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Evening star., 1923-04-30
Knute Nelson.

In the death Of knute Nelson the
nation suffers a loss. for in the truest
sense he was a national figure, per-
forming a distinctive: duty and full
filling a service for which he was pc
culiarly fitted. 1t would seem that
destiny had chosen him for a particu-
lar role. had endowed him with the
ability and given him the opportunity
to fill it.
His most distinguished service TO
the country of his adoption. extending
over wide span of years. will be
found in what he did to assist in MAX
ing patriotic American citizens Of the
fellow countrymen Of the land of his
and their birth. He was a steadying
and inspiring influence to the embryo
citizens which increased in power as
the years passed. Never did he lose
his hold upon their respect for his
character or their admiration and af-
fection. He taught them to love the
United States and to cherish and up
hold it's institutions.
He set them an example when he
shouldered a musket and marched in
the ranks of the Union army in the
civil war, fulfilling his oath of naturali-
zation by his Willingness to support
the Constitution of the United States.
In late years he accentuated his
steadying influence upon them. Min
nesota was being invaded by radical
doctrines which had secured hold else
where and were spreading their roots
into that state. up to that time very
conservative. He sought to hold his
followers in line in resistance to
strange political teachings. The cor
| servatives will miss him in Mime
sofa. with his rugged honesty of char
acter. his -sophistical mind aid
his good common sense.
To the House and Senate he brought
these same traits and applied them to
the welfare of the whole country. He
legislated alike for every section and
for all classes of people. Rather should
it be said that he recognized no csass.
| There was not an atom of the danla-
gogue in his makeup. Congress Will
miss him az wei ns Minnesota.
Evening star., 1923-04-30

how urgent the requirement for q new
law or amendment of an old law, or
funds for some important public work,
or to meet some acute emergency,
there is disposition to postpone, to
'Iet it go over until next session
"Forget.me-not," says the District
to Congress. Remember my peculiar
obligations as the national city, my
steady and great growth from a few
thousands to nearly half a million.
Remember my especial need of school
facilities for the teaching of not only
my children but the children of those
who are here on government business.
Reno .nber my poor streets, worn out
in government work and neglected,
when a little more money for main
tenance would keep them in good
CvJler. Remember that we must keep
up here a high standard of public
health to safeguard not only our own
but our guests from all over the
country and from different parts of the
world. Remember our fire and police
needs, which are as much for the
benefit Of the United States as the
Washingtonian.
So the District is continually asking
Congress for attention. not selfishly,
but in a spirit of self preservation. and
in a spirit Of national pride as well.
Forget -me.not' is token of the re-
lationship established by the Constitu-
tion between the federal government
and the seat of government.
Evening star., 1923-04-30
Perplexities of Chester Lease May
Prove Most Embarrassing.

With the Lausanne conference once
more in session editors are deeply
Interested in the possibility that it
may ihterfere with the action of the
Turk ish national assembly in ratify-
franchises. This development en-
pAsizes the great part oil is playing
in world affairs today and editors point
out that embarrassments to this coun-
try very easily may develop.
"The Turks have created an issue
as the Seattle Times sees it. that will
perplex not only Lausanne delegates
London and Paris. The Chester plan
dates back to 1908. Its ratification
now involves the English mandate
over Mesopotamia and the sovereignty
of the kingdom of Iraq. set up in 1921
by Great Britain The French Oh
lection is to the granting of Anatolia
railway privileges. Paris claims she
was given promises of rail conces-
sions Immediately after the Turks
drove the Greeks out of Asia Minor.
Bagdad. with 10000 inhabitants. is
Mosul, with a population OF 10000.
is on the site OF ancient Nineveh.
world powers today" The very fact
that this is only single factor in the
struggle for oil' is not generally
realized, the Salt Lake Deseret News
asserts, although international busi-
ness is measured largely in terms of
oil today. More and more. all kinds
of transportation are depending upon
it. Billions of dollars worth of oil
are used every year by steamships,
r,il tyin QNfn"nh
ProSpectorS both at home and abroad
understand that oil is the key to the
worlds future commercial interests.
The competition for oil wells Is null
tiplying so rapidly almost fiercely:
that it would not be surprising if
petroleum should become the cause
of serious international trouble
1t is gathering "of the ghosts,
suggests the Duluth Herald. inasmuch
as about this oil pool there is the
ghost OF the old Turkish government:
the new Turkey, British. French and
American concessions. British sover-
eighty, the authority Of the league Of
nations, rights of the kingdom Of
Iraq. contentious Of France and Rus
sia, and Brother Jonathan claiming
equality of treatment as one of the
victors of the war. 1t is certain that
our government will 10 no further
than to insist that it's nationals be
given a day in court and just treat
ment De1Ore an lmpartlal trlDunal.
This is traditional American policy
and the policy cf all civilized states.
At the same time. it appeals to the
universal conscience of disinterested
mankind The suggestion is put
forth by the Columbus Dispatch that
there Is considerable section of
American sentiment which does not
like the apparent relation between
pro Turkish propaganda in America
and the granting of the Chester con-
cession in Angora. According to the
Chester propaganda. one might al
most say that the Turks have been
the one kindly and virtuous people in
world conspiring against them. VIII
America reverse her attitude toward
the Turks because of these conces-
sions?" In addition. it would be most
unfortunate. as the Indianapolis News
analyses the situation, "to allow
Evening star., 1923-04-30
Forget-Me-Not!

