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Evening star., 1924-09-04
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

the future King of England decided
to talk the Yankee language. In the
course of his brief address he re-
fered quite conspicuously to his
forthcoming visit to the United States
this Fall" The British never speak
of Fall" They always say Autumn. :.
The choice OF our idiom was a typical
exhibition of the princes talent for
saying the right thing at the right
time.
Judge Ben =. Lindsey of Colorado
is the latest politician UPON whom the
ku klux klan has turned its guns.
The famous presiding officer of the
Denver Juvenile and family court" is
up for reelection and finds himself
faced by determined Klan opposition.
He has incurred the Klan's ire by
public pronouncements against the
sheeted knights, who seem to have
vowed vengeance. Lindsey also was
active in recent fight against the
kluxers at a special election which
resulted In the Reelection of a Khan
mayor.
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Americas trade with the myriads
of people who inhabit the other side
Of the globe reached record propor-
tions during the recently ended fiscal
year 1924. 1t totaled nearly $1,000
100000. compared to $315. 600, 900 in
1913 SO that the volume has virtually
trebled. AS it's reckoned that there
are just about a billion Inhabitants of
China. Japan, Siam, India, Australia,
New Zealand and the other lands in
question, Uncle Sam sold them about
dollar per capita of his wares.
Manufactured articles comprised the
overwhelming bulk of the trade. Our
exports of automobiles to the Eas,
are steadily on the increase. In 1913
only 401 American cars were sent to
japan and China. Last year $500
were shipped.
Copyright 1824)
Evening star., 1924-09-04
Service Should Govern
In Retirement Law
10 the Editor Of The Star:

The civil service retirement bill is
to come up in the next Congress,
with a tax of az per cent to Gov
eminent employees. The most impor-
tant thing in the bill is placing age
before service. II there is to be an
honest bill. which think is the in
tent Of Congress, in all common hon.
esty and common justice no other
bill than one that is based on the
term of service can be honestly pro-
posed. Age does not make one man
better than another. Why, in COM
mon justice, should one employe work
any longer in service merely to make
an age limit, contributing 3h per cent
for his retirement? Thirty years
optional service retirement would
place every employe on an equal plane,
and optional would mean only that
IL so desired by the employe he
could retire. II a man feels In per-
feet health and strength to continue
you can always count on him staying
In the service. There have been some
cases Of lay.on Of employees having
Evening star., 1924-09-04
Air Mail Service Receives
General Commendation

clares. that eff these figures are to
be PLACED on the black side of the
ledger, the air mail service must re-
ceive the wholehearted support Of the
people"
Further, "the mail service never has
been self-sustaining no matter how
the mail was carried" the indianapolis
News suggests, and during recent
years. the postal officials have been
directing their attention to increas-
ing the volume of mail without in
creasing postage rates, to the end
that the service may eventually pay
for itself" But, the Hartford Daily
Times believes "the people do not
demand that the Post Office Depart
ment shall show profit or even that
it shall pay expenses" for at exists
primarily as a public convenience"
and 1.-The public prefers to pay its
deficits out OF the proceeds Of tax =
alton"
There is no doubt that .'the service
can be made to pay" the Albany
Evening News insists, since "this is
just like any other new thing-it is nee
esary to get business for it, just as il
will be necessary to get more busi-
ness at first for the capital district
port when the deeper Hudson is
dredged." But, beyond all that, ait
seem fatuous to complain that the
transcontinental mail service does
not meet expenses when 1t is so
obviously related to the national de-
fense,' in the opinion. of the New
York Times, which goes on to say:
1.-THE United States gave the aero
plane to the world, and it would be
stupid as well as unpatriotic to re-
tard the use of 1t for the benefit OF
the American people" 1t has already
been determined, the Long Beach,
Calf, Press asserts, that from 5000
to 1000 letters and packages reach
San Francisco daily by this means"
and the fact that business is in
creasing BODIES well for the future
fate Of the service" Confronted with
the theory that as long ss the service
is not self-sustaining it should ID
abandoned until such future date a
1t is In sufficient demand to enable
to care for itself. Postmaster New
feels that the ariai mail is practj
cable and should have 6-month ties
Of its popularity conducted as q bas
upon which to estimate it's worth
the Springfield Daily News reveal
And as the Pittsburgh dazette-Tim
sees 1t. this should be granted sin
'it may require a considerable peril
to educate the public TO the adva
tage of the saving in time it effects
and ut is the average over a consider
able period which will determine
whether the service Is jusuned.r
Evening star., 1924-09-04

