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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-12
Heavy Jap Grass Rugs
SIZES 9x12 AND 8x1O-
IN BRIGHT, NEW PATTERNS.

Jap grass rugs Can't you just picture them?
The cheerful looking green, blue or brown and
tan rugs that will lower the temperature but
heighten the attractiveness of any room when
sultry days come. Rugs that are dainty enough
for the guest room, yet can stand any amount
of wear and tear on the porch.
Bright, new patterns-Auite a number to
choose from. All of them clearly printed
Every rug perfect
Fourth Floor. Hecht Co.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-12
DELEGATES CHOSEN FOR
TRAVELLERS AID MEETING

Mrs. M. C. Hebday and Mrs. Will
liam e. Chamberlain will. repreent
the Washington branch Of the
Travellers Aid Society at the meet
ing of the national association in
Toronto, Canada, June "a and Is.
This is the first meeting outside
the United States. 80
The local board Of directors has
under consideration plan for the
local branch Of the Young Won.
ems Christian Association to. Co
operate in caring nor unaccompan-
led women and children who need
assistance while in, Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-12

may Be paid IN. equal inStallments
on or before September Is and De.
cember Is. One-half Of the tax
must be paid on or before June Is
and three.fourths on or before
September Is.
1t is reminded that to avoid
danger Of loss in transmission by
mail, payment should be made by
check or money order made pay
able to the collector Of Internal
Revenue for the district In which
the return was filed, for example,
Collector Of Internal Revenue,
Baltimore, Md"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-12

and is credited with being one of
the principal promoters of the Col
lege Park subdivision on the Wash
lngton Baltimore boulevard. He was
prominent in church work and the
social life of southern Maryland.
The body of Mr.. Shepherd will
rest in the Presbyterian Church at
Hyattsville until Saturday when
services will he held and interment
in Fort Lincoln Cemetery will fol-
low,
Mr.. Shepherd is survived by his
wife, formerly Miss Clara Smith, of
Kentucky. one son, Edward, and IL
daughter, Margaret.
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TOMORROW.

July, was authorized by the board.
A request was approved asking the
commissioners to release reserve
funds for the furnishing of six
room. addition to Thomson School
and for manual training equipment
for the new Langley and Macfar-
land Junior high schools.
Ernest Greenwood. reporting for
the committee on buildings and
grounds, presented a plan for ap.
portioning the school repair fund.
He urged allotment Of 10 per cent
Of the $500, 900 fund for elimination
Of fire hazards; 10 per cent for in.
stallation of. electric lights, and 8
per cent for painting and renOvat-
ing. He declared his committee will
approve requests for painting only
when other pressing needs are re-
lieVed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-12
SOLDIER WHO TOOK
POISON Is BETTER

The condition of Raymond Smith,
private at, Edgewood Arsenal, Edge
wood, Md, who swallowed a bi.
chloride tablet, was reported today
to be improved. Smith, who is at
Emergency Hospital, will recover,
doctors said.
The soldier gave no reason for the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-12

But most they like and realize its extraordinary
value at the special price STATS. We have
few left This opportunity cannot possibly {
itself much longer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-12
D6SJ Refrigerator lou
And Payment of 81 DeliUers It.!

The San-Cold refrigerator sketched is one that
has gone into more Washington kitchens this sea-
son than any other model we sell. Women like its
cool-looking white enamel interior, its strong
golden oak case and heavy brass clasps and hinges
Evening star., 1924-02-11
The Tumbling Prince.

Edward, Prince Of Wales, is either 4
poor horseman or else he has extreme
ly bad luck in the saddle. Last week
he fell in the course of an exercise
gallop and suffered a fractured collar
bone. That was the eleventh tumble
,e has had in the last three years,
tt ough the first fractured bone. A
of his spills so lamed him that he was
obliged to use crutches for several
weeks.
When the prince began to fall off
his horse there was a decided mani
festation Of concern on the part Of the
British public. for he is unusually
popular, not merely as a scion of
nobility but as an individual. 1t was
currently reported some time ago that
his parents had forbidden him to ride,
but this apparently was not the case,
and it now is disclosed that a COM
promise had been reached at Buck.
ingham Palace whereby the prince
promised his father not to ride in any
races important enough 10 atudcI
crack professional jockeys.
The accident yesterday occurred at
a five-foot fence, which is a good jump
for an amateur. Even the best riders
come to grief at such places, for after
all it is up to the horse rather than
the rider, and the least misstep or
swerve is likely to cause trouble. 1t
takes a very expert rider to avoid
hurt in a horse fall. The Prince Of
Wales ought to be expert by now, with
eleven tumbles on his record. But
evidently he is still subject to injury.
This accident will put him out of the
running for some time. and may put
an end to his career as a gentleman
Jockey.
Evening star., 1924-02-11

