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Evening star., 1924-01-15
When Il a Watchman?

!. For twenty.three years a firm Of
cleaners and dyers at New Rochelle,
NY, ran its business without having
q watchman and with no special pro-
lection against robbery: Lately, how
ever, there have been SO many crimes
against property in that region that
tho brothers composing the firm de-
cided to hire a. watchman. Monday
morning when they went to open the
place they discovered that it had been
entered during the night, and gowns
belonging to socially prominent wom-
en- had been taken to the value of
several thousand dollars. The watch.
man they. found in q dazed condition,
but. according to present reports, he,
speaking only e peculiar Czech dialect,
has been: able to give no intelligible
explanation tef the happenings. Now
the proprietors are wondering whether
the watchnian-w was not a bad: invest:
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; This:brings to mind the experience
Of people Ain: the: country. AS "a rule.
they do not lock their doors at night.
Little care Is taken against providers
and thieves. and very little is ever,
stolen. That perhaps IL because there
is little, worth stealing: And in small
towns. also. as q rule, i the unlocked
house Is about as safe as the locked
house. In, fact, locks are a slight pro
lection against hurglayus TheI pnly
Evening star., 1924-01-15

sadcr been confronted with more i'm
porrant. II NOT moro de1fcate prob
lems,' and his frank, unpretentious
practical methods have made him
friends and admirers"
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"If 1t is true that understanding
based on reciprocal respect has SEN
sibly increased between America and
Great Britain the Louisville Courier
Journal believes. "the credit for so
noteworthy an achievement may, in
some degree, be ascribed to the prac-
tical-minded Scotsman whom Ameri-
cans persist In characterizing a Can
adian,'" because "Sir Auckland did
good work in a difflcult post and un-
der exceedingly perplexing conditions
good work for the nation to which
he was accredited as we'll as for the
empire whose representative he was"
Though he modestly deprecates his
achievements. the Reading Tribune
maintains his share in the removal
OF controversial questions between
England and America in the last
three years is generally regarded as
one OF the remarkable accomplish :
ments In diplomatic history; further
more, he deserves the honor which
his friends believe will shortly be be-
slowed upon him-elevation to the
peerage" Regarding him az one of
the ablest of the long line Of British
ambassadors to represent his country
at the American capital, the Utica OBJ
server-Dispatch concludes. ''in Off
cial circles, and among those who
have watched the course OF this noted
Auckland Geddes will be deeply re-
erretted" .-
Evening star., 1924-01-15
Answers Clergyman.
Christian Scientist Contradicts
mo Thinking" Statement.

To the Editor OF The Star;
VIII you permit me space in your pa
per to correct a statement made in a
report in your Mondays issue OF a SER
mon delivered by a local minister in
which he says "That Christian Science,
spiritualism and psychic were all at.
tempts, to extricate people from the
necessity Of thinking"
Lam quite sure the reverend doctor
did not intend to classify Christian
Science with spiritualism and psychic.
Christian science Is not cult or a re-
ligion founded on human thinking. but
is a divine revelation based on the BIZ
bic and the teachings of Christ Jesus.
1t is essentially a religion of love, heal
ing both sin and disease by spiritual
means.
Furthermore. Christian Science does
sss%pt ds to sSrTsase people from
sizes the Importance Of thinking and
thinking rightly. In the Preface of
So enee and Health. with Key to the
Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, we
read, 1.-THE time for thinkers has come, %
and in another Of her works, sMiscel-
laneousr Writings ''~page 3s5, the follow
ing, pertinent statement is made:. 'If
Christian Science. lacked the proof OF its
goodness and utility, 1t would destroy
.tion.@r Its genius Is right thinking and
right acting. physical and moral har-
mony; and the secret Of its success lies
in supplying the universal need OF bet
ter health and better men.
.'--~r--yr.-~ss-- -~-f&t4IsfR KING,
GhrastIaA Science COMMITTEES -ea..RuSit.
cation Sor the District OF Columnlas
Evening star., 1924-01-15
A News-Reading Contest.

