Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1927, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTOY |1 RS, 0 THE EVENING STAR | acbomstnry ¢ el conventent | motive of crime and afsorder n this 3 distance from the city, and, moreover, —— | the sofl is exceptionally suited to ar- WASHINGTON. D. C. | boriculture. The now-standing groves THURSDAY. . ..January 27, 1927 ®F® rebresentative of North American T T T 7 |tree life. It hus been stated the highest authority that there no such suitable site for arboretum ‘With Sunday Morning Edition. on is THEODORE W. or NOYES. . . . Edits A SNGRT TE — an The Evening Star Newspaper Company | i1 this part of the country Business Office In the expansion of the city N.xw“i"..?f{63«%‘?‘;‘?5’%::;42?‘:!% |area is even now in the path of de Chicago Office Tower Bnildin | velopment, and uniess taken at once {will soon despoiled by building Buropean Office: 14 Er‘rfllll 8t., L England. Bl o, | OPerations. The trees will be cut down, | with the Sunday morn- o srrers, within | the removed as new grades are | nts per m s oni rite M et Bor uonthi Uy Qmits | established and the opportunity per month. Orders may be eent by mall OF t; create here at the Capital mediately Within the range of the De- ol ne Main 5000. Collection is made by rarrier at end of each month. partment of Agriculture a field labora | tory for botanists. The value of this institution cannot be overstated. It is {not merely a question of theoretical or abstract science. Great material All Other States and Canada. values are at stake. The botanical re Dajie and Sunday..1 v $12.00: 1mo. SLOU searches of the department are of the Suindey onls $400: 1mo. #5c(highest utility, Experimental can be conducted in arboretum Member of the Associated Press. that is impossible elsewhere, and from The Associated Press is exclusivels entitled | ¢ L i itad In this paper and aiso the local news > Z ) published herein, rights of publication to the country. Mhus it is to be hoped of special dien; n are alsoreserved | .t he present plans for the enact {ment of this bill at the current ses- will that be — fore the adjournment of Congress the will have been definitely by legislation and appro- tis | don. he ‘The Evening Star. Ing adition, ia deliverad by il as lost im- Rate by Mail—Payable in Advance. Maryland and Virginia. aily snd Sunday....1yr. §0.00:1mo, aily only . LUV 86000 1 mol! Bunday only 1 ¥r2 $3.00: 1 mo. e work an come discovers The United States and China. A timely statement of the Ameri ean Government's with gard to its relations with China been issued by the Department State, Secretary Kello; setting forth the American policy in explicit terms. As thus declared the United of” the Netitm States stands ready to mnegotiate which the Browning separation unt*‘ alone or jointly with any Bovernment | {5 being tried that the hearings of of China or delegates who can rep- | the case should Public 'may well resent or speak for their country; to| pave heen, under the law, unavoid put into force such recommendations Dibve 45 i of the extraterritoriality commnission that this o as can be effected at once without a Thauned Torigio: Juage, Jealps treaty: to negotiate for the release | or (e dignity of beneh and of extraterritorfal rights as s00n 4% | ooulg contemplate with avgeht China 15 prepared to provide protec- | opret 4na chagrin the inevitable tion to American citizens; to assent 10 | oy gequences of his pronouncement. {arifl autonomy for China by January | ppe turning of a court of justice into 1,1929. Tt is furthermore stated that | ¢ne gruge setting in which and from this Government watches With SYm- | which 4 stream of legalized lewdness Dathetic interest the nationallstic |gariges and flows out across the N: awakening of China and welcomes | yiop jy an act which, even though it every advance made by the Chinese |pe tne Jaw and not its administrators people toward reorganizing their | g, i system of government. Wishing 10 | pe S et g deal with China in a liberal spirit, the United States holds sions in China and has never mani- fested any imperialistic attitude | toward it. This statement does not invelve any new attitude on the part of the United States toward China, sion not isearry, and position re- arboretum established pristion. has of Legalized Lewdness. dee i i 1l The on court be | able. De- liev tantly every reason decision was save are mind person. Whatever the luw may what- ever the legal exigencies under which the testimony in the case made available for public perusal, one | fact is clear: No newspaper, jealous bug | OF its own good name or of the sensi- under the oppress | any decent no conces- e is ons nine is an en new {en. city. The remedy proposed bination of the Police and Municipal Courts, making le of nine judges serving in two branches, elvil and criminal. Greater would be possible under tem, the a sin tench fexibility sy the such a Judges moving from demunds, The citizens’ committes sidered the matter this measure of establishment bureau ) clear the calenday which cor ind recommended has urged the violations of reliet tratlic handling Commission for the the giver minon ca hut s have not vet t proposal their approval the great number carried to the Poli of the speedy portant adv offenses group the There is no occasion for the detriment transaction of its work, it would seem to he able to classify the traflic ith outside into two v roups, one subject to settlement of Police Court subjecting to cited it other slight infraction regulations, putting him in gory with court process u person who is for overtime of as to hearing and adjudication reckless drivers or intoxicated drivers or