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Evening star., 1923-01-08

come regarding Russian news that it
has awaited definite announcement.
Even now, apparently, Moscow is not
willing to acknowledge that the chief
Of the comraissars is Ill.
Lenin's physical troubles date from
the attack upon his life in 1918, when
Dora Kaplan fired three poisoned bull
lets into his body. He recovered from
the wounds, but the effect OF the
poison seems to have prevailed, re-
sisting treatment. A Berlin specialist
was summoned in March, and later he
reported that Lenin was suffering only
from overwork. A rigid regimen was
prescribed, including q careful diet
and abstention from routine labors. In
the autumn Lenin addressed the con-
gress Of the soviets at Moscow, and
referred to the limitations imposed
upon him in explanation OF his treat
ment of only one phase Of the Russian
situation. His appearance on that oc-
casion was accepted as a sign of his
recovery. Now comes this report of
collapse, which, like most Russian
news, must be accepted with reserve.
Interest centers in this matter not
in Lenin personally, but in the effect
of Lenin's death, if it should come,
upon the fortunes of Russia. Probably
his demise would have less influence
now than if it had occurred in 1918 or
even in 1921. In the course of his i'll
ness other men have been developed
for leadership, and soviet Russia, it
would seem, is now capable of organic
maintenance without Lenin. Neverthe-
less he is a potent influence, and no
one can tell what will happen when
that influence definitely ceases
Evening star., 1923-01-08
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Longer Days.

Longer Days.
Days are gettin' longer.
Hopes are CROWN stronger,
AS the sun decides to linger for
awhile.
Though the storm may come a.blowin'
An the skies be filled with snowin',
We will try to face the future with
smile.
Nights more quickly vanish.
Earlier dawns will Danish
Shadows that draw near in somber
style.
And the sunshine that increases
Shows how much the sadness ceases
If you only face your troubles with
a smile.
Evening star., 1923-01-08
Dream of New England Boy
Built Trail Into Grand CanyOlf

wanted in Albuquerque. One word
led to another, and before the Boston
boy knew what was going on he was
led over to the gambling joint, which
was also a restaurant and sleeping
quarters, filled with food and pro-
vided with a bed. Beds were few III
albuquerque in those days. and rent
ed on an eight-hour shift, at a dollar
per bed for eight hours, the owner
collecting SO for every twenty-four
hours of the day Through the kind
ness of his new friend his check was
cashed.
From Albuquerque the youngster
went to the camp where railroad con
struction was under way, and from
there, employed as driver of "bui
team" with supplies to Flagstaff
where a big sawmil1 was being con
structed to get lumber out for rail
road construction. He worked therl
first as water hustler for the men
on the job. then in the mill itself. and
finally a store was started and he
was put in charge.
Money began to come in He was
H.,
in mules and horses for himself. on
his vacation he went with a stockmap
to his ranch some thirty-fiv miles
away, and from there, with a son of
the rancher and an Indian, to his
first sight of the Grand canyon. y
Month later he acted as guide for a
party to the canyon, party financed
by big contractor who wanted 10
locate timber. They struck an In
dian trail into the canyon, by which
the Indians fed when Kit Carson was
after them in the sixties
The next few years were active for
Cameron. He went into the sheep
raising business, bought a store of his
own, made money rapidly Then he
at last fitted out a party of his own
to prospect for gold in the Grand
canyon. Again he entered the great
gorge byI the old Indian trail. No
gold was located, but he staked out
and filed on copper mine, "The Last
Chance" the mine was named II
proved profitable, though the ore had
to be hauled overland for many miles
before it could reach a railroad.
1t was when the mine had been
located that Cameron, with one com
panion, staked out the British Angel
trail, which later he built 1t took
the two men three days to do this
job, and some perilous climbing But
finally it was done.
Today Ralph Cameron is senator of
the United States from Arizona, and
is known all over the southwest,
where he went as frail youth. with
dream of the Grand canyon in his
head and very little money in hiS
pocket.
The Bright Angel trail. which now
is designated on the maps of the
geological survey as Cameron trail,
takes its name from a clear, sparkling
little stream, from which the trail
runs into the canyon. This little
stream was dubbed the bright
Angel by PowelPs exploring party
many years before, in contrast to
Muddy Slriver" nearby, originally
called the DIRTY Devil" also by
PoWelfs party. -
Evening star., 1923-01-08

