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Evening star., 1923-09-09

POUR ROOMS AND BATH. 18th AND PARk
road nv. 1903 Hiatt place; possession im
mediately.
Evening star., 1923-09-09

1915 11th ST. N.w.-Two ROOMS. RArH:
third hoor: complete; 6rst class one or two
working preferred: $50
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LIST YOUR VACANT UNFURSIsHED APIS.
With me for rental. RUBY HARDELL, Main
Evening star., 1923-09-09

1926 18th ST. S.W.-TwO LARGE ROOMS
kitchenptte and bath; Ard floor; gas heat and
light furnished: $50. Columbia .n3i
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u SO. 18th AND NEWTON NW.-ATTRAC.
tive Broom h.k. apt: sink range eIactriclts,
1S42 lnRlesida terrace NV. Adams 2s4o
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CoLoRED THREE ROOM AFT.
bath, h.-w.h.. porch; tue section. DAILY, 10
Florida ave. NV.
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1910 NEWTON ST. N.W.-THREE UHFUR
nishcd rooms and private bath third hooz
one large front on second floor. tIy
nishpd
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UNFUR. APT, y BLOCK FROM DUPONT
Circle; = rms, (, b.; desirable cmcpioyeI
couple Address RoX .3n.C. star otficn
Evening star., 1923-09-03
Italy's Indefensible Position.

ltaly's attempts to justify the pre-
cipitate seizure of Greek islands as a
means of forcing immediate granting
of the demands made for reparation
for the murders in Albania are not
convincing. There is, indeed, no con-
ceivable warrant for the haste shown
on the drastic measures adopted. One
apologist for the action of the govern
ment at Rome suggests that there is a
precedent for this course in the Amer
lean occupation of Vera Cruz. Condi-
tions, however, differ radically. There
is no parallel.
Now comes Rome with a refusal TO
recognize Greece's right to appeal to
the league of nations, on the ground
that the present government at Athens
has not been formally recognized by
the powers and therefore has no
standing in the international tribunal.
In other words, according TO Musso-
lini, Greece is an outlaw nation and
must be dealt with privately, sharply,
as one would deal with any bandit Or
irregular member Of society. This con-
fronts the fact, which is undeniable,
that Greece as nation is member
Of the league, whatever may be the
form or personnel Of the government
at Athens. This plea is a .paltry eX-
cuse that cannot serve.
1t is lamentable that Mussolini
should have carried 80 far in. his i'm.
petuous domination. He has done a
remarkable and infinitely valuable
work for Italy, in suppressing the
communist forces and restoring de-
pendable government. He has made
himself master through his vigorous,
uncompromiSing methods, his high pa.
triotism and his sagacity in seizing
upon the situation at the exact mo-
ment when strong man was re-
quired. But now he has put himself
in the wrong in a matter which be-
comes the business of the. other
powers. Haunting the recognized
methods of procedure. refusing to
beyond question or dispute, rushing TO
occupy the territory OF nation with
which Italy is at peace, gaining an ad-
vantage of physical position to no use
full purpose and without the least
logical warrant.
Probably to no other government
than that Of Greece, or possibly JugO-
slavia. would. Italy~ have. acted, as it
has done in this case. 1t would never
have moved to seize Corsica if a crime
had been committed by Frencfimen
against Italian officers. Apart from
the specific wrong of acting in war
making manner before a chance has
been given to determine the responsi-
bility, the fact that the victim of the
unwarranted aggression is a govern
ment that is in no position to act in
defense. owing to recent reverses and
disasters in Asia. makes this fragrant
offense against International law and
order. ..-',
Evening star., 1923-09-03
Agriculture Buildings Needed.

Senator Smoot, chairman OF the
Public Buildings Commission, has said
in an official report that the Depart
ment of Agriculture is probably the
worst-housed government department
at Washington; and the Secretary Of
Agriculture seconds the sentiment set
forth in the report. The story that
Secretary Wallace tells is a sad one,
and il is likely that the heads of other
executive departments could tell SINH.
Notwithstanding inadequate space
and manifold inconveniences which
act as check on transaction of pub
lie business, the annual rent bill Of
the Department of Agriculture in
Washington is $4,000. The depart.
ment occupies 572,S39 square feet of
space in government owned structures
and 4S2,6s9 square feet in rented
buildings. The bureau of plant indus.
try is housed in nine. buildings, the
bureau of agricultural economics Is
also housed in that. number of build
ings in different locations. and the bu.
reau of entomology occupies five
buildings. The work of other bureaus
is similarly scattered about the city.
Evening star., 1923-09-03
Labor Day

