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Another Solo Sea FLYER Starts.

Attempts at solo flying across the At
lantIc continue, despite the desperate
danger of the undertaking; indeed, the
extremely slender chance of success.
Yesterday Urban F. Diteman, a Mon
tana cattleman, who has had a little
aviation experience, but not SUFFICIENT
TO justify his assumption Of the role Of
an ocean flyer, set forth from Harbor
Grace, Newfoundland, in q small plane,
which he had himself rugged for the
undertaking, with 1855 gallons of fuel
enough, it is estimated, for about
twenty-five hours of flying in normal
conditions. That amount would enable
him to reach London, his announced
objective, unless he should meet strong
headwinds. But the percentage runs
heavily against him, for at this season
Of the year he is likely to run into that
gravest of ocean-iying perils--frozen
spray on the wings and body Of the
plane. dragging the machine to the
surface and causing total loss.
This Is the third solo endeavor tc
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general of broad vision and high intel
ligence the events which attended the
birth of the Nation might have had
far different outcome.
Instead we find this honest, well
meaning, narrow soldier utterly unable
to appreciate the great forces which
were moving about him, and which soon
were to overwhelm him. In a few
weeks he understood them better, as
the tide of revolt gathered impetus about
him. But it was too late to remedy
the situation.
Gen. Gage had the old military con-
tempt for the civilian in arms He had
yet to learn that once the tide Of pop
ular passion is aroused the shop-keep-
err and mechanic become endowed with
a mystic force against which the skill
and discipline of the soldier may avail
little. That was what happened In
New England.
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single American flag displayed in the
Persian city of Urumia, where a horde
of refugees was gathered, saved the
lives of $4,000 Assyrians over period
of several months.
One Of Washington's new residents
is Maj. Gen. Merch B. Stewart, u. S. A.,
retired, who quit the military estab-
lishment a year or two ago following a
sudden breakdown. He was superin-
tendent of the Military Academy at
Gen. Stewart is on his feet again and
apparently in good shape. He and Mrs.
Stewart have been Army folks ever
since the general got his lieutenant
commission in 1895. He has fine
fighting record, covering active service
in Cuba, the Philippines and the World
War. In addition to his superior mill
tary qualities, Gen. Stewart Is an au-
thor of distinction, having produced
half a dozen books on Army affairs,
which are regarded standards of their
kind The general is a Virginian. He
wears the Croix de Guerre Of France
and Is an officer of the Legion of Honor.
X
Two volumes of World War docu-
ments which are intimately identified
with the deeds which gave Herbert
Hoover his first fame have just left
the press. They are entitled Public
Relations of the Commission for Re-
lief in acknowledgements and bear
the name Of George 1. Gay as editor
The books are intended to present ma
terial for future historians regarding
the origin and accomplishments of the
Belgium Relief Commission, of which
Hoover was chairman. The documents
are drawn from the archives of the
commission, now in the custody of the
Hoover War Library at Stanford Uni
verSity Men and women who served
with Hoover, DR.. Vernon Kellogg and
the other Belgium relief leaders. are
to be presented with copies of the books.
A limited number is available by pur-
chase at $40 for the set. Mr.. Gay, who
tive of the Belgium Relief Commission
in the Hoover Library at Stanford.
X X X
Madison, Ind, the little HooSier town
on the northern bank of the Ohio River
opposite Louisville-at which President
Hoover expects to tarry this week
once upon q time hoped t, be the
biggest city in Indiana. Those were the
days long before the Civil War, when
Madison dreamed of being river port
as important as st. Louis or New Or
leans. The towns richest man wa.
Sidney Lanier, banker and merchant
who immOrtalized himself in HooSier
history by offering the famous Civil
War Governor of Indiana, Oliver p.
Morton, his full fortune. in order that
the State might do its full duty by the
Union cause. The offer was accepted
Later Lanier became q partner in the
Wall Street banking firm Of Winslow,
Lanier IL Co.
Copyright, 1922
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Brands Eleventh Downfall"

