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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-07

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the Sc portion OF
SEA NEN lying
between R. @. 4 ].
r.ofw. and Front
st. Grand Valley
Uintah Products Re-
filming Co. -------NA Lots 1-6
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lot 3 9 Of R. q. J.
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Evening star., 1924-04-22
Presidential Handshaking.

One of the hardships of the presiden.
tial Office has in recent years come to
be that of maintaining personal con.
tact. with the people of the country
through receptions, and especially in
the matter of shaking hands. In former
times comparatively few peonle came
to Washington to see the I ssident
Delega tiens were infrequent and small
Callers at the White House were not
so numerous that their personal recep-
ton was a burden upon the Chief
Executive. But Of late years the
stream has increased, until now the
President. If he were to see everybody
who desires to greet him and to pay
personal respects, would be occupied
for several hours daily and would be
subjected to great strain and serious
physical fatigue. The late President
Harding tried to see and to shake
hands with all who came, but he found
lit necessary to limit the hours Of re.
ception and to some extent the num-
baks, Of those received. Even SO he
was subjected to a heavy pressure
which proved a drain : upon his
strength.
Now President Coolidge, it is an
nouneed, has decided to forego hand.
Shaking with the large groups of call
Evening star., 1924-04-22

ers, who, however, win be permitted to
pass through the executive Offices at
certain times while he Is engaged in
his work. For this he has been criti.
cized in the Senate by one whom it
is needless to name, who says that this
is deprival of American citizens of
an ideal privilege.
If the President of the United States
had nothing more to do than to clasp
hands with the people he might well
sacrifice the time and strength neces'
sary to undergo the ordeal. And he
could be occupied thereby constantly.
But other matters demand his atten-
tion and call upon his strength. He
must spend several hours daily at his
desk in what may be described as
routine work, in the last degree taxing
in the requirement Of concentration
and attention to detail. He must con.
fer with people OF official position. He
must meet certain social obligations.
He must have time for relaxation. No
man can stand the strain Of the presi-
dency in present conditions and be at
the same time available for the graft
fication of a perfectly commendable
public desire for contact.
1t is scarcely appropriate to criticize
the Presidents decision to save his
strength for the public service when,
as everybody knows. every ounce of
his strength IS required to do his duty
by the country at a time of the great
est difficulty and heaviest RESPONSE
bility.
Evening star., 1924-04-22
No Duplicate Discharges
Ex-Soldiers Cannot Obtain Lost
Papers From Department.
To the Editor Of The Star;

To the Editor Of The Star:
In the Answers to Questions
printed Saturday. in The Star it was
stated that copy of lost Army dis
charge papers may be obtained by
application to the adjutant generals
Office. This is erroneous and misIead-
ing. A soldier cannot obtain a copy
of his lost discharge paper from the
War Department, for the reason that
the said department has no data from
which a copy can be made.
Therefore, the War Department as
well as the pension bureau and the
United States Veterans Bureau eau
ton all honorably discharged soldiers
to use great care to preserve their
original discharge papers, as they
cannot be replaced when lost or de-
The War Department can and does
issue to honorably discharged SOL
diers, or to their widows. certificates
in lieu of lost or destroyed discharge
papers, but these certificates contain
only the name and rank of the SOL
dier, and the date of his enlistment
and discharge, and they are very diff
ferent documents from original dis
charge papers, as thousands of our
soldier boys, old and young. who have
lost their original papers Will testify.
JOHN c. RATHBONE.
Evening star., 1924-04-22
Today's Primaries.

