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Evening star., 1924-09-26

at about $4,000, ,000, 900 and that they
have about 2,750,0 employees.
Such an undertaking would mean
about $1,750. 900 annually in bond
interest and an operating budget es-
timated at about $4,000. .O00, 900. These
utilities are no longer in the hands of
a few, directly or indirectly. They
are owned by scores OF millions OF
our inhabitants. 1t would mean a
loss in public revenue estimated at
$500, 600, 900 a year, and while in in
dustrial States 1t might not increase
the tax on the farmer more than or
4 per cent, in many agricultural
counties it would run as high as 40
per cent When we recall the appall-
ing loss and the difficulty in the man
agement of $3.500,o00,000 worth OF
ships, we should undoubtedly hesi-
tate about taking on 10 times that
value in public utilities. But this is
no occasion to discuss the details Of
public ownership
Resist All Incroachm ments.
have mentioned the desirability
for the people to keep control of their
own Government and their own prop
erty. because 1 believe that is one
of the American ideals Of public well
fare in harmony with the efforts of
the first Continental Congress- They
objected to small infractions. which
would destroy great principles of
liberty. Unless we can maintain the
integrity of the courts, where the in
dividual can secure his rights, any
kind Of tyranny may follow. II the
people lose control Of the arteries of
trade and the natural sour hes of
mechanical power, the national
ization OF all industry could soon be
expected.
Our forefathers were alert to resist
all encroachment upon their rights.
If we wish 30 maintain our rights,
we can do no less. Through the
breaking down OF the power of the
courts lies an easy way to the con-
fscation of the property and the
destruction of the liberty of the in
dividual. With railways and electri-
cal utilities under political control,
the domination of group would be
so firmly intrenched in the whole
direction Of our Government, that the
privilege of citizenship for the rest
Of the people would consist largely in
the payment of taxes.
The fathers sought to escape from
any such condition, through the
guarantees of our Constitution. They
put their faith in a free republic. If
we wish to maintain what they estab-
lished. we shall do well to leave the
people in the ownership of their prop
erty, in control of their Government.
and under the protection of their
courts. BY resoiute determination
to resist all these encroachments We
can best show our reverence and ap-
probation for the men and the work
of the first Continental Congress.
Evening star., 1924-09-26
US. MAY CLOSE
BROADWAY PLAY
Inquiry to Decide if "What
Price Glory" Is National
Defense Abuse.

Ey the ASSocia cd Press.
NEW YORK. September 26.-F'ed-
cral action against the Broadway
success, What Price Glory. AS d
violation of the national defense act
was talked Of by the United states
district attorneys office last night.
Gen. Robert L. Bullard. commander
OF the I'd Corps Area, United States
Army. and Admiral Charles F.
Plunkett commandant of the Brook
lyn navy yard. were declared to have
demanded that Immediate steps be
taken against producers of the play.
According to members of the Fed
eral attorneys staff, the general and
the admiral complained that the
drama, with its profanity besprin-
kled portrayal of life with the ma
rines abroad during the World War
'curtails enlistments and in that way
violates the national defense act"
This was the latest development in
Mayor Hylan'S move to institute po-
lice censorship of all New York thea
ters, aimed at eliminating "noAity,
obscenity and indecency" from the
local stage.
The day also brought forth the
publication of a report signed by a
naval intelligence inspector under the
nom de plume "Peterkin" and pur-
porting to be a rehearsal of objec-
tona BILE features seen and heard by
"Peterkin," who, with Col James
Justice of the Army Intelligence
Service and two Department OF
Justice operatives, attended What
Price Glory" uneXpurgated.
That Maj. Gen. Billiard and Admiral
Piunkett had placed the matter in the
hands of Federal authorities was re-
vealed by J. NJ. Wolff, assistant United
States district attorney, whose chief
William Hayward. was at the Re-
publican State convention in Roches-
ter. Whatever action is taken. said
Wolff, will await the return of Hay
ward to this city.
This matter came to US on a COM
.rlaint by Gen. Bullard and Admira
Plunkett last. week, with demand
that We take immediate action. he
said. However, we decided not to
he taken over by mob violence or to
destroy any ones property without
making an investi gatioon.
so we sent Department of Justice
agents to see the play. They did see
it,. and brought back excerpts, which
If judged by themselves, condemned
the play. If we proceed against
What Price Glory" we will do sc
under section 125 of the national de
tense act. which in substance pro-
hihits any one wearing the uniform
of the Army. Navy or Marines but
an enlisted man or an officer in the
service.
Evening star., 1924-09-26
POSSE CAPTURES OUTLAW
North Carolina Man Wanted on
Many Grave Charges.