Being immortalized in a biography
is one of the perquisites of running
for President of the United States.
Such greatness is about to be thrust
upon Mr.. Davis, whose Boswell is
Theodore A. Huntley. a Washington
newspaper correspondent. 1.-The Life
of John w. Davis" from Hunley's
pen, will be published early in Octo-
Der. 1t will be supplemented by a
/ compilation of Mr.. Davis public
speeches, selected by Horace Green.
| another Washington scribe. Huntley
| is the newspaper man who extorted
from Davis the latter's celebrated
letter which set forth that the West
| Virginian refused to consider the ad-
vancement of his nomination pros
poets at the price of renouncing his
| Wall street clients. The Democratic
] candidate has placed at his biog-
| raphers disposal a mass of original
data. including the striking corre-
| spondence with President Wilson
| when Davis was induced to become
Ambassador to Great Britain In 1918.
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Lieut.. Gen. Samuel B. NJ. Young, the
United States Army veteran who has
| just passed away in Montana, once
| attended the imperial maneuvers Of
| the German army as the guest OF
Emperor William II. Ever been in
| Germany. before?" the Kaiser asked
Gen. Young. Not in this part OF
Germany" Young replied. Well.
what parts do you know?" persisted
| the supreme war lord. Cincinnati,
| st. Louis and Milwaukee" Young
said.
Henry P. Fletcher, American Am
| basador to Italy, who is on his way
home from Rome, has left in COM
| mand of our embassy on the Tiber
| an old professional crony Of his when
he was Ambassador to Mexico-George
T. Summerlin. Mr.. Summerlin went
directly from Mexico City to Rome.
Previous to their association in Mex
| leo, Fletcher and Summerlin were
| together In Chile, when the former
| was American Ambassador at Santi-
ago. So Rome is the third successive
diplomatic mission in which the two
, men have been colleagues. They have
! another tie in common-both are old
Pointer. and Fletcher was one of
Roosevelt's Rough Riders in Cuba
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One Of Mussolinis right-hand men
| in the italian foreign Office Is young
diplomat, well known in Washington,
| Signor Andrea Celesia,' formerly sec
| retary Of the italian embassy. He Is
now in charge OF the diplomatic per-
sonnel division, and, as Mussolini is
| foreign secretary as well as prime
minister, Celesia works directly under
! the Fascist leaders command. Signor
CeIesia has an American wife. for
merly Miss Erhardt of New York.
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Secretary Mellon, just back from an
unofficial Summer in Europe, Is tell
! ing a Characteristic anecdote Of the
Prince of Wales. At the Pilgrims
dinner, in honor Of Secretary Hughes,
at London in July. the prince. who
sat between Msssss. Hughes and Mel
| Ion, delivered Q neat little speech. As
his auditors were mostly American,
Evening star., 1924-09-04

Criticism of the air mail service on
the ground that it is an unwanted
luxury. uncalled for at this time and
not self-sustaining. Is viewed by most
editors as an unwarranted Indictment
based on hastily drawn conclusions.
"One really important fact has been
established. This is that it is both
possible and practicable to maintain
the air mail service under varying
climatic conditions without serious
interruption. With this assured, the
generous patronage necessary to
make 1t a financial possibility should
be given as matter of course" the
Christian Science Monitor maintains
The saving in time the service makes
possible is tremendous, according to
the Scranton Republican, which cites
"the average weStbound time from
New York to San francisco was SO
hours 49 minutes. and eastbound time
36 hours II minutes, as compared
with the best railroad mail schedule
Of s6 hours weStbound and 80 hours
eastbound." 1t has been calculated,
the Deseret News points out, that
this saving in time would mean an
annual reduction Of $S09,5S9 in in
terest charges on transactions be-
tween the New York Federal Reserve
banks and other Federal Reserve
that, as the Youngstown Vindicator
suggests, "its value to science cannot
be measured very well by dollars
and cents" and "the Government is
having an experience from which
much will be learned regarding the
construction and operation of aero
planes"
The actual accomplishments Of the
air mail fiiers are startling when
viewed in themselves. AS the Wheel
ing Daily News reminds us, "the
around -the-world flyers, when they
reach Seattle. will have flown $4,000
miles since March IT," but "the air
mail flyers covering their routes from
New York to San Francisco flew in
the month of July almost seven times
as far-173,s10 miles" And furious
snowstorms over the Rockies and
Sierras, duststorms over the Nevada
desert. electrical and windstorms over
the mid Western plains and dense
fogs over the Alleghenies must be
encountered by the postal pilots" the
South Bend Tribune explains, but
the schedule performance has been
almost an unqualified success"
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1t is true, the Lansing Capital News
adnits, that the income for the
service for the first month did not
meet the cost maintenance" but
"this deficit should not prove dis
couraSing." 1t simply means the
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune de-.
Evening star., 1924-09-04

served thirty years, but below the
age limit, and so unable to receive
any benefit from the retirement b1llj
There should be 3e-year optional
retirement for the protection OF en-
ployes OF from so to 20 years OF age
who have served thirty years.
So long rs a person u able to work
no should be allowed the privilege.
]. ERWIN LATIMER
Evening star., 1924-09-04