Labor day this year finds the coun-
try, and not without precedent, with
a striking demonstration of the lack of
an effective means of settling the re-
lations between workers and employ
ers in evidence, in the anthracite fields
of Pennsylvania, whence comes the
greater part of the fuel supply Of the
people. There prevails blockade of
production due to the fact that the
two sides in the mining operation so
essential to the public welfare are un-
able to agree upon working terms. 1t
is anomalous that the day set aside in
honor of American labor should be
marked by such condition.
On other .occa sions in the past this
situation has been present while La
Dor day has been observed. Indeed,
rarely has the first Monday in Sep
tenlber arrived since the holiday was
instituted without some breach in the
relations between large bodies OF work
ers and their employers been in evil
.dence somewhere in the land. And
every time the fact hasiserved as text
for numerous observations anent the
urgent need of AN effective means of
preventing these costly. often futile,
always troublesome and even danger
Gus conditions. -
Refusal to recognize unions is not
the chief cause of these breaks. called
strikes. In most cases, indeed, the
troubles are between recognized unions
and the employers. In some instances.
Evening star., 1923-09-03
A Way to Solve the
Blackbird Problem
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
surely sympathize with the
people of Newton street northeast,
who are so beset with black thirds
Why not shoot 'em and eat 'em, and
outwit the meat profiteers? Weren't
-Four and twenty black birds baked
In a pie" a dish to "set before the
king? I have heard they are good
eating, and rival the famous frogs
legs, fried.
But 1t is much easier to get rid of
them than to catch them. A number
of years ago about million of them
got a notion of gathering in a large
oak tree at our gate, and, just like
Washington women when they get to-
gether, they insisted on all talking AT
the same time. OF course, we could
not understand a word they said nor
hear ourselves think. Morning
Slumbers were cut short before day
light and, like some bigger folks.
they never knew when to stop.
We stood 1t for a while, but 1t be-
gan to get on our nerves. So, one
day i got out my little seven-shooter
and thought / would practice up a
bit. there being no restrictions there
at that time. l opened the door very
quietly and fired at the tree. Before
the bullet reached the tree the whole
great flock were on the wing. and not
one ever came back TO see if | had
killed any of their comrades, which.
II is needless to remark. / hadn't
That did not worry me much, az
there were no meat profiteers then,
but had. vowed not long before that
j would fike-to eat ND every one of
them. PHEBE HOWELL.
Evening star., 1923-09-03

! as in the present situation, union
, recognition is at bottom the essence
! of the obstruction TO work and pro-
! duetion Or performance. In the main,
however, the lack OF ali effective
; means Of adjusting differences regard
! ing pay and working conditions is the
chief factor. One side or the other re:
, fuses to arbitrate, to submit the ques-
tion to an impartial body of umpires.
Each fears to lose prestige or advan-
tage by the rendering of decision by
! a body not composed wholly of par
ties to the dispute.
| Herein lies a lamentable failure Of
our Industrial system. Countless mil
ions have been wasted, in wages, In
production values and in public serv-
ice through this lack. Grave dangers
, have been incurred. Many lives, in
deed, haze been destroyed in the
course of disorders attendant upon
these breaches of working relations,
through the stubborn refusal of en-
ployers to deal with their operatives
and the equally stubborn refusal Of
the operatives to work or to allow
others to work in their stead.
American civilization is not in high
development. while such a condition
remains. Labor has its responsible
ties, as has capital. One of those re-
sponsibilities Is toward the society Of
which it forms part. Capital owes
an even greater responsibility in that
it serves in the relation of a trustee of
tn, country's resources. Two such es-
sential factors, supplying the greater
part of the force that keeps life in ac-
tion and yields the progress that the
country scores steadily, should be gov
erned by the rational laws that rule
in all the private relations.
The high hope of the country is that
soon may come a celebration of Labor
| day when everybody will join in re-
joicins that a way has been found to
prevent these costly, dangerous, need
less blockades of production, to con.
serve the energies of all workers, to
safeguard the rights of all, to insure
the people the continuation OF that
service that capital and labor are re-
quired to render.
Evening star., 1923-09-03
The United States Is
Not a Paternal Nation