th accidents and lsion without n the punishments e who cause who leave the scene of the col- diselo identity short ninor offender may be merely fines of a few dollars do not requive 1 Court which serious heir offenses, be speedily appearanc dao or injury, effectively ing the with the real Iawbreakers. ) The of Wale obscure prize fight in London A democracies not imperil may Isewhere to penaized ¢ Police urt free deal Prince attenaed permit ing to report 1 belted carl. prinee may msell more Award of a Nobel stances brings the a man able to do thir elf beyond the need of philanthropic en couragement. o prize in some in reminder that places hin ] weels” the Chift very followed on dinners with least $10 per platc . Year 1 heels of Ne uvert charges of [ of the time lates to how the tation of being a sophic nation. - of the myster e hinese zot the repu peaceful and philo - Movie comedy reveuls that a b monopoly is scarcely more remunera the custard pie ———— When himself that 1y declares ‘communist”’ Iy lmplie in the game of life he is pretty ne down to his last white chip. [ Tt Judge Landis t demonstrate that you can learn more about athletic sports from the law 500ks than'you can in a gymnasium i ———— The United States Senate is appar ently no more afraid of a President than it is of a Vice President - Burglars prove experts in the selec n of fashionable garments for won- Even crime has its refinements. r—ora a man “ he usu remained for The fncome tax collector is as punc tual as Santa Claus, although not so expressive of a generous spirit e - TING STARS. SHOO' BY PHILANDER JOHNSON Base Ball. tin’ on the bleachers On'a Summer day Listenin’ to the screechers Who applaud the fray: Watchin® fellers scurry When the ball is struck! It's joyous flurry- Hope our team’s in luck! In the courtroom sittin’ Through the Winter time' Arguments are hittin’ Rentiments sublime. Base ball is athletic When the skies ar Solemn and prophetic. warn orm and an are fop have upon ington Until the gang is cu the muerchant to prot Ntoute locks sho doors and iron g first-floor windows wnd doors. ricaded shop appears to offer meuns of combating | series of robberics R times i Dedicated to the unprejudiced pres- tiate to correct injustices in existing | v el O | of the unnatural marital relations of good. It is waitlng to see if the | 3 h | hysterical young wife news it. 1t, power in China as can carry out bl S tails and will, from day to day, pub- the outcome of immediate military | as appears to be the case, the law is The United States has alway i | clearly defined form of mentul per- earnestly desirous of the establish- | cortains drawn on such sickening that entire country. It has shown | G ready now in that same spirit to do still the robberies continue! whether there is a government with riminals, concentrated At present the United States main- s been robbed. the sum total of the at that capital by a minister and | g¢il huve to be indicated by u zer with the Peking government s that | qivs qrter number nine and was ex sections of _territory, constitutilis | gom pumber nine, which fact should ment would not ccepted by the | mhis gang, which hus tuken some ous of substituting un equal for an | without opposition, undoubtedly offhand. A treaty must Y€ grunce 1o 4 specialty shop its members Senate. Meanwhile ObUZALION | o) pup plece Into the waiting truck are now in China on legitimate busi- gijcor of the truck walted patiently civil war and the conflict of contend- the principal Wash | bilities of its readers, rather reflects the traditional atti-| o, oo (‘Mm'm‘; f;’pm“ Sl tude. The United States will nego- | i i e 7 | entation of news as it develops. The reaties with a power or a government | g.,,. genjes that in the sordid details in China that can make its agreements | : g ® | a publicity-seeking eccentric and his Canton government wi'l by force of | Pl g arms make itself such a central |y T T Ut therefore, declines to print those de- agreements under a new treaty. This ] st dent upon | . SN thh duesiion Meendent UROD | Ly Ly ohe mewy Guvelopmients of movements in China, the climax of | the trial It further urges that i which may come shortly. o i X been | TeSPonsible for a condition of affairs in sympathy with the nationalistic | WDich facilitates the pandering to a aspirations of China and has been al p version. the luw bé revised. It is high ment and maintenance of a central | UM that the door be closed and the government capable of representing | | stories as that now being told at this sympathy by a2 long series of | W hite Plain V. acts with relation to China and is S The Tenth Lesson. the utmost for China’s welfare and | And development. The only question is | Despite nine 'previous les given the police by this enterprising gung which it can negotiate With assurance | of of results. i {und expensive lessons for the spe-| cialists in women'’s wear have | tains officfal relutions with the gov- it ernment at Peking, being represented | knowledge gained by the police will receiving here minister of the |, top it all off, this same gang gave Peking government. But the trouble | jonongtration number ten only three it does not now vepresent and NS | seeqingly sporty about it. because not for some time represented 1Are | pympen ten was right 55 the street Southern and Central China. A treaty | yave wiven bix odds for a vietory for negotiated with the Peking goVern- |gne noiice China of Canton or Shanghai. thing over $100,000 in dresses and ma Though the United States is desit-!torpyg from Washington merchants unequal treaty with China, it can-|poosecqional and clever. No amateur not displace the existing instrument o iy Are