The desire for a thrill was strong
in Loeb and Leopold. The element OF
suspense has been added to their ex-
perience, and it will lie remarkable in
deed if the long-sought thrill is not
theirs when they next appear in court
to hear the final word of the trial.
Evening star., 1924-09-04

Confidence in his ability as mu-
nicipal reformer has not forsaken
Gen. Smedley Butler. but he must by
this time be inclined to agree with
New York that Philadelphia is in
some respects a slow town.
Evening star., 1924-09-04

A big railroad merger always in
spires the hope that u compact or
ganization will permit 4 rate reduc-
ton. 1t should do so in theory, but
practice and theory do not always
move with simultaneous precision.
Evening star., 1924-09-04

The report that the Chinese in.
vented cannon and gunpowder is
still being circulated as a reminder
of how easy it is for nation to start
something which it is eventually un-
able to manage.
Evening star., 1924-09-04

Every time the K. X. K. is men.
toned it's advertising department con.
graduates itself on getting a maxi,
mum of result with a minimum of ex,
pense.
Evening star., 1924-09-04

There is only one slight consolation
in the prediction that the gasoline
supply will give out. Such a state of
affairs would solve the parking prob
lem.
Evening star., 1924-09-04

Now and then the White House is
mentioned in Gov. Al Smiths pres
ence in a way that tempts him to
switch from Sidewalks of New York"
to There's a Long, Long Trail"
Evening star., 1924-09-04

BY the time he masters all the
psycho-analytic details of the record
Judge Caverly should be able to
qualify as man of accomplishments
in metaphysics as well as in the law
Evening star., 1924-09-04

Recent remarks indicate that Presi-
dent Coolidge is not to be permitted
to keep cool if Burton Wheeler can
prevent it.
Evening star., 1924-09-04

The theory that the ku KluX klan
il unmentioned would curl up and
fade away for lack Of advertising
has been abandoned.
Evening star., 1924-09-04

The caricaturists are, as usual,
busily engaged in reminding the
various candidates that this race is
serious business and not to be mis-.
taken for a beauty contest.
Evening star., 1924-09-04

A true campaigner never thinks of
a six-hour working day for himself.
nor even a guaranteed wage scale.
Evening star., 1924-09-04

There is to be no mud throwing in
this campaign. though an occasional
brickbat may have to be lodged.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
For a Change Of Fashion.

1t pains me to think of the fuel
That Winter will cause me to burn
I know that the cost will be cruel
And yet for November yearn.
The show-I am ready to drop it
OF elbows and ankles and knees.
Since only the climate can stop it,
I'll heartily welcome freeze.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
Conversational Limits.

Conversational Limits.
Some day Mars will say "Howdydo,
And Earth will say "Hello.''
And each his course will then pursue
AS in the long ago.
For II they had a ball game there,
Displaying mighty pow'rs,
About their score we wouldn't care,
Nor would they ask for ours.
Though candidates with pride they
note
As issues they discuss,
We could not tell them how to vote
Nor could they heckle us.
The conversation will be slow
And need a change or two;
So, maybe Earth will say, "Hello,''
While Mars says "Howdydo."
Evening star., 1924-09-04
Triangularity.

Triangularity.
every play I see has something
about the eternal triangle in it!''
'I wish they'd kept that triangle
idea in the DRAMA" commented Sen.
ator Sorghum, land not let it break
into politics.
Jud Tunkins says the only worker
he saw last week who seemed to ap-
preciate the value of time was a
bootlegger burnin' the pike at 20
miles an hour.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
The Social Menu

"How do you know he is not a so
ciety man."
"I watched. him at luncheon"
answered Miss Cayenne. HE eats
chicken salad and ice cream in a
way that shows he isn't fed up on
them"
Evening star., 1924-09-04

Tain much use goin' to church, !"
said Uncle Eben, ."tf you's gineter
let yoh conscience labor on de sew
enth day an rest de yuthuA six."
Evening star., 1924-09-04
Rate by Mail-Payable in Advance.
MarvIan nd and VIRGINIA.
AL Other States.


