Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1926, Page 8

4 i THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, o —— - E A e R —ta BB Bty D. C. MONDAY. AUGUST 9. 1926 THE EVENING STAR With Sunday Morning Edition. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY. ....August 9, 1926 THEODORE W. NO' .Editor ES The Evening Star Newspaper Comp: Business Office. 11th Stoand Pennsyivania At New York Office: 110 East $2nd St Chicago Office: Tower Building. Buropean Office: 13 Recent St Londen England. ‘The Frening Star. th the Sunday morn- e dition. 18 defvered by carmer wini 16 T G160 centa per month dayls oy 45 cents per month: Sunday only. 20 cents per Shontil Orders. may e sent By mai or talephone Main 5000, Collection is made by carrier at the end of each month Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. Daily and Sunday. .. .1 vr.. $0.00: 1 mo. Daily onls . 1 $r.86.00: 1 mo. Sunday only 1¥r..83.00; 1 mo.. All Other States and Canada. Daily and Sunday.! r-. £12.60 1mo. £1.00 Dailv onlx 1yr $8.00:1mall 75 $4.00. 1 mo.. Sunday only ...l Associated Press. The Associated Prass ia exclusively ent, o the for man) wn of all mews dis- Patches cradited to it or not otherwise ered- fted in this paper and also the local newse published herein. All richts of publication ©f special dispatches herein are also reserved. — Member of th Is Russia in Revolt? Ts tiere a revolt against the Soviet regime Russia? That question arises out of a confusion of reports. Prom v state- ments that indicate a serious uprising on the part of certain bols t lead- ers against the government at Mos- cow, with Tiotsky most frequently mentioned as chief of the rebellion. From Mascow counter state- ments. 1o the effect that there is no disturbance. The reports of revolt are somewhat eircumstantial, but in all cases they come from points be- yond Russia and are lacking in posi- tive evidence of verity. It is possible that there is a re- actionary movement in Russia which Moscow would seek by every means possible to conceal. The fact that Moscow s now denying these reports does not neeessarily signify that they are untrue. The Russian offictal cen worship has been imposed heretofore to cloak happenings in that country, in rious quarters come come and it may le that it has been once more invoked to conceal a serfous situation. This revelt, reported. is not against the Soviet government on the score of its radicalism, but is inspired. it s said. by those who hold that it is not radical enough. The moderate holsheviki are now in power. Trotsky and Zinovieff, both deposed from real authority by the Moscow government, regard the attitude of the Soviet com- misars towand eapital as heterodox and desire to estublish a regime more like that of the first days of the bol- shevik rule, Undoubtedly the drift of the Moscow administration has been from the radicallsm of 1917-18. Lenin him- self greatly moditied the program be- fore he was stricken with illness and relaxed his authority. IHis successors have carried on in 4 spirit of gradual readjustment to meet the economic requirements of the country. The ex- tremists of bolshevism have been kept in line with dificulty. Trotsky has been already disciplined. Others have heen cast out of the councils. There is no substantial hope of an antilolshevist n in ‘Russia at prexcnt. If, however, there should be & oconflict between the radicals and the moderates, sufficiently prolonged to weaken Loth, opportunity might arlse for the anti-bolshevist, factors to organize a revolution. Russian refugees in Luropean coun- trles are Loping for such a chance. They are lacking in resources, how- ever, and place their reliance only upon the body of the people of Russia. who are merely submitting to bolshevisim. Rut s away react an various can the Russian peas- antry are extriordinarily patient. The former middie class been dis- persed and discouraged. The nobility s been slain or driven out impove: wshed. There is little material in Tussia for a successful attack upon bolshevism Nevertheless, dissensions between factions of the bolsheviki are en- couraging to those who hope to see Russia restored to political health, ‘The present reports of conflict there are ton persistent to he ignored and any hour miy bring confirmation and dlsclose that the Soviet is now fight- Ing for its life. against its own ex- treme supporters, e e R Disdainful of the cautious advies of trainers, Gertrude Ederle swam the Channel, Conservative restraint is valuable. but it is self-reliance upon natural gifts that eventually wins. ————— Busy Rails and Prosperity. Figures just made public by the Rureau of Railway Lconomics show that the rail earnings of the trans. portation lines in this country during the first half of 1926 had established ® record. The net operating income of the class 1 railroads, whose mile- 3ge and sggregate income represent all but « fraction of the country's rail equipment. reached the total of $494.866.776 for the first six months of the vear. That income represented an indicated unnual earning rate of 5.60 per cent on the valuation placed upon the roads by the Interstate Com- merce Commission for rate-making purposes. Thus for the first time since the transportation act of 1920 becamse effective the country’s carrier system as a whole has approximated the “fair rate of return” of 5.75 per cent contemplated that act A year ago during the corresponding period the carriers showed an aggre. gate net operating income of $439.. 