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Evening star., 1924-10-23
Need for Freedom of Radio
Recognized by Most Editors

While Secretary Hoover assured the
third national radio conference, re-
Gently held in Washington, that no
monopoly In the radio industry would
be tolerated, the press notes there
was a marked tendency in the confer
ence toward the concentration Of ra-
dio activity in few hands. Most ed
itors agree that some change in pres
ent conditions should be made If the
value of radio as a means Of educa-
tion and entertainment Is to progress,
yet there is much doubt as to the
wisdom of the plan to concentrate the
operation in the private super-power
broadcasting stations proposed by the
conference.
Since radio Is still in the expert
mental stage, however, and no one
knows its potential value, the Boston
Transcript suggests the only way in
which to learn Is to give fair consid-
GRAFTON to all proposals for departures
from prevailing practice" Therefore,
says the Transcript, '1et the super
power stations be tried out in actual
practice and sec what happens" as
'the plan appears to be in keeping
with the spirit of cooperation and
L.
Hoover urged upon the radio inter-
ests, and the scheme is in accord with
the Presidents plea for that which
will bring to the flreside larger op-
portunity for education and enter
tainment."
That there is need Of organizing the
radio business under some rule Of re-
sponsibility is plain to the New York
World, which maintains: Merely
upon the technical side, there are not
suitable wave lengths enough for all
the stations operating, to say moth
ing of future need. Because of this,
more than half the class B stations
are obliged to divide time. This
crowding Of the air will not diminish
as time goes on. Far more important
Is the moral responsibility resting
upon broadcasters to prevent unfair
use or suppression of wireless news
How to avoid unfairness, yet defend
the use of such an important medium
OF communication against trifiers and
cranks, is plainly too deep a problem
for many broadcasters: II is one that
some of them do not conspicuously
try to solve. Yet solved 1t must be II
the new boon Is to be preserved. from
Government control, which Mr.. Hoo
yer holds to be an evil less than
would be arbitrary control by a pri-
vate monopoly"
II
It was "a rather difficult problem
which Secretary Hoover outlined to
the radio conference" in the opinion
Of the Columbus Dispatch, because
ION the one hand. freedom is wanted: ::
on the other, organization-as self-sus-
tanning system Of interconnection of
|broadcasting stations. Offering the best
the Nation has in music and other
entertainment as well as informa-
tion." The probability, the Buffalo
News fears, is that the proposed
system would be developed not in the
public interest but wholly in the in
terest Of the corporation which ad-
vances the plan, and that 1t might
operate to create a monopoly. The
News feels mo agency should be per-
mitted to establish a control which
would injure or impair the service
which the local stations stand ready
to provide, but there should be inter
connection on = national basis" and
Evening star., 1924-10-23

There Is nothing new under the
sun. Seventeen years before Robert
M. La Toilette was born. Daniel Web
ster, speaking IN the United States
Senate in 1888, said:
There are persons who constantly
clamor against this state Of things.
They call it aristocracy. They excite
the poor to make war upon the rich,
while in truth they know not who
are either rich or poor. They COM
plain of oppression, speculation and
the pernicious influence OF accumu-
lated wealth. They cry out loudly
against all banks and corporations
and all the means by which small
capitals become united in order TO
produce important and beneficial re-
suits. They carry on a mad hostility
They would choke up all the foun-
tains Of industry and dry all streams.
'In a country of unbounded liberty
they clamor against oppression. In
a country OF perfect equality they
would move Heaven and earth against
privilege and monopoly. In a coun-
try where property Is more equally
divided than anywhere else. they rend
the adr with the shouting of agrartan
doctrines. In country where the
wages Of labor are high beyond all
narallel. and where lands are cheap,
and the means Of living low, they
would teach the laborer that he is
hut an oppressed slave. Sir, what
can such men want? What do they
mean? They can want nothing, sir,
but to enjoy the fruits Of other mems
labor"
n "AI' Smith is reelected Goveror
of New York next month, he will i'm
mediately begin laying his plans to
run against James w. Wadsworth. 1r.,
for the United States Senate In 1925
Permanently debarred from the presi-
dental nomination, as his friends be-
lieye him to be, Gov. Smith now Is
content to play a part on the Ma
tfonal stage from the vantage-ground
of Congress. Presumably the pledge
of the Democratic organization that
~ would support "Ars" senatorial
aspirations two years hence was the
influence that finally induced him to
run for governor again. He turned
down a 500, ,000-a-year corporation job
in order to do so. -...., -
X r X X
President Coolidge is not likely to
tourney to Northampton, Mass, to
vote. The sensible reason advanced
at the White House Is that our Presi-
dents cannot travel except with a
large suite and with the attendant
expense involved. If Mr.. Coolidge
went home to cast his ballot, his
priyate-car outlay would be in the
neiThborhood of $4,000. He can vote
BY mail for Q cents. The President
Of the United States, in addition to
his salary Of $4,000. receives a trav-
Evening star., 1924-10-23
SHOOTING STARS.
BIZ PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Ghosts.