it forens place it, negotiated with an estab. leisurely survey the govds on display lished power rutified by the i ng grger this or that expensive dre: rests upon this Government to do Its p., yiores have been thus cleaned out | utmost to protect its mationals Who! e oo Lest, Ten times has the ness and who cpught in- the his consignment and ten dangerous conditions arising from R AR Atiarte asn ing forces aspirant for the central! suthority. strests of Kt it ix up to P Iigh food prices are predicted for this and next ¥ The result, if prophets speak true, will be the usual boast of good business by those who sell and of hard by those who! have to buy. t his own goods. put attached A ting " to i bar he only L hold and daring times B The Arboretum Bill Advanced. Health considerations urge A favorable report hus been ordered | oo oo g g by the House committee on &gricul | hanefit of outdoor sport ture on the bill. vassed BY | whether AR the Benate, providing for the creation | gyey it of a mnational arbore in this city. Jlouse leaders ugree Lo give the meas ure early consideration. It therefore appears well assured t s legisla tion, already dangerously postponed. will be enacted before the close of the wession. Yesterday in committes it waus voted to strike out frow the Senate bill the recreational and park provisions that through misunderstanding of t ture of this projected institut written into the bill in the Senate. ; Acceptance of this modification by | powever, that it can be passed before the Senate is expected. o that when gqjournment, which will occur five finally passed the measure will create | weeks hence, but it is tmely to 1 a truly and strictly national establish- | gent it for study so that at the n ment, a fleld laboratory for the De-!gession it may be put into final shape partment of Agriculture, which s in | tor enactment. no wise to be rated as a public park, | An urgent need exists here for theugh it may be opened to the pub-|relief from the congestion in the Me under regulations insuring the ' police Court, where even with four proper care of the growths. The!judges at work there is a piling up $House committee further reduced the | of cases, due first to the great num- 1imit of cost from $500,000 to $300,000. | ber of petty traffic charges which are a change to be deplored, yet permitting | now considered, and second to the the acquisition of a sufficlent area |demands for jury trials. Of the lat- for arboretum purposes. [ter class of cases there are at this Promptness is an essential factor In |time more than 1,000, a situation this matter, The land in view fslwhich is altogether unwholesome peculiarly adapted to the purposes o&nnd obstructive of justice and pro= The physical depends on already you o worry tum - Court Combination Proposed. A bill providing for the combing- {tion of the Municipal und Police Courts, drawn by a committee of tizens after a full study of exist- ing conditions, has recelved the of the Commissioners, one reservation, und that it will shortly Congress a proval T i expected be submitted to the hope of early sideration, perhaps th sesslon. It is hardly he na in con- n present were = to be expected, with | In the wintry ¢ Political Argumentation. ‘Do think your publi s your arguments?” ot tully, T hope,” ovghum. 1 may ‘most uny day you wider: wswered Sena- tor dict want to er ‘em an hattered Seriousness Philosophy is very fine When it's the Chin concluded, friend o Confucius was o blufi > stuff 1 have mine funkins onvincing when he Jud €uys a high teno sounds when but not ks, “Few people war.” sadd Hi Ho, the of China town. “Yet alnost every one finds a state of absolute peace wearisome Question. “Have you a letter of recomm admit that they desire 1 tion?"” “Lemme ax you foh « cook or a handwriting expert?” Sufferers. parents made me practice tive Miss lady: is you lookin® My hours a day on the p enne. “You must have suffered g 1 without listening. Think of my poor parents!” no.”" said got so T could practice New Tunes. New tunes, they b Very prancesome. Of vore we'd sing ‘em Now we dar ‘De biggest ain’ said Uncle Eben. “J ukulele ex- a heap mo’ influence dan a bass ‘em as de best,’ now a areises fiddle. E SO R E Devil Dogs Off Duty. From the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette. The Natlon's extremity is the muil bandit's opportunity. All the marines are being shipped down to Nicaragua. a ———— A Harsh Reflection. From the Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch. A country is no better than its juries, soliloquizes a writer, but surcly condi- tions cannot be as bad as thu: criminal side to the civil as oceasion | Mice | ippropriately | tive thun the position of custodian of | - { his warhles | ! BY CHARLE! Trying to what vou are of ti You wi sion interested in 1S a waste got others interested it nake no partict them, they through own will 1til that tim save his br Yet thou t blunder and biuster mpting T tor a1 tr impres: ir “Oh, the er upon until thusinsm thef despit the one might as young enthusiasts all over the ht and main, for to instil) likin 1 million pe love or ‘\ 1 enthusiasm is tin sometimes e paid Ever He i ture of self or {it knows the talki ane ever the doe Ly pe hout Seati situ ir ze. he fondly of enthusi h witting @ wo his t ind here 1s the picture i Now n 1 what | of the situ- At Th The ture, wheth ington or N Francisco, i h begins about stor Llah-t ar t this pic 1t in Wash York, san has a remarkable w or that it Siineness The 1 invariably gain to i the point in it nandsomme main a e and busy artist This is alway: such paintin timme his other paint There are thine in al f Ithou does wture of 1 not the gentiema in some nay o, in rs this sort of hence one en- in his personality haldl the center of the picture hereas the craftier nui- sidles himself off into one cot he you will not notice Ao s all o in sance ner. where particularly i indeed uch their fail of protest to protestati to realize human ns are that Pl And most of they for al rying n what you are thing of a waste time is rinc We speak not education, which ter, in which the enthusiasm the world has thought his time). but simp m_the aduit world ke club, Vb ordinary rules never take off to ladies, they fail to say “C | ing?