In two states, Eew Jersey and Penn
sylvania, that will send 110 delegates
to the Republican national convention,
the voters are going to the polls today
to choose the delegates. 1t is predicted
that the men selected will be found in
the Coolidge column, thereby adding to
the total favorable to the President,
which will then be more than 100 in
excess of the number required to nom
mate.
There are interesting features in the
situation in each state. In New Jer-
sey Senator Hiram w. Johnson has
just closed an intensive campaign for
his own hand, which he has been main
tanning even after President Coolidge
went lover the top with his majority
Of the convention personnel. Senator
Johnson carried the primaries in New
Jersey four years ago, and had builded
high hopes of repeating the victory
this year. A full Johnson slate of dele
gates is on the ballot in today'S pri-
maries.
In Pennsylvania the issue, since it
is agreed that the Pennsylvania dele
CATION to the national convention will
be for President Coolidge, is a contest
between Gov. Pinchot and Representa-
tive William S. Ware, Philadelphia Re
publican leader. Mr.. Ware recently de-
clared his opposition to the selection
of the governor as a delegate at large
Gov. Pinchot came back yesterday
with the charge that the liquor in
terests of the state were behind the op-
position to his candidacy, and declared
that the issue is prohibition law en-
forcement, to which the Pinchot ad-
ministration is unalterably pledged
He said that whether he loses in the
campaign for delegate at large or not
the fight against the liquor interests
will be mercilessly waged.
1t is interesting to note that in his
statement Gov. Pinchot took occasion
to remark that President Coolidge's
nomination is not doubted by any one
and that Il, as loyal Republican, will
support him in the campaign
Evening star., 1924-04-22
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANpER JOHNSON.
Unfinished Business.


Good Grandpa by the freside sits
And warns his rheumatic.
Says he, 1.-The country never quits
Investigation biz.
The questions which long since begu
To make the people cross
Were, Who hit Billy Patterson
And Where is Charley Ross?'
Great problems constantly unfold,
Which is no more than right.
We tackle new ones, while the old
Remain unsettled quite.
All gravely first, and then in fun,
Such queries forth we'd toss,
AS Who hit Billy Patterson
And Where is Charley Ross?'
"In spite of theories evolved
With industry and skill,
Great mysteries remain unsolved,
AS many always will.
I'm clinging to those tasks undone
Which leave me at loss,
Like Who hit Billy Patterson
And Where is Charley Ross?'"
Evening star., 1924-04-22

There will be keen disappointment
In many quarters that President
Coolidge's New York speech made no
| reference to the Japanese situation.
Some authorities think they discern
hint that 4 presidential veto awaits
The exclusion bill. In his peroration
Mr.. Coolidge dweIt upon Amerlcas
preference OF peace To war, and
| added: I'VE believe In treaties and
covenants and international law as "a
permanent record for reliable de-
| termination of action" The gentle
mems agreement with Japan was n
covenant" Anti-excIuslonists, who
hoped for n ringing pronouncement
from the President, derive comfort
from the crumb just quoted. The
White House Is not pleased with the
manner in which the Senate disposed
of the gentlemens agreement with
Japan. But the impressive majorities
by which both House and Senate
voted for exclusion are likely to de-
ter the President from the futile ef-
fort of overriding their will.
X 4 +
Your Washington and Mine" is
the happy title of a book, just off the
press, by Miss Louise +. Latimer
Miss Latimer is n member of the staff
of the Public Library Of the District
of Columbia. Her epic of the Ma
tional Capital is the elimination of
some years of painstaking research
under the watchful eye Of Dr. George
F. Bowerman. the Districts accom-
plished Librarian. The book begins
with the Powhatans and ends with
the Coolidges. No important event
that has left its impress upon the
intervening life and times of Wash
ington escapes Miss Latimer's grace
fnl pen. Most books about the Fed
eral city have been distinguished for
their superficiality. Your Washing
ton and Mine" is an amazingly COM
piete narrative OF historical accu-
racy. descriptive beauty and forceful
expression. In her chapter on the
Miss Latimer strikes note that
ought to echo far beyond the borders
OF this dtsfranchised area
One American who doesn't expect
American and Japanese guns to he
roaring at one another in the Pacific
has just left the United States for
Toxic. He is Dallas D. L. McGrew.
who will shortly become foreign
counselor Of the imperial Japanese
foreign office. For the past three
years McGrew has been the Ameri-
can secretary of the japanese en-
bassy in Washington. He succeeds
at Toxic another young American
Frederick Moore, who, in turn, will
replace McGrew in Washington Nc
Grew fits into the mystic east for
several reasons. He was born of
American parents at Cawnpore. India.
During the early days of our pos
session Of the Philippines McGrew was
assistant to the consulting architect
of the Philippines Commission. Fol-
lowing the world war he represented
the International Banking Corpora
ton In China and Japan. In college
days at Harvard McGrew Stroked
famous Crimson crew
x * x X
Some of the best yarns of the re-
cent Continental Congress of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton in Washington escaped public
attention. The Daughters themselves
award first prize to the episode of
speech by a certain Mr.. Mumm. He
Evening star., 1924-04-22
The District Bill,