ably due to. imperfect heating facili-
ties. They ere incident to the season.
When the temperature falls sharply
stoves and furnaces are stocked high
and either through defective fiues or
the overheating Of adjacent woodwork
the fires are started. In many cases
these blazes occur in the night, the
fires getting headway before discovery.
In several instances this winter entire
families have been wiped out.
This is one of the most tragic Of
the fire perils in this country. The
cities is a frame structure, which Of
fers little or no resistance to the
flames. The heating apparatus is often
fimsy, the flues poorly Joined and in
adequately protected by masonry. Re
pairs are rarely made. The occupants
Of these buildings simply take their
chances. A fire in the house seems to
be the last thing to be apprehended.
Doors are locked against possible bur-
glars, but stoves and furnaces are
treated with little regard for safety.
There is no obvious cure for this
evil. 1t is impossible to raze all tinder
box dwellings or to install safe heating
plants in every housing. 1t would
seem that the repeated fatalities would
teach the lesson of carefulness, but
seemingly do not, and the same risks
are run daily and nightly despite the
constant warnings given by disaster.
Evening star., 1924-02-11
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
e BY FREDERIC J. HASK7W

@. How much did Secretary Hoover
spend for relief work in Europe?-I
]. G. II.
by Mr. Hoover through the commits
sion for relief in Belgium and the
American Relief Administration was
approximately oo.ooo,ooo.
Q. Has an American ever won the
Nobel prize for literature?-I. G. T.
A. The Nobel prize for literature
has never been awarded an American.
O. VIII coal stored in the open air
catch on fire without cayse?-C. NJ A.
A. The bureau Of mines says that
anthracite coal will not catch fire
II left in the open air, but that
bituminous coal may. The probabil-
ity Of its doing SO depends upon the
which 1t is stored and time it is in
storage.
Q. Why are the sunrise and sunset
pink?-L v. v.
A. At sunrise and sunset the light,
instead OF coming straight down
through a belt of air, strikes the air
on a slant. travelling through more
air, particularly close to the earth.
AS a result 1t meets many more
purities in the air. These absorb,
defect and reflect the light rays and
cause the multi-coiored effect.
Q. How should "Batik" be pro-
nounced and where did it originate?-
p. C.
.;,S A "Basik" sH G is proneunced els as if if
dyeing SO called originated in the
Dutch East Indies. The design is
x,,;% 1I tha
covered portions of the material than
take the dye. The wax is dissolved
in boiling water.
Q. How many negroes have left
D =.
A. A study of the northern migra-
tion of southern negroes made by the
Labor Department indicates that 49,
states during the year ending Sep
tember !. 1923. OF this number 120,
600 left Georgia: 10000 left Alabama
and Florida each; $500 left Missis-
States District court about two years
linas.
Q. What happened to the miners
and operators who were indicted for
conspiracy at indianapolis three or
four years ago?-T. r.
A. The indictments against 226
coal operators and officials of the
miners union. returned in February.
1921, were dismissed in the United
States District court about two years
later.
q. When were the last of the
American occupation forces with
drawn from Germany?-Ii. NJ. S.
A The last official party of Amer
leans left Coblenz for Bremen and
the United States on July 8, 1929.
Q. Where is the death rate highest
in the United States?-M. A. l.
A. In 1922 Maine and Vermont had
the highest death rates reported by
the census for the registration area
Evening star., 1924-02-11
COURAGE
81 am the master Of my fate,
II an, the captain Of my SOUL"
HENLEY,
vaucI.in Away. Had to Work