* to they | topies of civil conversation so self-centered that art, history, erature, slip them by in the eterns process of the years, simply because, through some queer mental proce they feel that Wisdom has already imparted to them ali she knows The ordinary enthusfusms of the adult world, however, are different {and it is not until a man is some- what older (whatever it may be in the individual case) that he common Iy rea that to proselyte in vain, fundames vt to met terested interested in i of time, u some- a il the course, of nt mat- proper. least, until of diffe : of (or, at 50 up here is a ford necessary for some ons, srein so apathetic . They of polite- their hats wod morn have They it too, feels ¢ with a one enthusiasm they slight the ne ihey ar eve it E. TRACEWELL. | {its way, in time | want land, | | | time | copy | | paint | conduet, | of enthusiasms | s, [to appreciate it. in vain, ' beat others into his own, | volume | dertly because it aute: to the victim thing one is trying It vain matically tends against the very to talk him into. If article in will make to the very one you it. Until then, “hold as they say back ir Let the man find out for will appreciate it all the 3 poss your horses, the Sta himsel more. Do you have some fine novel, that has impressed itself upon you with tremendous wee? Be not afraid then, that Its circulation depends pon your recommendation. Say nof ou ought read it, old man Recommending book to a friend is one of the surest ways to keep him from reading it! If you really have an earnest desire that, he secure the for himself, let x hint concerning some part of ually, as though it made no p dif. ference. In fact, rather that you thought he would be his over the bhook He bef he goes home. ; he to out icular impiy wasting will buy a the matter from the other side, it is the strangest thing in the world how indifferent one can be to anything until he takes it up for him self We know a young man who was brought up in a smoking family All the male members except himself smoked r, pipe, clgarette. After persomally trying them all, he decided that he did not care for smoking, and passed it out of his lif passed, His best friends One, whose memory he cherishes, was never in his company without a pipe. Yet this young man never paid the slightest bit of atten- tion to either pipe or tobacco. Cigar stores, to him, were Toss: Displays of pipes did not intrigue his fancy, Brands of tobacco were simply so many meaningless pack ages. A cigar, upon the counter's rim was simply a cigar, to him. The business lure of the industry inter ested him no more than the romance of tobacco appealed to his imagina- tion. The strange alchemy means of which an Indlan “weed” could sweep over the face of the earth made no more impression upon him than the spread of the ragweed. The time was not ripe RO Jking up the pipe 1 will, he discovered all got for himself a new ause he has a mind, as we know vén to finding the best in_every . mot in the spirit of the biatant timist, but in that of the thorough . It is remarkable how many let escape from them some of the main enjoyment of life simply because they are not thorough in their likings. Thus interest, an_intangible thing best, proves itself to be won by man when he has fitted himselt “Speak for yourself, These, the immortal words of may’ be applied to enthusi- Viewing Years smoked a dead | by free ter, of his own these fac a interest th at ey John.' Priscill asms. One must speak for himself as to his own enthusiasms, and not let oth- ers railroad him into theirs. Con- versely, he will not attempt to brow- Editors Praise Spirit'to Win of Catalina Channel Victor Courage and determination to win recognized as the assets which en sled George Young, the unheralded 17-vear-old boy of Toronto, to swim from Santa Catalina Islands to Los Angeles and win the Pacific Coast's first great long-distance swimming contest, with prize of $25, George’s triumph is distinctly a popu- lar one. hat much-harped theme of cl adventure, was a mer smpared W Young in Catal ic splash in a duckpond h the exploit of George \a Channel,” according |to the Atlanta Journal. '“Catalina’s 17-year-old conqueror actually swam from 30 to 34 miles, buffeted by the tides, For nearly 16 hour$ he fought against hostile currents, sometimes inst masses of seaweed that threat- ened to entangle him. and again bitter cold, emerging al last as the sole maining contestant of 103 who star 1, and as winner of the Wrigley ,000_prize. George deserves his for- tune. What a hero he would have made for one of Conrad’s romances of vouth and the sea!” “The odds were heavily against such swim, especially in Midwinter, but the hunan brain enables the human animal to overcome nature’s obstacles, making all things possible,” says the Los Angeles Express, while the view that his success was due to the fact that “he had faith in his ability to win and never allowed any other thought enter his mind” is ex- pressed by the Salt Lake Deseret News. The Elmira Star-Gazette de- ibes his story as “an epic of deter | mination and courage.” And