1t is proposed that the District Com
Inissioners officially recognize the for
get-mc-not as the Districts flower.
This suggestion is made seriously as
an appropriate expression Of the chief
need Of the District in it's relation to
Congress and the country at large.
The District is subject to congress
sional mercy. 1t must take its laws
from that body and Its allowance Of
spending money. 1t begs to be remem-
bered, and the forgetsme-not is a SYM
boil Of that wish.
Sometimes Congress remembers the
District too we'll, without remembering
the principles Of equity that should
govern in the federal control Of the
capital municipality. But most OF the
time the District 10 forgotten, its
needs are ignored, its necessities sub
iected to procrastinaton, No matter
Evening star., 1923-04-30
Urges Seats for
Traffic Policemen

To the Editor OF The Star:
Shortly before the death Of Mai.
Pullman. late chief Of police, 1 wrote
to him suggesting the placing of col
lapsible seats on the metal uprfghts
! holding the go-go signs at fixed posts,
SO that when traffic died down, now
and then the weary officer could find a
few seconds relief. Maj. Pullman re-
Piled that the plan was not feasible.
But I believe that it is not only
feasible, but advisable. humane.
Ten years ago. the idea of a mo-
! torman being provided with folding
stool and permitted to now and then
rest tired leg muscles, when traffic
sioW-doWn warranted, would not have
| been considered "feaSiblen But the
innovation was tried out and is now
part of the regular equipment. of
Steet cars
The traffic policeman. standing on
fixed post. largely unprotected from
Wlntery blasts or summers glare and
| torturing heat, his arms going like
WIndmills. his eyes seemingly watch
ing four directions at one time has
an endurance test that few of us could
hope to pass.
During all but the most crowded
hours of the morning and at evening,
when offices are closing down and
traffic is at high tide, there are sec
onds, even minutes, when the col
lapsible seat could be detached from
the iron upright and the traffic cop
allowed an instant's relaxation.
have made it a point to verify these
| traffic lulls for myself.
Why is not the idea practicable ?
! Could 1t not, at least. be- given a
| fair trial. JOSEPHINE .TIGHE.
Evening star., 1923-04-30
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

