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NATIONAL CAPITAL
AFFAIRS
jG
THE LUTHER REGISTER
In fheLimeBAht
Moffett on Aeronautic Board
Wanted: Mail Robbers at $5,000 Each
WASHINGTON. — Apparently the
ff mail robbers pulled a boner
when they did n bit of robbing at
Sullivan, Ind. Anyway. Sullivan Ih
the home of Postinuster General Hays.
And It looks as if he was a bit
peeved. Anyway, he has Issued this
formal order:
‘To liny postnl employee or oilier
person who brings In n mall robber
the Postofllee department will pay a
reward of not exceeding $5,000. All
essential postal employees will be
fully armed and every man Is expected
to uphold the honor of the service.”
‘These robberies must slop and slop
now,” said Mr. Hays In discussing
the order. “We are going to use ev-
ery power available to do lids, no
matter bow drastfe It is. The West
knows how to handle these criminals.
Just as they used to In the old Wells-
Fargo days.”
Me. Hays called In consolation Rush
D. Simmons, the newly appointed
chief Inspector, and the retiring hlof
Inspector, George M. Sutton. He also
had before him recommendations made
by Mr. Simmons and Mr. Sutton to
meet the emergency and the confi-
dential reports giving details of the
more recent robberies.
It Is the Intention of the depart-
ment to arm ali employees who may
have charge of valuable postal ship-
ments, either on trains or In the ,»ost-
ofllcos. These employees will also be
directed to shoot when they Ibid them-
selves confronted by thieves.
There have been reports of late
which would seem to Indicate that
woiiii! of the mail robberies have been
committed by men who were formerly
In the employ of the I'ostofllce depart-
ment and who know the “ropes.” The
department Is especially anxious to
bring about the arrest of some of the
robbers of this type.
Cupt. William A. Moffett lias been
appointed by President Harding to the
national advisory committee for aero-
nautics. Captain Moffett was In com-
mand of the Great Lakes naval train-
ing station. 11*14-18, and commandant
of the ninth, tenth and eleventh naval
districts. For four years bis name
was almost a household worn In the
West. From Great Lukes he went to
the command of the new buttieshlo
Mississippi. Now he Is In the office of
naval operations, which Is charged
with the operations of the fleet and
the preparation and reudiness of plans
for Its use in war.
Captain Moffett was graduated
from the United States naval acad-
emy In 18IK). He served under Dewey
ut Manila. He commanded the Ches-
ter at Vera Cruz. Incidentally he was
the officer who personally made the
demand on General Saragossa for the
salute of the flag and was awarded
the Medal of Honor for gallant conduct at the taking of Vera Cruz.
The national advisory committee for aeronautics consists of two officers
of the army and two of the navy, representatives of the Smithsonian institu-
tion, the weather bureau and the bureau of standards, together with five ad-
ditional persons acquainted with the needs of aeronautical science or skilled
In aeronautical engineering.
CLEVER POINTS
IN NEW COATS
)ci(ktys'Evening
T 1 -A- -
feirylalef
Barnett of the Marine Corps
This Congress to Regulate Immigration
| .MMIGRATION Is lo be regulated by
1 this congress. Tin Immigration bill
passed In the list days of the Wilson
administration and killed by a pocket
veto Is to he put through practically
In the same form, according to an
understanding arrived at between Its
sponsors and leaders of the senate
and house.
As passed by the last congress, the
hUI provides that the number of aliens
of any nationality who may be admit-
ted In any one year bhall he limited
to 3 per cent of the number of for-
eign-horn persons of such nationality
resident In the United Stales, as de-
termined by the census of 11)10, and
that, lifter July 1, 1021. the number
of aliens of any nationality who may
he admitted In any one calendar
month sliaII not exceed 15 per cent
of the total number of such aliens
admissible In that fiscal year.
Allens returning from temporary
visits abroad and aliens who are pro-
fessional aelors, artists, lecturers,
singers, or nurses, ministers, profes-
sors. or aliens belonging to any rec-
ognized learned profession, or aliens
employed us domestic servants may
c. •
he admitted even If the maximum
have entered the United States In the
same month or year, but only aliens
of these classes arriving before the
entrance of the maximum number
shall be counted In reckoning the per-
centage limits as provided In the net.
A few changes have been made clari-
fying especially the paragraphs on-
coming the countries whose political
boundaries have changed since 11*10.