the Man | ches Union chronicles: . *“He had banked everything on the venture and he gave himself heart and soul to the | gh. Figura- | task of winning thrc o had burned !iively, if not literally, dhips behind him. And the deter- mination to conquer, the will to vie- ! tory le possible what many expert | watérmen of the Pacific Coast had de. clared to be a physical impossibility.” * s receipt of “f Toronto for \lifornia an; of letters having special \dvisers, doc Tiis health and of his interests,” pily Star replies that “should stop to ask they did not finance awer,” continues that they didn’t know The same answer could not in denouncing Youns car, with trainers {tors 1o take care | lawyers to t the” Toronto | | the denouncers 1 why {him. Their { Star, “would e {be was going { sent w mselves { be made by about half a million people | and round Toronto. Probably more than half the people hwr‘ -h(l_n'( !Lnn\\ there was to be o swimming { race or that a Toronto youth was com- peting until the news of the result set {the city talking. Most { did_know und the big pri that was offered not know that Young W i had no opportunity to back him. up and went.” i he had {win,” it is further | Charleston Evening Pos wis hard) ! believed, and his pretensions were | viewed ~amest with —amusement. George Young takes his plac in the record of pioneers in athletic achieve ents, and the vouth of his day will look to him as @ hero and a champion | of their generation.” The Portsmouth |Sun is reminded of the stories of Horatio Alger, once denounced by “the judicious and level-headed” as {“rot.” and feels t it a feat like Young's had been the author's theme “they would huve been quite right about it, generally speaking { happened.” ! "'fle had a purpose.” is the outstand ing fact to the Omaha World-Herald, !\which adds the comment: “Trudy derle, it will be recalled, swam the Inglish Channel for America. Millie Giade Corson did it for her husband and Kiddies. Young rises nobly and nakedly out of the water to exclaim that he did it all for Mother.’ The Indlanapolis Star believes that “the vietory will be popular for.two rea- sons—one that youth has again been served, and the other that the suc- cessful entrant previously was prac- tieally unknown in Amerfcan swim- ming circles. The public in a country lin even a testitied swimming the Hellespont. | | | | where obscure farm lads rise to na- tional prominence enjoys the spectacle of a meteoric flash to fame in an competitive line,”” continues the Star. “An added measure of gratification over the outcome was the fact that the purse will bring comfort to a family which apparently was not blessed with much of the world’s goods. * * “That he should have got across at all, swimming as he did through 23 miles of fairly cold water,” the Van- couver Star says, “is remarkable, con- sidering his age. That he should have been the only one to finish in a con- test which several of the champion long-distance swimmers of the conti- nent, among them two channel celeb- THURSDAY, JANUARY | | THIS AND THAT || that | 27, 1927. BEING PAID FOR EXERCISING By Frederic J. Haskin. plaving skating, basket gym n at perhaps day it niza Think golf or | taking { ball or ha | nasium | home leven dancir | Tncredible? | great national welfare {has just made an offer is in_ effect just office staff that {a vroposal. = The National Safety Counc co-operative, non-profit- making association composed of com mun safety councils, corporations fand public-spirited citizens interested | primarily preventing accidents on | the streets, in homes and throughout lindustry, has notified the employes its headquarters at Chic that cash awards wil paid Iy to those of them exel for at least one hour each day And in maki the public ment of this unique offer it j that offi of the accident tion institution are watching keen interest the developments of being paid for tennis, swimming long walk, playing ball, working in a doing yonr daily d riding horsehack., g, an hour every Not bit A on e org; to we ise in who innournce. is stated pre in workers feeling fit, and results are satisfactory that thousands other employers will offer similar duce: in the hope keeping their employes ir healthier and of mind. 1m convinced that our employes to take more active part in | the nationul heaith ecampaign, and { feel confident the attendance and ef- the staff will be ill take regular W. H. Cameron, irector of the council, in ex- the reason for the innova tion. “I know that the increased ef ficiency will be worth money to our organization and 1 have therefore of fered to v small cash bonus ench staff member who submits certificate at the end of the week he or she has taken one hour's continuous exercise each day. of course, the offer has no strings at tached to it and the exercise will be I voluntary and must not inte fere with our present working hou: Healthy Workers Are Happy. 