There is ground for disappointment
in the form in which the District ap-
preparation bill comes from the House
committee today. 1t fails to appropri-
ate as large a sum as was carried by
the current law by s8S7 Jos, and falls
below the budget estimates by S1,S53,-
333, these figures not including the
water service. The budget figures
were in themselves a large reduction
from the estimates of the Commission
erS, who were compelled to prune re-
peatedly their original computations
of District needs before the bureau of
the budget would accept them. Even
the budget figures, therefore, represent
much smaller allotment of money
than is required for the proper main
tenance of the National Capital and
for it's development along lines of
needed improvement.
In thus ignoring the budget figures
save in a few instances the House
committee has gone back to the old
method of cutting below the probable
point of final appropriation, leaving
the real framing of the bill to meet
the necessities of the case to the Sen
ate and to the conference. This has
proved TO be an unsatisfactory method
in the past, and there is no ground for
expecting betterment now.
In one important respect the bill is
conspicuously in arrears, and that is
in street improvements. For the cur
rent year $573,300 was appropriated.
The budget estimate was $700, 900. The
bill carries S482,750. In the matter of
street repairs likewise. $4,000 is cut
off from the budget estimates leaving
the amount at s550,000, the same as
the present appropriation. Washing
tons streets are in serious condition
of disrepair, and the appropriation
should be largely increased to bring
them up to the point Of safety.
The appropriation for the pay Of
teachers was likewise smaller than the
current law and the estimates. The
provision for new buildings is only
$3.50, 900, as against a budget estimate
of 81. .6S7 500. although the need of new
structures is plainly evident. Improve
ments in the fire department call for
1892 900, as against a budget estimate
of S190.500. For the maintenance of
the tuberculosis Hospital and Gal
linger Hospital curtailments also occur.
The cuts from the estimates and
from the current law run all through
the measure. They are obviously die
tated by a desire to reduce the total,
and while this work has been done
with care and considerate discrimina-
ton, yet the result is, as stated. a dis
appointment in that the District must
continue to look to the Senate for
those increases which are essential if
the National Capital is to be main
tanned and developed at the required
rate.
Evening star., 1924-04-22
Eleanora Duse.

While there is pathetic tragedy in
the death of Eleanora Duse, thousands
of miles from her home, at the same
time there is a certain appropriateness
that she should pass from life as she
entered it, ION tour For she was
of her player parents touring Italy
October 8, 1859, and for many years
her only home was on wheels, her
playground was the roadside, her com.
panions were the children of the play
ing group Of entertainers with which
her father and mother belonged. This
little wanderer became one of the
worlds greatest actresses. She died at
the height of her genius.
Duse's life was a sad one, life OF
devotion to her art, yet with little of
the happiness that comes from great
artistic achievement. Deeply religious,
she played devotionally, reverently for
purpose. She never appealed to the
lower tastes. She made no call upon
the applause Of her public. She was
devoted to the highest principles of
drama. To her the consideration OF
monetary returns was Of no moment
Managers exploited her, but to their
needs and plans she was Indifferent
save as to conscientious fulfillment
Of her contract so far as her strength
permitted.
1t has always been great regret
to the American people that they
could~not hear Duse in the language OF
common understanding. But she acted
the universal language. so that those
who witnessed her performances were
Evening star., 1924-04-22
Standing by Your Men
BY JOHN CARLYLE