! tion, 80 to keep down weight I just
cut out lunch. feel heaps better for
the self-denial" With a daily COM
bination of squash-racquets. horse
back riding and work young 'T. r.
claims to have solved the problem Of
keeping At.
When you ask republican leaders
| why Calvin Coolidge isn't likely to
be Warren G. Harding's fellow "ban-
| ner-bearer" in 1924, they'll tell you
F, the G. o. p. is not accustomed to re-
nominate it's Vice Presidents. That
has been the almost invariable rule
since 1864. Hannibal Hamlin, Lin
coins first Vice President, was sue
| ceeded in Lincoln's second term by
Andrew johnson. Grants first Vice
President, Schuyler Colfax, gave way
, to Henry Wilson on the second Grant
| ticket. When Benjamin Harrison was
lrenominated in 1892. his Vice Presi-
(, dent. Levi p. Morton. was relegated,
and Whitelaw Reid named in his
Garret At A. Hobart, Hobart died led during 1nsoehn; his
, term of Office. Charles w. Fairbanks,
who was Vice President under Roose-
| Welt. failed OF denomination in 1908
and gave way to Sunny Jim" Sher-
man on the first Taft ticket. Sherman
I renominated in sixty years. The cur
| rent Tip" is that President Harding's s
running mate next year will be a
world war veteran. Senator David A.
Reed. Col. Thomas w. Miller. Col.
Roosevelt and Gen Frank T. Hines
| are on the eligible list.
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One Of Americas grand old women,
Miss Mary E. Mcdowell. has just been
appointed to the cabinet of Chicago's S
| new democratic mayor. Judge Dever,
as commissioner of public welfare.
| She is in her sixty-ninth year, but
| vigorous as girl of fifty. For the
| better part of half a century Miss
Mcdowell has been an active work.
women's trade unionism and suffrage.
Since 1898 she has been director of
the University Of Chicagos celebrated
Settlement" in the stock yards dis
trict. Miss Mcdowell has been abroad
| on numerous sociological missions
and during the past year has spent
a good deal of time in CZechosloyakia.
She knows the seamy side of Chicago
through and through, and the city s
vast alien element looks upon her
as queen mother.
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Hosts of friends welcome news
from California that julius Kahn.
| member of Congress for the Golden
: Gate" is successfully combating his
physical breakdown of last year. and
expects to return to Washington for
his twelfth term in the House as fit
as fiddle. San Francisco, where he
is rusticating and recovering, never
allows Kahn to be opposed when he
runs for Congress. He is a republican.
but the democrats invariably indorse
him. Not everybody knows that the
Californian. who put through the
| draft bill in 1917. was an actor in
early life. kahn's proudest memories
concern the days when he played
with Edwin Booth. Joseph Jefferson,
| Tomaso Salvini and Clara Morris
Copyright, 1873
Evening star., 1923-04-30
Flowers for Dancer
While Needy Starve
To the Editor of The Star.

10 the Enltor OF Inc star:
Last Saturday night a man walked
into a neat little shop on 9th street
and asked the manager if he would
not like to send some flowers to the
lady who was running up such a
splendid record in the delightful
marathon donce at the Coliseum
1T will be a good advertisement for
YOU" he said, land she deserves them.
Two people have already given her a
hundred dollars each tonight. We
have three Cadillacs waiting to take
her and the others across the line at
midnight
And I saw the flowers gladly handed
over. That same night ] saw hungry
little eyes looking in at the restaurant
window; / saw hungry little mouths
that had not tasted d square meal for
days; ! saw rough little hands that
had been gathering old papers and
carrying them long distances to sell
for a few cents; L saw i'll shod little
feet that had been faithfully carry
ing their owner here and there day
after day while he earned little to
help out at home; but no one thought
of them as dancing feet. and no one
thought them worth while.
| saw old women-women who were
deserving of rest after the long en-
durance test that had been theirs
Stlll tTuuSIHS diOHs, carry iHS Win
their bundles of wood and other
things no flowers, no hundred dollar
bills that had been handed them on
the way. nothing save the realization
that they must go on and on until
they retired unnoticed from the floor
of life, and with no loud acclaim for
having broken IL record. And when,
exhausted they do come near the end
of that great marathon, knowing that
the bright Sunday morning is close
at hand, no one comes to cheer them
across the line,' no one asks for
flowers to buoy up their heavy feet
and heavier heart. No one thinks of
it is good advertisement. What a
difference it makes. how our energies
are spent! JOSEPH u. Mc1LWAIN.
Evening star., 1923-04-30
Shrine Week Regulations.