A conversation between two ladies
on the second floor of 33s Pennsyl-
yania avenue:
This House OF Representatives
sure has got my goat"
Mine. too; but they'll put it back"
What the goat?"
mo; the money. Wait till they
hear from the farmers"
yeah? BUT it's different now;
they amt going to spend a red they
don't have to-"
"Where'd you find that? Been
opening their mail"
mo. But they're getting tight with
the nickels. We won't have any jobs
Bit
"Oh, they'll put it back; they
always do. Why, I remember
And so on for the better part of
eight hours every working day, null
tiplied by seventy-five, there being
$50 women to discuss the burning
text, "Job or no Job, which,"
No. 339 Pennsylvania avenue is the
only shop of it's kind in the world.
There is where the governments
garden seed is made up into little
packets and packages-yes, there's a
distinction-for the representatives and
senators to mail to the folks back home.
The House decided the other day
to cut out the free garden seed this
year. 1t costs the government about
$360,00O a year, plus postage, or, to
be more exact, plus the cost of
handling over the railroads carrying
it out of Washington. for the seed
moves under frank, to get the seed
and distribute them.
The government buys the seed di
rect from growers and seedsmen.
Experts test the purchases. If the
seed sprout and live up to other re-
quirements, they are bought by the
ton and used; if not, they are re-
jected.
Frank Clarke of Waco, Tex, has
the contract for putting the seeds
into packets and packages and de-
livering them to the post office. The
work keeps $50 women busy from
September to April. An entire four
story building is devoted to the work.
He 10 doing it cheaper and better than
ever before, at that.
During the seven months more than
$1,000 mail bags are filled with the
packages, $50 packages to each mail
bag.
We called up the pest office to find
out what this amount of mail means.
How many No. 3 mail bags will
an ordinary mail car hold?" we asked.
The man on the other end of the
wire figured a bit.
Put it down at 1000" he said.
That's about right
"Then, $1,000 sacks means about
sixty-five car loads?"
Right"
And how many solid train loads is
that?"
Anywhere from five to eight.
Figure it out for yourself"
Five solid train loads of garden
seed-five trains of thirteen cars each.
IN round figures, a mile of garden
Evening star., 1923-01-08

his throat. Finally physician told
him that he must leave New Eng
land and go west, or tuberculosis
would overtake him:
AS it happened, young. Cameron
wanted to go. So, with his meager
savings in his pocket and ticket to
st. Louis, another pioneer eot under
way. Eventually, he was determined,
he would reach the Grand canyon,
where he had wandered in imagination
with Powell in his thrilling trip
through that tremendous and awe-fn-
spring gorge. From st. Louis, Cam
eron wandered to Topeka, where the
Santa Fe had some of it's shops. His
capital had diminished until he could
not buy a ticket to the southwest, but
he was given pass to Albuquerque,
n. M.-for men were wanted in that
section, And the road was willing to
pass them out for nothing.
Albuuuerque was wide open" in
those days, forty years ago. When
Ralph Cameron struck the town, he
was without funds, except a cashiers
check for s35 on Boston bank. He
knew no one, and his check was use
less to him without identification. He
stood on Hope corner" where the
biggest and most famous gambling
Joint in that part of the country was
in full operation. He was getting
hungry. He had never begged in his
Iife-but he was wondering how he
was going to get something to eat.
without warning, a huge ham of a
hand clapped him on the back, nearly
spilling his 122 pounds in the road
way, and the owner of the hand, six
feet two or three, clad in corduroy
breeches, long boots, flannel shirt and
sombrero. followed IT up with q cheer
fui inauirszas to what the fenderfoot
Evening star., 1923-01-08
Would Give Keys Full
Name To New Bridge
no the Editor OF The star::

To the Editor of The Star:
While the name of the new bridge
at Georgetown is under discussion /
would like to make a suggestion
through the columns of your paper,
and it is to the effect that if the
bridge is to be named in honor of the
composer of 1.-THE Star Spangled Ban
ner" it be given his full name-the
Francis Scott Key bridge. That would
mean something to every one.
1 know from experience and obser-
vation that the key" bridge means
to many the key to problem. or the
opening to door or entrance some
where, so I beg of the committee in
charge that the name be given in full
Francis Scott Key--as it would be
an educatiou to some and delight
to ALI Mrs S. d. GIDDINGS a
Evening star., 1923-01-08