vaucIain Always Had to Work.
Although he has been working for
others f1fty-one years, Samuel M.
Vauclain never has had a vacation.
Before that time, when he was a
boy in Philadelphia and Altoona, Pa.
he had to work when not studying,
and much OF his education was re-
ceived at nights.
An apprentice in the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad shops at sixteen, a year
earlier than he expected. he worked
sixteen hours, and was paid SO
cents day.
Plans made to take an engineering
course in college by working at odd
times, to earn his way, were dropped
when he was made a foreman-so he
studied at night at home.
When it came time to think about
taking a few days from work, he got
married. His pay was $40 a week,
it stopped when he did, and. every
cent was needed.
The sand business doomed and he
considered going into it for himself,
when came a promotion at the shop,
to enter the business was killed BY
another promotion.
Next. taking the superintendency
Of a Baldwin Locomotive Company
division shop, he was busy with a
new position. Promotion followed
and installing methods. Taken into
the firm, he had even more duties
and responsibilities.
Then came the war. and with it
rush orders for locomotives, followed
by the building of plants and the
manufacture of arms and ammuni-
ton. After the echoes of war had
died, he was made president of the
company, but kept on working.
Not wanting to rise through 'inf1u-
ence," he had never joined a lodge
society or church. Yet he took time
to invent the Vauclain compound en-
gine.
He, at sixty-seven. still is head OF
the Baldwin, Locomotive Company
has a large income, is rich-and
busy eleven hours a day.
But he does not feel discouraged
about his vacation. II never needed
one" he says "and no place offered SC
many kinds Of Amusement n could
be found In the days work"
lCDDyrixht. 1o02A .--------
Evening star., 1924-02-11
An Interesting Week.

This promises to be an interesting o
and important week in Congress both
In legislation and investigation pro-
ceedings. The House will take I'D for
. consideration the Mellon tax-reduction
bill, entering upon what is expected
to be a long season of debate and
amendment. No one can forecast the
day when the House will send the bill.
perhaps materially amended and DOS
sibly utterly transformed, over to the
Senate for further grinding and polish.
ing.
William G. McAdoo is today making
his voluntary appearance before the
Senate Oil investigating committee, to
defend his connection as legal counsel
for the Doheny interests, his political
fortunes as a candidate for the presi.
Dental nomination largely depending
to his explanations.
Before nightfalI today the Senate is
expected to vote on the Robinson reso-
luton declaring the sense of the SEN
ate to be that President Coolidge
should demand the immediate resigna-
tion OF Secretary of the Navy DENLY
FOR having signed the oil lease. Then
interest will center, if the resolution is
adopted. as its proponents predict it
will, upon what course the President
Will follow. The resolution does not re-
quire his signature or veto, and he
can either ignore it or accede to it. It
sis admitted that his subsequent course
will be subject to partisan comment,
but the opinion prevails that he will
{. not be Influenced by this liability.
Another development of the week
may be the examination of the books
%of local and outside brokers to disclose
possible spectators in oil stocks. The
tair is full of rumors as to extensive
dealings in these stocks. and the com.
mittee. it is said. expects TO turn
them up" in the furrow it is now
driving.
Evening star., 1924-02-11

Of the United States. each having a
rate OF 14.7 per thousand of popuIa.
ton. Idaho had the smallest rata
Q. Who made the FIRST clock in
America?-N. K. p.
A Benjamin Banneker, a MARYLAND
negro, Is credited with the first cIocl.
made in this country.
@. Where was Robert Louis Steyens
sons body buried?-J. Fl. B.
A. The body of Robert Louis Stevens
son Is inferred on the mountain sida
South Pacific ocean.
@. What industries have the most
strikes?-D. E. c.
A. Government records show THAI
in 1922 the building trades. the cloth
ing industry and the textile industry
had the largest number of strikes In
1921 the building trades, the printing
and publishing business and the cloth
ing industry headed the list in ths
order named.
Q. Is the government still making
loans to railroads.&c.. A. S.
A. The provision in the transport
tation act of 1920 providing for loans
TO railroads from the federal revol-
wing fund expired by Limitation on
March 1, 1922.
@. What part of the cotton of tn.
world does the United States produce1
M. c.
A. The United States in 1923 pros
duced 10,2a0,060 bales of cotton,
about one-half of the world produc-
tion. Egypt, India. China, Peru and
Mexico produced nearly all of the
other half. Production of cotton in
the United States is declining.
Q. How many unions are there in
the American Federation of Labor
G. v.
A. The federation is made up oz
log national and lin International unions.
ments, forty-nine state branches, 9o5
city centrals and 2,926,4s8 dues pay<
ing members.
Q. How many ways are there III
make a living?-F. A. II.
A. The census lists 667 specified
occupations, but it does not state that
there are no other ways Of making
a living.
Q. Has any railroad a woman foE
its president?-E. B. H.
A. The only woman who has been
or is president of d. railroad is Mrs.
Cora B. Williams. who is now presi-
dent of the Georgia, Florida, and
Alabama railway.
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Diplomatic Sidestepping.

