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Evening star., 1924-09-21
Our Royal Visitor.

Tonight the Prince of Wales will
leave Long Island and head west for
Alberta, where he is to spend a month
looking over his ranch. He has had
lively visit in the neighborhood OF
New York and has probably enjoyed
himself thoroughly. He has been
jostled good deal by interested
crowds, and has had some amusing
experiences in seeking to travel about
incognito. His bearing has been that
of a modest young man whose chief
desire is to do as other men do, and
put aside the cares of high position
and the privileges and honors of
exalted station. Probably most of the
time this scion of royalty has wished
that he could transform himself be.
yond recognition and go about utterly
unknown. But he has not been able
to do so. Photogra phed countless
times, and his form and features
spread before millions Of newspaper
readers, he is recognizable at once,
and no disguise could conceal his iden.
tity.
There is something sad, in way,
about an this. Here is genial, COM
panionable fellow who simply cadnot
Evening star., 1924-09-21
Not Everybody Jazz Mad.

Jazz and other modern manias
have not routed all the classic domestic
virtues. In accounts Of the county
fairs held at Rockville, Upper Mari
boro and other county seats near
Washington lists OF prize winners
have been published, and one finds
that prizes have been given by stern
judges for embroidering a nightgown,
for scalloping a towel. for a towel with
initials and monogram, for a set of
doilies, bureau scarf, a tabelcioth
and runner and bedspread. Prizes
have also been given for knitting a
baby's sack and a bedspread, for
crocheting mats and neckties, for sew
ing and making over old clothes.
There have been exhibits of fancy
work. cotton patchwork quilts. hand
made pillow covers, handmade sofa
cushions and rugs made Of pieces of
fabric that would have been wasted
Prizes have been striven for and
awarded for hand.worked buttonholes.
II we could hear that any women in
still making "shams" for feather pill
lows and holsters, and still crocheting
"tidies" to. pin on the mohair sofa
and the mohair chairs. one would feel
that the country is safer against at.
tacks by wreckers. Among the things
proudly put on show at the county
fairs by their makers have been pre-
serves, jellies. pickles and cakes. Let
those persons who hold that the United
States is running amuck, and that the
ship of state has broken from it's
moorings or lost its rudder take notice
of these things. With most of our
people the home is still the thing
and millions of the women still find
that homemaking is a pretty good
career"
Evening star., 1924-09-21
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT T. SMALL

| 1t is not such a bad precedent Sena-
tor La Toilette has set by charging
admission to his big speech of the
so-catled Progressive campaign in
Madison Square Garden, New York.
Why should a lot of loose political
talk be inflicted on a suffering public
for nothing? If any one desires to
hear a political address or see d can
didate. why should he not pay for the
| privilege?
Then you would get rid of the idly
curious and the campaign crowds
would take on decidedly new
significance. The only thing is that
If seats were not selling well for a
particular meeting, the management
| might paper" the house and you
| would be back just about where you
started.
In any event, it was no new thing
! to charge admittance to a political
show in Madison Square Garden. Seats
for the Democratic convention last
Summer were sold on the basis of
one season book for every 500 con-
tributed to the convention fund.
Boxes went to those contributing
$4,000 and upward.
Senator La Toilette charged only
1920 for ringside seats at his Thurs
day night rally, but there was also a
collection for the benefit of the
La Toilette Wheeler campaign chest.
Some persons who went to the Garden
| to buy seats for the La Toilette show
in advance, found themselves in pos
session of prize fight tickets. They
thought for a time the fight was to
be "A preliminary to the knockout
speech by the Senator, but that was
not the case. The La Toilette meet
ing was squeezed into the Garden be-
tween fight nights
The Senator from Wisconsin is re
ported to have been entirely lacking
in the matter of La Follettisn fire
and birthstone. This was particularly
attributed to the fact that he had
| leased a certain time on the air and
that he was trying to get all of his
speech out to the radio fans. These
particular fans had paid nothing, of
course, for the show and therefore a
number of ticketholders attracted to
the Garden by all they had heard and
read of the leader of the third party
were disappointed They expected
him to pace steadily up and down the
full length of the platform, swinging
his arms and running his fingers
through his pompadour. That is what
he used to do on his best filibustering
days in the Senate. But at the
Garden the Senator stuck to the micro
phone like iong-lost friend and fairly
purred his remarks into it.
X X X
In the death of Col. Matthew F.
Tighe, the Washington corps of cor
respondents lost the past week one
of its oldest and most popular mem
bers. No man of the press had a
wider acquaintance among the Off
cials of the past two or three decades
in Washington. His passing has
served to recall many anecdotes on
his long and useful career.
Philander c. Knox, when he was
Secretary of State, was particularly
fond of Matt Tighe. In this respect
he differed not d whit from his chief,
President Taft. Secretary Knox had
a keen sense of humor and SO did
Tighe. There was much badinage be-
tween them.
One incident the Washington cor
respondents love to recall happened
Evening star., 1924-09-21

