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Evening star., 1923-05-03
Gov. Silzer's Boom.

BY the great horn spoon, if here
doesn't come another democratic presi-
Dental boom! This is Gov Slzer of
New Jersey, swept into the office of
chief. executive of the Applejack state
by tremendous vote last November
His boom was launched at the annual
jefferson day dinner Of the National
Democratic Club in New York last
night. He was introduced to make a
speech by Thomas E. Bush. former
collector of the port of New York and
president of the club.
The Associated Press account of the
incident recites that Mr.. Bush pointed
out that Jefferson was governor of his
own state before he was elected to the
presidency, and that the last demo-
cratic President in this country had
his political training in the Office of the
governor of the state Of New Jersey
II present to you the Hon. George S.
Silzer," the introducer concluded, and
the account adds. ''The inference was
quickly grasped."
HeI us see, HoW Hidny poleHClal can
didates for the nomination are there
now? There are McAdoo of California,
Senator-elect Copeland of New York,
former Gov. Cox Of Ohio. Senator I'm
derwood of Alabama, former Justice
Clarke, Senator elect Edwards of New
Jersey, Senator Ralston of Indiana
Gov. Smith Of New York, Senator Rob.
inson Of Arkansas, Senator Glass of
Virginia, Henry Ford of Michigan. Oh,
yes, one more-William j. Bryan
Come on, gentlemen, the list is fill.
Ing up. The line forms on the right.
Evening star., 1923-05-03

the course of the trial, was not only q
| draft evader and a war obstructor, but
he. with other communists, advocated
sabotage in the overthrow of the gov
ernment. His defense was that the
community party only predicted that
force and violence would be used and
had not advocated those measures to
bring about reforms That the jury
did not believe this plea in view of
the documents that were found in the
portfolios of the leaders at the red
mass meeting at Benton Harbor is in
dicated by the verdict.
This conviction, If sustained on ap.
peal, will do much toward the dis
couragement Of communism as an
agency for the destruction of this gov
ernment. So crafty are the promoters
of this dangerous cult that it Is diff
of the pernicious doctrines they
preach. When arrested they plead
that they are misunderstood, that they
are merely dealing in theories, that
they are speculating in possibilities
and are not propagandists Of destruc-
tion.
1t is known that there is q danger
Gus seepage Of destructive radicalism
into the public mind through the per-
sistent work Of comparatively few
leaders and promoters, mostly of for
eign birth and, it is suspected, under
the influence Of foreign agencies. Many
Americans VINO do not realize the dan.
ger involved are playing with these
principles and theories. They need to
be reminded by such proceedings as
that at st. Joseph that they are being
used by those who are trying to de-
stroy the American government and
to replace it with soviet of the boil
shevik character.
Evening star., 1923-05-03
A Great Record.

Yesterdays ceremony at the base
ball park in this city, when Everett
Scott, New York's shortstop, was pre-.
sented with a gold medal in recogni.
tion of his participation in 1000 con-
secutive championship games, has a
lesson to all young Americans, whether
they take an interest in the national
sport or not. This young mans
achievement is a triumph Of fidelity
to his job. 1t is a remarkable perform.
ance to have played in 1000 profession
al base ball games without miss. 1t
signifies first Of all devotion to duty.
Then it indicates the maintenance of
q perfect course Of training. 1t is, to
be sure, in large measure the result
OF good fortune. When one considers
the number Of accidents that befall
players on, the ball field it is little
short Of marvellous that any man oc.
cupying as difficult and really danger
GUS position. as that Of shortstop should
go unharmed through seven full sea-
sons and the beginning of an eighth
without an injury sufficient to cause
him to quit the game.
Were this man an Indifferent player,
taking few chances and nursing" him.
Evening star., 1923-05-03

