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Evening star., 1923-06-26
ALASKA AS FARMLAND.
Removal of Thick Ground Moss
Has Brought Fine Results.

From the Boston Transcript.
Ceasing to be moss-backed. Alaska
is thawing out. 1t has been found as
the result of the experience of twenty
years or more that where the thick
SO much Of the area Of the territory
have been removed the underlying
frozen soil gradually thaws, per-
mitting general agriculture.
Travellers and others have frequent
ly noted and told the world about the
frozen earth that lies all the year
face. and this has led many to be-
lieve that agriculture would always
be Impossible. This Is not so in the
experience of the experimental sta
tions of the. Department of Agricul-
ture.
At the Rampant station. which is
situated within about fifty miles of
the Arctic Circle, grain growing has
been carried on successfully for more
than twenty years. The first clearing
was made in 1900 and a layer of moss
removed from the land At that time
the soil was frozen to within eight
inches of the surface. After one sum
mer's exposure the ice had melted TO
a sufficient dept to permit the first
crop to be planted. The ice layer has
now receded to a depth of six or seven
feet and 1t is still gradually being
lowered.
The presence Of this frozen subsoil
is mot without advantage in the in
terror OF Alaska, where the rainfall
| is light and dry seasons some tim es
prevail. At such times the moisture
from below is brought to the roots of
plants by capt1larity and crop pro-
duction is assured.
The receding of the permanent ice
Is shown in other ways. At the Holy
Cross Mission. on the lower Yukon
river. a we'll was dug in the surnmer
of 1899 to a depth of twenty-five feet
| and no permanent ice encountered
The place where the well was dug had
been under cultivation for about ten
years.
| At the Fairbanks station in the
| spring of 1909 a we'll forty feet deer
| was dug and no frost met with except
In the first two feet on land cleared
in 1907.
These instances show that If the
moss Is removed the ice will thaw to
| a greater depth in summer than II
freezes in, winter.
Evening star., 1923-06-26
d. c. Radio Fans May Catch
Macmillan Signal Tonight
Explorer to Send
His First Message
From, Schooner.
Instructions Issued
to amateurs for
Catching Report.

WaShington's amateur radio opera
tors who can read the dot and dash
language of the ether will begin
listening-in tonight for reports from
Donald 3. MacMillan's tiny schooner,
the Bowdoin, on the first lap of its
trip to the north pole. Every night
and during the early morning hours
of the adveturous journey Donald
Mix, the radio operator on the
Bowdoin, will flash messages to the
radio operators of the world.
From the Bowdoin every week will
come a story from Macmillan. Thirty
thousand members OF the American
Radio Relay League, who are CO.
operating with the North American
Newspaper Alliance, of which The
Star is a member, will pick up these
dot-and- dash messages, copies or
which will be sent to The Star and
decoded. After being decoded they
will be published in The Star.
Here is the complete set of in
structions for radio amateurs who
will aid in enabling The Star TO
Print, from week to week, the pro-
gressive story of the voyage of DIR.
Macmillan in the arctic. In the in
structions the ham is told of the
need of constant watchfulness in or
der that any urgent message sent by
DIR. MacMillan-equivale to a ships
S.O.S.-may not be lost in the air
without acknowledgment.
Paste these instructions up beside
your radio set. The Macmillan party
plans to be gone fifteen months; it
may be held in the arctic for a much
longer period
If any modification or revision of
these Instructions is found necessary,
the changes will be published in The
Star and notice of them will also be
issued through radio channels.
These plans were worked out by
officials of the American Radio Relay
League, including Hiram Percy
Maxim, president; F. II. SchneH, the
leagues traffic manager, and Ken
meth b. Warner, secretary, IN CON
junction with DR.. Macmillan and the
North American Newspaper Alliance.
The American Radio Relay League,
which has headquarters in Hartford,
Conn, publishes an official magazine,
QST, in the July issue of which (pub-
lished July - the following instruc-
tions and schedules will appear. The
leagues official broadca sting stations,
which broadcast every Sunday and
Monday at 1901 am, local time, will
keep the amateur world informed of
Evening star., 1923-06-26
Pay to U. S. for Army on Rhine
MAY Cut 1924 Deficit T,vO-Thirds
Terms Fix annual
Remittance of
$2O,O0O,OOO. !.
Estimated Budget
Would Be Shy
S3O,OOO,OOO.