CHARLOTTE, y. c.. September 90
Gail Lippard. outlawed by proclama-
ton signed by Judge W. F. Harding
OF Charlotte, in catawba County Su-
perior Court last August. was cap
tured yesterday by posse Of Lincoln
County officers in the eastern section
OF the county. according to telephone
advices received here last night from
the officers.
Lippard was wanted on many
charges. including assault with intent
to kill, secret assault rum running.
liquor selling. possessing and other
related crimes. On numerous occa
sions during the last two or three
years he has escaped arrest. some
times being arrested and skipping
bond. and has made several spectacu-
lar escapes by outdistancing officers
by sheer automobile speed.
Evening star., 1924-09-26
PASTOR ENDS HIS LIFE.
Rev. Elmer Teagarden, in Note,
Saws He Could Not Resist Act.

BREWSTER, n. j.. September 20
Leaving a note saying he could re-
sist no longer an impulse to kill him
self that had possessed him for years,
Rev. Elmer Teagarden, wealthy land
owner az Peach Lake and former
Methodist pastor at Danbury. Conn,
fired a bullet through his brain last
night.
Ealls Of white paper dancing mer-
rily from strings hung between two
peach trees attracted workmen this
morning TO the body. 1t lay in an
orchard near the highway. Before
firing the fatal shot Rev. Teagarden
evidently had erected the tell-tale pa
per balls SO his body would be found.
He was 81 years old, and for many
Evening star., 1924-09-26

1t protects the home from the un-
invited intrusion of the military force
of the Government. 1t guards the
right of jury trial and undertakes to
make judicial officers Independent,
impartial and free from every mo-
tive to follow any influence save that
of the evidence, the law and the
truth. These are representative of
the great body of our liberties, of
Evening star., 1924-09-26
SHOOTS POLICEMAN.
Man Attacks Two in Effort to See
Child of Divorced Wife.

NEWARK. y. j.. September 90
William +. Wright. described by the
police as fugitive from the federal
prison at Fort Leavenworth Kan,
last night shot patrolman and at
tempted to shoot another when an at
tempt was made to capture him as
he entered the home of his divorced
wife, in Verona, police say. She pris-
oner risked a visit here to see his
6-yearold daughter the woman said
The patrolman's condition is not
serious.
Evening star., 1924-09-26
West Point Cadets Named.

George F. Baltzell, jr. and James r.
de G. Stephens. We"tmoreland Apart
ments. 2l22 California street. this city,
and Milton r. Davis. Cornwall-on- -Hud-
SON. y. Y; Charles w. Berry. Fort Ben
ming, Ga, and William w. Reeves. St
Louis, Mo. have been appointed by
President Coolidge as cadets at large at
the West Point Military Academy sub
ject to the usual competitive examina-
fiOn
Evening star., 1924-09-26

years prior to 1917 he occupied the
pulpit at Danbury. He came here
and acquired a tract of valuable land,
including the exclusive Peach Lake
Summer colony site. A widow and
three grandchildren survive him.
Evening star., 1924-09-26

Hc0I Act1Oh F01I0wN.
But the Congress did not confine
itself to addresses and petitions 1t
wished not only to win the appro-
baton of the opinion Of the world
but to prove it's right to speak for
the Colonies. 1t was necessary to
show that they were capable of a
united action. both powerful and ef-
Evening star., 1924-09-26

WANTED To BRING A vANLOAD OF
furniture part. New York. Boston. Pitts
hurgh. Norfolk. Va, from to Washineto
Special rates. National Delivery Assn. NJ 53s
Evening star., 1924-09-26
Maj. Conolly Ordered to Hospital.

Maj. Whitman R Conolly, 18th Field
Artillery, at Fort Sam Houston, Tex,
mas been ordered to this city for
treatment at Walter Reed General
HOSPITAL
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-10
LEARN Of
C|TY'S BEAUTY
SPOTS
Clarence Phillips Lectures on
Library of Congress and
Other Noted Edifices