seed rolls over the rails from Wash
ington, north, south, east, west, every
year.
We went back TO Mr.. Clarke.
where does all this seed go?" we
asked him.
He laughed. "oh, the congressman
and senator's take care of that" he
said. "Ali we do is put it up; they
furnish the addresses"
But what about the congressman
who comes from a big city? What
use have his constituents got for gar
den seed?"
We learned that the city congress-
men swap seed for publications in
many cases. A country congressman
wants more seed than the law allows
him, and city congressman wants.
we'll say, more of a certain publica-
tion than the law allows. So they
get together swap off and everybody
is happy.
You see.'' Mr.. Clarke explained.
every congressman and senator is
allowed 10000 packages of garden
seed and 1000 packages of flower
seed. Each package contains five
packets. That makes 100000 packets
of garden seed and 10000 packets of
flower seed"
How many packets do you put up
during the year?" we asked.
He figured a bit. Between 6O,000,-
900 and 70,000.000," he replied.
Tl1a mi nf hox
been sending seed to the folks back
home for more than eighty years and
have never missed a year. The cost
has gradually grown to its present
dimensions of about $36O,O0O an4
nually.
1t is quite a common thing for one
house or the other to cut out the
item when the agricultural appro-
priation bill comes through. But it
has always been put back. and they're
hoping at Mr.. Clarke's shop that it
will go back this year.
On one occasion, according to the
story circulating among the woman
workers, Congress waited till the last
minute before adjourning on the 4th
of March before restoring the item.
That was the closest call the workers
ever had on their jobs.
We asked Mr.. Clarke to name the
champion seed-sender of Congress-
Miss Alice Robertson" he replied.
THE largest single order that ever
went out came from her last year. 1t
filled $50 mail bags and went largely
to schools. OF course, it all went to
oklahoma
We calculated this order in terms
of space and found that it almost
filled an entire mail car.
Has any one ever calculated the
value of vegetables and flowers these
seed would raiser" we asked.
"Oh, yes" Mr.. Clarke replied. "An
expert was down here some time ago
doing that. He worked it out, as 1
remember"
We asked what the answer was, and
1t startled us. We give it for what
It is worth:
"One hundred and ninety-five mil
lion dollars"
Evening star., 1923-01-08


youth of eighteen
years, who, back
in 1SS1-S2 in Bos-
ton, devoured with
the keenest inter-
est the story of
Powell's explora-
ton of the Grand
C d n Y o n. T h e
youngster, Ralph
Henry Cameron by
name, a native of
Southport, Me-, was
e m ploy e d in a
large store in the
Hub of the Uni
verse" at t h a t
time. He suffered
Evening star., 1923-01-08

The mood Of France has not been
such as to suggest that Germany did
not select the psychological moment
for indicating the great military ef-
ficiency of which her new gliders
might be capable.
Evening star., 1923-01-08

! New inventions do not obliterate old
interests. In spite of automobiles and
airships the public continues to warm
up with enthusiasm whenever Sir
Thomas Upton mentions the possibil.
ity of another yacht race.
Evening star., 1923-01-08

The opening of a tomb in Egypt is
expected to throw some light on prob
lens pertaining to unrest, socialistic
agitation and international entangle-
ments. No practical suggestions as
to their solution can be reasonably ex-
pected. These problems reappear, baf-
fling as ever, in every civilization.
Evening star., 1923-01-08

The lone bandit operates with such
boldness that an ideal cashier is COM
PEELED to be not only rapid in his
but quick on the trigger.
Evening star., 1923-01-08
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MARYLAND and Virginia.
All Other States.
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The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
10 the for republication of all news dis
patches credited to II or not otherwise credited
in this paper and also the local news pub
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1923-01-08

Ismet Pasha intimates that the
preservation Of peace depends entirely
on the ability Of other nations to keep
Turkey. in pleasant frame Of mind.
Evening star., 1923-01-08

His anxiety to get back here indi-
Gates that Grover Bergdoll shares the
view that America will never again
become involved in another war.
Evening star., 1923-01-08

Differences of opinion between Eng
land and France are no doubt causing
Berlin statesmen to remark, 1--WE told
you so.''
Evening star., 1923-01-08

This is the era of new and improved
machinery. Reversion to the inquisi-
tion's implements of torture is not
only inhuman but archaic.
Evening star., 1923-01-08
Musings Of a Motor Con

Hortense's mind is far from slow,
But spelling she has seemed to drop.
She reads little word like 60"
But not longish one like "Stop."
Evening star., 1923-01-08

Lenin gets his medical advice from
Berlin, relying on Russia, it is as
sumed, only for political advice.
Evening star., 1923-01-08

