
sources, and stories Of national short.
sightedness and lack OF preparedness
come to- the public every day. They
do not appear to make much Of an i'm
preston on the public mind. The
American people, when the blast Of
war blows in their ears, make their
martial preparations with feverish
speed, great waste and with singleness
ot purpose. but when the war IL won,
and ill our wars 50 far have been
won, they lay by the sword, give it
over to rust and quickly turn to other
Evening star., 1923-03-14

opinion differs as to whether pub
Hcation of the names of prohibition
violators. real or alleged. serves
useful purpose or not Enforcement
officials think the pillorying Of proved
malefactors has its value. They be-
lieve 1t Is probably as powerful .
deterrent as statutory punishment.
Nobody wants to be publicly brand
ed as lawbreaker." IL the conviction
OF high officials at enforcement head
quarters. Many persons held up to
mingled ridicule and obloauy In
Washington this week, through dis
closure of bootlegger's list, take q
dinerent view. They aver the "hypoc-
risy" of prohibition never was so
nsgrantly exposed and argue that .
Ia law y .rS,3na e93mmsndinE , no respect from
be and should not be enforced.
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If China's appeal to Japan for abro-
CATION Of the notorious twenty-one
demands becomes a diplomatic Incl
dent Of interest to the United States,
we have the right man In the right
place at the head Of our far eastern
division. That branch of the State
Department is headed by John ". A.
MacMurray. than whom, though a
youngster in looks and relatively In
years. there is no greater authority
anywhere on Pacific affairs. Mac
Murray was secretary of the Ameri-
can legation at Picking in 1915. when
Japan imposed the demands on China.
HIS far eastern service includes I'M
portant diplomatic assignments in
Russia, Siam and Japan. MacMurray's
tar
Concerning China" two monumental
volumes, was the official textbook
of the Washington conference when
it dealt with far eastern tangles. The
young diplomatist is a Princeton man.
class Of 1902.
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Not often is it given to men to
crafty their grand hobby by act of
Congress. Joseph T. Frelinghuysen.
retiring senator from New Jersey.
and Representative Ernest r. Acker-
man. who also halls from the Mosqui-
to state, achieved that distinction In
the dying hours Of the Sixty-seventh
Congress. Both are ardent stamp
collectors. Frelinghuysen owns a
collection said to be worth 500, 900
and Ackerman's Is even more valu-
able. They Joined hands in securing
the passage Of bill authorizing the
reproduction in four-fold size, for the
promotion of professional traffic
among philatelists. of postage stamps
of all countries. The Jerseymen have
a royal brother stamp fan in King
George V Of Great Britain.
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Fewer autograph letters of William
Howard Taft are said to be available
than of any other American President.
On the autograph market in New
York there is now being offered a
letter Of Mr. Taft, dated at New
Haven, October 81, 1919, reading as
follows:
Evening star., 1923-03-14
BY THE MARaUIsE DE FoNTENOY.

Former Attorney General George
w. Wickersham and other eminent
jurists and public men of equal light
quiries from the Lucy Stone League
have pronounced themselves so
strongly against the leagues move
ment in favor of women declining to
adopt the names of their husbands
for fear of losing their own identity,
may be interested to learn that their
views are in complete sympathy with
those of Edward VII, whose sagacity
no one nowadays will deny, and Of his
extremely level-headed son and sue
cessor on the throne, George V.
There are small number of cases
in England of peeresses in their own
right in which nowadays the husband
Is precluded from sharing his wife's
honors. Thus Lady Cromartie, who
is a countess IN her own right, is the
wife of Col. Edward Blunt Mackenzie
OF the royal artillery and does not
share his name. Then there is Lady
too, is peeress in her own right. and
is therefore known by a diHerent
name to that of her husband. Col
James Baillie of Dochmour, InVer-
ness. In olden times-that is to say,
before the reign of the Stuarts-hus-
hands of peeresses in their own right
not only bore their wives titles, but
also occupied their seats in the house
of lords. reverting to the status OF
cominoners and losing their wives
titles on the death OF these iaules.
King Edward, however, did every
thing that he could to put an end to
the very generally accepted practice
of widows of peers. on marrying COM
moners, refusing to bear the name
Of their new husbands and persisting
in retaining the titles and names t ot
their former mates. Thus ne Issued
a most peremptory order to the effect
that any woman attending court or
demanding presentation there should
be restricted to the name and style
OF her actual or most recent husband
and precluded from making use there
of any titles of her former husbands.
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Hence Cora Smith of New Orleans,
after being married, first to Samuel
Colgate of New York, and then to the
fourth Earl of Strafford, and thirdly
to Martyr T. Kennard, who persists
in calling herself Countess of Straf-
ford. is received at court only as Mrs.
Martyr Kennard. as whom she also
figures in the social register OF New
york. having forfeited all her rights.
prerogatives and title as peeress
of the realm, not by the death Of her
second husband, the Earl Of Straf-
ford, but by her marriage after M his
death to g. commoner-namely, the
late Martyr Kennard.
Then there Is the widow Of the late
and twelfth Duke of Hamilton, q
dau ghter of the seventh Duke of Man.
chester: She has dropped her title lie
T.ady Mary Forster, having contract
ed. after some years Of wldoWhoed aa,n;l stsn
tieman uf the name Of r. Carnaby
Forster. :.
Perhaps the best known instance OF
this kind Is that of the mother OF the
present and fifth Duke of Sutherland.
She is now the wife of Col. George 9
Hawes, who won the distinguished
service order and the military cross
in the great war. She no longer calls
herself Duchess Of Sutherland, but
Lady Miilicent Hawes, the prenx OF
|lAdy to her Christian name being Que
| to the fact that she is the daughter OF
an earl-namely, Of the late Earl OF
AsS~S -, - 81. = - -.
Evening star., 1923-03-14
In a Few Words.

When a woman criminal is released
from Jail it is important that she
have a renewed interest in life.
Therefore she should be given a new
hat.
NAL MARGARET DUFFY (Salva-
tion Army.
1t is everlas sting true that. on the
to be found in a proper understands
ing OF the lessons of the past.
president HARDING.
The women all love Rodolph because
he appeals to their maternal in
stinct. =.
MRS. RoDoLPH VALENTINO.
This country is a he'll of success.
Let that stand as all the interview !
care to give out.
UNCLE JOE" CANNON.
The great majority OF wives. espe-
cially those who have been married a
long time. are always casting about.
either consciously or subconsciously.
husbands outside life.
GILBERT FRANKAU.
Every time q woman does some-
thing that is going to make her look
more attractive along will come some
horror-stricken physician who will
say she Is permanently running her
health. DIR. MARY HALTON.
The fact that w. II. Anderson. is
unpopular with the vets is dis
tinctly In his favor. ! love him for
the enemies he has made.
DIR. DAVID JAMES BURRELL