Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1926, Page 8

. result of the With : , iAlx:_xgro;;_ o THEODORE W. NOYES. . ‘The Evening Star Newspaper " a Ave. 4%nd St, i [P b o oy o — 5 o 2 Tl ?&?&&wfi - Daily Sunday.} yr. $12.00: 1 mo.. &1, iy . S8.00: 1 mo,, ¥ day” o) 15 8000i 1 oz Member of the Associated Press. ated Press ta exclusivoly entitied The Assoc) to hiteation - all news @in- fi&"fifi'&"fl'n'fi ot oulervie ered: e naper and aiso the local mew i " ATl riehts of pul shed_ herein. ehis of publication _— “apecial dis n are also_reservi Washington’s Celebration. Though handicapped by lack: of funds, the committee of citizens in charge of the District commynity celebration of Independence day made & most commendable showing last evening in the features that were presented to the people. The eere- monies at the Capitol were vivid, va- ried and impressive. They comprised the presentation of prizes, for essays written by pupils of the public schools +oes..duly 6, 1990 [f cents | 5 m mail or %'Ihfl"md ol-k'-“mn. i the hulk was lifted to the surface, but something went wrong and it day afternoon at 3 o'ciock, - There was deep emotion among ‘the ‘wan who have risked life again and in to do the ‘work. They cheered and threw their caps into the sea.' ¥t 95 sald that one diver, Wickwire, in making the final lashings to the hulk kissed ‘the ship good-by, That was many fathams -down oh the sand -l of the sea bottom. The diver sald: “I leaned over and pilanted a great big kiss‘on her and 1-ssid, ‘Baby, for the last time, good-by. 10'ses you again at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.'™ A flotilla of salvage ships was around when the submarine rose to the surface. They had been at the wreck scene for months—the Vestal, Mallard, Bagaduce, Falcon, Sagamon, Tuka and 8-50, sister of the hulk. The towing of the raised wreck, sup- ported by the pontoons. into which air continued to be pumped, was be-| on the subject of Amerjcan inde- pendence, an inspiring address by Representative Henry R. Rathbone of Illinois pleading the cause of the District for national representation, and finally an historical pageant rep- Tesenting the development of Amer. fca. As a climax to the day came & worthy exhibition of pyrotechnies at the Monument. Immense crowds as. sembled at both places and the “spirit of '76" pervaded the multitudes. 1t is in order to express warm ap- preciation to those citizens who have . ®0 arduously labored to organize and conduct this commiunity celebration - in the face of surprising difficulties. They could not plan assuredly for their program because of the uncer- tainty as to the means for defraying expenses. While all personal services were free, gladly contributed by the participants, many costs had to be met. out of a fund, which, though modestly stated at the outset, was never fully guaranteed. Extraor- dinary, efforts to arouse public inter- est in this matter of a community fund for an Independence day cele- - 'bration were only partially succegsful. A very few contributions were re- ceived. 'Yet many thousands of peo- * ple enjoyed the spectacles. Had @very one of those who assembled at - the Capitol .and at the Monument gtven a dime in season the fund would . have been far more than' subscribed - ‘and all anxieties on the part of the members of the committee of citizens would have been allayed. In view of these discouraging con- @itlons it is gratifying to find men afd women who will give freely of ' their time and energies to the end that Washington, the seat of Gov- ernment, the Federal city, the direct ; Declaration, of - Inde pendence and its consequences in the fermation of the new republic, may as & community note and appropriately observe the national natal day. e S Monticello. Dedication to the Nation of Monti- oello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, | With appropriate ceremonies adds an- other to the historic shrines of Amer. . fog, The efforts to secure Monticello for the people have been persistently and valiantly maintained for many years. Fortunately, it had come into the ownership of a descendant of the author of the Declaration of Frde- | pendence, who was fully sympathetic with the purpose of patriotic men and - women who against heayy difff- cuities secured the necessary funds . for its purchase. He had preserved the home from deterioration so that it 18 now in excellent condition and with care will endure indefinitely. Monticello was the personal crea- ~ tion of Jefferson. He planned it in 1ts broad design and in detail. He * ‘supervised its’ construction. It was an expression of his remarkable ca- pacity for administration. Its site was well chosen, & commanding