The Library of Congress, con.
sidered one Of the most beautiful
edifices in the world for it's interior
decoration particularly, is entirely
an American product, Clarence
Phillips, Of the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace, told tfe
Lions Club in an illustrated lecture
he delivered at a luncheon meeting
yesterday at the Willard.
The lecturer showed colored pho
tographs and sketched for the Lions
the many beauty spots in and
around the Capital, including Sol
diers' Home, Trinity College art gal
lery, Rock Creek Park, the EpIsco
pal Cathedral, and Mt. Vernon.
George Legis was presented with
a past presidents button. 1t was
announced that Arthur Smith heads
Il committee which is arranging for
Washington Lions to accompany the
Baltimore Club on a river trip. John
N. Waters, entertainment chairman
presented a program Of songs BY
George Anderson, accompanied Ey
Lawrence DoWney.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-10

A'SAJ way Vu0nAACus
Perhaps never before did a con-
ventlon feel such satisfaction-even
those who preferred some other can
didate. At nomination, this was
heightened by the reflection that
the choice of the convention was in
every way qualified for the great
office. Whatever differences of
opinion there had been as to his
availability, there had been una nim-
ity as to his qualifications for the
great office Of chief executive. 1t
was the recognition of this fitness
that after long consideration ami
discussion of every possible candi-
date the convention nominated
Davis.
No boss had anything to do with
selecting Davis. He owes obliga.
tions to no clique or faction. He
had no campaign fund and had not
personally asked any delegates for
votes. He is free. therefore, to
serve without entangling alliances.
The first words of Candidate
Davis were reassuring. not even
William Jennings Bryan could have
swatted" privilege better than
Davis. He speaks the language Of
pl ogress and leaves no hope for
reaction or reactionary measures.
No Slave to Precedent.
Davis is no creature of precedent
any more than he Is the spokes.
man of privilege. That was DEM
onstrated when he appeared before
the convention last night. Never
before had a candidate for Presi.
dent addressed the convention that
nominated him. 1t had been re-
garded time out of mind as bad
form for a selected candidate to
make any utterance until his for
NAL speech of acceptance, much
less speak on the day of his NOM
ination. Some of his friends ad.
vised him not to break the old Gus.
tom. Davis respects good customs,
but declined to be slave to tradi.
ton" Some friends thought he
ought not to speak. But after his
appearance they knew he was right.
The chief disappointment of the
convention was the declination of
Senator Walsh as Vice President.
1t was the almost unanimous desire
OF the convention to name Senator
Walsh. He would have been an
ideal candidate and would have
added strength to the ticket.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-10
NO SLAVE
To PAST, SAYS
DANIELS
Former Navy Chief Commends
Nominee for His ''SWat"
at Privilege
BY JOSEPHUS DANIELS.
Former Secretary Of the Navy.
Copyright. 1924. by International
Mnun Garuinn L


News Service.)
NEW YORK, July 10.-Yesterday
was a day of real thrills, even in
q convention that Senator Walsh
intinTated had been in session for
years. 1t did seem ages since II
met, but tired as they were, the
delegates assembled with expectant
air. They all felt that the end was
near and most Of them believed that
Davis would prove the winner. They
were resolved to finish the task be.
fore midnight.
The expected happened when
Underwood's vote reached more
than two hundred. All through
the convention 1t had been said he
would receive the New York vote
and the vote of adjacent states.
Mr.. Underwood had made a vigorous
fight to have the convention de-
nounce the Ku Klux Khan in his
campaign for nomination. lie had
been a wet, and all along the pre-.
diction had been made that he
would be the legatee of the Smith
vote. In part, that prediction was
fulfilled. But 1t proved of no avail
to secure the nomination.
The word went around the Garden
when McAdoo withdrew that hie
support would go to Meredith, and
Meredith received considerable
vote on several ballots.
Delegates Act for Selves.
The delegates, however, had de.
cided to take the matter into their
own hands. Those who tried to
transfer the Smith vote to Under.
wood did so for time, but not for
long.
The attempt proved the under.
standing it had been declared had
long existed.
If the Smith forces were impotent
to deliver to Underwood so the
McAdoo forces were impotent to
deliver votes to Meredith.
After long obeying instructins
gladly followed or followed without
gladness, the delegates showed that
they enjoyed the right to scanper
at their own FREQ will and carry out
their own wishes There was a
spirited fight between Davis and
Underwood, but it was short.lived
The South early voted largely for
Davis and he received support from
two-thirds of the States, and soon
the convention with great enthusi.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-10
POTOMAC COUNCIL, K. OF c.
PLANS SILVER JUBILEE