! has,, has a place in his left-hAnd coat
His Scotch thrift may have die:
so, it overreached itself. The to-
bacco is British blend that burns
slowly and lasts a long time. But
| by the same token. it burns up a
great many matches.
The Secretary'S pipe is one of his
| strong points in hand-to-hand con-
| tact with the farmer. Any suspicion.
however. that his preference for the
pipe may be affected is removed by
the fact that he uses it just the
same in his contacts with dignitartes
and diplomats
Incidentally, 1t is a good pipe
one Of the kind that carries a little
| circle Of ivory at the base Of the
stem. recognized in the heraldry OF
pipe nobility.
The simplicity OF Secretary Wal
iaces tastes extends to his food. The
dishes he orders are, almost invaria-
bly,, plain, simple and wholesome
Ills predecessor was said to be fond
est of roast short ribs Of beef, with
horseradish. No one has been able
10 discover that Secretary Wallace
has any single outstanding favorite,
unless 1t is crackers and cheese. He
goes out Of his way many times to
set a bit Of that
J 1t As this simplicity his admirers
say, that makes Mr.. Wallace strong
| man in personal contact with the
PEOPLE. He is not an orator. IF he
has tale to tell. he tells 1t. straight
and short. But when. pipe in MOUTH
lie mingles with a gathering of farm
ers. there is no doubt in the col.
lective mind of the group that he is
one of them.
Recently the Secretary of Agricul-
| ture has been accused of showing an
unfarmerly trait by taking to an au-
tomobile instead of the carriage and
team tfat every other Secretary OF
Agriculture used.
1t Is charge with no thought
behind it. He has done the mos,
farmer-like thing in the world
American farmers generally ere do
ing just what Secretary Wallace has
doneIa bandoning the horse-drawn
Nehlcle Tor the automobile.
The fact is, however, that Secre-
tary Wallace would prefer the horses
Yet. but he found that 1t took them
too long to jog him where he had
to go. Besides, driving horses on
Washington streets is no longer safe
slowly than automobiles. The man
| just behind, IN an automobile, does
rot always realize this. Several
horse drawn carriages have been
smashed in Washington recently and
those who still use them have to bt
constantly on the watch.
That Is the reason why Secretary
Wallace gave up the team of pretty
bays.
/ asked his secretary what sports
| Mr.. Wallace likes. We'll, he said
how could I know? He works.
works from in the morning to 6:3(
in the evening"
1t is on record. however that Sec
| retary Wallace has played golf with
| Scotch accent. half a dozen times
! during the past Year
Evening star., 1923-05-03
Washington! !!

The Civil Service Commission sets
forth the educational advantages of
Washington. In an educational way
as we'll as in other ways it is the CAPT
tai of the United States. With it's uni
versities, special schools, labora tories
libraries, museums, observatories, art
galleries and lectures the city is one
vast university and the educational
center of the new western empire.
This is not known to all persons, but
the news is spreading. The Washing
ton correspondent Of the Boston Tran
script in a recent letter devoted in the
main to the churches and Bible classes
of Washington wrote that the Ma
tional Capital is notable for it's great
number of visitors, its army Of learned
specialists and that the government
scientific establishment is easily the
largest in the world and as a host is
most hospitable. extending as it does
the most cordial invitation to all to
visit its wonderful collection of scien-
tiflc, literary and artistic treasures"
In Washington we have a larger
body Of learned specialists in all the
sciences. in philosophy, history. litera-
ture and art than can be found in
any other city in America, and perhaps
larger than can be found in any other
city in the world. Many of these dis.
! tinguished men and women are teach
ing in the classrooms and the lecture
halls. The object Of the Civil Serv-
ice Commission in setting forth the
educational advantages Of Washington
is to make clear to applicants for place
in the civil service that sit is possible
for a government worker to support
himself often in an occupation con-
nected with his chosen life work and
at the same time to follow such edu.
cational courses as he may have
planned"
The commission says that lin addi-
ton to the courses given by the uni
versities and schools Of special class
both the bureau of standards and the
Department Of Agriculture give a
number Of valuable courses in techni-
cal and professional lines which are
arranged at hours so that government
employees may attend them" 1t says
further that the administration Of the
various departments and bureaus of
the government brings together in the
Capital city corps Of technical, pro-
fessional and scientific workers second
TO none in the world, and that Wash
ington is the scientific as well as the
political center of the country.
The commission also points out that
we get in Washington the cream of
dramatic representations, concerts and
lectures. The cultural advantages of
Washington have their influence on
our people, but some Of US seem not
to realize the blessings that are ours,
because the scientific collections, IL
braries, museums and all the rest of
the things that give beauty and Zest
to life are such an old story to us that
we accept them as a matter of course.
Evening star., 1923-05-03