A new provision limiting to 50,000
the Immigration from any country In
any one year may be added to the hill
If Its sponsors can satisfy themselves
that the passage of the measure will
not be eudangcred or deferred there-
by.
MaJ. Gen. George Barnett, who be-
came commandant of the United States
Marine corps In 1014, was removed
from his post of honor by Secretary
,of Navy Daniels and reduced to
the rank of brigadier general. Virtu-
ally, the first official act of Secretary
of Navy Denby was to recommend
that Brig. Gen. George Barnett be
mude a permanent major general.
General Barnett's friends hold that
he was responsible in large measure
for the efficiency of the marine corps
during the great war. Under his di-
rection, It grew from a force of 10,000
men to a temporary strength of 75.000
men. When actual hostilities came,
the marines were ready, fully equipped
end in high fighting spirit. Prior to
the ordering abroad of the marine
forces they were properly trained,
clothed and fed, and the results of
their training were manifest at Bel- ____________________
lean Wood. Meuse-Argonne and other
fields of honor.
If the marines had failed In the performance of their duty, If any faults
In training methods had been discovered. General Barnett would have been
held to blame.
Weeks Hops Off in the Flying Game
■si?
'THE first move toward the rehnblll-
1 tntlon of the army aviation service
has been made by Secretary of War
Weeks. It Is the placing of orders for
200 modern pursuit planes and 35
Marlin type bombers, which will cost
approximately $2,240,000.
The pursuit planes of the Thomas
Morse type, thoroughly up to date In
every particular, were ordered from
the Boeing company of Seattle, Wash.
The Martin type bombers were or-
dered from the L. W. F. company of
Garden City, L. I. The 200 pursuit
planes will cost $1,400,000 mil th#
bombers about $24,000 each. The hit- ;
ter will he equipped with Liberty mo-
tors to he furnished by the War de-
partment.
Discussing plans for co-operation
hetwen the War, Navy and i'ostofllce
departments In the matter of avia
tlon management and development,
Secretary Weeks said the commission
named by the President for this pur-
pose would seek to evolve some plan
for air routes which could he used
commercially, If possible; to prepare
a code of laws for government of the
air service In the United States; the
adoption of standard machines for
various purposes to aid the I'ostofllce
department In standardizing their via-
tors; to adopt some plan for meeting
damages created by government
planes In the performance of duty,
and to combine, If possible, the train-
ing schools of various departments
and landing fields wherever practice.,
hie to do so.
France
Return
Herrick
to
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IT IS a little late In the day for the
1- appearance of new developments in
coats, yet they appear and need make
no apology, for the last efforts of the
designers appear to he their best. Fur-
thermore, there Is little prospect of
any radical change in present styles—
they are too satisfactory to he soon
neglected or discarded. The coat pur-
chased now Is destined to pay Its due
of service and discharge Its duties
well. The new arrivals are smart In
line, skillfully made and. when bought
In good qualities of wool materials,
may he depended upon for a long life
In the world of fashion.
Two very handsome models, as pic-
tured, present the advantages of the
scarf collar. At the left a model
brings to mind again the unfailing
charm of the Russian blouse inspira-
tion, with its fastening at the left side
of a long row of buttons and loops. It
Is cut with dolman sleeves and thus
preserves the trimness of the straight
clever trimming of an embroidered
hand somehow manages to simulate a
short cape. The scarf ends, and also
those of the long and narrow girdle,
are finished with ball trimming. **
The cape-coat, or nihntle, at the right
Is another example of skillful design-
ing In which the body of the garment,
with dolman sleeves cut In It, is set
onto a deep cape. Turned-back cuffs,
ornamented with rows of machine
stitching, bespeak the most paltstak- I
ing tailoring, and rows of covered but-
tons defining the shoulder line bear i
out this testimony. The scarf ends
support handsome and dignified silk j
tassels. Both coats have Inconspicu-
ous and practical slit pockets and
both are elegant and graceful.
On the dressier coats for this sea*
son French knot embroidery is effec- j
tively used in hands or otherwise to j
redeem the simple lines and plain ma-
terials from severity. It is newer than
MARY GRAHAM BONNER.
i ctrrlic.nl li VUTUN MWtfU uNion . " ■ “
HORSE-CHESTNUT.
“I’d like to know," said Fairy
fhab, “why you are called the Horse-
Chestnut tree? You aren’t eaten by
horses, are you? You don’t look like
u horse.”