898.000, equal to an indicated annual return of 5.15 per cent. It has been often said that the prosperity of the railroads signifies the prosperity of the country. If the “rails” suffer it is because the coun- try’s business is slack. If business is #ood the railronds prosper. assuming equitable rates. The figures just given indicate that tlve rates are fair and that the valuation upon which they are based is a sound one. Railroad business is a prosperity index somewhat after the fact. That is to say, 1t takes a little time for the financial showing of the railroads to reflect the increase in trade and manufacturing and construction. But the rails are quick to show the effect of a slackening of industry and a nar- rowing of markets. Much has been said recentiy about the prokpect of continued good times in this country. The President the other day noted tne indications of prosperity through the United States. An optimistic spirit prevails gene ally. It is reflected in the stock ex- changes, where prices are now at a high range and the volume of busi- ness is heavy. It is reflected in the high scale of employment in all lines of industry. There was probably never a time when a larger percent. age of the working men of the United States were engaged at good rates. There are no labor disturbances of moment. The buying pewer of the public is unimpaired. A change will come in the course of time. It may come next season, or the season after. But there is no present sign of it, no token of a “low" on the country’s business weather map. This year's crops are excellent, and harvesting is proceeding in good order, with sufficient labor and with an effective organization of transport. The good showing of the rail lines for the first half of 1926 is in these circumstances likely to be matched if not exceeded during the second half covering the period of crop move- ments. Taken altogether the United States appears to be in a highly healthy condition. ——————— Politics in Texas. While the ultimate result is not in real question, the Texas governorship fight in the Democratic party is not yet settled, despite the large vote cast for Attorney General Moody at the recent primary. A revision of the re- turns from that balloting is reported to have shown that the leading can- didate for the nomination did not get an actual majority overall, being short some 2,000 votes of that point. Conse- quently a run-off primary will be held on the 28tia of this month. . Gov. Ferzuson, before the primary declared that if Mr. Moody led her by a single vote she would resign the office and withdraw from the contest. he was led by more than 100,000 votes, and after a slight delay she announced that she would not resign until a special session of the Legisla- ture had been held to enact certain legislation. Now it is intimated that she has again changed her mind and enter the run-off primary. The fact thal twenty-three of the thirty-three members of the Demo- cratic State executive committee are avowed Ferguson adherents may Prove to be a facter in this shifting | situation. The committee is about to meet to arrange for the second pri- mary ticket and to canvass the re- turns of tie first voting. Some sug-! gestion has been made that irregu-| larities have been discovered in some of the campaign contributions—ap- parently Pennsylvania and Ilinoisare not enjoying a monopoly on the “slush fund” game—and disclosures may affect the conditions in which the run-off occurs. Meanwhile the country at large, which has been much interested in the Ferguson regime in Texas. is won- dering just how the incumbent can s<quare herself for her shifts of mind. The fact that she is only a proxy governor, and that the actual admin- istrator af the State is a man who has been disqualified from holding office, somewhat relieves her of the onus of apparently breaking her promise. {belies it. It is surely worth a v i may find a rellef, as good roads, mo- Doubtless on her own account she was ready to quit if Moody led her “by a sinzle vote” in the first primary. But then the office is actually not her own to reilnquish. ) Aexico has for some time been look- ing for trouble. In developing a clash between church and state she has discovered the greatest Kind of trouble known to the ages. et According to seme of the Investiga- tors of the Hall-Mills mystery, one of its chief mysteries lies in the fact that it is allowed to remain a mystery, - —r———— “Darkest Russia” is no longer a current phrase. Russia has the spot- light all the time. e . The Kitchener Body Puzzle. Doubt is cast by the British gov- ernment upon the identification of a body found in Norway as that of Lord Kitchener, who was on the Hamp- shire when she was destroved in the North Sea In 1916. An official state- ment issued at London recites the original conclusion of the government that the Hampshire was sunk by one or more floating mines, which had probably been strewn in the sea in preparation for the emergence of the German fleet from base in the ma- neuver which climaxed in the battle of Jutland., the largest naval en- gagement of the war. Tt likewise declares that Lord Kitchener went down with the ship, which sank in a few minutes, and finally it asserts that no bodles from the Hampshire have ever bgen found on the Nor- weglan coast, and that it is extremely doubtful whether any drift of the sea could possibly carry them there. Reiteration of the official version of the sinkirig of the Hampshire will not necessarily dispel the belief enter- tained by many people that the ship was destroyed through treachery and not by chance. 1t is known for a fact that Great Britain was infested with spies during the war, seeking and ac- tually obtaining information of war plans and moves. Several of these spies were caught and executed sum- marily. Nobody knows how many were imprisoned. or how many es- caped, or how many survived the war without arresting suspiclon. It is by no means improbable that the Hampshire's departure with Kitchener on board was kept an abso- lute secret, and that the ship merely chanced to hit one of the mines that were floating around in the North Sea. The German mine layers had been active for months, and were ex- pecially active just before the Hamp- shire sailed. in preparation, as it proved, for the dash of the fleet that ended at the Skagerrack. The evidence of a mine rather than a torpedo is not readily differentiated, however, and after all it matters but little whether the ship was the victim of treachery or the dhance of the death-strewn sca. Ident#fication of the body found in Norway as that of Kitchener is still possible. It is being taken to London. 