self by avoiding hard plays for fear
Of injury, this record would not be SO
remarkable. but on the contrary he
has always been a brilliant performer,
going after every chance. making his
errors with the rest Of them, but not
as many as the average, indeed show.
ing among the best players in the
ball patrons will understand this when
it is noted that in these thousand
games Scott has had 5,461 chances"
and has accepted" 5,2S3, making only
1853 errors. or a fielding average of
.969. in itself an unusually high degree
Of efficiency.
To measure this wonderful record
properly it should be noted that until
Everett Scott passed that point the
highest mark of continuous perform.
ance was that of Pinckney. who be-
tween 1885 and 1890 played in 577 sue
cessive games. That performance
topped the list until Scott bettered it.,
and it stands as the nearest approach
to this thousand mark scored yester-
day. At the rate at which he is going,
the skill he is showing, the care he is
taking Of himself, it is easy to conceive
Scott doubling that best previous rec
ord Of consecutive performances.
The value of good base ball player
to his team is measured not only by
his skill as batter or fielder, but by his
dependability. A star who Is out Of
the game a third Of the time by rea.
son Of injuries or illness or tempera-
ment is less valuable than more
mediocre player who is there every
day. Scott is thus a star Of the first
magnitude. because he is not only Of
high merit as a performer, but Of 100
per cent dependability. And that is
the lesson that the American youth
should learn from this mans great
performance.
Evening star., 1923-05-03
Ramsden Heir Will Own Greater
Part of Entire City Land as Estate

ter and heiress Of John. Lord Freche-
Vile, who died. without male heirs. in
1862. Sir John declined to take the
necessary steps toward the revival OF
the peerage out Of affection for his
wife. Lady Gwendolyn. daughter and
heiress of nearly all the unentailed
property of the twelfth Duke of
Somerset, known as the Sheridan
duke owing to his marriage to thes
lovely daughter of Thomas Sheridan,
son of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. AS
the wife OF commoner-for baro
nets are. after all. near r-commoners-
she was able to retain her precedence
as the daughter of a duke. which
gave her the pas of the wives of
earlS. of viscountS and of baronS,
whereas. if her husband had secured
a revival of the barony Of Frecheville
in his favor. she would have had to
take her place among the baronesses
and to have made way for the wives
of all earls. viscounts and of those
barons the creation of whose peerage
was anterior to that of her husband.
1t is understood. however, that the
present Sir John Ramsden, who has
no such reasons to deter him, is TAX
ing the necessary measures to secure
the revival of the dormant barony of
Frecheville in his own favor.
/ X x *
Sir John Ramsden's wealth. already
SO enormous through the partial sale
of Huddersfield and through the ex-
tensive estates which he has inher-
tied, through his mother from her
father, the twelfth Duke of Somerset,
had his possessions still further aug
mented few years ago through the
action of his erandaunt. the late Lady
Muncaster. in bequeathing to him her
dead husbands Castle of Muncaster
along with the other estates of the
ancient house Of Pennington in Cum
berland, and last, but not least, that
heirloom known for hundreds. of years
as the Pennington luck" 1t is pre-
served at Muncaster Castle and may
not be moved from thence.
1t is curiously wrought glass
bowl. When the unfortunate Henry
VI had been defeated at the battle OF
Hexham in 1863 he fed over the
Northumbrian border in the direction
of Eskdale and found refuge in Mum
caster Castle. On leaving, after be-
ing succored and entertained there
by its owner. Sir John Pennington, he
presented the latter with a violet
glass bowl, which became the mascot
of the house.
On the tomb or TINS Sir John IN
the little churchyard by the castle
the story is thus set forth to the
world: king Henry gave Sir John
a braube workyd glasse cuppe, with
his word before 'yat whyliss we
famylie shoold keep 1t unbrecken thei
; shold gretely thrift That cup, rev.
erently preserved. Is still at Mum
caster. and. as 1t thus far remains un-
broken. even still greater prosperity
Is apparently in store for Sir John
Ramsden, the present owner, the
actual master of Muncaster Castle.
and for his young son, who has just
celebrated his majority.
Muncaster Castle stands where the
River Esk meanders through Esk
dale to the Irish sea and commands q
view OF some of the most beautiful
country in England.
Evening star., 1923-05-03
The Posters.