be free of certain obligations which
limit his sphere of activities. True, he
travels widely and apparently at his
own will. He covers enormous dis
tances. He is now crossing the greater
part of the. American continent to
spend some time in the great open
spaces" Then a few months later he
is going to South Africa. But wher-
ever he goes he is Within walls raised
by his relationship to the ruling fam
lily Of England and his prospective
duties as monarch.
When, in the course of time, AL
bert Edward ascends the throne of
England under whatever title may be
chosen for, him by those who select
such designations, he will stand as the
intimate friend of the American peo-
pie. His father, the present King, was
never in this country, though his
grandfather, the late Edward VII,
Was here when a young man, good
many years before he became King.
This visit of the Prince of Wales
has had its political value in cement
ing the friendship Of the American
and the English people. The latter
have sent their representative in his
person to get acquainted. to see and
to understand the ways of our popula-
ton. Restricted as he has been, the
Prince of Wales has certainly been
enabled to get in touch with his Amer
lean cousins, TO play with them and
to enjoy their society.
Evening star., 1924-09-21
Shasta Slipping.

Mount Shasta, Calf, has been do
ing some peculiar things lately, and
some fear is felt that this great peak,
the largest mountain mass in the con-
tinental United States, is in danger
of complete collapse and disinegra.
ton. First came an earth movement
which caused the breaking of dam
and the inundation of the town Of Nc
Cloud, which in consequence was
without water supply for several days.
Then the glacier, which is one Of the
principal features of Shasta as scenic
attraction, began to slip, moving at
an abnormal rate Of speed and menac.
ing a wide area of territory below
Then the sides of the mountain itself
started sliding, and an avalanche of
ashes, mud and lava formations
poured into a canyon. Now it is re-
ported that sudden severe drop of
temperature has checked this flow,
and for the present the danger ap-
pears to have been ended. But the
conditions causing this surprising
movement remain possibly unchanged,
and there is apprehension lest with a
rise of temperature Shasta may again
start slipping.
This mountain lies in a zone which
is notoliously subject to siesmic dis
turbances. 1t is possible that these
recent phenomena are due to some
slip in the strata under the mountain,
causing dislocations. A slight change
Of angle may cause landslides and
glacier movements of magnitude. The
real gravity in this situation lies in
the possibility that Shasta's changes
are but symptoms Of grave displace-
ments now in progress in the crust
which may do far greater damage
than change the face Of one of the
natural monuments of this country.
Evening star., 1924-09-21
No Yosemite Tribe.