1t is Mr. Cameron’s belief that healthy workers are happy workers. If people are not in good health, natu- rally they not very much inter- ested in their daily duties. He says his organization has no money to spend foolishly, but that he is con- fident the proposed investment will pay big dividends. His own experience over a period of vears has taught him that it is comparatively easy to exercise hour a day colds, sore throats and disabilities due to congestion and constipation can 50 remedied. and most desirable asset in life, but it annot be secured or main ned un- less the hody is kept lu period of vigorous exer: tle dabs of exercis a few blocks three or four times a day—are not sufficient for the average person. “Our brain that if the it Itkely keep is of ts ficiency if each exercis aging plaining daily man e daily staff members have the op. tion of a straight walk of an hour, skating for an hour, or any other ex ercise they may select,” he adds. “It is my conviction that the emploves who take advantage of this offer will be better workers. They will come to work with greater enthusiasm for their dally efforts and will feel full of pep. Also there should be fewer ab- sences due to minor ailments. Assoclates of Mr. Cameron say that he is a man who practices what he preaches. He goes skating several times a week in the Winter, conditions permitting, and in warm weather goes swimming two or three times a da It is one of his frequent stunts to walk from his home in Evanston tc the headquarters of the institution in Bast Ohio street, Chicago. and when his favorite exercises fail him he finds other things to do to keep himself fit. That he succeeds in doing this is evi- denced by the fact that while he has a thorough physical twice every year he medical treatment. never walking were the exercises named, but it was stated that the employes led one to inquire if dancing would be considered real exercise. Her private opinfon publicly ex- all evening rities, were obliged to abandon, makes the event a classic.” The Helena Montana Record-Herald says that “as a first long ocean swim in the Pacific the event is memorable.” The Wichita Beacon declares that as he “fought the adverse tides with magnificent strength and determination, even when the treacherous seaweed was grasping at his arms near the end, and com- | pletely outclassed the others, he now stands out as perhaps the premler swimmer of the world.” “GGeorge rode his motor cycle to Los Angeles, arriving with 60 cents in his pockets,” the Flint Dafly Journal re- marks. ' “He existed after a fashion, his training being broken by the de. mands of a_job which took up most of his time. He entered the water at the Catalina Isthmus Saturday morning | less prepared for the cruel and exact- | the record that when a swimmer is in- the of them who | pjrector Gienes Wbout the swimming mm;'!: | Highway “boulev did | s zoing and | \waghington and Annapolis was made “"}hv completion of the Defense High- | rew fng grind than perhaps any of his competitors. But he possessed the ad- vantage of a stout heart, one that had carried him thus far on his ad- venture, t00 young to know the mean- ing of hesitation or fear.” And the Cincinnati Times-Star thus emphasizes the nificance of the event: “The young Canadlan has earned his prize Another stretch gf water has been put upon the map, and the world has learned that it is cold water; it has been demonstrated that the hu- an body can build up a remarkable sistance to chill and fatigue, and evidence has been written into v some tent upon his (or her) business axle greuase 18 u more or less sufflcient gar- ment. Thus the sectional, physiologi- cal and soclal implications of the con- test are considerable.” e rv——— Dlsagrees With Director Of Lee Highway Road To the Edit We are ot The Star et unable to agree with al Johnson of the Lee rd. The saving of 10 niles between wiy. Last vear the new highway Letween Baltimore and Wilmington saved 10 miles to travelers. The Lee Highway, between Washington ana through Falls Church, is a tance of about 16 miles, compared to about 20 miles by way of Alex- andria or Chain Bridge. The Lee Highway boulevard pro- ses to lose 2 or more miles be- fore it hits ¥alls Church by me- andering around the <country like a squirming snake trail, and then more unnecessary miles after it leaves Falls Church before it hits the present Lee Highway again. This will mean a_hundred thousand dollars’ worth of gas, needlessly burned up by travelers directed over this road in the course of a very year Thousands of people now living in the towns of Arlington and Fairfax Counties who have heen paying a double tax on account of road and school bonds will get little benefit from the proposed meandering scenic trail. Tt looks like old land pecalating influences. Several large tracts of land, recently changed in possession, and other tracts through which the proposed road is planned or bends over to reach, will boom to values high enough to build the road. I predict that less than one-half of the traffic coming to Washington and pressed was that any one who danced the Charleston continuously for even 15 minutes would be ing more exercise than could be derived from a 10-mile walk; besides,’ it was lots more fun than walking, skating or swimming. A ruling on her question has not been announced, but the addi- tional point may be made that if dancing the Charleston isn't exercise then riding a horse can't be, recent news dispatches told of a girl who had broken a leg doing the strenuous dance, while the Prince of Wales does a world of horseback riding and the worst that has hap- pened to him was a sprained shoulder. Golf May Fill the Bill. Golf may meet all requirements. Any one who chases the elusive pill around nine holes in the early morn- ing takes more exercise tham in an hour's walk of any kind, save pos- sibly mountain climbing. Further- more, the game has the additional advantage that those who become golf addicts dlmost invariably stick to it. Physicians discovered some years ago that patients for whom they had prescribed walking, gymnasium work, setting-up exercises and the like ‘would not keep it up for any length of time, so they began pr scribing golf and found that their patients rarely abandoned it. Also, golf is a game that men and women of all ages can play and en- joy, and in a large pant of the United State it can be played practically the vear around. Therein