Ghosts.
OF ghosts always had a dread;
From any thought Of them I fled.
And yet I never knew a sprite
Who wandered through the shades Of
night
That did a thing but sadly prowl
And, maybe, raise a dismal howl.
I never met a ghost who'd view
Me as his prey, like burglars do,
Nor one who was not kinder far
Than spirits in a bootleg car.
never met one who would sell
Me stocks that did not turn out we'll
AS frankly I the facts recall,
1 never met a ghost at all.
If any friend could introduce
Me to a ghost who wandered loose,
think I'd cultivate Sir Spook
And never offer a rebuke.
Though maybe, for q night or two,
He'd make me jump when he said
"Boov'
He would not hook my watch and
chain
Nor bruise me up for worldly gain;
And his companionship I'd find
Safer than that of human kind.
Evening star., 1924-10-23
Manila Anti-Chinese Riots.

Inc antl-ChineSe riots In Manila
carry the mind back to Malay mas
8acres of Chinese under Spanish and
Dutch inspiration or order in the past,
and raise interesting questions con-
eerning race development of the pres
ent and in the future.
have the Malays Of Luzon and the
Ntsayan Islands under American lead
ership and influence developed out of
the racial hates of the period of Span
lsh domination? Have they so dis.
c1plined themselves in progress to-
ward orderly stable government that
these racial hates, where they still
exist, are firmly repressed?
OF course, these questions to a GER
tain extent answer themselves. It is
inconceivable that the history in this
respect of the seventeenth, eighteenth
and the first part of the nineteenth
century should under the changed
conditions be repeated in the TWEEN
tieth.
The records of the Chinese in
Manila, as given by historian Fore
man, show that III 1903 the Chinese
were first goaded into hopeless revolt
and then slaughtered, about $4,000
being killed or taken prisoners. In
1883 the Chinese again unsuccessfully
revolted against official robbery and
oppression. During this conflict an
ed1ct was published ordering all the
Chinese in the provinces to be slain.
In 1860 there was another massacre
In 1855 all non-Christian Chinese were
expelled from the Philippines. In 1863
about 5000 Chinese were murdered by
the Spanish in the provinces. In 1920
a general massacre of Chinese and
other foreigners took place in Manila
The Filipinos were in hearty accord
with the Spanish government in these
massacres, and one Of the planks of
the platform Of their revolt against
Spain demanded the exclusion of the
Chinese from the Philippines.
The difference between the seven
teenth or eighteenth and the twentieth
century would also doubtless be re.
fiected in the attitude of any Chinese
government toward Chinese victims of
riot or massacre.
On the occasion of the first great
massacre Of the Chinese by the Span
ish the latter feared lest their trade
with China might be affected thereby;
consequently they fastened to dis
patch an envoy to China to explain
matters and to reassure the Chinese
traders. Much to their surprise, they
found the viceroy of Canton little con-
cerned about what had happened, and
the junks of merchandise arrived as
heretofore"
Miss Scidmore, in her volume con-
corning Java, says: "In time the Chi.
nese lin Batavia) fomented insurrec-
tion against the Dutch, and in 174o,
joining with disaffected natives. in.
trenched themselves in a suburban
fort. The Dutch, in alarm, gave the
order, and over 10000 Chinese then
within the walls were put to death,
not an infant, a woman nor an aged
person being spared. In fear Of the
wrath Of the Emperor Of China elab-
crate excuses were framed and sent
to Peking. Sage old Keen Lung re-
sponded only by saying that the
Dutch had served them right: that
any death was too good for Chinese
who would desert the graves of their
ancestors
History cannot repeat itself either
in respect to Malayan and European
murderous assaults upon the Chinese
or in respect to a Chinese govern
ment's Indifference to massacres Of its
people.
Evening star., 1924-10-23

News items are continually convey
ing disappointing reminders that it is
impossible to reform penitentiary
discipline to an extent rendering the
prisoners contented and willing to
stay in of nights.
Evening star., 1924-10-23

Overexertion is avoided by Gov.
Charles Bryan. His advisers may be
inclined to limit their slogans to Let
we'll enough alone" and "It is always
the unexpected that happens"
Evening star., 1924-10-23