The Star has announced the condi-
tons Of contest for the school pupils
OF washington and the Immediate
vicinity for brief essays upon the news
which it prints. Any boy or girl be-
tween the ages OF fourteen and TWEEN.
ty years attending a public, parochiaI
or private school in the District, Mary.
land or Virginia may compete. The
purpose Of this Is to encourage the
younger people to read the news care
fully and thoroughly and critically, to.
aid their. development as prospective
citizens, to give them better under.
standing Of the events of the world.
= Endorsement of The Stars enter
prise by school authorities is in line
with the present policies Of public
education. For a number Of years
newspa pers have served as texts Of
study in the schools. Live. questions
have been made the subject Of debate
and research. During the war the
daily prints were veritable text books,
Since peace was restored there has
been i'll some degree a falling of in
this use Of the newspapers, but in the
minds Of teachers there remains @
conviction that the better informed
children are on daily happenings the
more alert they are In their studies
in general.
&, In this competition the offer Of re:
wards for. the best letters regarding
the news Of the week will doubtless
stimulate a very general response.
But the hope is that these rewards
will not alone serve to arouse and
maintain an interest on the part Of the
students. They will find in day.by-
day study OF the news columns
wealth Of information. Their under
standing will be quickened, and doubt.
less they will'find a much more whole
some entertainment therein than
through some Of the diversions in
which they engage outside. the school
hours.
The Star hopes that this offer will
be accepted by every child within, the
ages specified, and that the judges Of
the. competition will be kept supplied
with an abundance Of material.
Evening star., 1924-01-15
Another Japanese Earthquake.

Immediately after the disaster of
September l last, which cost Japan
several hundred, thousand lives and an
lncalculable sum in the destruction of
property, it was predicted by seismol.
ogtsts that further quakings Of the
earth. would almost surely follow. The
very violence OF the shock indicated to
them that: an unstable condition be-
meath the surface remained, and that
adjustments" were inevitable. Early
this morning eastern Japan was visit
ed by another quake, thus verifying
the forecast. Fortunately, as the dis.
patches thus far received Indicate, il
has not been a serious disturbance. A
few lives have been lost, estimated at
fifty, but there has been. no wide
spread destruction so far as reported.
Naturally repetition of the trem-
bling Of the earth's crust causes fear
on the-part Of the population, so ter
ribly shocked by the tragedy of Sep
tember. The sense Of security is de-
stroyed. Visions of the chaos OF a few
AAASAiSiS s1So 4llSldllly arise. NOT QOcS
the brevity of this second quake re-
store confidence. This temblor is
plain indication that. the settlement
following the violent dislocation of
four and half months ago, marked
by, several slight palpitatiens of the
crust meanwhile, has not ended. Thus
the fear is born that further and even
greater disturbances may follow.
AS in the September disaster, fire
accompanies the quake in Toxic. and
in one OF today's dispatches it is stated
that conflagration is raging in one
OF the suburbs Of the capital. The
prayer is that this may be stayed
quickly. In September the greater
part Of the loss OF life and property
was due. to the spread Of the flames
through the wreckage. In one. com
pound or open space in the capital
81, 500 persons were burned to death.
Indeed. In all the earthquakes in
crowded centers fire is the. worst
enemy. 49,.
This renewed disaster in japan
comes in midwinter, when the suffer.
fngs of the people are certain TO be
increased in consequence.
Evening star., 1924-01-15


creation OF forest reserves. One Of its
committees would reserve the south
bank OF the Potomac from Great Falls
to- Alexandra as public: park and
forest reserve. That is a grand.scale
plan and may come to pass, Many
people looking to the future have
urged that the rocky, forest region
between Great and Little. Falls be re-
served to public use, and many have
urged that the palisades between the
old, AqueductI and Chain bridges be
taken over. If tho Potomac hydro.
electric proposal is put through by the
government much land will be taken
on both sides Of the river between
Great and Little Falls, though the
building Of a high dam at Little Falls
VIII destroy much Of what we can the
scenic beauties Of the upper river.
Evening star., 1924-01-15
university administration-is the deld
in which his preferences probably lie.