1t it is proved to be that of the field marshal all doubt as to his fate will be set at rest. Meanwhile the haste of the British government to lssue its statement of denial is somewhat puz- zling. o Real Live Dragons. Alan Cobham, British aviator, has just landed in Australia on a flight from England. He had some remark- able adventures and a tragedy marred his flight, when his mechanic was murdered by an Arab sniper in Meso: potamia. He saw many strange sights; following is an abbreviated ac- count of one of them: Somewhat off the beaten jath on Komodo Island, not far from Australia, he saw in captivity two live dragons, similar to that slain by St. George, the patron saint of England. They were about ten feet long and had huge claws with which they could kill animals as large as horses. When angered they emitted fumes. It takes a close search of the map to find Komodo Island. It is a small member of the Sunda group, of which Sumatra is the largest and Java the second in size, Bima lies somewhat to the east of Java, and Komodo is tucked into the strait between Bima and Flores. It is in that part of the world where strange things have hap- pened and strange things have been found. Just why Cobham picked this tiny islet out for a landing in prefer- ence to larger @reas is not explained. Nor is there any explanation of why the dragons of Komodo have not here- tofore been noted and scientifically classifted. It {s now definitely, up to science to find out about the dragons of Komodo. Mr. Cobham's stories of his adven- tures on previous flights have been provocative of much interest, but this is surely the climax. Is Komodo a fragment of the “lost world” of which Conan Doyle has told in his narrative about Prof. Challenger and his ex- pedition to find the pterodactyls and other prehistoric creatures? If so, it is only a crumb, unless the atlas it. It there are two dragons over there an effort should be made to get at least one of them for the Washington Zoo. —————— An eminent architect regards city life as impractical in view of the con- centration of population. which a short time will bring. This concentration tors, the motion picture and the radio make it about as convenient to live in one place as another. B Paris resents tourists who arrive for purposes of pleasure instead of study. Perhaps this is the fault of those Parisians who have magnified the “gay life” available and neglected to emphasize the magnificent oppor- tunities offered by the French capital for intellectual improvement. — e - Road improvements are going ahead at a rapid rate in all parts of the country. So long as parking spaces cannot be provided, some ar- rangement must be made to permit the flivvers to keep moving. . e Among the citizens of Irance there are necessarily a number who do not face taxation with equanimity unless there is a serious war on hand. ——.—s The Jersey coast no longer men- tions the sea serpent. A homicide mystery is now the extra added at- traction. . ) Old-fashioned oratory has disap- peared. All that is left of it is the carefully modulated expression of the radio announcer. B SHOOTING STARS. BY PRILANDER JOHNSON. Fishermen All Le's all go fishin' for a while— Somewhere the ripplin’ waters smile Upon a spot that we have known When restful hours were all our own, ‘Tis August with autumnal mood In which the Summer warmths in- trude. "Tis August, and wa drift, and dream Of trees and hills and sky and stream. Though chained by ruthless circum. stance, Let us embrace the dreamer's chance, Forgetful of the stress and guile; Le's all go fishin’ for a while. Conflicting Considerations. “Do you think it proper to squander money in an election?” No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “And yet no politicilan can hope to make a hit by getting the reputation of being stingy.” Poetry of Motion. The jazz band with its quiver This question always brings Why must the drummer shiver As if he sat on springs? Jud Tunkins says a man can tell all he knows in an hour or so. It's what he imagines that takes unlimited | time. J I The Worm Turns. “A woman has no sense of humor,” sald Mr. Meekton. “How do you know?" inquired Hen- rietta. “If she had any, her looking-glass would make her laugh so much that she'd spoil her make-up.” “A war,” said Hi Ho, the.Chinese philosopher. “is by two many states- | men regarded only as a sporting event in the annals of diplomacy.” Feministic Triumph. A girl the Channel swims with case | And beats the previous score. i The male athlete stands at his ease, | Applauding gn the shore. | “De preservation of de forests is IRE - THIS AND THAT . BY CHARLES E. TRACEWVELL. “Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God’s fingers,” said Hans Christian Andersen. Is going downtown every day a fairy tale® Is this hot weather a romance? Is pain a novel, and sadness a short story? Is death a fiction, and sickness a poem? We are not accustomed to regard them so, vet from the illumination given in the brief statement «f An- dersen, it is casy to look upon our life_differently, Yes, this life we are living every day is, if rightly regarded. a fair, tale. a wonderful story, filled with olor, specd and glory, more richly illustrated than any book ever put out by man. Things that are disagreeable to us are no less a part of the plot, and no less wonderful, in their way, than things pleasing to us, pleasing simply because they synchronize with our physical and mental constructions. The trouble with us is that w to use our trusty brains in the simpie yet wonderful art of everyday living. It is amazing to contemplate a man ‘who, 8 hours a day, uses his intellect in his work allowing his head to stop functioning for the remainder of the 24. Yet this is what is commonly done. If it were not so, every one of us would know that our life, individually and collectively, is a fairy tale written by the Creator. ko Instead of fretting because we have to get up in the morning, we should be glad to arise to the tasks before us. We would realize at all times (nat just for a brief moment while we are reading and simply as an intel. lectual proposition) that getting up is necessary and——romantic. What! Romantic to hop out of bed