A woman speaking at a recent
social work conference stated that the
United States is the only civilized
country in the world which does
nothing to help its people to S, cure
homes. But the speaker lost sight
of the fact that the United States is
not a paternal country, 1t Is democ-
racy, where every man stands on his
own feet, fights his own battle and
makes good. The American does not
want charity, he will fight for sue
cess in home building or anything
else. and when he has achieved his
home ownership through the build
ing and loan organization or bank
loans he has accomplished something
in an Independent way through his
own efforts and his gains are cher
fshed in a way no gift brought about
by paternalism would be held. And
tf1ts--.:is. the true. American spirit of
moeraey.-Paterson- Call.
Evening star., 1923-09-03

The weather bureau is two miles from
the main department building. the
fixed nitrogen research laboratory Is
six miles away, the bureau oe public
roads is half a mile from the offfce OF
the Secretary, and the offices. Of the
forest bureau are three.quarters of a
mile away. p,
This is not the whole story. Much
of the work is carried on in Easements.
and much of 1t on the top floors Of
rented buildings where ventilation is
bad. and where it Is too cold in winter
and too hot in summer for the COM
fort and health of employees. The de-
partment occupies forty-eight build
ings, and the Secretary says that only
nine of them, two government owned
and seven rented, are adapted for the
work carried on in them.
, Report of the conditions in this de-
partment. most important to the agri-
cultural interests of the country, has
been set before the bureau of the
budget with request that $15,25O. 900
be allowed for building program to
cover a period of eight years. There
would be immediate construction of a
central building between the two mar.
BILE wings in the department grounds.
There has been delay of fifteen
years in that work. Secretary Wal
lace wants a new building on a square
to be acquired south OF the depart
ment grounds and facing on B street,
and he urges the construction of a
large monumental building on the
north side of the department grounds.
The time draws near when the build
ing needs Of the government at Wash:
ington must be met. The governments
housing situation is taking on the as
pect of a scandal.
Evening star., 1923-09-03

Syracuse. Herald somewhat sarrasti- 4
cally says st is evident that Dr..
Stefnmetz glowing vision OF the fu
tare comprehends the entire disap-
pearanCe of the daily newspaper 1t
must b" SO. inaSmuch as a newspa-
per man working four hours a day is
un thinla BILE"
Attention-is directed by the Reading
Steinmetz statement and the theory
offered by Herbert Spencer nearly nifty
years ago called state Socialism" al
though the Tribune finds the sugges-
ton "a happy thought We may all
live in hope that Dr.. Steinmetz's prop
hecies will come true. For if he andJ
his successors will take care of TIE
development of electricity the political
scientists can be relied on to furnish
the social system. And thus by oo23
our nation and our people may ic
so far advanced mentally that they
will fall in without hesitation to the
SteinmetZ scheme" The Lincoln
State Journal cannot agree with this.
however. holding I'VE haven't even
learned to distribute the wealth We
produce now. Instead of appropriat-
iSlSuIe ITOIn our pfpuua'-
tiveness we try. to absorb more 0f
the product Producing more We
fight wars over the distribution al
what we produce. Judging DIR. Stien-
metz's coming century by our own
past half century. the material gains
which he foresees could all come to
pass and we be left as miserah bile as
before. The moral is clear
Our American geniuses abuse our
credulity," insists the Minneapolis
Tribune. 1t is true that they may
have opinions, and perhaps very good
opinions, about matters in which they
have displayed no signs of genius.
but when speaking on these topics
they should be honest enough to
divest themselves OF their robes OF
genius. The shoemaker. apparently
has 'peVer learned to stick to his last"
In some measure his view receives
the endorsement of the indianapolis
News which feels where DR.. Stein
metz crrs is in believing that tho
average person regards the work by
which he lives as unpleasant. There
are hundreds of thousands of persons
who are much interested in what they
do If 1t were not for the efficiency
bred of this the golden age, of which
DR.. Steinmetz dreams. would he n
receding and not an approaching vision"
Evening star., 1923-09-03
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