situ- ation. Few Americans have ever had eo wide a range of Interests as ' Jefferson. He was scientist, states- ‘man, farmer, writer, lawyer, business mian. At Monticello he manifested in ~ all these lines. His library there was "} ome of the largest and most valuable in this country at the time, the re- sultof years of systematic and diseriminating collections ‘from all sources. Monticello was & mecca for distinguished visitors ' from other lands, who always found there & warm welcome. Few American homes bave such an historic record, of se: tivities and visitat! "o thoss men and women Who have so loyally labored in the cause of Monticello preservation national thanks sre due. They have assured the maintenance of a patriotic shrine which will be of value to future gen- erations of American citizens. ‘The press esl‘uorshlp contemplated by Mussolini may yet create a for- ‘ gign demand for the services of Mr. gun and last night she rested in extm water at Point Judith, off Block Is- land. With good luck, smodth water and’4he chains of the pontoons hold- ing, the 851 will soon be in- dry dock at Brooklyn Navy Yard. P s New York's Bubway Strike. Several hundred ‘motormen and switchmen struck work on the Inter- borough subway lines of Greater New York at midnight and today :the service on those lines is serfously crippled and many thousands of peo- ple are discommoded. This strike has a peculiar character that causes it to be especially unpopular. with the people of the big city, and if publie sympathy is & determining factor it will not be long maintained. All the employes of the Interbor- ough, some 12,000 in number, have heretofore been organized into a brotherhood, embracing every grade of workers, skilled- and unskilled. The company has had a contract with the brotherhood whersby all differences should be arbitrated by & Board of three, one named by the company, one by the brotherhood and & third chosen from among the judges of the State Supreme Court. Recently the motormen and switch- men, the more highly skilled of the workers, seceded from the brother: hood ‘on the grotnd that they were outnumbered in a collective vote of that organizdtion and that they were entitled to special consideration. This seceding. organization was not recog- nized by the brotherhood or by the company.’ When a demand for higher wages was made by the motormen and the switchmen, under penalty of @ strike, the company could not enter into arbitration , megotiations With them without violating the contract with the -brotherhood. It was faced with the dilemma of either a strike of the J00 motormen and switchmen or a strike of the entire brotherhodd ot 12,000 employes. St chose the for. mer alternative. § Here {8 another {nstance of “split Jurisdiction” in labor organization. However sympathetic' the public may be for the grievances of a particular group of workers, it cannot tolerate a complete stoppage of service, or & serious crippling of an essential pub- lic utility because of a quarrel be: tween the groups who constitute the body of the service workers. Arrangements to fill the places of the strikers have been made. Police'| protection has been given to the cum- naturedly adjusting to the situation. But there can be no guardntes of a settled back to the bottom, 130 fest.| | She ‘was brought to the top yester- it Egs i3z % | bulging of the upper surface is re- |it b his devotion to the interests ot his ::n -copstityents. and ehjoying the h responsible for the_course’of stonal procedure. 5 1t 16 @ sourge of pride that a native Washingtonian ehould be thus a Rep- resentative at large from the State of Illingls, and it fs the hope of the Capltal, its_ own make and for congres: fend public taste by the designs and language Pk | on the back of thelr ‘automoblles would do well to steer clear of New Jersey in the future. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Dill, - who, recently overtook an automobile with the anneuncement on its spare tive, "It you can read this you ate too damn close,” will attempt to se- eure revocation of the permit of every such motorist. ¢ Phe growing tendency of motorists to decorate their cars with all man- ner of signs and phrases is deplorsble. Scantily clad girls, both in and érude drawings; chalk caricatures and sentences such as that which of- fended Commissioner Dill seem to have Beconmie a feature of a certain |trot, of those who infest American roads. The least that can be said about them is that they display de- cidedly poor taste. In many cases they.are downright vulgar. / Commisgioner Dill's action may stem & little severe, but when it is renlized that motorists of this type are generdlly the “smart aleck” brand