The Horse-Chestnut gave a funny
low, whispering laugh.
“I don’t wonder you ask,” said the
Horse-Chestnut.
“But won’t you do more than just
agree with me that it is not surprising
I ask, for you evidently do agree with
me about that? Won’t you answer my
question?"
“I thought you asked two ques-
tions," said the Horse Chestnut tree.
“I did," said Fairy Ybab.
“Do you want them both answered?"
“I would,” said Fairy Ybab,” if it
Is not too much trouble.”
"No trouble at all,” said the Horse-
Chestnut. "I have no engagements.
Neither has that tree down the street
with its beautiful pink blossoms.
What are the fairies doing under thut
tree?”
“They’re playing with the falling
pink blossoms," said Fairy Ybab. "and
having what they call a pink party.”
“How Is It you are not with them?"
asked the Horse Chestnut.
“Because I am with you,” laughed
Fairy Ybab. "I was tired and I want-
ed a nice rest, so I thought if I would
climb up one of your high branches,
perhaps you would talk to me and tell
me something of yourself."
“I would be delighted to, ns 1 said
before,” the Horse-Chestnut tree an-
swered. ‘‘You see, there are som#
creatures who have engagements nil
the time. They have to meet a friend
rpil » X O l ill. ........ no »..v ....... ...... --
line mode without its severity. Its very j solid embroidery, but not Its rival.
Myron T. Herrick of Cleveland,
governor of Ohio 11*03-0 and ambassa-
dor to France 1013-14, has been asked
by President Harding to represent
again the United States at Paris. He
accepted. Mr. Herrick established his
reputation as a diplomat during the
latter years of the* Taft and the onrly
months of tlie Wilson administrations
in the post to which he will return.
Just before the first battle of the
Marne, when the Germans were march-
ing on Paris, Mr. Herrick was given
credit for preventing panic In the capi-
tal after the government had been re-
moved to Bordeaux.
In Cleveland before he entered pol-
itics, Mr. Herrick was a hanker, and
at the time that McKinley was en-
tering his second term, lie was presl- I
debt of the American Bankers’ asso-
> elation. Mr. Herrick was offered the
’ JR' * f post of secretary of the treasury In |
a the first McKinley administration, and f
In the fiffcond he was offered thv ambassadorship to Italy.
w hen President Taft took office, he offered Mr. Ilerrh*k the treasury por -
folio and then the ambassadorship to Brazil, both of which were declined.
As in a Kaleidoscope
Smoot Explains His Sales Tax Bill j Morrow, Canal Zone Governor
rpi'\t of the sales tax bill, Introduced
A by Senator Smoot of Utah, shows
that the bill Imposes n tax of 1 per
cent on all turnovers, with an annual
Vxeinptlon of $0,000, the effect of tills
being to exempt smaller fnrmei's and
tradesmen. It bus boon estimated that
the 1 per cent would yield more than
$2,000,000,000 annually.
In u statement In behalf of tho Olnfi j
Senator Smoot says Its advantages are
extreme simplicity of assessment and
collection, a low tax rate, applying uni-
formly on all commodities, and ab-
sence of complicated features which
make it difficult fur the taxpayer to
know* at any time what his tax liabili-
ties art. Senator Smoot defines the
proposed general sales tax as follows:
“A tax on tho gross value of goods,
wares and merchandise, whether raw
material or manufactured, or partially
manufactured products, whether o,
domestic or of foreign origin, and such
as are generally sold or exchanged
and delivered for domestic consump-
tion, whether In barter or on a cash,
credit, or Installment basis, which tax
shall accrue at the time of sale or
lease of all such goods, wares and |
merchandise, nt n rate of 1 per cent
of their total value at the time of such
change of ownership. The tax also
applies to the total amount or amounts
received on all lenses of goods, wares
i and merchandise.”
I scientific, or educational purposes.
The bill exempts sales and leases
made by the federal government,
states and municipalities, foreign gov-
ernments, mutual ditch or Irrigation
companies and hospitals and other
corporations organized and operated
exclusively for religious, charitable.
Col. Jay Johnson Morrow has been
appointed governor of the Canal ue
by President Harding. Colonel Mor-
row should he able to find his way
around I’nnntml and the Zone; lie was
engineer of maintenance and acting
governor 11*10-17 and has been acting
governor since June of 11*11* t olonel
Morrow belongs to the ; irps of en-
gineers. He was graduated from the
United States military academy In
181*1. Ks has seen service In various
parts of the world and was an In-
structor In practical military engineer-
ing In the military academy at vari-
ous times.
