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Evening star., 1924-06-29
MUST STUDY CHEMISTRY.
American Industry Has Much to
Learn,

More thorough study of colloid
chemistry Is necessary IF the chem
ical industries of America are to re-
tain their hard-earned independence"
1t is asserted by the Council of the
American Institute of Chemical Engi-
neers, which with the American
Chemical Society is supporting the
plan to establish national institute
of research in colloid chemistry.
Resolutions just adopted by the
council declare that the number of
trained workers in colloid chemistry
must te increased and that much spe..
cialized equipment must be designed
and built. Colloid chemistry, it Is
pointed out, is becoming increasingly
important in the development OF BIZ
ology, medicine, agriculture, physics
and geology
A movement to raise an endowment
of S1,000,000 for national institute
OF research in colloid chemistry has
been approved by the National Re-
search Council and the Nattcnai
Academy Of Science
Evening star., 1924-06-29
TROOPS ORDERED OUT.
Sandusky Mayor Reports City in
Ruins.

By the Associated Press
COLUMBUS. Ohio. June 2s.-Adjt.
Gen. Frank d. Henderson tonight
ordered all available troops of the
14sth National Guard Infantry in the
vicinity of Toledo and 112th Engi-
neers of Cleveland to proceed at
once to the stricken cities of Lorain.
Elyria and Sandusky.
Adjt. Gen. Henderson has notified
Gov. Donahey of the disaster at his
home at New Philadelphia and he
and the governor will meet at Woos-
ter tomorrow morning to proceed into
the stricken area.
The adjutant general said he was
making ready shortly after 9 o'clock
to order the 16sth Infantry to mob
ilize and be ready for orders.
An appeal for troops came from
the mayor of Sandusky. who stated
that the city was in ruins. The adju-
tant general had no direct word
from Lorain and Elyria.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
Court Refuses to
Force University
To A,Uard Degree

Justice Siddons o. the District
Supreme Court has refused writ
of mandamus asked by Bernard
Z. Gilbert against the Research
University, 20 Jackson place, TO
compel the issuance TO him OF a
degree of bachelor of arts.
Gilbert, through Attorney r. J.
Taggart. declared he paid $3.50
under an agreement dated May %,
1924, with Louis Win Rapeer, for
mer president of the university, TO
give him the degree upon compile
tion of course of study. He says
he completed the course and has
been denied the degree.
The Research University, through
Attorney Henry NJ. Fowler, denied
that Gilbert had passed success
fully the required course.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
GERMAN STUDENTS WORK.
Self-Help, Once Unknown in Col
legeS, Now Common.

GOETTINGEN, Germany, June Is
The seif-help student, unknown in
ing in the universities because of
existing economic conditions. 1t is
estimated that one-half of the student
body of the country receive less than
SIS month each from home, so that
the American custom of part earning
by college S1Edents became a neces-
sity.
The universities and allied organiza-
tions have taken keen interest in the
matter. establishing employment bu-
reaus, tailor shops, shoe shops, hot
houses. book stores, laundries, print
ing shops, and even small factories,
where students are employed in off
hours. The usual pay is one meal
for an hour of work.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
By the Associat ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. June 29.-One of the
first eyewitness stories Of the tor
nado to reach Cleveland was brought
back by L. F. Forster of Bay Village.
He was in Lorain within a few
minutes after the storm struck. and
he walked over several blocks Of the
devastated area, saw unroofed build
ings, fallen trees and telephone poles,
heard screams Of some Of the injured,
and afterward saw refugees fleeing
the city.
my wife and I and a party of
he said. TT must have been about
$50 when the storm struck. We
were about three or four miles east
of the city, and heavy rain was
falling.
Saw Houses Topple.
"At a gasoline station we met an
other automobile that had stopped
there. 1t had just come from Lorain
and from the man and woman in it
we learned there had been a storm.
They said they had seen houses
topping over, roofs flying through
the air, and trees and telephone poles
moved down as by a huge scythe.
Their car was a sedan. They
said the wind blew so hard that they
had to sit on the floor to keep it
from shattering their ear drums.
1--WE drove on toward Lorain until
a tangle of fallen trees made further
progress impossible. Then we got
out and walked on into the town.
THE town was a wreck. / had an
uncanny feeling as looked at houses
without roofs or without walls, as |
picked my way through the wreck
t, Sfp
Evening star., 1924-06-29
to Be Free
OF Bonded Debt
Within, '33 DAYS

The District government will be
out OF debt August 1 this year.
The only form OF Indebtedness
fifty-year 3.65 per cent bonds, and
the fifty years will be up on the
date mentioned.
The new appropriation act which
becomes available Tuesday con-
ta:ns an allotment Of 100000, the
final increment to the sinking
fund that has been built up over
a period of years to retire the
bonds.
1t may not be necessary to use
all of that amount to close out
the bonded debt, and il any bal
ance remains it will go back into
the Treasury.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
Pictures of Ancient Farmers.
From Farm and Fireside.