A lively exchange of messages be-
tween the German embassy in this
city and Berlin is reported to be in
progress as a result of the lamentable
incident OF last week. when the flag at
the embassy was not placed at half
staff after the death Of Mr.. Wilson un-
til. and then grudgingly. the matter
became subject of sharp public criti-
cism. Berlin, it appears. is seeking to
blamo the ambassador for using bad
judgment, and the amba bassador is
blaming the foreign office at Berlin
for failing to give him proper instruc.
tions. 1t seems that while Mr.. Will
sons death was expected he cabled
asking what he should do, and Berlin
wired back that he was to use his
own discretion.
The American people are not con-
cerned as to just where lies the blame
Tor this misadventure in diplomacy.
The ambassador, inexperienced in
diplomatic matters, may have needed
instructions on such a point. He may
now be the victim Of a willingness at
Berlin that he should blunder 1t is
believed that he is not particularly
persona grata to the present German
administration. If this is the chosen
way to effect a change it is assuredly
not an illustration Of good manage
ment at Berlin. For in letting the am.
bassador harm himself the German
government harms itself.
1t is an old established principle of
law that a principal is responsible for
the acts Of his agent. In this particu.
lar case the mistakes Of a diplomatic
representative become those of the
government he represents, unless they
are Immediately and explicitly dis
avowed. The mere shift of RESPONSE
bility does not absolve the principal
In this instance. 1t is part of the duty
of foreign office, especially when
queried as to an impending situation,
to make sure that the agent is def.
initely instructed.
OF course, there will be no strain of
official relations as a result of this
matter. The whole thing is an un-
official happening. The only practical
question involved is whether the in
cident will interfere with the floating
OF the German food loan. The disposi-
ton of the Berlin government to put
the blame entirely upon its representa-
tive may react upon the prospect of
the loan even more unfavorably than
II it acknowledged the misstep as it's
own lapse and made proper amends.
Evening star., 1924-02-11
series games and prizefghts will be

series games and prizefghts will be
! dropped.
In the first place, nobody knows just
when the nomination will be- made.
The convention will be called to order
on the Goth Of June. At least two
| days will be required for organization
and maybe another day will be taken
in nominating speeches. The field"
of potential candidates will perhaps be
big enough by that time to consume
two days of oratory. Nobody knows
now and nobody can tell in advance
just when the vocal efforts will cease
and the voting will begin. And then
the voting, with the two-thirds rule
prevailing, may be protracted for sew
eral days. 1t required many hours to
put Woodrow Wilson in nomination in
Baltimore in 1912, and also many
hours for the naming of James NJ.
Cox at San Francisco in 1920.
To make sure of effecting a nomina-
tion in the open it would be necessary
practically to adjourn the big meeting
to the ball park as soon as the
nominating speeches were concluded.
Doubtless it will be cooler there. But
what about rain? New York is not
|assuredly immune from summer show
ers. and one of those visitations might
come along right in the middle Of the
balloting and spoil the party" Would
the convention be adjourned with the
call of states uncompleted? Every
politician knows the danger of inter-
rupting a voting process. Many a
perfectly good candidacy has been
checked and spoiled by recess.
No, it is hardly likely that the nomi.
nation will take place on the sporting
field. Both the Polo Grounds and the
Stadium are too far away from head
quarters. The risk of bad weather is
too great. And, Furthermore, there
might be an unfortunate reaction from
the association of the presidential can.
didate with even the most popular of
American outdoor sports.
Evening star., 1924-02-11
0pen-Air Politics.