When Aristide BRAND assumed the
lead of the French ministry at the END
of July he virtually took over the Poin-
care government, the head OF which hao
been forced to retire by the failure OF
his health. The BRAND ministry was
given a vote of confidence by 324 to 1856
with nearly 40 members not voting
BRAND asked for three months truce
in internal politics This was granted In
order that he might go to The Hague
| conference Now with the truce period
almost ended and with a new Parlia-
ment in session the BRAND ministry has
been denied a renewed vote Of conf
dence, the premier losing on roll call by
a vote of 28S to 277 1t was a case OF
| mot so deep as a we'll nor so wide as a
church door," but it served. The narrow
margin Of eleven votes ended the truce
and ousted the ministry, making the
eleventh time that Aristide BRAND
has walked out of the chamber Of depu-
ties followed by his resigning fellow
ministers.
The adverse vote was a combination
of socialists, members of the right wing
and also members of the center
Whether this bloc will have the con-
structive power to form and support a
ministry remains to be seen. The over
throw Of the government, it is stated
was planned by the radical socialists,
,rLoso oro,,a1 oororare ho0ips Of PheinS
tomorrow. It Is said that their purpose
is to clear away the government formed
in the emergency caused by Poincare's
resignation, and to reconstruct the min
istry to mark clearly the distinction be-
tween the conservative and the radical
elements In the chamber of deputies.
Thus this move has the semhlance Of a
gesture purely political in its character,
which does not augur for a long con-
tinuance of the new ministry, by whom
ever it may be headed.
Immediate thought is given in this
country to the question of whether the
change of ministry at Paris will have
any effect upon the participation OF
France in the London naval limitation
conference in January. 1t is not to be
expected that Brands retirement will
bear in any way upon the French policy
on that occasion. In the first place, the
successor ministry may itself be so short
lived as to have passed out Of ONCE be-
fore the conference is held. 1t often
happens in France that when ministerial
upsets begin they recur frequently in a
series, with finally a sterilization per-
hitting a long tenure. BRAND himself
may be back in once for the twelfth
time in January.
This shake-up at Paris may have the
result of bringing new men to the front.
If the socialists of the more radical type
gain the ascendancy and dominate the
ministry some surprising figures may
come into view. Perhaps the best thing
that could happen to France would be
another political crisis, leading at the
next election to the return of definite
majority Of one party in Parliament per-
hitting the formation of truly respon-
sible ministry.
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Concord and Lexington.

The celebrated skirmishes at LeXing-
ton and Concord were rather annoying
to the Hon. Thomas Gage, major gen.
eral Of His Majesty's forces in North
America.
But the British commander, with the
Old order crashing about his ears, at
'tached little real significance to those
events of April 10, ITS, which the
turn Of time has given such an i'm
portant place in American history
. Cages report of the affair to Viscount
harrington, British minister of war, is
contained in the mass of hitherto UNI
published manuscripts just secured by
the European mission of the Library Of
Congress.
1t is an Illuminating paper. Amer
lean writer's have invested these Skin
nnishes with a great deal of colorfu
legend. They have slorihed them ir
such poems as Emerson's Concord
Bridge" and LongfelloW's Paul Revere''
Ride" Now comes the cold, prosaic re-
port of the soldier To Gen. Gage Il
Yves a part of the days work. Hi
viewpoint, of course, was exactly TIT
opposite from that of the American
glorifers OF the heroic farmers in home
spun.
1t Is well to have both sides of his
tory. We are in constant danger o
losing sight Of the fact that there ar
two sides to every controversy, but tn
position of the loser seldom is AIDE
quately represented in the pictur
which is passed on TO the future. Gage
contempt for the Yankees seems rathe
naive In the light Of what was to hap
pen in the next decade, but 1t form
an essential part of the pietur
Of the New England situation a
the outbreak Of the Revolution. Ha
!. Britain been represented there by
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Public recognition Of the importance
of the submarine question Is given IN the
course OF the debate on the proSpec-
tive conference Of the leading powers
for reduction of naval armament. The
devastating force Of submarine warfare
is attested, but reluctance OF some gov
ernments to give up an effective means
of defense is seen to be an important
factor. There are some Americans also
who hold the submarine to be no more
barbaric than other means Of warfare
now in prospect or likely to be devel-
oped.
In the submarine lies the strength Of
the lesser naval power" 1t is pointed
out by the Chicago Daily News, with
the further statement: unable to COM
pete with the great powers in building
battleships and other vessels carrying
guns Of large caliber, because Of their
prohibitive cost, the smaller power re-
lies upon submarines for the protection
Of its coasts in the event Of armed at
tack War has been renowned
by the nations. The way to prevent the
use of submarines in war Is to prevent
war. Further. If war comes, 1t is safe
to say. in the light Of past experience
and the constantly greater application
of science to the art Of quantity pro-
duction of casualties. submarines will
pEOFC OLly HhhAOA AOAlOho dHAlo tAiC
shocking total Of effective agencies Of
destruction"
The Little Rock Arkansas Demo-
crat similarly asks: But why discrimi-
nate? Is the submarine any more
cowardly than the airplane can be
made in war? Is the bombing of help
less towns by airmen any more
humane or human than the sinking Of
a merchant ship on which there are
non-combatants. What Of the use Of
poison gas? Even II IL is not as deadly
as its defenders declare, so long as 1t
is used in war won't 1t be a death
threat to women and children even
outside the zone of actual fighting!"
Ultimate results are suggested by the
Portland oregon Journal as its peace
views are presented: But the time is
coming when the peoples Of the nations
will listen to the Ramsay Macdonalds
and the Herbert. HooverS. and when
the clamor of peoples will force the
governments to listen and heed. Other
wise the war-makerS will plan on. plot
on, carry on, until in a great world war
bombs and poison gas In showers and
floods and cyclones from the sky will
blot out civilization and dynamite man
kind into an enforced peace"
Sincerity" is the keynote Of the de-
mand made by the Ann Arbor Daily
News. That paper argues: IF 1t is
possible to get rid of the submarine. by
all means let it be done. But unwilling
consent upon the part of any power that
is convinced it needs such O weapon
would In all probability be capable of
more harm than would frank refusal.
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Good Results Forecast
From MayO's Criticism