Copper ornaments that were made
between $500 and 5000 years ago are
dug up near Ur, city of ancient Baby
lonia. Made thousands of years be-
fore King Tut was born, these copper
ornaments are among the earliest
works Of art. They express the in
fancy of the creative spirit. The
Babylonia copper objects represent
men and oxen. In addition to being
art, they were intended as a history
of accomplishment-m motive Of
which Is vanity
Evening star., 1924-06-29
IRISH RACING SLUMPS.
Conference in Dublin to Consider
Remedy Is Proposed.

DUBLIN, June 28.-Irish racing Is
experiencing a slump, and a confer
ence is to be held in Dublin to ex
anime into the causes and find a
remedy
Officials of the Irish National Hunt
Club and of the Turf Club have been
invited to attend. The three chief
causes of the slump are described
as too many officials. the increase in
the number of weight-for-age races,
and the heavy expenses of race-goers.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
MANY HOUSEHOLDS SUNK.
Storm Hits Peoria, ILL.,, Vicinit!
u.-a urI 1u...

Storm Hits Peoria, Ill, Vicinity
Hard-Wrecks Warehouses.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 28.-Upward OF a
dosen deaths are believed to have re-
suited from q severe wind and cleo
trical storm that swept the upper
Mississippi Valley early today.
Scores were injured, many seriously,
and property damage running into
several million dollars has been re-
ported.
The storm was most violent at
Peoria. ILL.,, where 1t took the form
of a tornado. From that vicinity ten
deaths have been reported, while
news has been brought from Fort
Dodge. Iowa, despite the utter coll
lapse Of wires. OF three fatalities
there. Other cities ana towns re-
sons injured include Des Moines.
Iowa; omaifa. Feb.; Galesbtrs, Moni
Evening star., 1924-06-29
THREE DROWN IN STORM.
Two Lose Lives Seeking to Save
Another.

By the Associated Press.
ERIE, Pa, June 2s.-Three youths
at Conneautville. near here Paul
Yankovic, twenty years old, was
swept into Conneaut Creek by the
Edward Smith, were drowned when
their boat capsized while attempting
to rescue him.
Thirty-nine buildings were wrecked
at Lawrence Park, a suburb of Erie
but no casualties were reported. The
damage was estimated at $150,000.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
NORTHERN OHIO HARD HIT.
100 Persons Killed or Injured,
Houses Demolished Is Report.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 2S.-A
storm which is said to have reached
tornado proportions in some places,
struck Northern Ohio late today.
Loss of life is reported at Sandusky
and East Lorain. and heavy damage
IN the vicinity of Akron, Norwalk and
other towns.
One report reaching the Nickel
Plate dispatcher here is that nearly
100 persons were killed at East Lo-
rain when number of houses were
demolished. Another report is that
this number were injured
Evening star., 1924-06-29

transplanted * en-
tuckian and he
DO s S e s s e S the
dominant charac-
teristicS of h i S
section. He can
work like a galley
slave, and he does
50 and In many
directions. For he
Is in the oil busi-
ness when he is
at home in. Okla
homa City, and
has vast impor-
tant interests of
other kinds COM
mitted to his care
when he is in
WaShin gton b g =
Evening star., 1924-06-29
FOLKS

John William Harreld. associated
with Robert Latham Owen IN repre-
senting the former Indian territory,
noxp Oklahoma. in the Senate. is a
Evening star., 1924-06-29
FLORIDA GALE KILLS TWO.
Near-Tornado Unroofs 6OO-Foot

Lumber Sheds.
BY the Associated Press.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, June 2s.-
Two men were killed and two 500
foot lumber sheds were unroofed and
partially destroyed in a windstorm
which reached almost the proportions
of a tornado at Eastport. Fla, eight
miles east of Jacksonville, late to-
day. The two men killed were v. b.
Hilliard, fifty, laborer. and John
Curtis, a colored man. Their skulls
were crushed by flying timbers.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
$50 Killed and 1000 Injured
As Tornado Sweeps Orer Ohio