it has it all over skating and swimming, which, while there is all to be desired in the way of exercise, are distinctly sea- sonal sports and present far more elements of danger Tennis is recognized as a splendid exercise, but it is too strenuot for the young and hardy and is a seasonal sport except for a few favored localities and where {ndoor courts are available Leading employers of the country have for the last decade or more agreed as to the value of exercise for their workers—not only exercise, but recreation of any wholesome kind. Many of them have provided gym: nasiums for their employes and some have maintained athletic fields and en- couraged the formation of various kinds of athletic teams. Unfortunately, in many instances this has all been done under the name of welfare work and instead of being appreciated by the employes has been resented by large numbers of them who have an abiding prejudice against anything’s being done for them for their welfare by their employers ex- cept the granting of more pay and shorter hours. Perhaps the experiment now being tried in Chicago will demonstrate that the only way to put the exercise prop- asition over is to offer a bonus for it. leaving Washington_ going over the major portion of the Lee Highwa, will travel the road recommended. It is now about 6 miles to Falls Church over a road that will be less when straightened out and improved. ‘Why is it necessary to make the dis- tance mog#* than 2 miles longer because it may not be possible to get 200 fegt through the heart of some small, one-horse town, when the greaf traffic of the North through Washington, Baltimore and other citf over city strects? E. B. 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What is the method of electro cuting criminals 1n Massachusetts and New York?” D, In Massachusetts the usually executes the prisoner b push a button, one button of which turns_on the electric current. In New York the State executioner is a electrician and throws the switch which makes it possible to turn the electric current. | | plating done?—I.. 1 | A. The process of has been known for many ages and mentioned by Pliny and Vetruvius 1801 Wollaston reported on it to in London. The L silvering metals first prac Good health is the best | The Senate’s adoption of a resolu | tion favoring arbitration of the dispute with Mexico, without limitation upon {any other steps the President deems | necessary, appears to some to be what the French would call a “beau geste’ liberally translated, a “vain strut least a “futile act.” They declare ladds mnothing to his power: it adds Inothing to the policy of the adminis. {tration which was not already It merely goes back to the policies ¢ President Roosevelt, the Executive | who “spoke softly, but carried a big stick,” and who, though popularly re- | puted to be ‘“a firstrate fighting man,” never fired a shot at any | tion throughout his administration, nd perfected more treaties of arbitra- jon than all other Presidents com | bined, before or since. And always it was the Senate which hampered |all Presidents in negotlating treaties lof arbitration. Nevertheless, say sup- | porters of the President and Secretary Kellogg, the “beau geste” may have |a soothing influence, and prove our readiness to have peace, as the Sen- ate orators now declare. In fact, “We will have peace, if we have to fight for it" seems to be the administra- | tion's slogan. | * % Arbitration is not a new invention of statesmanship: it was practiced by ancient Greece and by the Roman | Empire. It was used in the middle ages, even when the only honorable | calling of sir knights was fighting. | President Calles of Mexico intimated some weeks ago that he might appeal {to arbitration, though almest in the same breath he alleged that the Mexi- can constitution was bevond arbit tion, and that only after some Ameri- {can had been actually injured by a | Mextean law would there be anything to arbitrate. His opponents retort that that means simply that Calles would proceed to confiscate Ameri- cans’ private property and then rel upon prolonged litjgation and compl cated arbitration ~to wear out the plaintiff. * The outstanding fact which throws light upon the Calles policies of con fiscation under the communistic con- stitution ‘is cited in the agrarian poli- cles, affecting even native Mexican landholders—the owners of widespread haciendas which have been confiscated by the state, to be distributed among | the peons. The constitutional pro- vision is that the former owners wi to be compensated in the full value |of the land taken, according to the rate of their taxes, by being paid in government bonds o such bonds have ever been issued; no robbed land- holder has ever been compensated, and the peons themselves have been cheat- ed and deceived. The peon is unable to farm his land, for no provision was made for tools or capi Bare land is a handicap without means of | cultivation, and in thousands of cases, when a peon did manage to get in some sort of a crop. his bit of land became a juicy morsel for some other peon who by chicanery persuaded the jeto politico to award him the land of the other peon, and so he reaped where another had sowed. With such standards of administra- tion, what fs to be expected from Calles’ proposal ghat property must first be taken and arbitration of dam- ages may follow in due course? * ok ok X Much has been said concerning American oil wells in Mexico bought prior to the adoption of the present (1917) constitution. The new law re- quired all holders of oil and mineral property to consent before last, Janu- ary 1, 1927, to exchange their deeds for mere leascholds or_their