Certain groups of japanese citizens
are inclined to formulate a resentful
message, but there is no immediate
apprehension that they will say it
with war planes.
Evening star., 1924-10-23

The Prince Of Wales is resting. This
fact should not prevent Lord Renfrew
from running over to New York on
election night and seeing one Of the
real sights Of America.
Evening star., 1924-10-23

In predicting the election of Presi,
dent Coolidge. Uncle Joe Cannon re-
iterates his old and frequent express
sions Of faith in the wisdom Of the
plain people.
Evening star., 1924-10-23

acknowledge our debt? Who could
deserve 1t more? visualizing the pos
sibilfty, we see 3 child pointing and
asking, What. did he do?" and the
answer. MADE the world a more
beautiful place In which to hys."
Evening star., 1924-10-23
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Evening star., 1924-10-23

A comparatively short time ago Will
helm Hohenzollern would have thought
1t impossible for so much business to
go on with no one asking his opinion
about anything.
Evening star., 1924-10-23

The campaign is warm with inter
est, but has not yet developed any cpl
sode that compares in vociferous
excitement with the Madison Square
Garden convention.
Evening star., 1924-10-23

In addition to congratulating the
farmer on the high price Of wheat the
ultimate consumer is again called on
to congratulate the mine owners on
the high price OF coal.
Evening star., 1924-10-23

Germany proceeds to the matter of
elections with an earnestness and
vitality which prove that whatever
dangers may threaten apathy is not
among them.
Evening star., 1924-10-23

The Evening Star. with the Sunday morning
edition, Is delivered by carriers within the
city at 80 cents per month: daily only, 45
month. Orders may be sent BY mail or tele-
phone Main 5000. Collection IL made by car
rlers at the end OF each month,
Evening star., 1924-10-23

A campaign fund requires great pre-
cislon in its management. 1t Is in
efficient If too small and dangerous if
too large.
Evening star., 1924-10-23
Accidental Effects

1--WE can turn even our misfor tunes
into triumphs."
That's right" said the jazz COM
poser. "I hit my finger with tack
hammer and had to play the piano
just the same. The result was one of
the trickiest little syncopations you
ever heard"
Evening star., 1924-10-23
The Sunshine Poet.

OF all tho people whom I see,
The graybeards or the lads,
I think that would rather be
The man who writes the ads.
No matter what is going wrong
Upon this earthly sphere,
He always brings a staiwart song
OF hopefulness and cheer.
Evening star., 1924-10-23
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Evening star., 1924-10-23

Rate by Mafl-PaynbIe In Advance.
Maryland and VirKfnia.
Evening star., 1924-10-23

'T admires a patient man." said
Uncle Eben, "'ceppin' when he'd
rather sit down an be patient dan
work"
Evening star., 1924-10-23
RaIIyinG the Voters.

Go forth, oh men. with zeal immense
Go forth, oh women, with q smile.
The children In their innocence
May still be spared q little while.
Evening star., 1924-10-23
Better Let Alone.

Il am glad to see that you don't
throw any mud
''It's dangerous to start anything of
the kind" answered Senator Sorghum.
you're never sure you're going to
plaster the other fellow. but you're
compelled in the nature Of the pro-
ceeding to have some on your own
hands,"
Evening star., 1924-10-23

Jud Tunkins says pictures OF the
ZR-3 show nice living quarters, but
the things too expensive to solve any
housing problems.
Evening star., 1924-10-23

war memorial, the statue OF Nathan
Hale by MacMonnies in City Hall
Square. New York, tragic figure,
but so nobly rendered that the
sculptors ambition that 1t would stop
the passing newsboy and clerk and
give them pause for thought Is fully
realized-a silent eloQuence which
all must feel.
X + 4
Fortunately, also. we have here in
Washington, established and upheld
by tho Government, a National Com
mission of Fine Arts, composed Of
men of the highest standing as pro-
fessional architects, sculptors and
painters, without the approval Of
erected in this Capital City. Thus
we are safeguarded against those
pitiful blunders in imperishable ma
teriaI from which many of our sister
cities, even in Europe, suffer, and
from which we have been by no
means free in the past.
X u X X
But to return to the memorialization
of heroes of peace-what great mon
uments come to mind within this
category. First, perhaps, St.-Gaudens'
Deacon Chaplin, 1.-THE Puritan" In
Springield-that austere embodiment
of an idea, a conviction: and then. of
very different type. but by the same
sculptor, the Phillips Brooks mon
ument in Boston, and, away out West.
the Mackay Memorial, the figure of
the miner, by Borglum. On Fifth
avenue, New York, not far from the
Metropolitan Museum, is memorial
to Richard Morris Hunt, the architect;
but so far the majority of the archi-
tects have had to build their own
monuments and are memorialized
through their works and but little
remembered.
!, No great memorial has been erect
ed in this country a. yet to a dis
tinguished painter, great artist. ID
it that We are ungratefuls slow to
Evening star., 1924-10-23