CONTINUED from First Page.)
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Thrill Hunting
BY n. ADDINGTON BRUC

! hA..z CO, .aar, "a annreciate IL the
great national pastime today is thrill hunt
ine IT lis a pastime xealously pursued By
people Of all ages and all conditions Of life.
And myriads pursue it dag after day, al
most from the moment they open their eyes
n sfhe morning until they close them in
sleen At night.
~. 49, ... .on,. an ;ns.t;ate In their
IN .s;,s.. .hat thav even wake them.
III. S,,.;.- az risbt e. gst thrill. Thus
% 49, of ,,snrls yho. having INSTALLED
Vi 81. n their homes tune them to re.
49, 60, d;stsnt psrts of tbe world and
-. s1ar,,,- clocts FOR one or two in the morn.
50 49, 49, :, =: Than hear something which
lns ma nn,,1s ny Eli thrill tban,
pelcnane0 wa - a.,
ms same cravne ior I'LL ".s
tor the huse circulalloh ~ lVl e. AZ.
papers ana hesaznes, J, ~ ~ -
popularity OF meiouramas anu 49, a; III II,
terry plays, LOT tne o;s S;nh,. rs.t,;n ~
the pfViAo 'r, y u ~~.-.. L;-5
matches, athletic scontes's OF every N.hu'e
If it weres not for the tnr1i craving, II
nancial writer's would have to chronicle .
habitual state OF Guinness IN the STOCK mar
ket, and gambling rooms would pc we'll
nigh deserted Ponce magistrates, 700,
would have far less 70 90, lor aemonstra,
ably vice and crlmeF are Iargeiy stlmuiateu
by thrill hunting EFF
hunting is not a wholly harmless pastime.
\ Which suggests, of course; that thrill
1t is the reverse Of this. And the dire
fully significant thing is that it is continually
gaining in favor, so that the growing gen
alton threatens to be generation Of more
ardent hunters than any generation that
has gone before. Or, in the language of
one clear-seeing observer:
1.-THE youth ofyour day is fed on wonders
from infancy up, and is ever demanding
Justify, Come on, give US a thrill today -
Now this rising passion for thrills is, in
part at all events, a product Of recent
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BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU

Organization and maintenance of Bet
ter Business Bureau for Birmingham pre-
sents opportunities for worthwhile service
not only to all legitimate sources of pub
licity and to the consuming public, but to
all those merchants who are called upon
to compete with those who may pursue I'M
ethical and unfair methods of advertising
their wares. The Better Business Bureau
is national organization, which has
branches in more than forty of the leading
cities of this country, and it is rapidly
spreading its efforts and influences with
the purpose of including active branches
in all the cities and centers of trade, 1t
is conducted on business lines, and is di-
rected by capable business men. while be-
ing closely affiliated with the National As
socation of Advertising Clubs of the
World, whose vigilance committee is con-
stantly engaged in aiding the work of clari-
flying and keeping clean sources of pub
licity, especially those relating to CONNER
cial interests.
At the meeting to be held tonight to or
ganize the local branch, the purposes and
plans of the enterprise will be outlined in
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Brief Nature Studies
BY }. OTIS SWIFT

Along the edges of rich woods and stream
borders the poplars are quietly beautiful with
their fuzzy, red, dropping catkins shining
against the gray-green bark. These down
covered catkins. red glowing through the
gray white furriness like drops of blood, sug-
gest caterpillars hanging on the twigs. Pop
lars, or aspens, any of several species of popu-
lus, as the white poplar introduced from
Europe American aspen found from Maine
to Kentucky and westward; large toothed
aspen from Nova Scotia to Tennessee and
Minnesota; Balm of Gilead; downy poplars
of river and swamp borders from Georgia,
Arkansas to Connecticut, and the cottonwood
from Western New England to the Rocky
Mountains, as well as Populus tremula Of
Europe, are spoken of as "the trembling as
pens
The leaves, on account of their flattened
petioles, are moved by every breath of wind,
and whisper among themselves continually.
1t is said that the cross upon which the
Saviour died on Calvary was of poplar wood,
and the leaves of every species have trembled
in horror ever since, and that sometimes,
when the leaves are heard rustling and wills
pering at night, an agonized moan comes
from the heart of the tree.
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OUR CONSTITUTION