equiva- lents, good for only 50 years, and they must relinquish all vight to fu- ture protection of their own govern- ment and become subject to whatever laws Mexico might adopt. No Ameri- consented to that, and all de- that under international law ghts cannot be thus taken from them without fair compensation—not in mythical bonds. but in real values. Oil property constitutes only 25 per cent of American interests in Mexice Americans own mines and land and railroad bonds, and hold claims upon the government which & being ignored. ‘ * K k¥ is known as the Pious fund, which has already been arbitrated thr times and remains in default. This was the first case before the Court of International Arbitration at The Hague; it was brought by Pres- ident Roosevelt and won—yet Mex- ico ignores the decision now. In the eighteenth century this fund was subscribed in Europe for. the purpose of ‘supporting Roman Cath- alic missionaries in the work of con- One of the most tangible accounts | on | | saved by sleeping on a good, soft bed. | ing the signal to three men who each | Q. When was the first silver electro- | | He BY PAUL V. there. | | by was made by Brugnate » electrodeposited upon platinum Q. n 1805, wh lic silve How did becor itnand, the Duc de ¢ Protender Philippe, ke of Orleans, died on March legitimate pre R being He Dore ) tssue D in 1869, ar He was th the next hefr Due de | Montpenser. Q. Are inum Alum re now sald A kall without a natura tains th fat Q. When was phone fnvented A fund matic telephon 1889 by Almon pu oma st Po B been found ! 1880 Hahn pul he thought were teorites, but that he was mi What there or perso the something without _delan tion to Frederic Washington is_ employed | your inquiry to The jormation Burea Frederic director, Washngton, 1. ( close 2 cents stamps name of of wha orms in me shown need to knowf Is our business wou? Is cant to know wonr ques- director of tureau « Address ng Star In J. Haskin and in return do e yon Iask Information | in r OLLINS. verting and educating the Indians of Upper and Lower California—then a part of the territory of Me the colony of Spain In 1842, the principal of thi wnsferred, by decree Republie, into the national (confiscated), but the Mex lent contracted pay interest on it in per ¥ to th church. Six years later Cali fornia was ceded to the United States the treaty of dal Hildago. ending our war Mexico. _Then Mexico ceased to pay to the Cath olic bishops the pro rata of Upper California’s share ‘in the interest nor was it applied elsewhe Our Government, upor appeal from the bishops of California, protested and the result was that an agree- ment was entered into under which both countries appointed commis- sioners to adjust the claims, but the commissioners failed to agree, Thereupon, in 1868, by agreement of the United States and Mexican governments, Sir Edward Thornton, British Ambassador to the United States, became arbitrator, and fn 1875 he found that back interest to the amount of $100,000 was duc which he directed Mexico to pay in the United States for the gold to bishops of California. Mexico paid That covered interest only up to fund the govern to with it. | 1868, when Thornton had undertaken the arbitration Mexico refused to pay hevond the Thornton award and withheld est aceruing from ( In May, 1902, hoth agreed to submit the Hague tribunal irbitra two points—(1) whet was res judicata, Thornton’s ~ award it the pa ment of the $100,000 settled all cluims for all time; (2) was just. The United States sel arbitrators on The Hazue Frey of England and I'ro tens of the Russian council rs. Mexico chose I'rof Prof. Lohman of ( four cho Prof. Matzen hagen as umpire. At consideration, The F s, mously decided both co of the United States decreed that, i could be made in legul can mon; It was so pa terest was paid throughe firio Diaz administration revolution in 1911 and for thereafter. Today there before the Generat ¢ the claim for accrued ir 1913 up to 1925, amountin: 880.87, with accruing after, in perpetuity. inter . 1868 vernments dispute to The upon of on by reason o whethe ted its Sir M Copen t unan clair stead of nt * Why wa 1913, two Porfirio Diaz? treaty of arbitra between President R President Diaz, to run f and the five years expired on 1913—and so did the pay: terest. The treaty in Article 1 p “differences which may ar of a legal nature or relativ terpretation of the treatics between tho two contructing and which may not have bec to settle by diplomac other arbitration shou agreed upon, shall be refer Permanent Court of Arbitrs tablished at The Hague by tion of 20th July, 1899, pr they do not affect the vital ir the independence or the hono contracting parties and do not prejt dice the interests of a third par Article IT1 confirmed all details of t} treaty of Guadaluve Hidalx As the Pious fund inter ready been adjudicated at The Hague Mexico needed no warning to know that any default while that treaty was alive would go to the same tribunal under that precedent. ‘The revolutionists have refused & efforts of the United States to make that inte ars after t t had |a new treaty of arbitration to suceeed | the one expired in 1913 Our first arbitration W made with Great Britain in 1537, the Senate refused to ratify it Roosevelt treaties were ratified only with several Senate modifications, in cluding the elustic clauses exempting questions of “national honor,” etc In 1911 President Taft undertook to correct that senatorial looseness, so treaty but T as to include all questions which were justiciable under detined principles of law, but the effort was balked by the Senate and the President gave it up. (Covyright. 1927, by Paul V. Collins.) *