island enjoyed in consequence a pros
perity 1t had not known for years.
y mx
Neville Chamberlain; the new Brit
ish chancellor of the excheQuer. and
his brother Austen, mentioned for the
mbassadorship to Washington. had a
distinguished American stepmother.
She was Miss Mary Endicott of Bos-
ton, daughter of President Grover
Clevelands Secretary of War. who
was wooed and wed by the famous
Joe Chamberlain while he was on a
BrltlsH mission to the United States.
Their marriage was a diplomatic and
society sensation, and was not devoid
or piquancy because both father and
son-Joseph and Austen-were inter
eSted in the beauteous Massachuset tt 8
her cap for the younger Chamberlain
she was the English statesman
widower's junior by many years. and
much nearer his sons age.
X
At the White House the other day
an observation was made which NAV
mean that President Coolidge intends
TO break with the -honored Gus
tom Of handing over foreign ambas-
, sadorships to worthy politicians. 1t
was stated that no ambassador to
Mexico would be selected without
consultation with the Secretary of
State. 1t is an open secret that sew
eral OF President Harding's major
diplomatic appointments, while they
eventually received the formal ap-
proval OF Mr.. Hughes. did not enlist
his enthusiasm. The foreign service
| does not contain as many deserving
republicans as there were deserving
democrats under the Bryan regirn e
at the State Department. but spoils-
| men still dot the Internal tional land
scape. If President Coolidge insists
upon merit instead of pull" as a
pass to the diplomatic service he will
Introduce a genuine innovation.
+ !: Z y:
Uncle Sans mint and its various
branches will continue to function
no matter how hing President Cool
idge waits before appointing a new
director. The real. director of the
mint for nearly twenty years has
been an uncommonly competent
young woman, Miss May o'Reilly.
Directors have come. and directors
! have gone-half a dozen or so-but
Miss O.Reilly goes on. like Time. for
ever. The first job of new director
is to go to school at, Miss O'Reilly's
desk, in order to learn the ropes.
There isn't a detail of mint affairs
that she hasn't at her tongues tip.
! She has the rank and title of a divi-
Sion chief at the Treasury Depart
ment. attained through many years
of meritorious civil service.
y
70 oh in otn ho al,
! to fame, but not many people know
that our national vice, ice cream, was
hrst introduced to the country from
the White House. Captivating. Dolly
Madison brought the idea from Eng
land, after a visit to that country.
Recent Department of Agriculture:re-
ports state that there are nearly
5000 ice cream factories in the United
States, accounting for a total pro-
duction of-.75o. 900, 900 quarts. t
- = 40 iCopyrifft, ls23.)
Evening star., 1923-09-03
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

was instrumental in securing much
beneficial legislation. Among acts
for which : IL takes credit are the
founding of the Department of Agri
culture as a cabinet office and the
Interstate. Commerce Commission.
Q. Can a friendly alien. who
claimed exemption from the draft on
that ground. become an American
citizen?-J. C. J.
A. The Naturalization Bureau SAYS
that the courts of the United States
have made rule that all aliens who
claimed exemption during the war on
account of aIienage must wait five
years from the date of the signing
of the armistice, November IL, 1913.
before applying for naturalization.
@. What part of the population Of
the United States is cast of the Mis-
sissippi?-A. H. T.
A. The Bureau of Census says that
75.333.0O people lived east Of the
Mississippi river in 1920, while 30
S77. 600 lived west of it.
@. How many japanese are fisher
men?-F. II. L. !.
A. There are about 100000 out Of
total population of 56.OOO.0Oo. Prob
ably 3S0,000 vessels of different types
a-e engaged in fishing in Japan.
| O. When were the first coins mint
ed in the United States?-S. \.
A. The Treasury Department SAYS
that the earliest coins were author
lied by act of Congress Of April :,
1892. This act authorized the manu-
facture of the ten-dollar gold eagle,
half eagle, quarter eagle and the
silver dollar, half dollar, quarter dot-
lar dime and half dime. It would
be impossible to state which were
minted first, as they were all coined
about the same time.
O. What pressure is exerted in
pounds per square inch by expansion
when body OF water freezes?-F.
l.. @.
A. Water in freezing exerts a pres
sure not less than 10000 pounds per
square inch and pressures up To
10000 pounds per square inch have
been measured. =
Q. Is Labrador a part of canada:j
A. 1t is not 1t is a dependency
of Newfoundland.
@. What was the first ship in the
Navy to use electric motive power
A. The aircraft carrier L. s. s.
Langley, formerly NAMED the Jupi-
ter and built for a collier, was the
first electrically ship in the
Navy.
O. What is the glue called that
bees use in their hives?-F. L. G.
g. A. Propolis is the substance which
honey bees collect from the buds and
: crevices of trees and carry to the
hives in the basket-like cavities on
the tribal joints of the hind fegs. u
is resinous in its chemical composi-
I tion and is used to- stop up creVlce5
in the hive, to varnish the interior,
to glue movable portions fast and
strengthen the attachments of combs
(Wc have numerous inquiries
1ohich tcc cannot dnSuer due to the
lack of proper address. In p1ttir1
this bureau please make certain that
your fun name and address is in
clrtded. together Nth q tUo-cent
stamp for return postage. Address
| The Evening Star Information Bu-
redu, Frederic J. Haskiit, director,
1920 North Capitol street. Washing
ton. d. c.
Evening star., 1923-09-03