commons or return to his first love-
university administration--is the held
In which his preferences probably he'
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/ Panama canal affairs hgve a well
informed and enthusiastic exponent In
tho House In Maurice II. Thatcher.
representative OF the fifth district OF
Kentucky. Mr.. Thatcher. who. :"is
serving his first term in Congress.
was q member Of the Isthmisn Canal
Commission. and head Of the depart
ment Of civil administration on the
he and Mrs. Thatcher acquired q fiu-
ent knowledge of Spanish while there.
AS the representative OF the Louis
Vile district, Mr.. Thatcher's activi-
ties at Washington are carefully fol-
lowed in the Blue Grass country. He
and Kentucky state Official in his
day. -.
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. To this broadcasting observer
comes. picturesque evidence Of how
the radio bug Is biting deep into the
nations life. A bank president who
lives in the Ozark mountains has had
a special postcard printed for regular
dispatch to persons who have supplied
him with entertainment "in the air"
This is its wording, the dotted spaces
being filed in by the radio enthu"
siast:
We listened tonight to.'........
FROM STATION.
Weather Conditions. ns..............
The transmission was.
Remarks .................
Dexter. Mo. dated. 1924
Broadcasting stations aren't accus-
toned to pay heir program talent.
SO they must find their solace In tes-
timonials Of ltsteners-in. like the
fan" in the Ozarks. '.
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The supply OF Coolidge stories, in
dicative OF the Presidents conyersa-
tional thrift. Is apparently inexhaust-
tbie. The latest yarn concerns his
squelching of a fellow mem Der OF the
Massachusetts state senate. ThA lat
ter. a notorious spellbinder. had d-bored
the senate with a speech which con-
cluded with a iong-winded series OF
contentious, each beginning with the
words, "Mr. President, 1t is," ete The
loquacious senator raised his voice
to an emphatic pitch every time he
said ''It Is" Finally he subeided.
Coolidge arose. His speech was four
words long. "Sir. President" he said,
.it isn't" Then he sat down. The as
sertive member never recovered from
that barrage OF brevity. e
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When Nicholas Murray Butler ad-
dressed the Washington Study last
week he gave some astounding fig
ures OF the American peoples apathy
at election time. OF the thirty-two
United States senators elected in. No
vember. 1922. Butler said, only four
polled as much as 80 per cent OF the
qualified voting population Of. their
respective states. The majority poll
ed between Is and S5 per cent. and
some polled as low as 10 per cent. Dr.
Butler added that only ~ per cent Of
the entire national electorate voted
at the presidential election Of 1920,
although women were privileged to
ballot for President for the first time
The National Security League Is using
these figures to awaken the nation to
Its civic duties in 1924.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1924-01-15
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

In those circles In Washington
where inside political gossip is re-
taiied, there are ominous murmur-
ings OF Hiram Johnson's prospective
abandonment: Of his presidential am
billions. A variety Of causes is as
signed for his alleged down-hearted-
ness. For one things. California's
vibrant son Is getting none Of the
f"breaks' Of the pre-conyention sea-
son., South Dakota gave him the
wltten. ,Alabama's primary ,regula-
tons went against him. High priests
OF the rural proletariat, like Sena-
tors Ladd and Frazier OF North Da-
kota. have como out for Coolidge.
Ancient comrades In arms, like Bo-
rah, Norris and Moses. are no longer
In his camp. Hiram's plutocratic
FRIEND William Wrigley, jr., of chew
Ing gum millions, while denying de-
sertion OF. the Californian's cause,
only affirns he has mot yet" quit
It, Millionaire Strassburser Of Penn
sylvania, who took a 100000 flyer
In Johnson stock in 1920, is this time
for Coolidge. Nowhere has any re-
publican Of outstanding eminence de-
ciared for johnson. And. most un-
kindest cut OF all, poll Of California
newspapers shows an overwhelming
preponderance of sentiment for
Coolidge as against Johnson. Hiram
lis a man of sudden and violent I'm
pulses. viii he continue to face
undaunted, the sings and arrows of
dn02rnnflv
|. Judge .Cordell Hull, chairman Of
the democratic national committee,
whose cohorts dominate the political
landscape OF Washington. this week,
leads, his party's fortunes at a psy-
schoiogical moment. He is one Of
the country's foremost authorities on
taxation. Hull Is the author of the
country's income tax and inheritance
tax: laws, written when he was q
member OF the ways and means COM
mtttee OF the House In the first Will
son: administrations While hobnob-
oing with his democratic brethren,
Judge Hull heard more than one
natsering suggestion. that he might
wen be the Moses to lead a dead
locked national convention out Of
the darkness In June. Hull has been
frequently mentioned in that con-
nechon. Tennessee forsook the DEM
ocrattc solid south in 1920. A ma
tive son who could, restore II to Its
ancient moorings has an appeal all
his own.
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Sir Auckland Geddes. who is pack
ing up and clearing, UP, preparatory
to-retirement from the British am
bassadorship at Washington, has re-
turned from England in good health.
But he faces a severe physical test
In the form of hospitalities bound to
be thrust upon him from all sides.
Having. weathered four years of
American luncheous and dinners,
Geddes' confronts unflinchingly the
prospect of four weeks more. The
departing ambassador will lack no
opportunities for activity In Britain.
He Is FAR too young to content him.
self with tdleness, being only forty
nve. Either the resumption of his
interrupted career In " the house of
Evening star., 1924-01-15
Ethics of Kissing to Get Votes
Raises Question Among British