Potomac Council knights Of Co.
lumbus, will celebrate its silver an
niversary with a Jubilee party this
evening at the Keane estate, Eight
zenith street and Benning road north
east.
The committee in charge con-
sists of James Filgate. chairman
A. j. Sardo, secretary: John T.
Buckley, r. S. Brown, Dan Currie.
Hamilton Clipper, Gus Dillon, VIII
liam j. Feely, Tony Furrany. Joseph
Fitzgerald, John Fitzgerald, o. B.
Grant. Joe Jacobs, William T. Ker.
nan. j. M. Mccarthy, James j. Nc
Nally. L. J. Nesline, w. ]. Powers,
Earnest Smith, J. C. Sprosser and
Edward l.. Tucker.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-10

Vile, as superintendent Of the West.
ern Penitentiary was announced by
Doctor Ellen Potter, secretary of
welfare. Prison uniforms for in.
mates are manufactured in the
western institution. but Doctor Pot.
ter said the work would be expanded
to provide for the tailoring of cloth.
ing which the law colnpeIs the State
to give each convict on his dis
charge.
1t is anticipated that the new
plan viii result in considerable
saving to the State.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-10
Dr.. Cook Wins Appeal

ATLANTA, Ga, July 1o.-Per:nis.
sion to appeal his case without pay
ment OF costs was given DIR. Fred
erick A. Cook, convicted of using
the mails to defraud, and under
sentence to serve fourteen years in
the United States penitentiary and
pay fine Of $4,000, in a decision
handed down in the Federal court
of appeals here today
1t was stated that the defendant
will not be allowed to make hail
pending determination of his apreal,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-10
BELASCO THEATER WILL
HAVE Matinee TO-DAY

Out Of respect to the memory Of
Calvin Coolidge, jr., the matinee at
the Belasco theater yesterday after
noon was postponed until this after
noon at 3 o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-10

asm was marching around the Gar
den celebrating the unanimous nomi.
nation of John w. Davis.
Every VVav Qualified
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
STEEL AND IRON coRRosIoN
Engineers Find No Appreciate Differ
enee Between Metals When Used
in Steam Boilers.

Iron and steel are almost equally re-
sistant to the effects of corroding In
fiuences. As far back as 1881 the en-
gineer-surveyors of Lloyds investigated
no less than 1,100 marine steel boil
ers In actual use and found it lmpossi-
BILE to distinguish between them and
the iron boilers, SO far as liability TO
corrosion was concerned.
In 1891 81 Of the leading American
and British shipbuilders were asked
for their opinion on the subject. Seven
held steel to be more corrodible than
iron, eight held the opposite view,
eight were uncertain, and fourteen
could report no difference between the
two metals. In 1921 a careful examina-
ton Of so samples of pipes from hot
water systems in New York city re-
vealed no appreciate difference be
tween iron and steel. Last year an in
vestigation of 81 samples of wrought
iron that had seen much service
showed that the mean depth of the
pittings was 0o94 inches, whereas the
pittings in 81 steel samples showed
a mean depth of 0.0093.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
Scienca Has No Limits.

Every year adds to our scientific
knowledge, yet at the end of each year
1t seems that there are no epoch
making discoveries yet to be made. A
century ago the French mineralogist,
Hauy, said electrical discoveries had
reached point where no important
steps remained. Yet electricity was in
its infancy and Michael Faraday in
his basement room was working out
the relationship between electricity
and magnetism which led to the dyna-
mo and the radio, says the Kansas
City Star.
As late as 1894 a university cata-
logue contained the statement that fu-
ture progress in science was to be
expected only in working out prlnci-
pies already discovered. In i. the fol-
lowing year Roentgen' discovered the
X-rays that led TO Eadium and the
electron. 1t was thought long ago that
all the beasts of the jungle had been
discovered and named, yet the okapi
was not found until 1900 The scien-
tific discoveries of the Twentieth cen
fury have been more numerous than
in any previous century and they have
been greater.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
WHEN KING RICHARD II DINED
Spoons and Fingers Were Good Man
ners and Carving Was
New Tangled.

English in the Canterbury days ate
much in the French style. Spoons and
fingers were good manners and carv-
ing was new tangled, If it was In fact
practiced to any extent at all.
Richard II and the duke of Lancas-
ter once dined IN London with the
bishop Of Durham. The king, the duke
and the bishop and their retinues and
guests called for 40 sheep, IA salted
oxen and 2 fresh ones, 1,240 pigs, .12
boars. 210 geese, 100 hens, so capons
"of hie grezer and 8 dozen other Gu
ponss so swans and 100 dozen pigeons
rabbits and curlews by the score.
1900 eggs. II gallons OF cream and
100 gallons of milk.
Such was a royal feast, and every
day, whether fast day or eating day,
had four meals. Breakfast at seven,
dinner at ten in the morning supper
at four and livery at eight at night
The hour of dinner is said to show the
development of cooking in any given
country. But there were Chaucerian
refnements, nevertheless, aside from
dishes of flowers; permissible foods
initiating the form of meats on fast
days, even eggs being counterfeited.
and clever things such as making two
capons out of one by skinning 1t and
stufing the skin. There were, besides,
the points Of etiquette: A pig for a
lord should be endored, his cabbage
thicked with egg, not crumbs; pike
served whole to lord, but cut for
the commonalty. And mint sauce has
pedigree reaching to Edward t.
Kansas City Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
Snakes Cannot Charm.