He arrived In France lit May, 1918,
and was chief engineer of the First
army and deputy chief engineer. A. E.
F. He was made major general. N. A.,
but was returned to the rank of lieu-
tenant colonel In 1911*. He was dec-
orated Officer of the Legion of Honor
(France) In 11*18. After the war lie
commanded Camp A. A. Humphreys, Vn..
eyes are on the Pacific, a good man in
Mails on a
“Business Man’s Schedule”
L
for a time, in these days, when ull
the Canal zone Is not amiss.
a telegraph operator. Successively be
was chief operator, assistant train dis-
patcher, train dispatcher, assistant
train master and train master.
Colonel Shaughnessy Joined the
Thirteenth engineers as first lieutenant
when the war broke out. He studied
I French until he spoke It fluently, and
{ worked up a book of rules, idaptlng
j American methods to French practice.
So they promoted him fast. He was
superintendent of the transportation
F’S been given the Job of taking the 1 corps In the i hauteau Thierry region
H kinks out of the railroad and air
uutU service—Col. Edward 11. Shaugh-
nessy, once n messenger hoy in Uhl-
•cugo and more recently n lieutenant
.colonel in the A. E. F. lie Is going
to get mall in and out of post offices
all over the country on a “business
man’s schedule."
Colonel Shaughnessy is assistant di-
rector of the American Petroleum In-
stitute, New York city. He was horn
In 1883 In Chicago. When he was 15
years old he became ticket agent at
the Elgin station of the Chicago A
AiuiUr'western railroad and a year later
and general superintendent nt Is-sur-
Title during the St. Mihlel and M * ise-
Argonne offensives, and general man-
ager In the zone of advance. He was
given the distinguished service modal.
Colonel Shaughnessy didn't seek the
mall Job. He was sought. He was
getting $25,000 a year, but he accepted
the government’s offer of a $5,000 Job.
“I never wns In politics,” said he.
“1 never want to be. Blit there Is a
big chunce here to make a reputation,
do the country some gcv*d, and .iut the
experience to advantage In the busi-
ness world luter on.”
the
Marry
To
Duke of York?
Wouldn’t It be lnterestinK If the
granddaughter of a ('hk-niio dry goods
merchant and the niece of the man
who once almost cornered wheat
should marry into British royalty!
Anyway, reports from London say that
Mayfair Is watching with Increased In-
tciost the growing friendship between
the duke of York and Lady Mury
Irene Carson, daughter of Karl Cur-
ion and Ills first wife, the late Mary
Victoria Loiter. Washington Is scent-
ing n possible development into matri-
mony, thus realizing a much desired
alliance between British royally and
an American girl.
Denials by friends of both the
duke and Lady Mary only tend to in-
crease the speculation. Their frequent
meetings, horseback riding In Rotten
Bow, In theaters and at society func-
tions, are starting rumors which re-
fuse to he quashed. The duke of York,
the second son of King Uenfge. Is by
no menus a flippant youth, Inking the world a great deal more serlotsly th»D
Ills brother, the prince of Wales.
(YOKING nt millinery this season i pictured. It depends fo> Its decoration’
_ Is like looking lit a kaleidoscope at on a rich ribbon collar with two-out-
tho ever-changing and beautiful forms standing loops at the right side, .lust
that know no limit to their variations, below, nt the left, one of the many
Hats and trimmings are infinitely vn- surviving ofT-the-fuce shapes, of vlsca
ried changing from day to day, no ! braid, is elaborated with an embrold-
si vies holding the attention of the pule ered pattern, with a head placed at the
lie to the exclusion of others for even ! center of each motif and these bends
a few brief weeks. The milliner knows Joined by a narrow ribbon. To the
not what to expect next, but she has , right a sailor shape, with draped
the consolation of knowing that all 1 crown, is made of candy cloth, or other
materials are usable—nothing really lustrous fabric, the brim faced with
unfashionable, everything saleable, if j silk or georgotte crepe and clusters of
made Into becoming lints. The lines In grapes for trimming. This particular
high-class bids are subtle and dalter- millinery fruit, and other fruits made
Ing— women are In high good humor of silk, arc among the things Hint can
With them ; ami In sport hats there are he depended upon to outlive the
several beautiful high colors that are
in great demand. This Is about nil the
generalizing that can be safely done in
millinery styles.