The coal industry has its embarrass-
ments. but is at least spared the
vexations arising from overproduction.
Evening star., 1923-01-08

Few, if any, of the thousands who
visit the Bright Angel trail into the
Grand canyon of the Colorado river in
Arizona every year connect it up with
Evening star., 1923-01-08

There is splendid scenery along the
Rhine, but number of American SOL
diers have lost interest in it.
Evening star., 1923-01-08

Counterfeit liquor labels may be
properly referred to as tax-exempt in
securities.
Evening star., 1923-01-08

China has had her troubles with
drugs, but has never been obliged to
combat the wood alcohol habit
Evening star., 1923-01-08
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

Business once. 11th ST. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York ONCE: 150 Nassau st.
Chicago ONCE: Tower Building.
European Office: 16 Regent St., London England
Evening star., 1923-01-08

The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning
edition. is delivered by carriers within the city
at so cents per month; daily only. 40 cents per
ders may be sent by mail or telephone Main
1000. Collection is made by carriers at the
end Of each month.
Evening star., 1923-01-08
A Repeater.

History repeats itself" remarked
the ready-made philosopher.
'I hope it will continue to do so,"
commented Senator Sorghum. "I have
been pretty successful in my cam
paigns thus far"
Evening star., 1923-01-08
Dictation.

do you think an industry needs a
dictator?''
SCI do" replied Mr.. Crosslots. "Don't
we pay a hired girl literally just to
show us who's boss in our own house?'
Evening star., 1923-01-08

Jud Tunkins says almost any one
man can get up and tell you how to
settle the troubles Of the world, but
where you get four or five together
they can't possibly agree on a plan.
Evening star., 1923-01-08

Work is better dan luck" said
Uncle Eben. de luck dollar is al1 by
itself. but de work dollar tells you
dar's plenty more whore he come
from,
Evening star., 1923-01-08
THE WAYS OF WASHINGTON
BY WILLIAM PICKETT HELM.

seed rolls over the rails from Wash
ington, north, south, east, west, every
year.
Evening star., 1923-01-08

America isn't as long on pictur-
esaue ruins as Europe. but she has
a few fmpressives specimens, anyhow.
There is VIII HANS reputation az .
meYie ceuRors--An2conda Standard
Evening star., 1923-01-08

The great need of the non Christian
nations is Christianity. Still, you can
say that much about the Christian
nations-Hartford Times
Evening star., 1923-01-08

American Indians will operate a
line of Atlantic steamships. Can't
we get old Fenimore Cooper on the
ouija and ask him for a story on it :?
Plain Dealer.
Evening star., 1923-01-08

It's a hard system that provides
dope for movie stars and makes pa
irons take it without an anesthetic.
Baltimore Sun.
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
BANK
BUYS TRUST
COMPANY
National institution Will Use
Trust and Mortgage Con-
GERMS Offices as Branch.
By HARRY GUsACK.

Negotiations for the purpose OF
the Banking Trust and Mortgage
Company, 1909 H street northwest
by the Standard National Bank,
Ninth street and New York avenue
northwest. are being completed to.
day, according to an announcement
mades by the officials of the lat
ter institution.
The Standard National Bank
one of Washingtons young and
progressive institutions, 1t was
stated, has acquired the lease, fur
niture and fixtures OF the Banking
Trust and Mortgage Company, as
we'll as certain assets, and assumes
liability for the deposits in the u
street bank.
According to officials Of the Stan
dard Bank. the present home Of the
Banking Mortgage and Trust Com
pany will be used as a branch office,
thus giving the downtown Standard
National Bank a branch right In the
heart of the financial district. Of
ficials and directors of the Standard
regard this as one of the most pro-
gressive moves yet made by their
Institution. None of the officials OF
the Banking Trust and Mortgage
Company will be affiliated with the
Standard Bank I'M the transfer, 1t
was stated,
The Banking Mortgage and Trust
Company was organized about year
ago, with Percy s, Foster. we'll
president,
The Standard National Bank has
been established hbout three years
and has shown suQh a steady growth
as to make necessary the establish
ment of an uptown branch to accom-
modate its increased business and to
meet the requirements of it's up
town customers, officials of the
bank stated.
Officers of the bank are Alger-
non S. Gardiner president: j. Ro.
zier Biggs, vice PRESIDENT; Wistar NJ
Balderston, vice president; II. G.
McCeney, cashier and William u.
Richardson, Ooun6aa.
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
HUNDREDS SEEK
CHERRY BUD
PRIZE
Times Contest Editor Finds
Desk Buried in Photos of
Aspiring Amateurs.