The principal venomous snakes In
this country are rattlesnakes, vipers,
copperheads and moccasins. Veno-
nous snakes have teeth on their up
per palate, not on the upper jaw. On
each side of the upper jaw two hollow,
notwithstanding fangs have poison
glands at their base, and pressure on
the fangs causes an emission of the
poison. The fangs are shed at regular
intervals-pushed out by incipient
fangs.
Capt. Reginald Haselden, an expert
on medieval manuscripts and trainer
of snakes on the side, says snakes pos
sess no charming power. He believes,
however, that the staring lidless eyes
of snakes may autosuggestively put a
person into sort of hynotic trance.
1t seems to have been conclusively
established that the number of rattles
on a rattlesnake's tail have nothing to
do with the age of the snake.-Detroit
News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
If WAS ACCORDING TO HoYLE.
Great Master Of Popular Game Re-
sponsibIe for RechFistening Of
Game of Whist.

1t was an agreeable spectacle to wit
ness Edmund Hoyle 1.-THE master Of
whist, whose code Of etiquette for the
game has been accepted for six genera
tions) drive up to the Three Pigeons
tavern at noon in his white hackney
coach with his emblen-the Ace OF
Hearts-blazoned on the panel. Hoyle
was "a man of very speechless humor,"
who was lured into the study of whist
because 1t was a silent game, says
Christopher Morley, In sThe Power Of
Sympathy"
Originally the game WAS called
"whisk" 1t was Mr.. Hoyle who, by his
continual utterance Of the imperative
and hushing monosyllable whist when
gaming with those whose tongues were
apt to wag irreIevantly, caused the d.
version, at first only In sport, and then
in genuine interest, to be rechristened.
The mornings he spent in tutoring
wealthy ladies in the rudiments Of the
fashionable game, this being the chief
source of his income. He was very
particular, moreover, as to the stand
ing and rank of his pupils; he was
much in demand and could afford to
take only such students as satisfied
his fastidious taste for youth and
beauty.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
ANESTHETIc USED IN 22o A. %.
Chinese Remedy Known as Ma Yao
Was Extracted From India Hemp
Centuries Ago.

An anesthetic the effects Of which
were like those Of ether or chloroform,
was used in China in 22O A. D., by the
surgeon Hsoua-t'ouo. This Is estab-
lished beyond doubt by the text Of
Kou kin vi tong, which was brought
to the attention Of the Academy Of
Sciences in 1S49 by Stanislas Julien.
The Chinese anesthetic, known as
ma yao-that is to say, "the remedy
which takes away feeling'-was ex-
tracted. from Indian hemp, which also
yields hasheesh.
The old Chinese text tells u.s.:
"Haoua-t'ouo gave a dose Of ma gao
to the patient, who few minutes lat
er became unconscious Is, as
though he were deprived OF life. As
the case demanded. Hsoua=tsouo would
operafe upon the person O. amputate
and remove the cause of sickness.
Then he would draw the tissues to-
gether at the point Of incision and
apply lfgatures.
After few days the sick man
was on his feet again without having
felt the least pain during the opera
tiop. North China Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
An Even Score

Dining with his bride at continen-
tai hotel, young Englishman was an
gered to find on his bill charge of 10
francs for fruit Calling the manager
he. protested the item.
.Ah," replied that worthy, pointing
to large dish of fruit upon the table,
but the fruit is there. It is not my
fault that you did not eat it,"
The Englishman said no more, but
on paying the bill he counted out all
but 10 francs, and seeing the look of
inquiry on the managers face, he re-
marked, calmly, THAT is for kissing
my wife,"
'Kissing your wifei" exclaimed the
other, aghast. But I have not kissed
your wife,
mo- said the Englishman, ''but she
was-there, wasn't she? 1t is not my
fault II you did not want to kiss her."
Boston Transcript.