or road hogs, the bane of every law- ablding driver, there will be lttle pro- test if they are eliminated from the highwaye. Issuance of a license to drive is a privilege to the licensee apd not a right, and “if motorists abuse this privilege by conduet preju- dicial to order' there should be an ——————— The Fourth of July brought showers which were more appreci- ated .than the pyrotechnics, It the One of the advantages of a Sesqul- centennial exposition in Philadelphia is the proximity ot - Washington, D. ¢, sight.geers to view, with lttle extra difficulty, some of the most important shrines of Amer- ican history. Mussolini has told the world' that he is & great man. Italian psychbo- analysts’ thay be inclined to request the privilege of ‘examining him for traces of the Jullus Chesar complex. —— I ettt A French franc used to be a fair prolonged placidity when 8o essential | - an ald to the enormous daily move- ment of the people is hindicapped by substitute service and feeling on the part of the strikers is so bitter. Op- portunities for sabotage and interfer- ence are such that violent interrup- tion of the service may occur at any. ‘- | resulting | in1862.. vegard of those who are chiefty | saying that the heavier materials of m-ummwu‘tupwwn'{,’“i":e:“ tre eye ‘at the bottom and that a quired if the moon is to selt in space.”’ R This would seem to indjcate that the moon may be made of green cheese, after all, as the jold ballad deelares. balance it 55 HE ii i§§39'5§%§i§ i * "The ni¢e sconomy of the heavens i8 |\ The very well brought out in the state- ment that the moon, in order to bal- ance {tself in space, bulges herself out at ‘the fop, in a sort of celestial swelled head, ' | Setn In all the thousands upon thou- sands of years men have been look- ing at the moon, there has not been & single looker who has not thought, at some time or other, that the mooft was a queer sort of . Hence arose many supérstitions ifi connection with this satellite of the earth, chief among which is that the the moon upon ‘& of yesteryear to indicate a crazy per. son, probably had its origin in the name Luna, ':vt: :o. .'.be ‘moon. Do you remember Luna Park? That was a loony place, to be sure. Situated just on the er side of the Highway Bridge, Lund Park, dur. Ing its hectic career, made a namé for itself by the light of the moon. Probably ne more extreme forms of dancing weré to be seen in the United States than on that dance T, The “bunny-hug” and the “turkey- ," were in their heyday about that time, 48 we recall, although possibly ‘ some other similarly silly names graced the soclal hopping of it el . “Jazz" music w‘lk’ufl i.gnllln‘ to be felt. The break-from the two- 'was inced, rds, ete. As danced at Luna Park, however, every dance, no. matter what its offl- $oR at the seashore always: Some pine for the mountains, others for the D il “|a way as to preclude the grammar, and to throw up huge barricades n thought and word. An endless. work of jargon ini between the udent ‘and thought— nominative. and accusative, auxiliary. and complement, plu , are examples slipping back at random out of an unhappy memory. therefore, perfect, thought itself. -All this was in dther One assumes that the ways of education have picked up, have better fitted means to strides in h and method that . mark. eyery important hase of progress. 'YM there are signs all around that many & writing hand is still in the |y of old inhibitions and confusions. open, pick up any plece learned discourse, , | sermon, “newsgaper, what not. It 18 & co1 cool | clear indications clal name, turned into a veritable | breeze and clinching party. Sedate persons n-nm all sections of ‘Washington used to go over there|the to see to what a condition the noble art of soclal dancing had fallen. And what a fall was there, my countrymen! You could sit on & bench in the moonlight. and watch the procession of dancers around the fioor glaring electric lights. The musicians pounded and jarred boys. s “Hite aha. Hocped, Sided; a 3 ] .w:na and wrestled thetr eogyh each night that ul‘lld all the 0 18 :.t:r dancers in holding, other as closely ible; under the to find among these of a ‘sense blunt t0 the inherent fitness existing between word and idea, between eout;‘u&ua(‘w; and thought. These lapses, doubt, are sourced back in the days when fatally inflexible laws of syntax refused to recognize the fact that, of all inventions, language ve. one most likely to overieap law in its esesential urge ¢o keep up with events, 1t Is the human device most likely to demand frequent. fresh ‘e ts. nactments. $ ‘Whatever the cause may be, wher. mtumonhmmtg n the Therefore, it is good for all of us to have certaln men now and