in the morning? “Certainly,” says Hans Christian Andersen. “Is it not part of the fairy tale?"” ‘Was this story called “Your Life” (whoever you may be). written with capital letters only, with exclamation marks for punctuation throughout? There must be many days (pages) of plain narrative, where the: action rather drags. If thls were not so, how would the “big moments,” the grand scenes, reach their proper effectiveness? Even our earthly authors, creators in the world of the mind, use this device to secure effectiveness. You have read any number of great novels that bored you to tears for at least a hundred pages. They started with pages of “scenery,” and dragged along chapter after chapter, until you thought of turning to some- thing more “exciting.” Then suddenly things began to happen. The "author. with deft touches, brought his apparently ain- less characters and descriptions to gether with a rush, and you saw at last just what he was “aiming at.” You realized, now, that all he had written before was necessary. if he were to give vou the proper impres- sion, the sense to work * Well. our life is like that. We have to get up in the morninz, and go down and fix the furnace, or ©00k the breukfast, even when we do not feel like it. The trouble is not WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS Our restricted immigration policy has proved a great success, according to Representative Albert Johnson of the State of Washington, chairman of the House immigration committee, au- thor of the present immigration law and one of the most influential men in Congress in immigration matters. His views and a review of the results of the quota system have just come to light In the appendix of the Congres- sional Record, one of the thousand and more documents inserted by “‘unanimous consent’ in the closing hours of the session. “We intend,” says Mr, Johnson, “that America shall cease to ba a polyglot hoarding house, that eventually we shall become homogeneous “people.” Restrictive immigration started in 1921 with the 3 per cent quota law. This reduced the then incoming flood of aliens from about 800,000 to 367,000 annually. In 1924 the quota was cut to 2 per cent and the 1890 census made the basis of quota, percentage. This reduced the total to 164,000. Representative John- son makes no prophecies in his wr ticle in the Record, but in private con- versation recently he expressed the belief that Congress will soon further rovise and amend the law, with the lkelihnod that the quota. will be again cut, this time to 1 per cent. * Kk ® * The largest toy hoat in the world —-and the most costlv—is housed fn- side an enormous glass case in the offices of the United States Shippinz Board. It is an exact miniatura of the Leviathan. German workmen bullt it before the war and it cost the Hamburg-American line $25,000. It Is 18 feet long. 2 feet wide and not quite 4 feet from keel to the top of the funnels. Every detail of the biggest ship afloat is reproduced in the model. Fach of the 100 lifeboats hangs on fts davits. The four pro pellers of polished brass are in their places. Tt is properly ballasted and ready for launching on any sea. The lien property custodian seized th expensive plavthing at the ontbreak of the war and subsequently present- ed it to Chairman Lasker. * ok % ok Mrs. Coolidge. who us all ornaments except elry,” jade, amber or other semi- precious stones so much in vogue nowadays, has a diamond pin which 18 both beautiful and interesting. A thing of exquisite workmanship, it shows the seal of the United States, the American eagle, worked o6ut in small diamonds with sapphire eyes, and the shield before its breast of tiny sapphires and rubies. e If it is true, as is whispered about in Washington society, that Elizabeth Sutherland, the quasifiancee of “Bucky’” Harris, player-manager of the Washington base ball team, has given the local ball hero the ultimatum, “The Senators must be three times a pennant winner before you marry me,” then the prospects of their wed- ding this vear look pretty slim. With the Washington club trailing along in fourth or fifth place and the season more than half gone, its chance of taking a third pennant this vear is near the vanishing point. ‘Betty" is a debutante daughter of Howard Sutherland. former United States Senator from West Virginia, and now alien propert$ custodian. She is the youngest of a family of seven girls, all beautiful, and known far and wide as the seven Sutherland si: ters, popular, wealthy and of the so- cial elect. Betty was an ardent ball fan long before Bucky Harris was her beau. He in turn has been a heart- breaker with the feminine contingent at the ball park during his seven rears at Washington—the idol of the s of both sexes. The has never been formally annou nor ever officially denied. and the continue inseparable pals in Buck leisure hours. A stranger entered the Whife House grounds one day this Spring and ap Ally avoids ostume jew- more important dan ever," said Uncle Eben, “if it kin be worked out 80 ul to stop de wood alcohol™ pealed to the policeman on duty at the main entrance of the house to be permitted to just step inside the door- engagement | the gardener, “that’s garlic {the mass of worshipers the great ma- | Jority could not reach a certain church {to worship all the time to be a wor- with the getting up, or with the fur- | cojjins, in an exceedingly | { Maryland Milk Better. , ' | ‘tniveflily Co-operates to Improve Dairy Products. | To the Editor of The Star Paul V. interesting In vour issue of July nace, or with the breakfast, or with [garticle on co-operation among farm- | the going to work, that we are dis-|ers states that in the international |Wwould be worth § pleased, but it lies In ourselves, and only ourselves can remedy it. The author of our life story is great enough, heaven knows! ‘We are no unseemly tale, thrown to- gether hastily by a fourth-rate scribe, but the finished work of the Creator who made the worlds and all that is therein. OQur plot is a “peppy” one and our denouement something to be looked forward to. In the meantime, our “story” flows along, sometimes drag- gily, sometimes swiftly, according as the Writer sees fit, we being as we are, and He being as He is. It will be a great help to us if, un- der the circumstances, we realize that the dull moments of the narrative are no less necessary, and interesting, than the others. What would a story be which was all “climax”? It would be like an ice cream soda completely filled with whipped cream. 