two duchesses. Her maiden name was
Vera Boscher, and she was formerly
the wife of. that young scapegrace
and ne'er-de-welt Guy Ivo Sebright,
who married her in 1907 at the close
of sensational divorce obtained
against him by his first wife. He
brought hfs stormy and rather useless
life TO a close in 1912. and six years
later, as the widowed Mrs. Guy Sc
bright, she was led to the altar by
the present and second Lord Ter
rinGton.
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Her first husbands death has lefc
his father, the present Sir Guy
Thomas Sebright, chief of an ancient
family, which has been seated since
the eleventh century at Sebright Hall,
in. the. county of Essex, without any
other heir to his baronetcy, created
by James I, than his utterly disrepu-
table and universally ostracised
brother, an ex-convict. who has
served a number of prison terms with
hard labor for fraud and for forgery,
and who was subjected to the indig-
nifty Of expulsion from the Bachelors
and other London clubs and 10 dis
mfssal from the army for cheating at
cards.
Lord Terrington is a man of about
forty five, and, like his father, be-
longs to, that branch OF the legal pro
fessfon known as solicitors. HIS
father, the first lord, was, as si-
James Woodhouse, president OF tho
Order OF Solicitors. also president of
the Law Society OF the United King
oaln, mayor: and member OF parlia-
ment for Hull. and rendered fimseIf
SO useful to the Eovernment during
the great war as chairman OF tha
royal commission on losses under the
defense of the realm act that after
havipg been already .khighted he was
raised to the peerage in January, 1915,
as Lord Terrington. The present heir
mas a very pretty place, known as
Spinfeld, near NARROW. in Bucking-
hamshire. and a London house on
Charges street, off Piccadilly.
Lady Terrington is very lively and
very anxious to keep herself in the
'hmelight; in fact, to establish social
eminence by means of parliament
and may be relied upon to run Lady
Astor a very close second in star
ting utterances and in other metheds
Of attracting public attention.
Evening star., 1924-01-15
Plea for Safeguarding
Race Horses From Fire

To the Editor Of The Star:
Once again I would like to take ad-
vantage Of your paper in making my
plea for the safety OF the racing horses
Of the country. -.
The daily papers Of January give an
account OF the narrow escape Of two
valuable racing horses, namely, In Me-
morium, owned by Carl Wiedmann, aHd
Wise Counselor. .pwned by. John 8.
Ward. = = )
/ cannot 1conceive=that men like these,
knowing the value OF these horses,
would subject them to such danger.
blse are inveterate smokers and Of low
order Of Intelligence, hence tina, many
fires Of recent years. which destroyed
many Of these beautiful creatures.
We safeguard our material possess
pious, why not these creatufes OF flesh
and blood who serve US SO well? -
MARX E. CLARE
Evening star., 1924-01-15
Tax Reduction and the Rules.