then sit down in our midst to talk over “ | these common fralities of daily speech. ‘And John O’M:ldon "BACKGROUND OF EVENTS BY PAUL V. COLLINS. With thie echoes of the Fourth stili | ringing, ' liberty - and {ndependence seem the main topics worth investi- {15 gating. The. news that slavery is abolished in another part of the world gives -reassurance that the world “do move” with an upward trend. The surprising feature is that the emancipation of all slaves -in British - Burma had taken Great Britain 80 long to bring about, British Burma was wholly con. quered in 1862, when the Burmese king conceded defeat and entered into diplomatic relations. of peace with his conquerors. That was: the second war. between. the British In- dian government and the Burmese, the first, in 1824:26, growing out of haughty encroachments by the Bur- mese upon British India. In that war an invading ptnitive force of 3,000 British and 2,000 Indians was sur- rounded by 60,000 Burmese, but the gumm were overtgme and put to ight ' through superiority of S bR e R avived. under * sucoceding’ kings, until-it came to open hostili- ties 1852, and in later outbresks, in the final British conquest, The government of British Burma has centered in‘ India, with British officers on the ground. But has. been, i free by the British, without recom- P':flnt lthe owners. real is a silver coin havi exchange value someéwh: B 5 and 12 cents. is, without ques. hese ~“certain - men." | necessary of the former royal families. On the | ble practical tions of common usage, never once indulging himself in‘the mandarinic genuflections of the exclusive purist. A glhufin was not deyeloped for centu- after - | was' originally the Italian solini, father of T, blacksmith of & bam- groups | let in Varano di Costi, in the country fiddle?-D. 8. A A. 1t s certain that Nero did not a violin as we know it, since ries the ‘time of Nero. - Q. What is the mieaning_of the ex- n, ‘I have met my Waterloo”? t the Bat: met his greatest his career. this we use the word “Waterloo!’ to one has met defeat in so decisive hope of fu- ture success. Q. Ars there white blackbirds? A The Biological Survey says whits blackbirds which are albinos are oc- caslonally ° found. There are also found white robins, crows, per- | and wild ducks. \ Q. Was' Dr. Frank Vizetelly born in the United States?—W. M. H. A. Dr. Vizetelly was born in Lon- don and came to the United States in 1891, when he joined the editorial staff of the Funk & Wagnalls Co. Q. What_States have old-age pen- slons?—A. D. A. At the close of the year 1926 there were three States, Nevada, Mon- tana and Wisconsin, which had old- age pension laws in effect. The Ter- ritory of Alaska has an old-age pen- wumnt»mmm Q. How many Indians are.there in the United States?—R. 8. A. The ‘Department of the In- terior says that the Indian population the flscal year ending the increase was 2.693. Ll strictly to the U ‘with a large Indian popula- tion, 18 omitted, Q. Where s the principal truck ""“%‘ regions of the United States? #A. The princi) truck farming fegions of the United States extend -the coast, north from to New Jersey and New York, and on the Western coast through Califor 3 | Q. Is Mussolini in any way related to Napoleon?—R. M. R. 5 A. Benito Museolini s of an old of Pedrappio in the Romaqua region of Italy. ¥ — . Q. ‘Wher did Ponce de Leon sight land?—W. 0. H, A. Ponce de Leon sighted land on March 27, 1513, Q. What is the average per cent of power .obtained from gascline in automobile motors?—A. B. ‘A The Bureau of Standards says the | the presentday automobile engine is ¢apable of utilizing from 20 to 30 per cent of the power in ine. On the average about half this is ob- tained and it has been estimated that the efficlency of the average motor car could bé improved 30 per cent by better carburetor adjustment alore. Even if the efficiency of the average automobile engine is only 10 per cent, this compares very favorably with the; locomotive, which turns into useful work only 5 per_ cent of the chemi- cal energy ii.the coal which it con- sumes. Q. What are cigarette holders made of?—F. A. D, ' 4 A. Amber, meerschaum,: French brier, celluloid and any known me- tallic substance may be used for cig- arette holders. Of thess, meerschaum and amber-are considered the best. Q. Is there any race in the United Stateés /in which there are more women than men’—G. A. R. A. The negro race is,the only one in‘this country that has had an ex- cess of females over males in almost every census. Q. Which is harder to blow, ophone or a trumpet?—S. I. W. A. A trumpet is harder to blow. A saxophone, however, is harder to handle in fingering. Q.":'th e::nm are sending uu: number mmigrants to nited States?