A large and successful manrf,c+ur
ing plant in rniddIe-westnrn TO-
e,"p'oyS 1000 men. We viii call i'd
the Ohio Copper Company, thoug,
that is not its name.
me Ohio Copper Company nIa,t
LOOKS like thousands of other fna
plants on the outside, but it's differ
sht' IL mas an inside that is different
! mas plan and a soul that are diff
! ferent.
20" the strange and interesting
thing about this concern is that tho
men who are employed there are
proud to work for the Ohio Copper 7
Company. !
10 into that town and ask a man
what church he goes 10 and he vii
say: Some times l 20 to the Meth
odist and again l go to the Baptist"
ASK him what lodge he belongs to
and he will tell you quietly, as a
matter of fact. But ask him where
he works, and If he is one Of thar
fortunate 1900 he viii JUST instinct
lively stretch himself an inch, throw
out his chest and say:
m one of the Copper Company
men. That's me-
What is the answer? For every
phenomenon IN the industrial world
as well as in the natural world has
an answer, has a reason.
] talked with a Clear-eyed, large
hearted man whose vision passes
right through the great brick walls.
the railroad yards and the intricate
machinery of that plant He sees
light into the hearts and lives of
these 1900 co-worElers. knowing
men he understands them. Under :
standing men, he helps them. He is
the personnel manager. That is the
history of loyalty, of contentment. of
production, Of pride in plant and
pride in work.
The theory and practice Of the Ohio
Copper Company is that II man is
honest with time. he will be honest
with money. When workman wants
TO borrow some money to buy home
or pay off the mortgage or take care
OF the emergency needs of his fam
lily. he goes to the personnel officer
the man with the far vision.
When a workman begins to fail
down on production, the personnel
manager finds il out. He has talk
with that man. Something is worry
ing him. What is it?
The man hears this from the liph
Of his friend, the personnel boss:
II YOU are +or tHe oniO copper
Company, the company is for you. Il
you stand by the company. the com
pany stands by you. What is your
trouble? What are you worrying
about? What do you need and how
much do you need?
The boss can't know every man,
but | am his representative l want
to know you and L want you to know
me-"
And that is why labor turnover is
no longer problem at this Ohio CON
Germ. This is the answer to loyalty
and to Contentment
Copyright, 1s24)
Evening star., 1924-04-22
Editors Doubtful Regarding
Future Success of Fascist
Copyright, I24.)

fuddled and dangerously inactive
ministries" while "the present SyS-
tenn At least gives opportunity for
the enactment of legislative pro-
gram that is supposed to meet with
the approval of most of the citizens"
claims there are times when a be-
neyolent dictatorship is indispensable
TO a people, and Italy had come upon
such time when Mussolini got busy
with his black shirts" That his
judgment was sound. the Seattle
Times thinks. has been demonstrated
by the results of the election.
THE weakness inherent in parlia-
mentary government as against the
strengh displayed by efficient autoc-
racy seems to have pointed the con-
tinent away from democratic institu-
tions," according to the Brooklyn
Eagle, which insists. nevertheless,
that '-those who believe in national
sacrifice for the sake of international
amity will find little encouragement
in the returns from Italy" However
undemocratic his methods, the Louis
VILE Courier-Journal. the Providence
Journal and the Buffalo News hold
great things for Italy, but now that
he is assured a clear field, they won
der whether the confidence that comes
with complete success will unbalance
the intelligence that has marked his
actions up to this time.
True, "he has been a benevolent
dictator, and Italy has advanced"
agrees the St Paul Pioneer-Press, but
he has throttled democracy in Italy,
and it will reaSserr itself" There
fore, the duration of Fascist rule, the
Lynchburg Advance considers, will
depend upon the wisdom with which
Mussolini wields the powers he has
been given The Pittsburgh Gazette
Times adds it's opinion that ''NIusso-
lini will last as long as Fascismo
stands united, but all political expe-
rience warns of the danger in unlim-
tied power, and of the instability of
overwhelming party majorities, and
although "he has settled the hash of
the other parties, this does not neces-
sarily, nor is it likely to, make his
political control of Italy more secure
than it has been" Even though Fas-
cism in it's revolutionary period stood
every test, the New York Herald
Tribune concludes "it will remain for
Mussolini to show that it can retain
it's purer traditions in days of relaxed
tension and constitutional legiti-
macy.
Evening star., 1924-04-22
Hardest Part of Flight
Around Globe at Hand