There Is one institution IN this land OF
ours which, though, established in the infancy
Of our government, is today strictly modern
and up-to-date. No advances in mechanics,
government or science have been able to out
pace it or to throw it into the background.
IT is as applicable to the purpose for which
it was designed as on the day it was formu-
lated. Whenever 1t is called upon for new
emergency, it reveals a new and unsupported
capacity to meet that emergency with ade-
quate margin. In spite of the progress OF
modern thought and modern ideals Of gov
eminent, it still remains the standard by
which our governmental experiments are
tasted, and from the result of that test there
ID no appeal and no intelligent desire for
appeal.
That institution, which was conceived in
such prophetic wisdom and outlined in such
majestic proportions as to defy all attempts
nx it's ultimate measurement, is the American
CONSTITUTION. 1t is the guarantee of our lib
critics and the curb upon our licenses. 1t
Il the bulwark of our government behind
which all our cherished aspirations and
achievements in self-government are securely
protected. 1t opposes itself impregnably to
the assault of the intellectual enemies of our
republic, and annually strengthens its hold
upon the confidence and the support of the
American people, whose early genius con-
ceived it and whose subsequent welfare has
counseled that we never depart from it.
II is with peculiar qualification, therefore.
that The Age-Herald sponsors in Birming-
ham tonight an event which is the culmina-
tion of an effort to impress upon the people
Of Alabama more firmly than ever the dig
nifty, the scope and the indispensable nature
Of our constitution. In the oratorical con-
test which has been going on in Alabama
under the auspices of this newspaper, just
As it has been going on in other states under
the auspices of other journals, the culmina-
ton comes tonight when ten successful as
pirants for oratorieal honors meet publicly
before the competent judges in order to de
eide the winner. This contest has been of
incalculable benefit in renewing the devo-
ton of the people of Alabama to the funda-
mentals of their government as embodied in
its constitution The Age-Herald takes what
it believes to be pardonsble qualification at
having been permitted to act as the medium
/, through which this opportunity has been
extended in Alabama
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Watching The Parade

My friend said yesterday that he had
enjoyed listening to Judge Oliver Twig9
Twigg is not his real name, of course. My
friend said that it was refreshing to find
so high-minded, man in the days of
widespread graft. He said that Judge
Twigg had spoken with real sorrow of the
corruption in public life. There we're
tears in his eyes. .tty .
at was on the level, too" l said tTwigg
meant it. 1t has never occurred'rto him
that he is one of the cheapest grafters that
ever tried to cheat a government out Of it's
dues" afsie
Twies has a son who is either studying
in the Annapolis Naval Academy now or
is graduate therefrom. No matter
which. In either case he was educated
fed and clothed by the government for
years. His body was made into; Al perfect
physical instrument He benefited shy as
ISOLATION with well-bred men.
"What did the government do that for?"
asked my friend. Then 1 answered my
own question:
Because the government needs officers
for the navy. Because if a war were to
be forced on us tomorrow we have not half
enough trained heads. It was not Aphilan-
thropy on the part of the government. 1t
was business proposition. Twigg and his
son entered into a compact with the gov
eminent when the boy entered the. school.
He was bound in honor TO give the gov
eminent enough service, at least, to repay
it for the money and time and thought
spent upon him."
But Twigg wants him to resign from
the navy to go into business. To do the
perhaps he feels that he owes the govern
son justice, he is resisting his father. Per
haps he prefers the life in the navy and
ment debt which he must repaysIbefere
he can consider himself a clean man. 1Twigg
doesn't see it. sfoF
THE boy can make three times as much
money in business" he says, "and there is
a chance ahead" .l
The worst of it is that Twigg is as clean
a man morally as ! know. People look
up to him. But he has blind spot.
What is that about the blind leading the
blind Where is it they finish7 En-
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in twenty years and amounting to $685.. Al
the end of two years from the date Of the
certificate he could borrow; up Sto ninety
per cent. of the cash value of the policy,
perhaps twenty or thirty dollars Thus it is
easily perceived that after the first two
years the ex-service man won't have to do
any more work. All he will need to do is to
borrow money on his life insurance. He will
also have the, qualification of knowing that,
IL he should expire before the policy does,
the United states of America will gladly
advance the money with which to bury him
and put up modest headstone. What more
could anybody want? Anyhow, the gov
eminent enjoys the name and credit for hay-
ing granted a bonus, even if the ex-service
man doesn't get it.
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Blindness;
(By John Milton)