With the return to his desk here
ury Eliot wadsworth, who as special
representative of the State Depart
ment, was successful in negotiating
in Paris for payment Of 55,000,00O
to the United States for expense of
, the Army of occupation in Germany,
it was learned today from the bureau
of the budget that the s20,00o,0O0 an
nually now expected from the repara-
tions payments on the American bill
had not been included in earlier es-
Inmates of the budget AS a conse-
quence, the deficit for the coming
fiscal year, ending June 80. 1924,
probably stands at present at the
tentative figure of $10,000,0o0 instead
of the S30,000,000 announced June IL
by President Harding before the bus
mess meeting of the government.
This, of course, depends on Ger
man payments. The big if is
whether Germany will pay sufficient
cash into the reparations Golfers OF
Europe for the United States to get
under the agreement, it's S2O,00O,O0O
annual payment.
Cuts Deficit Tw0-thirds.
But If Germany does pay. the deficit
next Sunday, has been sliced off by
tWo-thirds already.
President Harding told the busi
ness organization of the government
he confidently expected that the es-
timated deficit would be wiped out
During the present year. a deficit
of more than $500. 000. 900 was turned
into a surplus of s200,000.0 900, and
now before the next fiscal year opens
on July /. comes the development that
two-t thirds of the estimated deficit
| will be wiped out by payments from
Europe.
Under terms of the agreement
negotiated by Mr.. WadSworth at
| Paris with the allied powers, this
Evening star., 1923-06-26
The Endless Line.
From Collier

from tOlilerS.
We have 100000 office holders in
the United States, including those en-
ployed by the states. counties, cities
and towns. The pay roll for these
public employees is $3.000,000, ,0000 a
year, of which $500, ,000, 900 is spent by
the federal government. Richard H
Dana. president of the National Civil
Service Reform League, says that a
quarter of the salaries are wasted in
unnecessary work, bad management
and out-of-date methods. Chief JUS
tice Taft has suggested that the
President receive power to make ap-
pointments to all local Offices witho out
Senate confirmation. this power to be
delegated to the Civil Service Com
mission. This would free members
of. Congress from the opportunities
of patronage seekers"
No wonder cabinet officers, besieged
by the endless procession of con-
gressmen who bulldoZe and wheedle
them, cry out like Macbeth:
What, will the line stretch out to
the crack of doom?"
Evening star., 1923-06-26
TURKEY PORTUGAL
WAR DANGER ENDS
Former Permits Latter and Bel.
gium to Adhere to Lausanne
Treaty.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LAUSANNE, June 26-Turkey an
nounced at the near east conference
today that she would permit Belgium
and Portugal to adhere to the major
parts of the Lausanne treaty now
being framed. thus permitting an
end being brought, for one thing, to
the state of war between Portugal
and Turkey. should the Lausanne
treaty be signed.
Turkey also stated that Czecho-
slovakia could negotiate with her
and obtain for Czechoslovak citizens
the regime applicable to foreigners
in Turkey which is part of the
treaty.
Long awaited instructions from
the various allied governments con-
cerning the treatment of the Ottoman
debt problem are expected tomorrow,
when the allies will decide upon their
common attitude toward the Turks
on this question. The Turkish rep
resentativeS are optimistic and are
predicting the end OF the conference
before the end of the week Others
among the delegates are less hopeful.
Evening star., 1923-06-26
MOLE HAS LEFT
ITS OBSCURITY
Museums Reward Brings the First
Nests and Young for
Examination.