From the Worcester Evening Gazette
DR.. w. j. Mayo of Rochester MINI,
has apparently stirred things up con-
siderably among surgeons and hospitals
by his cutspoken remarks about too
much craftsmanship and not enough
humanity" Other surgeons attending
the eleventh annual congress of the
American College of Surgeons at Chi
cago, at one of whose sessions DR.. Mayo
loosed his winged words, have taken 1t
upon themselves to reply; some rather
heatedly.
May they go to it! The row cannot
but result in good. Honest criticism can
do no harm; indeed, without it improve
ment Is difiicult. Those surgeons and
hospitals hit by DR.. Mayo's structures
will have a livelier consciousness OF
their shortcomings. That must result
in improvement. At first, perhaps, pub
lie confidence in hospitals and surgeons
may be unfavorably affected by what
DR.. Mayo said, but such doubt will soon
pass away.
Even the best Of us profit from an
occasional stin self-exanaination That
Is the process which Or. Mayo has
forced upon surgeons and hospitals. /,
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Don't Open the Door!

A recent news story told Of young
hour, while her husband was away at
his work, to find two men who insisted
on coming in and drinking in her
presence. That she was able TO call
her husband on the telephone and
escape harm was probably due to the
intoxicated condition Of the unwelcome
visitors.
Many persons seem to think that they
must open q door when a knock on
it sounds. Nothing could be further
from the truth. Doors most often do
their best work when they remain
solidly closed.
for women left alone in homes, either
in daytime or at night, to find out
exactly who is at the door before they
open it. 1t should never be forgotten
that it is comparatively easy for any
one to find out the name Of dweller
at a given address.
Often in apartment houses the names
are carried in cards above the mail
boxes of the various occupants. Simply
because some one knocks at the door
and requests to be allowed to come
In is no reason at all why he should
be granted that courtesy.
Simply because a stranger politely
uses ones correct name is still no
reason why the door should be swung
open for him. A large city is a large
city. it must never be forgotten. If
those who knock have any right Of en-
trance, let them make it very plain be-
fore the door is opened.
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Passing of an Old Friend.

quiet revolution is being wrought
in the secondhand furniture stores.
Where once battered sideboards and
dining room tables stood on sidewalks,
imploring passersby to stop and con-
slider them, for old times sake, today
glistening new pieces Of mahogany
stand boldly forth.
Thus, as such establishments quietly
place themselves into new classifica-
ton, pass some of the older landmarks
Of our fair city. Washington Is grow
ing up in more ways thar one. We
not only have a fresh murder mystery
every week, but we have more auto
mobiles per capita than any other
city, and perhaps fewer second hand
stores.
The secondhand store is aptly de-
scribed by its name. 1t is-or rather
was-a place where varying articles OF
household use were making q last
stand. Here was sofa, where John
ard Emmy sat out a long courtship
Here reposed, in such state as the
sidewalk stand could give 1t, fine
etching which once hung high in some
parlor.
The parlors have gone. and with
them the secondhand furniture stores
are going. as their proprietors find that
the public wants new stun. The pub
lie is better of, whatever the reason
it has more money to spend; it want.
more and better furniture; it wants I.
|. create It's own traditions around I'll
own chairs and tables, instead of taking
the dusty remembrances Of others.
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the Senate. He comes UP next year
for denomination and reelection. There
has been some doubt as TO whether
Senator Norris would run. Back In
1923 there was similar doubt, for Sena-
tor Norris had indicated, 1t was said,
he might not be q candidate. But
when the time rolled around, Senator
Norris name was presented to the
voters and he was overwhelmingly re-
elected in 1924. He has a great per-
Sonal following In Nebraska, and doubt
less could be reelected next year. The
chances appear to be strongly that he
will stand for reelection. If he does
some regular Republican may challenge
him in the primary. His support Of
Al Smith last year and his opposition
to the Hoover administration so far
have aroused many Of the regulars
against him.
The regular Republicans In the sew
enth Minnesota congressional district
failed utterly to make Roadway against
Paul Kvale, Farmer-Labor in the cleo
ton to fill the vacancy in the House
caused by the death of the late Repre-
sentative Kvale, his father. Paul Kvale
had the Democratic nomination, too.
He was opposed by j. @. Morrison, regu-
lar Republican. But Kvale won by a
three-to-one vote. The House tariff bill
has been particularly unpopular in
Minnesota, where 1t has been attacked
In the newspapers and on the stump
ever since 1t was reported to the House.
Kvale's father had the Democratic
nomination as well as the Farmer
Labor In his contests for the House, too.
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Undersea Issue Outstanding
AS Arms Farley Approaches