Though the fragile pink and white
of the cherry blossoms in Potomac
Park may soon be hidden for an
other year from the eyes of Wash
ington, the beauty of the trees this
spring will be preserved in several
hundreds of photographs, which as.
p'ring amateurs have entered in the
5000 prize contest of The Washing
ton Times.
The Picture Contest Editor of The
Times. approaching his desk today,
was confronted by a galaxy of pic.
lures of all shapes and sizes, taken
yesterday and Sunday in Potomac
Park. While the mail was heavy.
many more candidates made their
entries in person.
Big Task Ahead.
The size of the first batch of
photographs augurs a long and diff
ficult task for the contest editor.
The trees have been photographed
from every angle, and under all
conditions of light There may be,
however, a few unusual vantage
points from which to obtain other
shots"
From the little wide-eyed boy
Win MS Tiny KODAK TO the SERIOUS
faced gentlemen who duck, ostrich
like, under the black cloth of their
man-size cameras to get their pic
lures, everybody has been working
for that attractive 500 first prize
in The Times contest.
why start a contest like this?'
asks the traffic policeman. THE
park is full OF automobiles and
pedestrians, and they're all clicking
their cameras at the cherry
blossoms; and / don't hear a thing
any more but The Times picture
contest Why mob the park?"
To Develop Talent.
Well, the blossoms won't be on
the trees very long, and the thou
sands of camera enthusiasts in the
city are TAX ng time by the fore
lock. That's why the park \
crowded. The Times intends to
develop, through such means as
this contest, the talents of Wash
ington amateur cameramen.
Many of those who are entering
their pictures In the contest are
having the films or plates de.
veloped and printed, free of charge,
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
1A8Y'S LIFE IS RESTORED
FOR SIX HOURS BY DRUG

DETROIT, Mich. April 1O.-Life
was restored here to a baby that
passed away within a few minutes
after birth. and ii was kept alive
for six hours by use of adrenalin,
a powerful drug that now is en-
gaging the attention of the medical
world.
The baby's lungs had not func-
toned. When the heart stopped
beating the drug was injected di.
rectly into the heart tissues. and
thirty seconds later the organ be-
gan to function. BY use of a pul
motor the lungs also were made to
function seventeen minutes. Then
death was victor.
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
100000 Germans Pay
Final Tribute to Men
Killed at Krupp Plant
BY s. d. WEYER,
1nternatlonaI Newa service,

ESSEN, April 1O.-Witt church
bells throughout Germany tolling
and with at least 100000 men,
women and children In the funeral
cortege, Krupps today buried their
dead workmen, who Were killed by
French soldiers on March 81.
Owing to the absence Of police
power the handling OF such an
immense throng was almost a
super-human problem. It was the
third time In German history that
an event of such magnitude had
been carried out without police
supervision.
The ccrtege included $4,000
Krupp workers. Tens OF thousands
OF employees of other factories and
mines throughout the Ruhr flocked
into Essen. From the Thyssen
plants alone there were about
25. 600 workers. They gathered
about the city hall and, as many
of them were eX-sold1erss they
began falling into line.
streets Crammed With People.
All the streets in the vicinity Of
city hall were crammed with
people, Almost every building bore
a flag. either half masted or else
tied with crepe to denote mourning.
These flags were OF all types and
colora. Each trade union and
turnyerein had it's flags. while
visiting organizations brought thar
own emblems,
The national flag of the German
republic predominated. At few
windows, particularly at the home
~ nationalists, the old black. white
and redflag of the empire could be
observed.
Many of the workers in the pro-
cession carried flags, and it was
significant that most of them were
the red flag of Communism.
There were no French soldiers
abroad General Jacquenot. In
66 u nnnEt possible clashes or
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
WILL NOT AID COLLEGES
TEACHING EVOLUTION

BALTIMORE, April 10-H. S
Dulaney, chairman of the board
of trustees of Goucher College. VINO
has given literally to the institu-
ton. declared he is unalterably op-
posed to the teaching of evolution,
and he will make no more gifts to
schools except Bible institutions
unless assured the curriculum 6ars
the theory of evolution.
II cansider the Bible the greatest
and most precious book In the
world" he said, and l don't think
Christian men should countenance
teachings contrary to 1t In the
schools"
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
The Weather

Fair tonight and Wednes-
day, slowly rising tempera-
ture; gentle variable winds.