From the Detroit News.
While scientific expeditions have
been roaming far afield to study the
remains of animals long extinct, one
little animal close home remained a
puzzle The habits of the common
mole were unknown. In literature
there We're no data based on first
hand study of a moles nest No
scientist. so far as was known, had
ever seen a mOle's nest
The Museum of Natural History in
New York therefore offered a prize
mother and young. Since the reward
was posted on April 21, three nests
and total of nine young have been
sent in from New Brunswick. n. j.;
Tyner. Ind, and Marietta, S. c., thus
making 1T possible at last to study
the nesting habits of the mole. Tho
reward has been withdrawn.
Valuable part of Finds.
The valuable part Of the finds, ac-
cording to the museum authorities, is
that definite information about the
nests was available in each case. A
letter from the Indiana finders stated
that their nest was found while plow-
ing corn. 1t was in a ditch bank of
sandy soil, about twelve inches be-
meath the sod with a tunnel leading
down the bank so that no water could
get in the hole. The nest was made
of grass.
Further details about nests were
contained in a letter received from
c. E. Cooper, Harrington Park, N.
j., who reported that he had found
four nests while plowing, and that
they were always made of grass
woven together in much the way a
bird makes a nest The young, from
three to five q nest. are born without
fur.
Mother Mole and Young.
L. o. Mullley of Marietta, s. c., gave
accurate "details of his find and told
Of the mother mole coming back dur
ing the night to hunt for her young.
This nest had three runs leading to
it, was made of old dead grass, and
was found on the edge OF a cornfield.
This is the first authentic infor-
nation about a mole's nesting habits
that l know Of" said DR.. F. A. Lucas.
director of the museum. "and, as far
as l know, the groups which we can
make out of our specimens will be
the first in any American museum.
/ had been unabue to find any one
who knew anything about the fam
lily life of mole until / received the
accurate information of the finders
of the nests we now have"
DR.. Lucas plans to use the news
specimens of animal life. He said
that for three years he had been
trying to get hold of a family of
young raccoons under a month old.
In spite of a reward of 500 for such
a family he has never been able to
get one. He also said that he was
after family of young wolves.
Evening star., 1923-06-26
WESTERNNEW YORK.
RAvAGEDBY STORM
Damage From Wind, Rain
and Lightning Estimated at
High Figure.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER,, n. Y. June 26.-
Western New York today is cleaning
away the debris of one Of the worst
wind and rain storms III its history.
Damage is expected to reach hum
dreGs of thousands of dollars. Farm
lands We're hit hard the deluge in
many places washing out crops and
destroying farm buildings. Hundreds
of trees were uprooted. The storm
cane from the west late last night
and temperatures dropped from the
nireties to the low seventies in a
few minutes.
Lightning Hits Ammunition.
The Flower City Sportmen's Club,
two-Storv frame building, was de-
stroyed when lightning set off sew
enty thousand rounds of ammunition
stored in the place for trap shooting
purposes. Only a hole in the ground
now marks the spot where the club
mouse stood. No one was injured by
the blast.
The coast guard at Summerville. on
Lake Ontario, rescued three men and
three women from yacht which the
wind drove far out into the lake. In
Buffalo belated travellers were ter
rorized by one of the most severe
summer electrical storms in recent
years. Trees and telephone wires
We're blown down and several fires
started by the lightning
Fires Despite Rainfall.
The spire of the Bethlehem United
Evangelical Church was struck a,
$3.50 and Immediately burst into
flames, which swept through the
tower and spread to the surrounding
roof before fire apparatus could be
summoned. Almost simultaneously
fire burst out in a private home de-
spite the heavy rainfall.
Panic stricken passengers rushed
wildly for the doors when a bolt
crashed through the trolley pole of q
car, shattering all the windows and
setting the car on fire.
Evening star., 1923-06-26
AMERICAN LEGIONAIRE"
VETS BALLOON ENTRY
Baltimore Man Will Pilot Craft in
Race at indianapolis
July f.
By the Associa ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 26.--
THE American Legionaire" will be
the entry of the American Legion in
the national elimination balloon con-
test to start here on July 4, Lemuel
Bolles, national adjutant of the vet
Grams organization, announced to-
day.
The balloon, which will have a ca
pacity of $4,000 cubic feet, is being
furnished by the commanding officer
OF the 3S2d Airship Company, Cen
eral Headquarters Reserves, Sd
Corps Army Area. and will be pilot
ed by C. +. Mccullough of Baltimore.
Md, with Lieut.. Carlton F. Bond,
United States air service, Aberdeen
tMd) proving grounds. as aide. Mr..
Mccullough was captain in the
world war and is vice chairman of
the legion's national committee on
aeronautics.
Lieut. Bond was aide to Maj. West
over. who won the 1922 national
elimination balloon race. and parti-
cipated in the James Gordon Bennett
international balloon race, which was
started from Geneva. Switzerland
Evening star., 1923-06-26
DENIES UNFAIR METHODS
IN FILM PICTURE DEALS
Vice President of Stanley Company
Defends Booking Corporation Be-
fore Federal Trade Commission.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, June 26.-John ].
McGuirk. vice president of the Stan
ley Company of America, in testifying
before the Federal Trade Commission
denied that the Stanley Company. or
the Stanley Booking Corporation, had
resorted to unfair methods of compe-
tition in the motion picture business.
He admitted that the Stanley Com
pany OF America had obtained a
81. 600 600 loan from the Famous Play
ers-Lasky Corporation, but declared
there had never been an agreement
that his company was to exhibit Fs-
nous Players-Lasky pictures exclu-
sively.
The hearing here is a resumption
of the investigation begun in New
York several weeks ago of charges
by the government that several OF
the country's largest motion picture
concerns were attempting to monopo
lize the film business. From this city
the mmission will go to Atlanta,
New Orleans. Dallas and Los Angeles
for hearings.
The stanley Company filed a formal
denial of the charges that it was con-
trolled by the Famous Players-Lasky
Corporation.
Evening star., 1923-06-26
KENTUCKY G. o. P. MEETS
TO NAME STATE TICKET
Choice of Charles 7. Dawson for
Governor Virtually Conceded.
Horse Racing Issue Injected.