Q. Do Catholics outnumber Protes-
tants in Ireland TO any great extent?
H. A.
A. The latest available statistics
show that nearly three-fourths of the
population of Ireland Is OF the
Catholic faith.
Evening star., 1924-10-23

Q. In the Hawaiian Islands are
there any high waterfalls?--G. v. r.
A. On all of the five large islands
there are waterfalls. More than 100
exceed 500 feet in height. Probably
], 900 are higher than Niagara.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-01-26
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF MINES FAVORED
 BY REV. J. A. RYAN

Father John A. Ryan, distin-
 guished economist, declares for government ownership of the an-
 thracite mines.
 Representative Allen Treadway | of Massachusetts, conservative l Republican, demands government l control of the industry and de-
 nounces prohteering of mine owners.
 Treadway says rigid control
 will avoid government ownership. Father John A. Ryan, world-famous economist in the current issue of the Catholic Charities Review advocates the government ownership of anthra- cite mines.
 "No determination of price can af- l ford much relief unless and until all | the mines are operated as. a unit, writes Father Ryan.
 "In all probability operation as a unit can not be brought about or car ried on except through government ownership of the mines. This would not necessarily involve operation by | the government.
 "T,he management of coal mining might be conducted by board repre- senting the government, the employ CTS or contractors, and the employees or mine workers. All these are mat | ters of administra detail
 "The essential fact is that under government ownership the industry could be so organized that the price to the consumer would be based on the average cost of productin at all mines and not, as at present, upon the cost of production of the poorest mines"
 Would Curb Anthracite. A new assailant of the anthracite coal monopoly has arisen in Congress I-Congressman Allen T. Treadway, of Massachusetts.
 Somewhat new role for Tread way. He has not heretofore shown great anxiety about special privilege. He has stood mostly for things as they are He is regular" After quoting President Coolidge's s message to Congress as to the "un- bearable high cost of coal" Tread way, in speech in support of the bill for federal control of the coal industry, described the situation bluntly thus:
 The cause of this situation is per | fectly apparent to every student of the coal problem. I unhesitatingly say that the reason for the high price ot anthracite coal today is uncontrolled monopoly"
 He read a series of actual coal bills covering a period of I2 years indicat- ing an increase of 125 per cent. i'll coal prices. ..
 He quoted Governor Pinchot and other authorities showing that the coal companies had declared dividends all the way from 50 to over 200 per cent and had built up enormous sur pluses on small capital Investments. | The jobbers were shown to be so | far entrenched with the operators that 1 dealers were at their mercy.
The Connecticut labor news., 1924-01-26
NORTON AGAIN HEAD OF HARTFORD POST
 OFFICE EINPLOYES

Hartford, Jan. 2o-Harry A. Nor ton was unanimously reelected presi- dent of Local No. I47, National Fed eration of Post Office Clerks, at the annual meeting Sunday afternoon in Leonard Wood Camp Hall In ad- dition to his reelection MT. Norton was given watch fob as a mark of appreciation for his work during the past year.
 MT. Norton has been employed at the Hartford post office for IS years. Prior to his employment here he saw considerable service in the Army dur ing the Philippine insurrection, the Spanish-American War and the Boxer uprising in China. During the at tack on the walled city of Tintsin, China, MT. Norton, IS years old, car ried to safety General Emerson H. Liscum, who had been fatally wound ed in the action and was recommend ed for a congressional Medal of Hon. or. While still in China, on his birth day, he received a watch from the generals widow with the following in scription on the back of the case:
 Presented to Harry A. Norton, Co., F, Ninth Infantry, who was wounded while at the risk of his own life as s1stlng ln bearing to place of safe ty Oeneral Emerson ii. L1ScuTn, who fell mortally wounded at the head of his regiment while leading United States forces in the attack on the walled city of Tintsin, China, July I3, Iooo."
 The meeting was the largest ever held by the local with 11o members present. Other officers elected were: First vice-president, John J. Sullivan; second vice-president, Edward P. Lawton, IT,; secretary, Robert R. Maher; treasurer, Carl Lundin. Mem bership committee: George C. Post, chairman; John J. Scanlon, Edward F. Mccarthy
 Amusement committed: Edmund Hackett, chairman; John Dolan, James Cronin, Phil Maher. Local serv- ice and grievance committee: Harry A. Norton, chairman; John J. Sulli- van, William J. Hennessey. Advisory board: Charles w. Ryan, chairman; Raoul w. D'Archa, Cornelious Maher.
 Edward P. Lawton is chairman of the committee which Is arranging for the state convention and banquet to be held in Hartford February 22. lj-John withnk mwanmw anmw anw
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-04-11
n abril Q, Q 2