Whene'er a circus comes our way,
For days ere it arrives
A glad and wonderful display
Relieves our toilsome lives.
Defying gravitation and
The laws of common sense.
They are superlatively grand.
Those pictures on the fence.
The show itself, though all that wit
Could handily devise,
Reveals very little bit
OF what they advertise.
Though oft our souls the marvels
strike
With wonderment intense,
There's nothing that can thrill us like
The pictures on the fence.
This worlds a show, the poets say.
Great feats- therein we view,
But none that equal the display
OF what we fain would do.
Mems slight achievements as they pass
Claim gratitude immense;
Their best intentions are. alas,
The pictures on the fence.
Evening star., 1923-05-03
i. A Communist Convicted

Conviction Of Charles E. Ruthen.
Berg at St. Joseph, Mich, on a charge
of criminal syndicalism is in a meas
1re relief to the public mind in view
Of the recent failure of a jury at the
same place to return verdict in the
case of William q. Foster, tried on the
same charge. 1t was feared by some
when the Foster jury failed to agree, by
an even vote, that it was impossible
to get a verdict at ST. Joseph against
these radical leaders, would-be govern
.ment destroyers, who were caught, as
it were, red.handed in the raid near
Benton Harbor some months ago. The
failures of the Herrin murder juries
intensified this apprehension.
"Euthenberg, it was plainly shown in
Evening star., 1923-05-03
THE WAYS OF WASHINGTON
BY WILLIAM PICKETT HELM

The farm alarm clock rings at 4
. am. in Iowa.
1t wakes the Secretary of Agricui-
ture in Washington, D. c.
There is no connection. by tele-
graph wire or radio or anything. 1t
is habit When the Big Bens break
! loose in the prairie homesteads and
! Dobbin nickers for his oats Secre-
tary Wallace's eyes are open. A few
minutes later he is up and out.
One hour before official Washington
hangs up it's hat the Secretary Of
Agriculture is at his desk-not read
ing the morning paper. He was
through with that before breakfast
At 8 o'clock Wallace Is at work.
few others in the Department Of
Agriculture now are at work at the
same time. They are closely asso-
ciated with the Secretary and they
follow his smoke. That's literal. He
comes In smoking briar pipe.
Mr.. Wallace has been fifteen min
utes late a few times-S:l5, not s:l5
William Burke from Cincinnati who
watches the front door of the main
building. has kept time on him.
III tell you story" says Mr..
Burke. But there is a negro char
acter in the story and Mr.. Burke
speaks with an accent family sug-
gestive of shamrocks and Blarney
castle. take the liberty of putting
ms story in my own words.
~ was o'clock OF the first morning
hlter Henry G.. Wallace was sworn
IN as secretary of Agriculture. The
Dig old building drowsed, no other
human being in sight, as he walked
10 mis- office. He sat down At his desk
anu IL. began working over some papers.
rive minutes later the silence was
broken by the opening of a door. A
coIored charwoman stepped in from
a side room and stood for a moment.
startled; Then she smiled and start
ea lcircling the room. Three or four
lines She stopped, and whenever she
Back at the point from which she
started, she addressed the figure at
tary?"
MI: Wallace admitted it.
ell L sholy is glad to see you -
she said Use cleaned this room
ever mornin' for nigh about twenty
years, and you's the fust one Of them
things / ever is seen"
The Secretary of Agriculture ,s a
simple man, and plain. Short, red
headed. bushy Of brow. speaking few
words, and these to the point, there
is mighty canny quality about him.
II he put on a-kilt and went back to
scotland. where he came from three
generations ago. the neighbors would
hardly know he had ever been away.
Some statistician in the department
said the other day that Waliace's
pipe is his index number. 1t reveals
him as the plain man he is When il
IS not work. ing. which is rarely, the
pipe reposes in the upper left hand
! drawer of the Secretary's desk.
Whom he goes out ON long trims II
Evening star., 1923-05-03
| BY THE MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.