Another demonstration of the possi.
bility OF combination between the old
parties and insurgent factions of the
other party in Congress to accomplish
a given end was made In the House
yesterday when insurgent republicans
Joined with the democrats to abolish
the rule which restricted debate upon
and the offering of amendments to
revenue bills. This was a rule adopt
ed by the democrats when they want
ed to- facilitate the passage Of their
tariff bill. The same rule, is now de-
sired by the republicans to- expedite
action upon the Mellon tax reduction
bill when II. Is reported to the House,
and the democrats now oppose it, and
with the aid Of insurgent republicans
defeat it..
Chairman Green Of the ways and
means committee predicts that If. the
tax bill goes before the House. con-
trelied only by the rules as now
amended, a situation will prevail un-
der which 1t will be practically impos-
sible to pass it.. even though a ma
jority,of the House were in favor of it.
|. The tax.reduction bill ought to have
safeguards to protect 1t from futile
proposals to amend, to be relieved
from unnecessary debate and provided
with every facility for expeditions
passage. The voters will hold to &C.
count any party or faction which i'm
pedes its consideration and will surely
destroy at the polls those who assisted
in it's possible defeat. -.
The country has never before been
10 quickly and thoroughly aroused
in favor of a legislative proposal as 1t
is now upon tax reduction
Evening star., 1924-01-15
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Sweet Music.
When I a button press with care
Some music to release, -,
There is one soft, pervasive air
That brings especial peace.
When tales Of strife across the foam
Are through, must agree. = .
The simple strains Of Home, Sweet
Home"
Sound mighty good to me.
To gallant deeds long to turn.
I'd like to Join the crew
That sails the Arctic sea to learn
OF scenes SO strange and new.
But when my frame, from toes to
dome,> ..,.-...
The frost has nipped with glee,
I must confess that ''Home, Sweet
Home ,---:-.
Sounds mighty good to me:
Just as I feel the impulse rash
For more rapid gait '....
read about the sudden crash -.
Where railway crossings wait.
The sky, the land, the ocean foam,
The outdoors big and free!
How grand! But simple Home. Sweet
: Home"
Sounds mighty good to me.
Evening star., 1924-01-15
Gen. Dawes Salutatory.

Gen. Charles G. Dawes, as chairman
OF the reparationS commission of ex-
perts, opened proceedings yesterday in
Paris with a speech that struck the
keynote Of action. If in its French
translation it is as forceful and sensi.
G tae as in its English original it must
deeply impress those who know only
athat language. Gen. Dawes conclud-
.sins. paragraph, though nletaphorical,
must serve to clear the view ef those
who are now seeking a solution of the
sreat economic problem confronting
she European countries:
The first step which we should take
st seems to me, is to devise q system
,of stabilizfng Germany's currency SO
'that we can get some water to run
through the budget mill. Let US build
4 The. mill after we find the stream to
turn the wheels.
T., In other words, according to Gen.
Dawes, the thing to do is to make it
possible for Germany to pay, else
there can be no reparations. This is
not a political question. The chair,
man Of the expert commission de-
clares pointedly against any political
considerations. When the experts re-
port to the reparations commission
plan for the stabilizatfon of German
o currency and balancing Of the Ger.
man budget it will be for the commits
sion, mot. for the experts. to be con.
cerned with the political effects. .,
Obviously the thing to do now is to
deal with. Germany as q bankrupt.
The expert commission is summoned
to sit in judgment upon the value of
the assets and to prescribe a, means
OF putting the. establishment once
again upon its economic feet This
body is not concerned with Frances
fears Of future reprisals, or England's
anxiety concerning trade, or Italy's
ssTeaetien regarding the balance Of
power, - It: is, as its title indicates, an
expert, economic agency Of survey
and reeomme It's Job is to find
a means OF balancing Germany's bud
get so that Germany can meet her
obligation, can discharge her debts,
can rehabilitate- her credit.
No one can charge Gen. Dawes with
;7ay hipatby for Germany. He was SOL
dier in the war. on the side Of the al
hes in the American ranks: In his,
speech yesterday at Paris he men,.
toned the. fact and paid a high trib-
ute to the allies. whose munitions and
ships and supplies and arms and
planes the Americans had to use in
tsorder to bring their force to bear upon
the military situation. He goes into
this inquiry not as a soldier but as a
banker and economist. He and his
American associates will work in this
research' toward the one purpose Of.
making it possible, as. far as the COM
missions recommendations. go, for
Germany to pay the fullest amount
in reparations and on terms most just
s:to>ths allies. :. -'.:.:-s : :
From this. beginning results should
= flow to that end. =