Ell MUNDO.
San Juan.
Santiago Iglesias en- connivencia con
lei TEMPO" p~eri6dico inspirado por
Ell Consejero del Partido sr. Gomez
Brioso y SCI Globo'', dirigido por el
vice-Presidents del Fartido, senior
Martinez Nadal, demostrada por la pu
blicacion en- prsmera piana en- grandes
caracteres del Ukase del Jefe ,socia-
lista, Sc dirige a los Counties Socialists
para mitin conjuntp de estos con los
comites Repub'icanos y leaders, con Ell
fin de acordar coalici6n rep1blico-so-
ciaIista Y protesta Resolution Comits
Territorial que 81 llama maliciosamen-
to Resolution Tous Soto. La Asamblea
de Mayagiez rehusa hacer coa,ici6n
con socialistas. ESQ es 10 que STEM
pre- ha pretendido Iglesias. Demoran-
DO Ell Pacto con Ell pretsxto de esperar
una enmienda a La Carta Organica, per-
mitiendo colocar candidates en- dos til
ckets. Fu6 10 que logr6 en- ell veints
en- ell Oriente, en- Arecibo, en- Utuado.
en- Guayama, hacienda Greer a Ia Asam
blea de Ponce que aceptaba Ell pacto,
para rehusarlo a Ultima bora en- In
Asamblea socialista de San Juan con-
vocada para e~fectuarlo. Ahora usa Ia
triqu.nuela de las coaliciones locales
para lograr los votos republicanos para
81 ticket socialista, con Ell cebo algu-
nos candidates republicanos puesto
bajo la antorcha. Esperen Ell fallo de
la Asamblea de Mayagiiez, que todos
debemos acatar, 20 Ell primero. lyle
sias rompi6 las negociaciones con los
republicanos rehusando aceptar Ell Ill
timatum del Comite Territorial. Guam
do Sc publico Ell manifesto Barcel6-
Tous Soto Sc apresur6 a ven;r a Puer-
to Rico para obstaculizar la inteligen-
cha unio-republicana y reconcile publ
camente que habia contestado CON eva
sIyasa a mis- requerimientos de que de-
ra una respuesta, pero dijo que tenia
que hacerio asi porque el no podia ha-
Ger pactos sine IN aSamblea, sin en-
barge horas antes de la session del Te-
rritorial de Cayey frm6 las Bases del
Pacto que tenia desde septiembre del
mil novecientos yeinte Y tres entrega-
das por mi, sin necesitar la anuencia
de la Asamblea socialista. Esto demues
ira su mala fe. III dice que proyecta-
da inteligencia repdblico- unionista IS
para encubrir corporaciones usurpadO-
ras t~ierras, de que 20 soy abogado Sc
olvida u yo 10 era desde 1905, v gus
merecia La confsnza de los sociaiistas
que defendf en- Ia C&mara y ell Senado
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-04-11
telegrama de TOuS Soto

los derechOs del pueblo trabajador ,
que aceptaba tratar conmigo como Jo-
fe de los Republicans. Sc olvfda tam
bien que yo propuse y 81 aceptt y pre-
sentamos ante Ia Ckmara y senado de
Estados Unidos un plan para resolver
la question de La tenencia de tierras
por las c~orporaciones plan que 20 sligo
sosteniendo Y sostendre en- 81 essncia
la coalici6n repdblico-unionista Is fall
so que 20 accediera a que Sc dejara
la coalicion hasta que terminara sus
trabajos la Comisi6n Legislative. 81
convino Ell conmigo en- que nuestra isal-
tad a la Comisi6n nos impedfa lmpul
sar la enmienda a Ia Ley orgSnica 20
bre candidates, pero 20 siemprs lie re-
repeti 10 que Ell Comit6 Territorial acor
do desde diez y ocho de noviembre que
le fue communicate a 81 por Todd. o sea
que el comite no aceptaba que Sc es-
perara la enmienda de Ia Ley orgkni.
ca sobre candidates con que sohaba
1glesias para efectuar Ia coalici6n, por
u este dehia ultimarse en- fehTero an
ties de las inscripciones, no era menes-
ter la enmienda v era i~rrealizab'e.
ToUs SOTO.