New York democratic enthusiasts
are growing ardent over the sugges-
tion that the democratic national con-
vention should on at least one day
assemble at one Of the big ball parks
and, hold an open-air public session.
This plan was preached soon after the
selection OF New York as the conven-
ton city, and now it has gone to the
point of a proposal that the actual
nomination Of the candidate for Presi.
dent take place at either the Yankee
Stadium or the Polo Grounds.
Wiser heads in the party leadership,
however, are being shaken over the
plan, ana it may be that before June
certain dimculties will have been point
ed out to the local managers of the
big show and the scheme for a politi-
cai spectacle On the scene Of world
Evening star., 1924-02-11

tionS must submit tameiy to the deg
radiation, humiliation and vilification
which Scandal-mongers and political
issue hunters will heap upon their
heads Are we a nation of lunaticS
and our lawmakers a body of tor
turerS and character wreckerS that
such things as are transpiring in
Washington are to go unrebuked?
Conditions do not warrant the fren-
zied efforts that are being made to
cover with mud the honored names of
both living and dead American citi-
zens simply because it may be done
under the cover of an hysterical con-
gressional investigation" 1t is fully
agreed by the Saginaw News-Courier
independently that here in Michigan
Edwin Denby's character and honor
are above assault" yet it admits,
without question, his reply to his
and, measured by the same yardstick
did not aid his cause in the public
purvieW.
The Syracuse Herald (independent)
feels in its turn that "the issue of
Secretary Denby's retirement or con-
tinued service in the cabinet will no
doubt be ultimately settled by him
self and the President, and, in the
nature OF things. it is not to be sup
posed that the head of the Navy De-
partment will long retain his post"
This is also the opinion OF the Peters,
burg Progress (democratic), because
it is convinced "backers of Daugherty
and DENLY would not dare raise their
hands against Mr.. Coolidge were he
to demand peremptorily the resigna-
ton of these two men. He would find
that he had rid his administration of
a burden which threatens to cause
irremediable disaster"
Inasmuch as he has admitted
mistakes the Schenectady Gazette
tdemocratic) feels Secretary DENLY
should resign, because, apart from
any hasty conclusion some may have
already convicted is his failure in
office to show any regard for the pub
lie welfare. He is one of that for
tunately not very numerous class of
men who inStinctively believe that
business principles and the ten COM
mandments are interchangea
whether pursued in the spirit of con-
fellowly egotism." This also is, in
part, the view of the Des Moines
Register independently, which sug-
gests public men in Washington are
divided between those who go there
to work at the public business and
those who go there to enjoy the hon.
ors Of their otfiee. Both Secretary
Denby and Secretary Weeks are
With hsvns a.tfa his oWn Views
about his department" And the
Lynchburg News (democratic) feels
Mr.. DENLY should be asked by the
President to resign 'for gross inefi-
cheney and careIessness in handling a
sacred trust" ="
Evening star., 1924-02-11
SHOOTING STARS
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Being Done"
Some very nice people
Are doing things now
Which in days that are gone
Would have started a row;
To have dabbled in oil
Regulations to spoil
Would have caused the whole world
like a cauldron to boil.
But We ponder the news and we pa.
tiently VOW
Some very nice people are doing it
now
Some very nice people
Are following now
The customs which once
We would never allow.
When folks went to jail
Their relations turned pale
But gasoline tanks and the tankard Of
ale
Cause our friends to stand up and in
court make a bow,
Some very nice people are doing it
now.
Evening star., 1924-02-11
Wants Wilson Shrine
Erected in Arlington
To the Editor of The Star.

To the Editor Of The Star.
There is a strong public sentiment
in favor of Arlington as the final rest
ing place for the body of the war
President. 1t is considered settled
that the place must be in the District
of Columbia, but Arlington is almost
a part of the District. being adjacent
and under national control.
If there is to he established in or
near Washington Westminster Alb
bey, a Walhalla or Pantheon for the
illustrfous dead, such an exclusive
burial place should be under the con-
troll of tho United States government.
with rules and regulations to prevent
domination by any particular group
or influence. THOMAS w. GILMER.