III connection with Shrine cpnven-
ton traffic regulations the C9mmis-
sioners promulgate other rules: which
will make for the comfort and security
of the vast throng and the success of
Shrine week. No barrels, boxes or
other distractions will be allowed on
the sidewalk along the line Of march.
There have been rules to this effect at
other big gatherings in Washington.
but the rules have been more honored
in the breach than the observance.
There have not been enough police to
enforce the rules. 1t is believed that
the regulations will be enforced dur
ing Shrine week. The demand for
window and stand seats will be very
great and seats on balcohies before
buildings will be sold, but the Com
missioners rule that mo balconies or
porches along the line Of: the parade
shall be used until they have been in
spected by the building office" Con-
fetti and ticklers cor other devices that
might annoy the public" are prohibited.
Confetti and ticklers are harmless, but
in the hands of thoughtless or uncouth
persons they may cause discomfort
and provoke disorder. Peddlers must
secure the approval Of the concession
committee at Shrine Headquarters in
addition to paying the District license.
This regulation should prevent the
hawking Of questionable or objection
able novelties" Toy pistols and i'm
itation pistols are under the ban. This
will put a crimp in the aspiration Of
certain persons who think it the height
Of frolicsomeness and pleasantly to
scare timid persons by pointing a
pistol at them.
Evening star., 1923-04-30
Defends Mime. Kalinin
Former Russian Relief Worker
Protests Banning Her.

To the Editor Of The Star:
May / be given a limited amount
of space in The Star wherein to ex-
press my protest against very re-
cent official act Of our Secretary Of
State. Mr.. Charles Evans Hughes?
AS a former relief worker in soviet
Russia, want to strongly protest
against the exclusion of Nine. Eka-
terina Kalinin from the United States,
where she was coming solely to ap-
peal for the salvage Of the children
Of her noble country, the Russian
socialist federated soviet republic.
1t does not seem to me that this ac-
ton by our government is either in
good taste or in accord with that high
humanitarianism that has character
ized our attitude toward the suf-
ferings of Russia and the rest of
Europe, subsequent to the conclusion
of the recent great war. We have
saved millions of Russian children
from death, not at all because we
liked or approved the Russian gov
ernment, but because We are a
humane people. To now make an
about face because we do not sane
tion what the government of Russia
/ has done. and to punish the children
OF holy Russia on that account, is a
futile gesture.
AS a veteran Of the world war
thaving served with the Rainbow,
42d Division as d past national first
vice president of the Rainbow Divis-
lon veterans Association; as an ac-
tive member in the American Legion,
the Veterans of Foreign Wars and
the Sons of the American Revolution,
can scarcely be charged with having
any interest in red" or Russian
propa ganda in these United States of
America, or elsewhere.
but having served in Russia as an
assistant a nf
| the Russian unit of the American Re
lief administration, I do know the
existing need there for the continuing
Of child-help, and / know, too, that
Nine. Ekaterina kalinin's sole con-
cern has all along been the welfare
of the children of Russia (regardless
or the religious or political beliefs
of their respective parents). To
charge the wife of the president of
Russia with political motives in
coming to our United States of Amer
| lea is not to know the woman She
| had nothing whatsoever to do with
the condemnation Of Nicar-Genera1
IButkeWfcz, whose appeal for clemency
was rejected by the executive COM
| mittee OF the all-Russian congress
OF sovlets, in which majority of
the members are peasants. and de-
| Vout Christians. by the way.
do not approve of their action,
IN the execution of Manager Butke-
Wicz, as l am opposed to capital
punishment tregardIess of what the
proven charges may be-, but I do
not see. either, what it has to do
, with Nine. Ekaterina Kalinin in her
sincere and Christian endeavors to
save as many as possible of the Rus
sian children and infants from death,
illnesses, cold and hunger. We should,
L believe. rather encourage child
salvage In soviet Russia than con-
denim it. since the future Of Russia
is plainly in the hands Of the children
of that land.
J. BENTLEY MCLFORD.
Evening star., 1923-04-30
By THE MARQUISE DE FNONTENOY.