1t would be a chocolate cake composed entirely of chocolate, an amusement park in which everything went ‘round in a mad merry-go-round, a sunny day in which there was never any shade or darkness. Our story has its lights and shades, its low spots and high spots, even as our day of 24 hours has its sunshine and snalow, as our year has its hot days and cold ones. Without the boredom which we feel at times, we would have no proper measure for the glamour of living which comes to us now and then. ‘Without the barking dogs at night and the screaming merriment down the block, we uld not be able to appreciate the ‘“silent nights” upon occasion. Without those who irk us, without the things they do and the words they say, we could not love half so well the home folks, the friends and good acquaintances who make the joy of life more acute. * % % Life is, then, truly a fairy tale. We do not know, for all our scien- tific discovery, just what life is, so we are part of the most thrilling story in the universe, the one *‘great and only" mystery tale. We are characters in a stupendous cast, reading and being read every hour. We are printing ourselves on ourselves, and on all who know us and often on many who do not know us. And we are being printed, too, by others, slammed on the presses of life by hands a thousand miles away, although we may not feel them'in the manhandling, or ever know that they existed. Similarly we dly know, some- times, that we exist ourselves, or that we are anything but automatons, pushed hit which we ha Tt and yon by destinies in e no_share. is not so. man’s life fs ¢ God Himself. ian Andersen said so as Hans Chi simply Man is the only laughing animal, some one has said. The creatures be- low and above him are serious. Let us Jaugh, but let us no less realize that life is fundamentally a serious, wonderful a tale tol story, keep one breathles vith interest, if he will take the trouble to read it aright. way for a moment to finish eating a racker which he held in his hand. The officer sought the reason of this extraordinangrequest and received this reply: "You see. T am suffering from dyspepsia, and all T eat for lunch is a couple of crackers. T would like to cat one inside so that T can write back to the folks in Kansas that T have just eaten lunch at the White Hous This story may be true, or | it may be the invention of some one who wished to gently safirize the| Fresident’s propensity to flatter im- portant callers of slight personal ac- quaintance with an invitation to lunch at the White House. In either case, it is causing many a Jaugh at Washing- ton dinner tables, R A o Senators are busy folk when Con- s is in session, and their private office suites. with which they have generously provided themselves, are husy places. Something quite out of the ordinary, therefore, is an office to which only” Senator Gillett. of Massa- chusetts has the key. It is a large airy room in the basement of the Capital. formerly a storeroom for surs plus furniture in an outof-the-way place, which needs the services of a cuide to find. No name plate is on the door. No telephone is inside. But here with the door locked, amid his books and papers, the Bay State Senator spends much of his Ieisure time alone in quiet solitude. When he came to the Senate two vears ago regular office quarters were assigned to him in the Senate Office Building. Here his secretaries work and his eall- ers come, usually to be told the Sen- ator ix “at the Capitol.” But never a word about his other office, which he claimed by right of discovery and which his colleagues dub “the IHermit- age.” * ok * Tha hot Summer weather in Wash ington has not served o parch and wither the bright xreen grass which abounds on the broad expanses of lawn surrounding the Capitol. Rut here and there are unfamiliar green shoots which certainly are not blades on any known variety of grass. A passerby sought explanation from one of the gardeners. “What kind of grass geed do vou use on the grounds hera?” he asked. “I don’t know its name.” was the answer, “but it is a very special kind imported from Tta “Now T know what those strange shoots are,” said the passer- by, “they’'re garlic.” “Yes chuckled (Conyright. 1926.) “Would-Be Worshipers™ An Improper Phrase To the Editor of The Star: In a dispatch from Mexico City, printed in The Star, July 31. occurs the phrase, “would-be worshipers,” re- ferring to numbers of Mexicans who were unable to enter churches in that country owing to the large crowds there assembled. The expression, “would-be worship- is mnot accurate., because the ter evidently meant that due to er: Wi or place. He did not say that they would be in the church for worship. nor did he refer to a certain period of worship, but has classified a group of people as ‘“‘would-be worshipers.” A reference of this character is im- proper comment regarding conscien- tious people whose sacrifices to obtain their destination were acts of worship in themselves. Such a title is not just or fair, as a person does not have hiper, and if he had previously wor- 1 an intention to continue, ified. and should not be wonld-he worshiper.’ A man who lifts his heart to God as a witness of his acts to his fellow men and seeks reward on the approval of his life is not only bettering him- self but is a henefit to humanity and &hould be protected. E. P. 8. NEWMAN. RICHARD & TAGGART. dairy exposition the finest butter in | the world is made in Minnesota, that the creameries of that State have won more than 90 per cent of the | butter prizes that have been awarded | in annual contests. Permit me to add | that Minnesota butter is sold in the New York market by the car load and brings the highest price. The Minnesota creameries not only secure the highest price in any Amer ican market, but secure a higher price than Australlan, Argentine, Esthon- jan and Finnish butter in the London market, and fall littie below the price of Danish. Minnesota sells more butter in Bos- ton, New York and Philadelphia than any other State in the Union: in New York City more than six times as much as the farmers of New York, and supplies nearly one-third of all the butter sold in that market: sells 13 times as much in Philadelphia as the farmers of Pennsylvania and nearly half of the whole amount of butter sold In that market. This superiority in quality and quantity of production is the result of co-operation which embraces pr: tically all the producers of milk and all the creameries of the State. This organization was begun and nursed to a healthy growth by the College of Agriculture, then presided over by Dr. Albert ¥. Woods, now president | of the University of Maryland, some 15 years ago. The co-operative plan worked out was taken by trained spe- | clalists from the college to the farms | and creamerfes. Trained butter- makers were sent from the college to every creamery to correct construc- tion of buildings or machinery where the same were inddequate or had too much lost motion. Cleanliness on the farm of production, in the transporta- tion to the creamery and in its pro- | cesses were an absolute rule. The uniform method in the process of con- verting cream into butter became a fixed standard in all. Trained spe- clalists tested and graded the product. The association absolutely refused to receive butter that failed to reach their high grade; as a consequence after a long and determined process of education a uniformity was ob- tained. Speclalists study the freight. Markets are constantly studied. Uni- form prices for milk and supplies pre- vail throughout the State. The University of Maryland in re- | cent years has aided the Maryland | Dairy’ Assoeclation in producing the best milk and securing a. better price for their product. as well as prevent- ing the fluctuations in price <o often ruinous to the producer. The dis- tributors in Baltimore are in accord and the board of health in full accord | with the dairymen of Maryland as to | proper inspection. Raltimore gets | high quality nilk. has increased its| consumption, and the board of health of that city notes a corresponding de crease in the mortality rate. | The Maryland Dairy’ Association em- Yraces fully: 90 per eent of the pro- ducers, and is today the most pros. | perous in the Union, furnishes the | purest milk to Baltimore of any city | of the Union, and. according fo the figures of the Raltimore Board of | Health, the consumption of milk has increased to a greater quantity in any | of the large citfes. while the death rate has been lowered. The Dairy men’s Association of Maryland ma tains a bureau of educatfon in the | schools, showing the value of milk as a food product. Co-operation in selling farm products will insure production of higher quality as well as selling at a better price. J. H. SHEPHERD. ———————— Market Site Approved. Location Suggested in Letter to The Star Called Best. To the Editor of The Star 1 was pleased to note a fetter from | Dr. Kernodle in The Star on July 30, under the caption, “Suggests Mar- ket Site."” This location is by far the best sug- zestion yvet. Neither the northeast, nor the water-front proposals are con venient for the. public. Many would suffer financially if they had to give up_their stands, Center Market, even housed as it is, ia one of the Mationally known sixhts of our clty, and compares favorably with the well known market places of Furope: The location suggested would lend itself even better than the present site and conserve the bit of old-time Washington still left to us The northeast suggestion sible—*near the railroads.” But why save the delivery trucks? Why not save the time, steps and car fare of the people? - As for the waterfront site— hasn't it been in The Star that T have repeatedly read from time fo time articles edueating the public as to the possibilities of our water- impos- front under proper development? Isn't it a step in the wrong direc- tlon? In spite of froquent garbage col- lections and police inspection we all know how the waste from vegetables is in evidence about the outside stands. With the river handy no amount of law is golng to prevent it being used for a dumping place. The worst (of this feature is that it cannot collected. but we will see it all bobbing along past the Speedway—the War College—on to Mount Vernon—and heyond. T trust Dr. Kernodle's site will re- ceive the thoughtful considération of | all desiring to serve mot only this generation, but the future ones in Washington. TFANNY H. STOCKIN THINK IT OVER The Glass House Age. By William Mather Lewis, President George Washington University. | Is the world growing worse? “Of course it is,” exclaims the pessimist. “The columns ff our papers are crowded with crime news.” As a mat ter of fact, the papers are crowded | with all kinds of news. There was a time when our fav journal gave us nothing much but | jocal information. Now the telegraph and the cable, the telephone and the | radio bring into the office of even our smaller dailies a flood of news from | every corner of the globe. The niurder in an obscure corner of Colorado is| promptly recorded by a daily in Ten-| nessee. The absconding bank clerk in | Oregon finds his name in New Orleans | headlines. But Towa n learns | promptly of scientific discovery 1n| France, and Kansas has the political | thought of the British statesman at| breakfast. | Tt i the age of general information. | We know what our neighbors are do- | ing, and our neighbors are no longer | those whom we meet face to face,| but the inhabitants of the farflung isles of the sea as well. There is an appalling amount of erfme in the world and 1 men ace to our civilization. But the mass of the people are still honest, law- abiding. decent—and for such, know edge of conditions {8 essential. We will never right undesirabl: conditions of which we are ignorant. There is no truth in the old n.daxl s er;hat “what you 't kmow won't hu * Gl Covyright. 