By the Associated Press.
LEXINGTON, KY, June 26.-with
the nomination of former Attorney
General Charles I. Dawson fer gov
ernor on the first ballot virtually
conceded by the opposition and the
platform ready for the finishing
touches, interest of the delegates to
the state republican convention to-
day was centered on slate-making
for the minor offices on the state
ticket George Colvin, superintend-
ent of public instruction, is the prin-
cipal opponent of Dawson.
A sharp fight on the floor OF the
convention is in sight over an ex-
pected attempt to inject a plank ad-
vocating repeal of the present law
permitting horse racing with pari-
mutuel betting machines
Colvin has declared his intention to
lead the fight for the anti-betting
plank, which it is said will be sub
mitted in the form of a minority re
port of the committee on resolutions.
Evening star., 1923-06-26
Clipper Ship Sailors.
From the Maritime History of Massachusetts

From the Maritime History OF Massachusetts.
A foremost hand on a Yankee East
Indiamar was the best paid. best fed
and most competent, sailor in the
world, regarded by coasters, fisher
men, whalers and man-o'-wars-men
as the top dog of his profession. And the
officers must no more be judged by
the brutality of Capt. Thompson than
other professions by their black
sheep.
A Yankee shipmaster, in 1910, was
the worlds. standard in ability and
in conduct The Massachusetts mer-
chant marine was commanded for the
most part by men of high character
and education, navigators who could
work lunars as well as Bowditch him
self, and who inherited all the prac-
tical seamanship of the old school;
merchant captains" who owned part
of their vessel. and had full respon-
sibility in trading. Most of the IA
nous clipper ship commanders had
their training during the thirties and
forties, which we.may fairly call the
golden age of American merchant
marine.
Evening star., 1923-06-26
LANG DEFEATS JONES.