—L. C. A. Mexico, Canada, Germany, Great Britain and Ireland, in the or- der named, were the principal coun- - | tries from which the immigrant allei came in March, 1926, over three. fourths of the total immigration this mfl) coming from these fiye goun- You twgnt to know something. You wish to” de positive defore you go ahead. Well, The Evening Star will tell you whet you want to know end give you assurance defore you pro- oeed. Owur Washington Bureaw con answer any question of fact propound- ed to it. lere is the university of in- formation—a great free educational institution estadlished solely to serve you. Bend in your question and get the right amswer. Inclose 2 cents in stamps to cover the.return postage. Address The Bvening 8ter Informa- tion Bureau, F o Haekin, Di- rector, Washington, . C. America Sees German Ballot As Rebuff of Princes and Reds contrary, most observers think the re- sult indicates chiefly the German re- spect for property rights rather than " says the . | shaken if the caused Germany to-seethe. . It would have spangled the country with red flags, Communism would have strut- ted in full plume. The forme.: rulers of Germany, however, can find noth- ing in thé plebiscite to set them dream- ing purple dreams. Theirs iy an empty the | triumph. They have receivéd no tes- ere between | ¢ paid for a mmn:bmm = ore, could . not have $14, whil baby slave sold Ml the Amer- ican price of a B, chicken, m’" ’mhhd ‘ot the l.l'; slaves com| recent ‘when mm;"&hmd all Bflmm. vllkmuu upon the owners of sla\ to produce them according to the :Elu. taken the previous March, receive their pay. ' At the same time the slaves were permitted to set up claims to private proj acquired during slavery, and the claims were verified and allowed. The liberate§ were given their choice between two kinds of pers. If they agreed to stay the Brichh tretmury: it repay the t. 3 At wanted to leaye Burma -4 first earn enough to § cost of ‘their purchase, though were given long terms for It was' feared gen 4cenes of bondage, al means of di Soat was ahons. 8000 of which will be ‘Under . the m. rule of the 3 ¥ Here we come at once upon familiap of First is characteristic. 5 the law, citing many ‘where the mm“w!..h ‘whole nd|sey City' Jersey Journal “German e pl ‘and | perity of ‘the timonial of loyalty Or affection from their former subjec ts." In fact, the Morgantown New Do- on holds that “if that vote comes here near representing public mmn in Gérmany, it is cl hat the Germans are done with i The Albany Evening News also be- lieves that “the world would bave taken a vietory for conflscation as evidence that Germany wants no more of the Kaiser, but it cannot take the faflure to carry the measure as indi- cation that Germany wants the Kais- er's throne restored.” A “The standing of Wilhelm et al. in Germany. 1'1?:' lnflp.:d." Mumm Jt,hs Harr: legraph, Wl or- pictures the characteris- tically along for the success and pros: German Republic, as the Réich—with the reward lodded for o » T for them- property; it was outside the industrial centers the pegple proved that their heart is right.”" The Utica Observer- ch Beclares “there is considera- stice in saying that conflscation e be little short 0::‘1: robb'ryfi" ' Recor leves “the firh stand for honesty and integtity will impress the world,” and the Los Angeles Times is convinced that “se- curity of ‘would have been German people had started on a policy of robbing in ;:d‘:.l:; lvr;'!h name of the bl!lteh mi wa_are eM y_the Jackson _ Citizen-Patriot, Paso Herald, Lexington Leader, Salt Lake City Deseret News, Fort Wayne News- Sentinel, Columbus Dispatch, New ‘York Sun and numerous other papers. Even as the matter stands, the Akron Beacon-Journal 1is convinced that “not many with money will care to take A4 chance on German invest- ments until her people get a new out- look on the powers and duties of government.” " The Cleveland News holds that. the argument that expro- priation “would be a prece- dent” was an éffective ples and “won the response of millions who d never have listened to argument: tempting to glorify the former peror or_his lesser satellites.” The Richmond Num-!adn- fl-‘yu- tplll:l “peace, republicanism an r play prevailed”; the Flint Daily Journal sia cannot ignore”; the San Francisco Bulletin that '‘the Germans have used their first | referendum wisely”; the ‘Worcester Gazette that ‘‘Americans cannot but approve of the common sense of the ,”” and the Roa- rty ngrained in the Ger- Back in nufi.mm right Leagte took as lines of James Russell Lowell: “gn vain we call old notions fudge e And’ bénd our conscience to our | 'The ' Ten ndments will ' not i £ 33 ) g Efi.f% i