1 | for World War veterans what is it | ! tain of industry within | tified with Brooklyn ANSWERS O QUESTIONS BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. Q. What would be the value of halt a teaspoonful of radium’—L. R A. One-half teaspoonful of radium 500.000. One-half oonful of radium would be about ms. te: &r Q. Under_ the insurance extension | M. | be to do?—M. A. Government insurance may reinstated any time prior to July 2, 1927. If the insured can pass the re quired physical examination, he may | reinstate b ving two premiums. If he s drawing compensation and is not permanently and totally dis- abled he may reinstate by paying all premiums from the time the insu neces: ance lapsed, with interest at o per cent. Q. What is the largest one-man boat that the law will allow without pilot for pleasure purposes?—J. WS, A ANl steam vessels have to be inspected by the steamboat inspec- tion service. If a boat is propelled by gas, it is not necessary that it be documented unles it is over 15 gross If the tonnage is more than . the boat nas to carry a licensed an engineer if used for car rving passengers for hire. If used for a pleasure boat without cost to the passengers, it is not necessary that it be inspected Q. How old was ton, for whom the hor when she died?—M. Mc A. Charles Nelson Crittenton was an American philanthropist. born in Adams, Jefferson County, N. Y. Tl went into the drug business in New York City in 1861 but after 1ss2, when his_G-year-old daughter Flor- ence dled, he devoted his time and wealth to the establishment of Florenca Crittenton Homes for home. less and unfortunate girls and their infant children. In 1895 the Nati Florence Crittenton Mi ) corporated to carry on this work. Of these mission homes more than 70 were organized in Mr. Crittenton's lifetime in all the larger cities of the United States and in Marseille, Tokio, Shanghal, the City of Mexico, ete. lorence Critten- es are named, Q. Tas a new Hoyle been published since the new laws for auction bridze | went into effect?—R. T. A. Such books are available. Q. What_ should old pewter?—F. i A. Pewter is a very soft metaland | be used to clean only very fine scourers, such as fine | whiting, rouge, or fine rottenstone mixed with oil, should be used on it Q. What can be done to prevent sea nettles?—I3. V. J. A. No method is known for over coming the sea nettle as a nuisance. Q. When. how and where did the wish people be peak Yiddish instead of Hebrew n A The Jews who left Germany during the Middle Ages for the Slavie lands _of Rohemio. Poland. ( and Lithuania spoke Middle in to High German and wrote it quite correctly although they employed the Hebrew letters. Out of touch with Germany, the German sounds and forms under | went some cha while Hebrew, Aramaic and Slavie words wers added to the languaze. The re sultant idiom. Yiddish, supplanted | the Slavie of the primitive Jewish settlers, and sradually with Jewish migration was carr 1l parts of the world. Pure Ilebrew is new an academic langnage, found only in | American | . | | | 1 Q. Where is thel Histori lquarters of tha sockation” al W A. Room 1140 Woedward Buildir Washington, D. ¢ Q. How much building was done in Florida last vear?- N, & M. A. Construction expenditures total- ing $225,000.000 were recorded in ida in 1 Soldiers are there R.T.F How man Q all the armies of the world A. Figures compiled by the Un| ates War Depirtment and reviss August 31, . show the per sonnel of the combined armies of tha world to be about 6,000,000 Q. Where did the Timucua and Hitchitl Indians liv intelligent ax 1! AL S, MeQ. The Bureau 1 Eth nology says that the Timucua Indians of American formerly lived south of Okefenokea “wamp and the Hitchiti Indians north of it. The intelligence of both was practically the same as that of the Seminole Indlans, Q. Is the b lapis lazuli plain blue or streaked with white® M. L B. A. Good lapls lazuli should no contain white spots, but be of un form color. Q. HWow many islands are there in the Bahamas?—J. C. D. A. There are 20 inhabited islar in the Bahamas group and many inhabited islands and rocks, Q. How can gilt picture frames b cleaned?—I1. L. C. R There are se home methnds which may be followed. A . dampened with oil of turpentine may be rubbed lghtly over the frame. It will take off dirt and fly mark Then leave the frames to dry. An other brightener is a freshly cut onion. After two hours wipe with o sponge moistened with dry with a soft cloth Q. Tlow is velvet made’- N The pile surface of velvet | | formed by an ex set of warp | threads looped over wires so that the loops rise tn relief. When the to e cut pile, the wires hav t the end which cuts the loog withdrawn. Plain velveta are o woven double on the machine looi without wires, the pile heing forn by epecial warps that pass back forth between the upper and lower parts of a doubie cloth. flon soline fire he Q. How should a g quenched DO A. In order to put out fire, it must be smothered with blanket some such device. Q. What was the population of the world in the time of Christ?—IT A. There are. of course. no actual statistics as to the population of the world at the time of Christ. Little of the world was known at that time te the natlons which have since rec and made history. An estimate plac the number at 50,000,000 in the know | world. The present population (ate:r estimate) is 1,850,000,000 Q. When was Fort Massachusetts estublished?—F. A. R A. Fort Massachusetts on Ship Ts located in Mississipp! a gasoline nd. Sound 30 miles north off the Chande. leaur Islands. The construction of this fort began in 1535, The port was Iso known as Ship Island during the vil War. Ll Q. TIs well watd¥ ton cold and hard o can’ an SRous dav bel| tosoray on plafita?G: DT o e n an Ehour day hel ®A. Cold, hard well water has been to be milked every | " | kuolwn to injure plants. Somethmes it A- FatiE Hats i 0 hifts, | 15 due to the temperature and other or rest periods T 4 | times to the composition of the water. hours may be planned in & 12hour| . Daes it hart a singer to drink day. e cream soda?