(By John Milton)
When 1 consider how my light is spent
Ere half my days in this dark world and
wide,
And that one talent which is death to hide
Lodged with me useless, though my sold
more bent
To serve Herewith my Maker, and present
My tru eaccount, lest He returning chide:
Doth God exact day labor, light denied@
l fondly asked but Patiece, to prevent
That murmur soon replies, God doth moi
heed
Either mans work or his own gifts; who
best
Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best
his state
Is kingly thousands at his bidding speed,
And post DER land and ocean without rest
They also serve who only stand and wait.
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an address by William p. Green. associate
director of the national vigilance commit
tee, and many merchants will attend and
take part. The local advertising club Is
directly interested in supporting the pur-
poses of the project, and there il reason TO
believe that fruitful results will mark their
efforts. It is essentially a plan for f,rotec-
ton against all Questionable methods. Of
publicity and for the promotion Of higher
standards of merchandising Such an sim
stitution is believed to be~needed inss Birs
mingham, and it is a source Of gratifica-
ton that so much interest among CONNER
cial and publicity concerns has been mani
Tested in the movement
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The Right Word
By CURrIs NIcHOLsON
A Verb Problem
lFind the error in this article)
"a following letter has came from


The following letter has came from B.
e. c., Spokane, Washington:
81 read your interesting and profitable
contribution to the use of good English
and am much helped thereby. The use of
should have and to have been gives me
some trouble I should have liked to have
been present does not appeal to me as
being correct Can you give me some in
formation that will straighten my problem
Perhaps you can treat this as you have
done with shall and wills who and whom
Correct: / should have liked to be pres
emit Make the change in the first verb
and treat the second as you would treat
any noun object; as, should like to he
present; i should have liked to be pres
ent.
To f. f., New York: Realize is an
other spelling of realize. Labour and hon
our are the English spelling of the common,
American labor and ihonor.
NJ. G., New York: OF is correct in the
following expression; an architect of 40
years experience.
To L. A. Plante. New York !: Capable and
able both mean competent. Examples: He
is capable of undertaking the task; He is
able to undertake the task.
Yesterdays Error
Wrong: l ask you to kindly let me know.
Right. ask you kindly to let me know.
Note: Do not write '9The' Right Word
that there is an atrocious error above. Find
it, and watch for its correction in the next
article.
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THE SOLDIERS, RoNus

The adjusted compensation measure has
now passed both houses of congress in ap-
proximately the same form, and will probably
become law, as the president is not expected
to veto it, in the certainty that it will be
at once repassed over his veto. The meas
ure provides for cash payments to those
whose compensation would amount to no
more than fifty dollars. Where the amount
IL greater than fifty dollars, the compensa-
ton Is extended in the form of insurance A
twenty-year endowment policy is given each
man, the amount being calculated at the rate
Of dollar a day for domestic service and a
dollar and a quarter for overseas service. If
q soldier served a year, one hundred and
twenty days of which were overseas, he
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Readers are requested to contribute.
ALI humor: epigrams Tor humorous mot
toes), jokes, anecdotes, poetry, burlesque,
satires and bright sayings Of children
must be original and unpublished. Ac-
cepted material will be paid for at schsd-
ule rates, which will be furnished on APP
plication. All manuscripts must be writ
ten on one side of the paper only, should
bear the name of this newspaper, and
should be addressed to the Fun Shop,
care Age-Herald. Unaccepted contribu-
tions cannot be returned.
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The California man who announces that
he will harness the sun may realize that he
is undertaking a big job. The last gentle.
man to try that was Apollo, but he made
havoc Of things. Perhaps he it was who
scorched the Sahara and made il barren.
The latest scientist merely wishes to warm
the earth and make it fruitful The hope is
that luck will attend him.
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1t is noted that Chauncey NJ. Depew is
still only ninety years old and sustains his
reputation for good humor. In the latter
respect, as well as in the enumeration Of
his birthdays Mr.. Depew recalls Rip Van
Wrinkle, who was always in good spirits,
and after swearing off repeatedly continued
at frequent intervals to renew his spirits
with wink and the smiling remark
This one doesn't count" .