That there never was Yosemite
tribe of Indians is the deliberate
opinion of most of the white men
and women who have Investigated
the question. Indeed, the California
Indians of the Sierra foothills and
the great valleys would more prop
according to those who have studied
them and their customs and ira
ditions.
An interesting dispatch from Yose-
mite to the Fresno Bee goes farther
than this in speaking of the IoSe-
mite Indians, although the corre-
spondent refers to them as 4 tribe,
for he declares that they had no
clear ideas of a future Hfe-that so
far from remaining true to one wife,
as currently believed, the men fire.
quently deserted their mates tor
others. and that the legends about
the valley ascribed to them were
really invented by the white men
who first visited the region.
The truth, according to the old his
tories of Fresno County and to the
statement of men who lived on the
upper San Joaquin and Merced
Rivers in the early days, is that the
Indians who lived in the valley were
really outlaws from other families,
augmented by Piutes who crossed the
Sierra from Nevada. They had no
laws, were quarrelsome among them
selves as we'll as with their neigh
bors and clung to Yosemite valley
because of its inaccessibiIity, not be-
cause of its beauty. 1t was these
outlaws who led the attack on the
old fort northeast of Fresno and who
were decimated in the battle.-Reno
Evening Gazette.
Evening star., 1924-09-21
Snow Reports.

Snow reports are coming in. Gen.
orally the first heavy snow and the
first below-zero weather are reported
from Medicine Bow or Medicine Hat,
and we get some early Winter news
from that neighborhood. Laramie,
Wyo., sends a message that "a forest
assistant In the Medicine Bow Ma
tional Forest reports a four-inch fall
Of snow at Sand Lake, the weather
being so cold that running water
froze." Butte, Mont, and Idaho Falls,
Idaho, fling out the news that the
first snow of the season has fallen.
Also, we have had news of snow flur.
ries in the AIleghenies.
We do not need these messages to
warn us that the sun is going south,
Evening star., 1924-09-21

losses and the other of History re-
cording They died that their country
might live" Below, on the frontal
plinth, stands Victory f1anked by an
infant Neptune and Mars. while on
the rear plinth Peace extends an olive
branch.
Admiral Porter was intrusted with
$4,000 to have made an ideal group,
representing Grief and History, to be
erected on a simple pedestal at An
napolis. Afterward it was decided to
place the group in Washington upon
the promise of Congress to increase
the funds. But the sculptures were
already finished and the extra $685.
900 were expended on disproportion-
ately large pedestal which dwarfs the
figures
Evening star., 1924-09-21
BY THOMAS r.. MARSHALL.
Former Vice President OF the
United States.

In view of the fact that we can't
teach an old dog new tricks, poll
tics would be much the same from
generation to generation IL political
pups were taught to think and act
IKE old dogs: The pup in politics
may be rather irresponsible vaga-
bond. yet his idea is not wholly to
be deplored, for no real progress
would take place il some young men
did not see farther than their fathers
saw.
The handicap OF the negro has been
that he is initiative and not imagin-
atiye. He can build a boat after he
has seen one, but he stood for 1900
years on the banks of the Mediter-
ranean and never saw sail.
Many Of us in both old parties who
are accused of being standpatters
are not standpatters at all. We are
Just shivering and wondering wheth-
er the new way Of doing things is
superior to the way in which things
always have been done. But a loosen
ing of party ties, with general
disregard of party loyalty. is here. 1t
is development of modern politics.
Time was not SO many years ago
when we did not know what we
believed until our particular party
d
form at the direction Of a few boss
es who stood in the wings and told
the actors what tune to whistle.
X X X X
1 recall an incident of the old days
of delegate conventions. The none
tary question was acute. On the
street corners one could hear excited
men discussing the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver at the ratio of
lh to I. The more these men talked
the more was one in doubt as to
whether prosperity depended upon in
dustry, economy or what not. One
side argued that no difference how
hard a man worked, how thrifty he
was and however he tried to save, he
could not succeed so long as his
wages were paid on gold standard
basis. The other side contended that
prosperity and happiness would take
wings and fly away il any other
standard than the gold standard was
accepted.
Point was made by the silver crowd
that the 16-to-1 ratio had been sub
stantially the ratio since any record
had been kept. They recalled that
Abraham, when buying the cave of
Macpelah, wherein to bury his wife,
paid for il in Jewish half-shekels of
Just like some people" was the re-
tort of Hoosier in one Of my audi
ences. getting property at so cents
on the dollar"
\ 4
But to revert to the incident of the
delegate convention. One of the can
didates before 1t for denomination for
Representative in the Congress re-
ceived letter in advance of the con-
vention from a delegate who said he
had heard and read much of the
monetary question. that he was deep
ly interested in II. that he wished to
stand for the best principle involved
in the controversy. and therefore de-
sired an explicit statement from the
candidate of his views upon the ques-
tion and his reasons for entertaining
them.
The candidate promptly sent a let
ter in reply very much as follows:
Il have received your letter and
carefully considered its contents. j
have always looked upon you as one
of my warmest friends and support
ers because l believe you to be one
of the best posted and most thought
full and conscientious men of your
Evening star., 1924-09-21