PHILADELPHIA, June 26.-Jerome
Lang of Columbia University today
defeated Arnold W. Jones of Yale.
national ju2ior singles champion,
81, CO. 6-4, in the third round
of the national intercollegiate tennis
tournament.
Lang is holder of the New York
piOnship
Evening star., 1923-06-26
There's a Time for Fawning.

From the Boston Transcript.
Woman Friend-No wonder Edith
won't look at you It's your own
fault. You act like a slave-fawning
and cringing before her as If you
didn't dare to call your soul your
own.
MIR wormley-Don't women like
that kind of thing?
Woman Friend-Um. not until after
marriage.
Evening star., 1923-06-26
OFFICER KILLS BOY.
Shoots Youth Twice in Railroad
Yards.

CINCINNATI, Ohio. June ga
youth giving his name as Carl Stein,
twenty-three years old, Abbotsford,
Mich, shot twice by Sergt Harry Bur-
brink of the Big Four railroad police,
died at a hospital here today.
Burbrink reported to police that
Stein leaped out, OF box car as
train arrived in the yards last night.
While questioning him. Burbrink al
leEes, the youth suddenly tripped him.
Burbank alleges he fired one shot.
and when the youth atta9ked him
fred . second tiwe.
Evening star., 1923-06-26
Too Many Crabs.

From the Richmond Tfmes-Dispatch.
A recent symposium discusses the
burning question: What does the
world need most?'
The answer, the way we see 1t, is q
whole heap less symposiums on the
subject. The world is all right, ex-
.cept for the crabs In 1t,
Evening star., 1923-06-26
HEADS TUSKEGEE BOARD.
DR.. Anson Phelps Stokes Succeeds
William G.. Wilcox.

NEW YORK, June 26.-Dr. Anson
Phelps Stokes. former secretary of
Yale University, was elected chairman
of the board of trustees of Tuskegee
Institute at the annual meeting. He
succeeds William G. Wilcox. who re-
signed on account of i'll health.
The board approved the budget Of
$460,G00 for school purposes next
year.
Evening star., 1923-06-26
Magic in the Teacup.
From the Kansas City Star.


The art of forfcasting future events
from the position and arrangement of
tea leaves in ones cup is mysterious
lore which originated in the high
lands of old Scotland. 1t is idle to
speculate as to whether it is truth or
twaddle that istforetold, but there is
a certain fascination about the teller
Of f-fortunes.
G two spoons accidentally fall in
one saucer there soon will be a we'd
ding in the family. Bubbles that rise
to the top of the tea indicate kisses
or money. If round the edge of the
cup. kisses; If in the center, money.
To insure success in love and fortune
these should be slipped up before they
vanish.
A leaf1et floating on the top indi-
Gates a stranger If short, thick and
hard. your visitor will be a short
man. If long and thin. then n tall,
thin person may be expected
A lot of odd tea leaves floating
about on the top of the tea means
worry. Gather them all up in spoon
and the worries will be slight ones,
nxs~ 49, rh fo a
Evening star., 1923-06-26
He's Not the Only One.
From the Brown Bull.

From the Brown Bull
The speaker waxed eloquent and
after his peroration on woman's
rights he said: when they take our
girls, as they threaten, away from
the CO. educational colleges, what will
follow? What will follow, I repeat?"
And a loud masculine voice in the
auditorium replied, IT WILL"
Evening star., 1923-06-26
Is No Joke.