- M. 1 T The Etudt ys that ice am or attendance at base ball games | jea cream soda. clonds the vaies and reasing or decreasing?—G. V. N. | qiould never be taken before singing A. Figures for the current season | Gkt have not been compiled. Last vear | Find out whaterer you iwant to the National League reported a lare | know. There is no room for iguorance increase in attendance, while the |in this busy world. The person who American League teams plaved (o | loses out is the one who guesses The 68,000 less than in 1924, Q. Was the late George Washing. ton Cable a journalist? —H. 1L T. A. Cable s an accountant be fore his contributions to the New Or leans Picayune won him e on the staff of that paper. he re- himself entirely to literary work. person who gcts on is always the one who acts upon rellable information This paper employs Frederic I, Haskin to conduct an information burcau in Washington for the free use of the public. There is no charge ercept * cents in stamps for return postage Write to him today for any facts you desire. Address The Evening Star In- formation Rureaw, Frederic J. Haskin Director. Washington, D. C. Death Brings Recognition Of W. A. Roebling’ What the Brooklyn Bridge meant to modern American progress seems | to have been appreciated fully only at the passing of its builder. Col. Wash- ington A. Reebling of Trenton, N. J., is dead nearly half a century after his completion of the great span con necting Manhattan with Long Island, and his eulogists point to t ment as the beginning of the present era of construction on gigantic and daring scale, OF Col. Roebling's remarkable per sonality, the Trenton Times save “The colonel wa modest, diffdent most shy, but to his friends he w companionable and always interesting because of his wonderful fund of in-| formation and his experiences. e sides his connection with the John A, Roebli s Sons Co., he was inter in m lanking 1 other enterprises. He was T us o teibutor to local cf and phil- anthropies. The Albany Fveningy News callg Roeblin me of the big men of Ameri 10 who “niade a path to progress,” while the U'tica Observer Dispatch savs that “'his mind conld al- | | way find fields of interest to explore or ‘enjoy, whether in science, litera- | ture, art or music,” and that “he was | a linguist and a classical scholar.” The New Orleans Tribune’s view fs that “*Brooklyn Bridge, the bridge.en | gineering wonder in his day, is, in a sense, his monument.’ The Brooklyn Daily Eagle ohserves: Roe ong-time resident, a long-time “Trenton may claim Col. ing Ler bor But in history he will always be iden W the bui of the first bridge across the Hast River, a_structure which is still re-| garded, by artists at least, finer | in its lines and more esthetically im pressive than any of its later rivals.” * %k k The fact that the son gave his health to complete a task whose be. ginning had taken the father's life grips the imagination of writer and reader. Calling Roebling “the fore- most engineer of his time, the who built the Brooklyn Bridg which many engineers dec possible,” the Watertown Daily Times explains: “Building the Brooklyn Bridg ze left him by his father, bling, who had been g et for designing and building tie mak- ing a preliminary T0s. he suffered di lock jaw . ohn A. Roeblin; - eurly hieh had drawn were gens eral in character and no details had been worked out. It was the task of the son to take up the work nd, concludes the Times, “he m plished what he set out to do.” The task was a long one, as the Richmond News-Leader points out, saying that!in the world, stands as his monu- ' the bridge ‘‘wes completed in 13 years. at achieve- | ) Work hoy had the pluck to introduce T several of his own ideas.” adds the Riclimond paper. “The bridge is much a menument to the son as the father.” The Louisville nirfer Journal cstimates “the work of the Roeblings, dreamed by the father and carried out by the son.” as | been “on that large scale wh to characterize a later Americ: this paper declares that “the Rr Ivn Bridge was an achievement epoc as the subway tunnels of o ator day or North River Bride~ of the future. ) Recalling that Col. Roebling did first work on the old suspensic | bridge across the Allegheny at Fede “t. Pittshurgh, th puts its finger on one of the zr sons for the suc b Sun at rea sful completion of “Brooklyn Brid it traces hack the histe of the Roehlings., “The elder Roebling,” savs the Sun, “settled Saxonburg, Butler County, with colony from Saxony., Germany, |begun his experiments in spinnin {wire rope.” experiments that led finally to the production of the power ful cables used later in “the construc tion of bridges, of which probaubly the Niagara Bridge, the span across the Ohio at Cincinnati and the Brooklyn Bridge are the greatest.” * ok ok % “One of the innate qualities which fitted C‘ol. Roebling for the engineer ing of the Brooklyn Bridge wad h e, declares the Bangor . as it tells the story of how the colonel, “although his health was undermined early in the under taking, declined to surrender the tre mendous responsibility and directed the operations and solved the count less engineering problems from a wheel chair in his apartment or on the roof of the apartment building from where he watthed, with the aid of & telescope, the great bridge rise above the waters of the East River The Newark ening News calls ( Roebling “Indomitable’ in his spirit, man who gave “the world a new standard in bridge building,” and 1 believes that “monuments to him stand long aftér the Brooklyn Bridge has ceased to be." It has been 46 vears since the | Brooklyn span was completed,” com ments the Williamsport Sun, saving further: “Other bridges surpass it in | sizo and perhaps in engineering skill { but no engineer of any age ean sur pas< Col. Roebling's remarkable ex hibition of seif<acrificing consecration | to his task. which marked the cor | struction of that bridge.” In sir {vein speaks the Quincy Ierald-W | of the coloncl: “For his devetion to duty and bis indefatigable energy in | meeing iU tirongh.” the monster | bridge, now of secondary importan ment.