of Wisconsin against the railroads
was in general accord with his argu-
ment. The main points in this argu-
ment are, first, that the railroad COM
panies are mere creatures OF law,
drawing their breath of life from the
law alone, capable of doing only what
the law permits hem to do and hold
ing their lives and their powers at
the mere will RDS pleasure of the
Legislature. SecAad, that the busi-
ness these compaEeS are engaged in
is one which even natural persons
could not carry on without permls-
sion of the Legislature Third, that
the companies are obliged TO carry
passengers and freight for reasonable
compensation and subject themselves
to suit for damages and TO for
feiture of their charters if they fail
TO do So Fourth, that railroads are
public highways, the title vested in
the corporations, but vested in rust
for the state; that the corporations
are merely the agents of the state for
the operation and management of
these great highways; that the money
invested by the companies as COM
pensation for lands condemned or
right of way purchased and TO build,
equip and operate the road is re-
garded as consideration paid to the
state for the franchise conferred by
the state upon the companies And.
fifth, that the charters granted under
the state constitution are not pro-
teCted by the Constitution OF the
United States, as construed in the
Dartmouth College case, but may be
altered or repealed by the Legisla-
ture at any time.
From these propositions the power
of the Legislature to govern and con-
troll railroads and fix a tariff of rates
for them results as a necessary logi-
cal conclusion. 1t is a well estab-
lshed doctrine of the law that every
thing falling within what is called
public jurisdiction-that is, public
property-is subject TO Legislative
control. Bridges, turnpikes, ferries,
milldamS and fisheries are illustrative
subjects. And when the character OF
railroads is ascertained to fall within
this class of property Legislative con-
troll is matter of course. The power
of the Legislature to control railroads
must never be abandoned by the, peo-
pie. The principle once established
and conceded by all, then the details
of such legislation should be so ar
ranged, and will be, as to do complete
justice both to the companies and to
the people"
This publication preceded by ten
years the introduction in the House
by Representative Reagan of Texas
of the first Interstate commerce" bill,
which failed. Three years after that.
in 1887, by act of Congress, the In
terstate Commerce Commission was
established upon the principle ses
forth in The Stars editorial.
Evening star., 1924-09-21
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
True Devotion.

I'm going to hear my candidate
When next he makes a speech.
1 know that many things he'll state
Beyond my mental reach.
But just the same / shall be there
To have my little say.
And now and then, with studious care
I shall remark, "Hooray"'
Statistics leave me much perplexed.
/ long for some escape,
When speakers take a simple text
And twist it out of shape.
I shall not scan effect or cause
When he goes on display,
But every time he makes a pause,
1 shall remark, "Hooray!"
Evening star., 1924-09-21