By THE MARC USE DE FONTENOH.
Although the Hapsburg monarchies
were never colonial power, yet.
curiously enough. it is nowhere that
the dynasty is more widely known
and honored than in Africa. Indeed,
the Hapsburg double-headed eagle,
and the effigy of the greatest of all
the Hapsburg rulers-namely, that of
Empress Maria Theresa, who died in
1850, are more widely known among
the natives throughout northern
Africa, central Africa, Abyssinia and
in Arabia, than the heraldic emblems
or features of any other sovereign,
living or dead.
This strange condition of affairs is
due to the fact that the silver coins
known as the Maria Theresa 'thaler,'
or dollar, which have not been legal
tender in Austria or Hungary since
the early portion of the nineteenth
century, remained the principal and
most popular form of currency in
many parts of the dark. continent, in
Arabia, and even in central Asia.
They were legal tender in Alsiers, in
Tunis and in Egypt up to about
forty years ago. when France and
Great Britain substituted their own
coinages and currencies in lieu of the
Maria Theresa dollar. But. while the
British and Egyptian authorities in
the land Of the Nile and the French
government officials in Algeria, TuniS
and Morocco refuse to accept these
dollars as legal tender, the natives
continue to use them and most of the
commercial transactions among them
selves are carried on by means or
these Maria Theresa dollars.
italy, which now owns all that
northern portion of Africa which up
until about fifteen years ago formed
part Of the Ottoman empire as its
province of Tripoli, has endeavored
in, vain to supplant the Maria
Theresa dollars by five-lire silver
coin of the same size and consisting
of the same amount of silver metal
as the Maria Theresa dollar. but
adorned with the heraldic emblerns
of Italy and the effigy of King Vic
the great Hapsburg empress who
carried on such an obstinate war
during seven long years against
Frederick the Great.
The natives, however. have been
quick to notice the difference of the
piece with suspicion and distaste
and insist to such an extent upon re-
tanning the old Hapsburg dollar as
their favorite form Of currency that
the Italian government has actually
been obliged to appeal to the Aus
trian treasury to mint at Vienna
many millions of this particular coin
for use in its colonial dominion of
Tripoli and also in those of Erythrea
and Somali, both bordering on Abys-
sinia. where the Maria Theresa dol
lar still continues to be the only
legal tender.
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The old matrix OF these Maria
Theresa dollars has never changed,
and the result is that these coins
still bear the date of 1880, which, by
the way, was the year in which Maria
Theresa died; also her face and the
Austrian doubleheaded eagle. These
coins were regularly minted at
Vienna at. the expense and to the
order of the Italian government
until the great war. and since the
peace of Versailles the arrangement
between the governmnts of Vienna
and of Rome in connection with the
striking or Of these spectale coins has
Evening star., 1923-04-30

President Harding is immeasurably
more effective as an extempore
speaker than when he divests him
ica's most critical, perhaps most
cynical, audiences had an opportunity
last week to convince themselves on
that score. In New York the Presi-
dent spoke before huge assemblage
of editors and publishers and in
Washington he communed with a Sc
lect company Of editors and corre-
spondents. Many Of them heard
Harding on both occasions. Their
judgment is unanimous that his
talk" in Washington was in every
! respect more impressive than his 'ad-
dress" in New York. 1t is into his
| unrehearsed speeches that the Presi-
dent crowds all of the human" note,
natural charm and transparent sin
cerity which distinguished him. He
eschews oratorical effects on these
occasions and is invariably at his
| best.
Knute Nelson was the first Scan
dfnavian born to achieve high rank
in American public life. He came
| here from Norway at the age of six,
| SO for all practical purposes he was a
| thoroughgoing American. None of
our citizens of Scandinavian extrac-
| tion, with the possible exception Of
the late John Johnson, also of Min
nesota. attained such honors as came
to Nelson, but Johnson was born in
the United States. At one time, dur
ing his governorship of Minnesota,
Johnson loomed as the democratic
rartv's favorite for the presidency
! knute Nelson incarnated for his race
in American politics the possibilities
to which Carl Schurz rose among our
German born. and to lesser degree
those which w. Bourke Cochran, son
| of Erin. exemplified.
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| From an informed quarter mis- OBJ
! server is assured that no fewer than
three members Of the Harding cabinet
, are in disagreement with the Presi-
dents world court program. In a
| spirit of loyalty to the administration
! they are keeping their opposition to
/ themselves. Their emotions are akin
| TO those of Senators Lodge and Wat
son-that the paramount considera-
! tion at this juncture is G. o. p. har-
mony. and that no good republican"
! should consciously. endanger it. The
| cabinet officers in question. while
confident of President Harding's re-
i election. realize il would at once be-
come doubtful If the world court issue
were to be permitted to split the re-
publican party in twain.
X X
Col. Theodore Roosevelt never eats
lunch. He has become an inveterate
i two-meal-a-day man. AS much as
! possible, ne lodges invitations to mid
day meals. If he has to attend he only
goes through the motions of eating.
Ordinarily he puts In full day at
the Navy Department without any
: thing savoring of a noontime pause
for food. I'm blessed with q prodi-
gious appetite" is the coloners explana-