American aviators bound for Japan
from Alaska, on their trip around the
world, have encountered hard going
in the northern coast region. Sleet
and fog, wind and cold have held up
the planes, which have had to await
more favorable weather conditions
before continuing their flight.
Like the north Atlantic, the Arctic
end of the Pacific Ocean is the home
of gales and fogs that make nayiga-
ton in that part of the world any
thing but pleasurable at this season.
Army authorities who planned the
knew that fact as well as did the
weather bureau, but decided that the
chance of getting through was worth
taking. In the jump across the north
Pacific, along the chain of the Aleu-
tian Islands, the planes will be far
out of touch with civilization for
days, If anything goes wrong, the
unpleasant things that may happen
to an unfortunate plane and its crew
in that desolate region are not agree
able to contemplate.
AS far as the flying is concerned,
there seems no reason to doubt that
the, planes will be able to withstand
any tempest that they may encounter
But the fogs that conceal mountains
on the islands and that hide the land
Ing HeIuS, ~ SOY hoehih6 VI lhc SWIAI
wind drift that may carry the planes
far off their course over an empty
and inhospitable sea, are greater OBJ
stacles than are the, vast distances
that must be covered.
waiting for the flyers on the Ash
attic side of the Pacific will be Ameri-
can destroyers, sent northward along
the kurile Islands to bring supplies
for the machines and food for the
men. If the huge gap between Alas
ka and Japan can be spanned, the re-
mainder of the long journey ought
not to offer any serious difficulties
until the planes reach Ireland, whence
the North Atlantic must be crossed to
America. BY that time, however, the
great peril Of spring storms will have
been removed by the genial influence
Of >the sun,-Rochester Herald.
Evening star., 1924-04-22

never left in doubt as to the emotions
which she expressed. Like Bernhardt,
she lived her representations vividly.
She was wise in not attempting to
learn another tongue and to preserve
her art in the medium of the liquid
language Of her nativity.
America has been honored by this
farewell visit of a great woman.
Evening star., 1924-04-22
Trees of U. S. Praised.

To the Editor of The Star:
Your editorial of the 18th, Liste
to Our Tale of Vice." is admirabf
written and expresses deep though
We need to be reminded often Of tn
BEAUTIES of our own wild flowers, S
abundant all over the United State'
The cherry blossom trees have to
much attention. IT has made tn
orientals a bit conceited, / thinl
There should be planted on oppdSit
sides Of the tidal basin all the vd
rieties OF the trees mentioned In tn
editorial. LOUIS GICLAS
Evening star., 1924-04-22

The plain German citizen who learns
that junkers are spending real money
abroad and receiving cordial welcome
from former enemies will naturally
wonder whether the cards are not
being stacked against him.
Evening star., 1924-04-22

A diplomat may occasionally be
flee by assuming the responsibility for
a mistaken policy in terms Of per-
sonal blunder.
Evening star., 1924-04-22
Distinguished Contact.

IT don't care so much about com.
pensation," said the caller. What 1
want is a chance to meet a few well
known people and get in touch with
big affairs"
WELL" remarked Senator Sorghum,
after some reflection, why don't you
make an effort to get yourself drawn
on the grand jury?"
Evening star., 1924-04-22

There may be moments when Smed-
ley Butler is tempted to forsake Phila.
delphia and give his attention to the
crime wave suggested by the pages of
the Congressional Record.
Evening star., 1924-04-22

A few European economists doubt
less hope that if there should be an
other war it will concentrate on the
Pacific instead Of the Atlantic Ocean.
Evening star., 1924-04-22

Tf>the hair experts are correct. the
bobbed-hair bandit will change her ap-
pearance naturally and become known
to the police as the bald headed bandit.
Evening star., 1924-04-22

Announcements Of primary results
are never sufficiently positive to keep
a few belated hats from drifting into
the ring.
Evening star., 1924-04-22

Experiences of Tardieu as a stump
speaker tend to damage the we'll es-
tablished reputation of the French
people for .poIiteness.
Evening star., 1924-04-22
All Other States.
Member of the Associated Press.

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n this paper and also the local news pub
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special dispatches herein also reserved.
Evening star., 1924-04-22

Spectators in German currency
feel that Uncle Sam is capable of Civ
ing good financial advice even if he
did take a large amount Of bad money.
Evening star., 1924-04-22

There was no senatorial courtesy
implied in Mr.. Daugherty's willingness
to pass the investigation spotlight
along to Mr.. Wheeler.
Evening star., 1924-04-22

Science continues to warn people
that kissing is dangerous. Lawyers
add their testimony to the theory's
correctness.