the morning after Matt had written
piece" under explicit directions
from his home office. It had TO do
with International affairs. so when
the writers met the Secretary of state
as usual. Matt opened the interview
thus:
mfr. Secretary, was there anv
truth in the story l wrote this morn
ing on Mexico?"
When the laughter had subsided,
Secretary Knox gravely replied:
II haven't seen it. Matt, but proba-
bly, not"
On another occasion when Secre-
tary Knox was feeling in a gay mood
he greeted Matt in this fashion:
''Ah, here comes Col. Tighe, the
nestor of Washington correspondents.
In fact, I may say the mares nestor
Of Washington correspondents"
= X =
These Incidents serve to recall
another bonmot by Mr. Knox. With
the other members of the cabinet, he
had been in session with President
Taft for hour after hour. The wait
ing reporters thought the President
must have taken his cabinet to
luncheon. But after a while they
came drifting out of the cabinet
room, and 1t was reported the Presi-
dent had been reading to them in
advance his lengthy address to
Congress.
Secretary Knox was asked il this
was the case and he confirmed the
report in every respect.
Yes" he said with sad waE of
the head. instead Of getting a mes
OF pottage, We got pot of messag ge.'
In preparing his pla for the fund
ing of the French debt to the Cniter
States. Edward y Hurley. sometime
of Washington. sometimes Of Chicago.
but more often of the farming dis
triCt of Wheaton, Ill, was rot un
mindful of a bit Of history which
most Americans have forgotten The
Hurley plan calls first Of all for
fve-year moratorium during which
France will have to pay no interest
| or principal. Then the payments will
begin at the rate of from SS0,00o,oo0
to 500, 100000 a year. Theoretically
this moratorium is granted to permit
the Dawes plan to get into operation
and to get reparations payments from
Germany started in the French
treasury.
But aside from all that, Mr.. Hur-
ley remembers that after the War Of
1912, the French granted the United
States a 12-year moratorium on our
debt 10 them and they also rescinded
,, part of the debt by allowances and
gratuities. Mr.. Hurley believes that
turn about is fair play.
X
The extent to which the base ball
i fever has submerged Washington was
shown at the White House this week,
when a caller, putting aside all na-
tional, international and political sub
jects, asked President Coolidge what
he thought of Walter Johnson.
The President said he thought the
veteran star pitcher of the Senators
one of the very finest types of ath-
Iete. In fact, the President said he
suggested the marathon type TO him.
Mr.. Coolidge is hoping to see Walter
win a world series game this year.
On that subject he says:
"Mebbe."
Copyright. 1924l
Evening star., 1924-09-21

Admirers Of La Toilette complain
that they do not see enough of him in
the motion pictures. A Progressive
candidate must be willing to under
take many bold enterprises, but ex.
pecting him to figure as a rival of the
favorite motion picture stars is going
rather far.
Evening star., 1924-09-21

The Prince of Wales has made him
self a favorite with the Broadway
folk, and while not permitted to scat.
ter gold coins like ancient royalty, has
genially bestowed a great deal OF valu.
able largess in the way Of incidental
advertising.
Evening star., 1924-09-21

Every prominent official of the Gov.
ernment is referred to as a great lit
erary figure, even by his opponents.
In time the ambitious cub reporter
may realize that it will profit him
more if he quits hanging around the
Police Court and decides to run for
office.
Evening star., 1924-09-21

There are two problems involved:
One of getting the U. S. A. into the
League of Nations and the other of
letting the League Of Nations get into
the U. S. A.
Evening star., 1924-09-21

Betting odds on the coming election
are shifting in a highly interesting
manner. In the course of time Tex
Richard may assert himself in the
realms of craftsmanship as we'll as in
those of art and athletics.
Evening star., 1924-09-21

Germany, like other countries.
would feel better if the farms were as
confidently Industrious as the brokers'
offices and the laboratories.
Evening star., 1924-09-21
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Evening star., 1924-09-21

Wise commercial experts in Ger
many are anxious to finish the con-
versation and get out on the road and
sell something.
Evening star., 1924-09-21

La Toilette and Wheeler do not re.
fer to the Maine election, inasmuch as
the Maine election did not refer to
them.