In the group of smart hats shown
above something of the various de-
i pendnble styles and types of hats are
I shown. At the top a street hat with
i visor brim is made of mllan braid as
“Aren’t Good to Eat.”
at such and such a time or they have
to he bock for dinner at such a time,
or they must be in bed at such an-
other time.
“Now, the trees are different. We
haven’t any engagements like that. We
trees don’t have to go anywhere at
all. In fact, we can’t go anywhere.
We’re perfectly satisfied, too.
"You’ve never heard of a tree pull-
ing Itself up by the roots and crying
out in a hoarse, leafy way:
“ ‘Dear me, I do want to go to h
birthday party.’
"You never heard of a tree doing
that, have you?"
"No, I never have," Fairy Ybab an-
swered, as she laughed merrily.
"So I can stay here and answer your
questions. I will not go away. Trees
are not fretful and Impatient.
"Trees don’t care about going call-
ing and such things. Well, now, I
must answer your question.
"In the first place of all I am called
a Horse-Chestnut tree because I have
marks between my leaves and twigs
which look like horseshoes with nulls
In them.
"That Is the answer to the first ques-
tion. And the answer to the second
question is this: No, I am not eaten
by horses. My nuts are much too 1*11-
i ter. Children like to play with them,
I for they’re big and handsome, but
j they’re not good to eat.
I "There are your two questions an-
! swerod."
i "Oh, thank you, thank you,” said
Fairy Ybab. "I am so glad to see you
looking so well and handsome, too.”
"Ah. my spring dress,” said the
Horse-Chestnut. "So you like It?”
‘‘I should say I do," Fairy Ybab an-
I swered. "It is n lovely dress, and the
great white blossoms ate very becom-
ing to you.”
"I’m glad you like It,” said the
I Horse-Chestnut, “for it Is the dress
! we always like to wear in the spring.
Or rather, I should say. it is the kind
of dress we always get in the spring.
“We like the same styles. We love
to deck ourselves In beautiful blos-
soms. We like to look tall and gayly
dressed when the springtime comes.**
“And you do. too, said Fairy Ylmb.
"You are n lovely looking tree and
that Is saying n great deal, too, for
trees nil look lovely in the springtime,
but you, Horse-Cihestnut tree, look
quite gorgeous."
sea-
son. In black with white cnmellas, and
other black and white flowers, they
adorn many lovely black and white
hats for midsummer.
Sjf'U’j+t
To Make Slots for Belts.
In making a slot to run belts or sashes
through, have three rows of hemstitch-
ing of the desired length done close to-
gether on the line where you wish
the slot to he. Then cut through the
middle row of Tiomstitchlng. The slot
thus made is strong nnd neat.
For a House Dress.
For your next wash dress or waist
try making buttonholes on both sides
to a separate strip of the material
that can he removed when the gar-
ment Is washed. Button the strip
through the buttonholes on one side.
The dress will iron more easily and
buttons are not lost In the laundry.
You can make one set of buttons do
for several dresses.
Where the Trains Meet.
“A train leaves Winnipeg,” said the
teacher, "traveling forty miles nn hour.
It is followed thirty minutes later by
n train travelling 80 miles an hour.
At what point will the second train
run into the first?”
The class seemed nt n loss; that la,
I all except Willie Green, who was
standing In the aisle vigorously wag-
ging his hand.
“Well, Willie,” said the teacher.
“At the hind end of the rear car,
| ma'am,” answered Willie.
Source of Information.
! “Why, Richard!" exclaimed his
mother, “how is this? Your report
card gives you only sixty-two In spell-
ing. Last month you had ninety-
seven......Tain’t my fault," said
‘ Richard. "Teacher moved the hoy that
I used to sit next to me over to the
other side of the room."—Exchange.
Insignia of Taffeta Gowns.
Gathered flounces, very deep skirt
herns, broad sashes, pinked ruches and
of the opening, and Instead of sewing j surplice bodices are the insignia of
the buttons on the dress attach them [ the taffeta gown.
Sugar Containers.
“Name two articles containing
sugar,” snld the physiology teacher.
"Dad's coffee cup and the sugar bowl,"
exclaimed the bright boy.
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