During Senator George II. Moses
American ministership to Greece in
the Taft administration the United
States had occasion to demand rep
aratfons and apologies from the
Athens government A Greek mob
somewhere in the interior had at
tackled one of our consulates. defled
the American shield which was it's
official emblem and otherwise af-
fronted our national honor. Minister
Moses had no warships or marines to
move to the scene, so he proceeded
to it himself. A shirt-sleeve de-
mand for regrets, physical damages
and other evidences of contrition and
repentance was submitted to the local
authorities and they were promptly
forthcoming.
The United States has had no
formal diplomatic relations with
Greece since the end of 1920. They
were broken off upon the return of
King Constantine and. though that
ill-starIed ,monarch's 'come-back'
was short lived, we have not recog-
nized the Greek government in the
interval. Both countries have main
tanned legations and charge daffaires
at each others capitals, as we did
of Obregon's Mexican government.
American interests at Athens since
January. 1922, have been in charge
of Jefferson Caffery, one of the
younger members OF the diplomatic
service, who halls from Louisiana
and is completing his twelfth year
on the State Department list.
DR.. Sherman Coolidge, the Arapaho
Indian Episcopal clergyman of Den
yer, has already met President Cool
idge. it appears, and was the hero
on the occasion In question of a brill
liant bit Of repartee. He was pre-
sented to the President when Mr..
Coolidge was governor of Massa-
chusetts. Their introducer rather
took the governor aback by saying:
Here's namesake of yours. who's s
full-blooded American Indian"
The governor, after recovering con-
sciousness. rejoined: An Indian
idges L ever heard of were New Eng
land Yankees. and my ancestors came
over in the Mayfower. Whereupon
the redskin Coolidge observed: My
ancestors were on the reception COM
mittee."
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Corfu, the island in the Ionian sea
seized by Mussolini as a pawn for
Greece's acquiescence in the Italian
ultimatum, was the site of the former
kaiser's famous winter estate, Achil-
leion Castle. William II acquired the
establishment five or six years before
the war and turned it into miniature
Potsdam. For many weeks each year
the German empire was governed
from there much to the disgust of
the Italian government. which resent
cd the sentimental rapprochement
with Greece which the kaiser's resi-
dence at Corfu denoted. King Con-
stantines consort, Queen Sophie. Is
William lis sister. Wealthy Germans
focked to Corfu for their winter holi-
days fn@the war lords wake.r and the
Evening star., 1923-09-03

Chancellor Stresemann is said to be
losing popularity. Germany is not at
present holding out permanently of
tenure as an inducement to the as
sumption of official cares.
Evening star., 1923-09-03

Former Kaiser Wilhelm has proved
disappointment to those who
thought he had learned enough about
practical suggestions in a series Of
public emergencies. He is not even
a valued contributor over such sig
natures as "Vox Populi'' and Tax
payer"
Evening star., 1923-09-03
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDEH JOHNSON.
Human Fallibility.

Human Fallibifity.
Sir Isaac Newton made mistakes
So Einstein shows. ---..
The hero worshiper awakes
To wistful woes.
Slips up. and yet,
He helps us to apologize
When plans upset.
Although his intellect was strong,
AS all agree,
Even Sir Isaac got in wrong. .
Why should not we?
Evening star., 1923-09-03

Before announcing a decision as to
whether he will appear before the re-
publican national convention next
summer. as a favorite son, Senator
Hiram Johnson insists on the polite
formality Of giving California a little
time to think II over.
Evening star., 1923-09-03

The confident attitude of each side
in the fuel controversy would indi-
cate that every operator and miner
had managed to lay by enough coal TO
see his family through for the winter.
Evening star., 1923-09-03

The Greek government has been in
vited to make an investigation Of the
Albanian frontier massacre. An in
vestigation is often valuable in allow
ing all parties to crisis reasonable
time to- cool off.
Evening star., 1923-09-03

OF Gov. pinchot's moral courage
there is no doubt. In crisis like the
one to which he now holds a relation
of national prominence it needs a
brave man to officiate as umpire.