Whatever Is accomplished at the confer.
ence will encourage, rather than diSsi-
pate, dangerous suspicious, unless each
signatory 10 motivated by the spirit OF
sincerity"
The Bangor Commercial expresses the
view: 1T is most probable that Pre-
nier Macdonald and President Hoover
are not nursing any misconceptions.
They doubtless are well aware that
France, Italy and Japan will not con-
sent to elimination OF the underwater
craft from warfare. But II the issue Is
pressed there may be some concessions
as to the elimination of certain forms
of submarines and restrictions Of the
activities Of such craft Any movement
in that direction would be beneficial to
the world" The Springfield (Ohio)
Sun also sees purpose Ito offer some.
thing to trade upon"
There is much ground for hope that
definite advancement for naval Imita-
ton will be made at London" states
the Cleveland Plain Dealer, but there
Is no reason for sustaining the hope,
however desirable 1t may be, that sub
marines will be renounced by the world
at least not now" The New Orleans
Item asserts that "only extreme OPP
timiSts will believe that France or Italy
will agree to abolition or even to any
D.
It Is agreed by the San Antonio Ex-
press that France and Italy may reject
the Anglo-American proposal" and that
paper continues: 80 far those coun-
tries principal journals have shown
disposition to oppose such a movement.
AT Washington almost eight years ago
French tnsistence upon retaining sub
marines moved Great Britain to exclude
light cruisers from the categories af-
tnFf k2xFk 49,,
appears more willing to overlook the
technical phases and to discuss the en-
tire naval problem from a broader view
point"
"One school of naval thought" de-
clareS the Birmingham News. "consid-
erS the old capital ships practically OBJ
solete. 1t holds that the effective mod
ern navy must depend upon aircraft,
swift cruisers and larger submarines.
This school has many adherents in the
United States and Great Britain. But
they predominant in France and Italy.
They cite how nearly Germany came TO
starving England. despite the allies al
most absolute control of the seas, or
rather the surface of the waters. French
and italian naval experts of this class
hold that the submarine is essential to
their national defense. Neither France
nor Italy. therefore, is likely TO favor
limitation of submarines, much less
their abolition. This is not pessimisni,
but merely a summary of the elemen-
tary facts. The French and italian
positions are ineligible. They will have
to be reckoned with at the round table
in London"
We see no sound reason" says the
st. Louis Times, Ito oppose the italian
and French attitude. Submarines are
essentially defensive vessels. Two sub
seaport so times as invulnerable as
could feet of battleships. If the other
powers to the conference concede this
point it will be well enough"
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cross the Atlantic. Lindbergf, the frst
to try. made goal. His flight was so
smoothly executed, so perfect in every
respect, that 1t has encouraged others
to plan the same attempt. Only two
however have actually started. Mac
donald, q Canadian, some months ago
and now Diteman. Macdonald ran out
of gasoline and sank to his death, leav-
ing q note in a can which was later
found telling the tragic story of the
exhaustion of his fuel.
Perhaps Diteman in the Golden Hind
may make the crossing. OF course,
everybody hopes that he will. II he
does, he will be a hero. If he fails, as
there is reason to fear that he will, he
will be rated as merely another fool
hardy adventurer in search Of fame and
glory.
But, after all no measurement Of the
adverse chances will ever deter the in
trepid ones from undertaking such
flights. The lure of the sea, the UNI
known peril of the vast stretch of wa
tiers, is too strong to be resisted. There
is nothing to be gained by success, per-
haps, beyond bit of publicity, some
limelight glory for little while, maybe
lecturing fees. Some other sensation
soon comes to obscure the performance.
Lindbergh has held his own a long
tine, and is even yet, more than two
years after his achievement, marked
man in the public range Of attention.
But even a second Lindbergh cannot
expect such continuous adulation and
high appraisal. Even so. they keep on
planning to make the attempt, and some
set of into the void over the waste of
waters.