From the Boston Transcript.
Brother-What did you say to that
old chap Just now?
Sister-I only thanked him for
picking up my. handbag.
Brother--My dear girl, you must
learn not to be so beastly grateful.
Its not done nowadays.
Evening star., 1923-06-26

Our idea~of g good barber is one
who. never speaks until he is spoke
10. -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-14
Vital Statistics
BIRTHS

BIRTHS
 To Mir. and Mrs. John William Win yard Sayreton. July %, boy. 1 To Mr. and Mrs Benjamin H. Johnson, sayretou August 8, girl. 1 To Mr. and Mrs Robert Earl Moore, 'r To NIT ana Mrs William J. southall, l Fa rfie!d, July l. boy.
 Fairfield, July 2. boy.
 To AIr. and Mrs. J. S. Clark. 1920 Poplar avenue Fairfield, July 2s, girl. To MT. and Mrs. Harry Adams. T. C. l, Hospital July 2S, boy.
 To Mir. and Mrs. George Blake, T. c. l. TO Mir and Mrs. j. NJ. shepherd, T. c. | l. Hospital. July 9. boy.
 To Mr. and Mrs Joseph H. Ression, 1oi First avenue, Pratt City July 9, TO Mr. and Mrs. James G. Thompson. T. C. l: Hospital, July 16 boy.
 To Mr. and Mrs; Donald W. switzer' TO Mir and Mrs. Allie Aga Strickland, @to''SiG To Mr. ad sSd Mrs. Nj s'tt J. B. Harris s7og Martin avenue, Central Park May 30, To MT. and Mrs Neal A. Miller, 2eO4 Avenue T. Ensley,. May, IS, boy.
 To Mir, and Mrs. Hugh s. Cowley To Mr. ana Mrs. James ,. Pryor, 1912 Berkley street, Bessenler, June 8, boy.
 To Mr and Mrs. James R. Grogan, 872S Maple street Central Park, June 16, To MT. and Mrs. Robert B. Lackey. S4oo North Nineteenth street August 4, To MT. and Mrs. A. W. shouse, 4o12 SefSna To Mp 2yenns' anS Mq! Aqgus5 boy Twenty-eighth street, August 10, girl
 To MT. and Mrs William G. Middle ton, St. Vlncents Hospital, August ?. To MT. and Mrs. Frank Louis carau. st; VlnGent n&z Hospital, August 5, boy, | k,,r To MT. and Mrs. Samuel l.. Ledbetter, Jr2 St. Vincent's Hospital, August 2, To MT. and Mrs. Lawrece Ridout. St. Vineents Hospital, August s, girl. To MT. and Mrs. Gerald Small St. 10 Mr Es1'' and Mrs Aos9Ss Henry > e siFt Jackson ceF5ra5 F6 MT Park, dnd Aggpst NTs { na. sir s,., Pratt City City. 1H July 9iS ST. boy nAF1'e G' smith, To MT and Mrs. Dewitt Kenerley, San dpsay' ,TR uA August rust l; girl 57s South Nineteenth street. August 2,
 DEATHS
 ,rr5 Grsdy Horsley, Margaret. July 80. age William F. whitlock. vinesville Sta Abner B. Keith. 45o North Fifty-first s'reet. rect August ps 21' age s2 years; street August 12 age one year. Jack Jack II Hickey The Childrens Hospital august A4, age elBht months. '. J. Thomas, South Highlands In flrmsry, August II, age 23 years
 William Daniel Carmichael, 1924 Vir- glnla avenue, August 12, age 57 years . Aubry Finley, South Highland In firmary, August II age 16 months. Ch9rles H. Booth, Vnesvile August l1, age three months
 Harrlett Freeman. 215s Bessemer Boule- yard. August 8. age seven months
 Lorenzo D. Lewis, Route s, Birming- ham, August 10, age 76 years.
 saiie Mcdaniel, St. Vincents Hospital August 9, age 66 years.
 Forest T. Denson, Baptist Hospital August 10, age 10 years. August 10. age 65 years Louise Fortin, St. Vincent's uosnitaI August 10. age 76 years sarah R. Chain 12is Fourth avenue. August 10, age 76 years. Msnsan ati F. Wagoner, 7O5 South Twen- tieth street August g, age GA years,