| BY THE MARQUIsE DE FONTENOY.
Young John Ramsden, who came OF
ago the day before Yesterday, is next
heir to the ownership of considera-
BILE portion of the important manu-
featuring city and commercial center
Of Huddersfield. as well as the his
toric Castle of N1uncaster in Cumber-
land, and TO the celebrated Penning-
ton luck" Had 1t not been for the
fact that his father, the present and
sixth baronet of his line. disposed
of some 5000 acres of the city shortly
before the great war, the young man
who has just come Of age would, on
succeeding to the family honors and
estates. have been virtually the
ground landlord of all Huddersfeld,
save one little tiny lot. His grand
father, the late and fifth baronet,
who was. great character, did
everything in his power to buy this
single twenty by sixty foot lot, which
was owned by typical Yorkshire
yeoman, like himself an octogenarian.
In fact. old Sir John was SO anxious
to huy out this only rival landowner
with the object of being the sole pro-
prietor of Huddersf1eld that on one
occasion he made an oner TO deter
mine the price by covering the entire
lot of ground with gold sovereigns
laid nat. But it's owner would not
consider any proposal. not even IL the
Mot were to be covered with gold
sovereigns set on edge, instead OF ly-
ing fiat. declaring. NAY, Sir John,
Huddersfeld will always belong to
thee and me-"
The ownership of the city of Hud-
dersfield by the Ramsdens dates back
to the reign Of Queen Elizabeth, who
granted to William Ramsden, her
Collector of revenue. for the royal
manor Of Huddersfield. that manor
and all the lands pertaining thereto,
for the sum of E965 sterling with 8
pence-that Is to say. for less than
SIS. 600. There was already at the
time a small town upon the lands or
the manor-how small is indicated
by the revenue of about $125 a year,
stated in its Elizabethan charter. The
Ramsdens in the succeeding centuries
never alienated any portion of the
estate. but. on the contrary. increased
their holdings to such an extent that
several fruitless attempts were made
to secure acts of parliament pro-
limiting them from acquiring any
more land. That Is how old Sir John
Ramsden became the ground landlord
Of the popular city of Huddersfleld.
so famous for its woolen manufac-
tures-that is to say, of all the city,
save that single twenty by sixty foot lot
Of the obstinate yeoman.
n X n X
If the present baronet, of his free
WILL on succeeding to the estates.
sold 5000 acres OF the urban land to
the corporation of Huddersf1eld, it
was because he realized that it was
the most prudent thing to do in view
of the popular trend toward the ma
tionalizat ton of land
Old Sir John Ramsden was heir to
the dormant barony of Frecheville,
through the marriage Of his ancestor,
Sir John Ramsden, in 1924, to the sis
Evening star., 1923-05-03
permanently displayed in

Shakespeare permanently displayed in
the gallery.
On Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
evenings Shakespeare readings were
broadcast from the Navy radio station
at Arlington. Va. by Mr.. c. B. Ham
ford, Mr. Walter Beck, Mrs. Mabel
Owens Wilcox and Miss Frazier. On
Friday evening. in addition to per-
formance above mentioned, DR.. Paul
Kaufman of the American Univer-
sity and the Shakespeare Society
broadcasted from Hechts q talk on
Facts and Fancy In Shakespeare"
While not being widely heraIded in
the press, 1t can be seen that the
Shakespeare Society was not remiss
in the celebration of Shakespeare
week and that an audience was reach
ed as far as the radio station at Ar
lington can be heard.
w. H. MACWILLIAMS,
Evening star., 1923-05-03

Anti-censorship scored a victory in
the New York senate yesterday by de-
feating a "clean book bill, so it will
still be possible to print in that state
would be banned.
Evening star., 1923-05-03

Now that the circus has gone Wash
ington can turn its attention once more
to the day-by day preparations for the
Shripers that are making its streets
increasingly picturesque.
Evening star., 1923-05-03

a melancholy fact in connection
with Everett Scott's great base ball
record is that if he scores 1000 games
most of the second thousand, accord
ing to base ball averages, will be in
the minors.
Evening star., 1923-05-03

American radicals probably feel that
the conviction of one of their leaders
of criminal communism is strong ar
gument for the overthrow of the gov
eminent Of the United States.
Evening star., 1923-05-03

New York school children are taking
the boycott pledge in the sugar war.
This is the surest way to put a crimp
in the high price combination.
Evening star., 1923-05-03
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Evening star., 1923-05-03

The Silzer boom in New Jersey adds
another to the long waiting list in
front of the democratic 1924 ticket
Office.
Evening star., 1923-05-03

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edition, fs delivered by carriers within the city
At 80 cents per month; daily only: 45 cents Pc. pe.
mouth Sunday only. 20 cents per month VT
ders may be sent by mail, or telephone Main
5000. Collection is made by carriers At tne
end Of each month.
Evening star., 1923-05-03

Prompt rejection by France of the
German reparations offer ought to
convince Berlin of the futility of fur
ther efforts to drive a shrewd bargain.
Evening star., 1923-05-03
In a Few Words.

into mems parties. They lose every
thing and gain nothing. They simply
fortify q situation which we aim to
attack.
MRS O. IL 2 BELMONT
Evening star., 1923-05-03

Soviet efficiency is not clearly dem.
onstrated in the explosion at Tula
Russia, which killed 100 people.
Evening star., 1923-05-03
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