Daily and Sunday. yr.. $1,000: mo-, s5t
Daily only ......1 yr., 500; mo-. goo
Sunday only ....1 yr., $500; l no., 25t
Evening star., 1924-09-04

Q. Is there an eel which gives off
an electric current?-I. \. D.
A. The Bureau of Fisheries says
that the electric eel does give off an
electric current. The electric organs,
eight in number, lie lengthwise along
the backb of the eel.
Evening star., 1924-09-04

Care you erer hdmpered for tDant Of
informdtion9 Do you ,ronder and blum
der through misinf nfOrntations This
column toGs instituted to serre q Very
apparent need Of our readers. aud IT'S
popularity is dttested By the thousands
toho seek information daily. Use this
service and learn its possibilities. Ad-
dress inquiries to The Star Informal ion
Bureau, Frederic j. Hdskin, Director,
Tpenty- first and C streets northeast
Inclose q ttoo-ce5st stamp for direct
reply)
Evening star., 1924-09-04

Q. When a person walks along the
road in the country should he face
the traffic or walk with it'll. p
A The American Automobile AS
sociation and other such organiza-
tions are interested in standardizinS
such regulations. 1t says that when
a person is walking on a highway IL
is always best to walk facing the on
coming traffic.
Evening star., 1924-09-04

Q. How many pickles are eaten In
the United States each year?-M. G.
A. A manufacturer Of pickles has
estimated that more than $4,000. 900
pickles are consumed in this country
annually.
Evening star., 1924-09-04

@. Who discovered electrons? M.
E.
A. The discoverer of what is now
called the "electron" was Sir j. j.
Thompson, of Cambridge. England.
He called it ''corpuscle." The
name "electron" is credited to Sir
C. Johnstone Storey.
Evening star., 1924-09-04

@. How tall is President Coolidge?
M. S.
A. President Coolidge's height is
S feet 10h inches and his weight is
l46 pounds.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-11-21
$4,000 IN uFE-SAVlNG
SERVICE OF RED CROSS
Additional $4,000 Water Safety
Experts Probable Gain of
Summer Campaign.

A boy watched an expert give
class a lesson in the way to revive
person unconscious from water i'm
.mersion. The next day the boy tried
It on a bathing companion and saved
his life. Such boy justities all the
effort and the cost Of the Life-Saving
Service. American Red Cross officials
declare. The Red Cross method OF
restoring partly drowned persons is so
simple that the continual large sacri-
fee OF life must decrease as an In
formed public insists upon general In
struction In prone pressure practice
to induce respiration.
The Red Cross Life-Saving Service
In every part OF the country. summer
and winter. IL engaged in teaching
this method as an integral part Of
swimming and life-savins. This ser.
vice has grown from = single expert
In 1914 to 4 corps Of almost $4,000 &C
tive life savers In this tenth year OF
the work 1t is predicted that fully
$4,000 more experts will be eligible
for membership In the corps. This
large accession In single year is
confidently expected as the result OF
the campaign among $4,000 troops Of
Boy Scouts under a plan to qualify
at least two life-guards in each troop
During the past year +.746 men,
1874 women. 9.73l boys and girls sue.
cessfully passed the rigid tests OF the
Red Cross-an Increase OF 5.33l over
1928 Intensive instruction Is develop
ing hundreds OF qualified examiners
for the Red Cross Life.Saving Corps.
who supplement the teaching stan
maintained by the national organiza.
ton The cause OF water safety 10
therefore penetrating to new sections
and eventually viii cover all Ameri
can territory
Recognition OF this Red Cross ser
vice for humanity is growing apace.
At the request OF the War Department
every military training camp had life
saving instruction last summer. Mu'
nicipaiities have adopted the Red
Cross course. public and private
schools are offering II TO students,
business, civic and athletic organila.
tons are promoting campaigns. and
pouSO osG AnAAao0 50
part Of the conditioning process for
their recruits.
Volunteer life-savers throughout the
country. the American Red Cross 70
ports, are eagerly advancing the cause
OF water safety. 38s volunteers rsceiv.
ing medals for giving from 700 to 500
hours' service In two or three years
In addition 3e rescue bars to medals
we're awarded members OF the Red
Cross Corps Who saved one q more
lives during the year.
Il 10 for the work and extension OF
life saving that continued support
through memberships is sought, and
the American Red Cross urges all per
sons to Join or renew membership
during the enrolment campaign open
ing Armistice Day. November IL.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-11-21
Red Cross Invites
All Into Neutral
Army of Service

There are 3.oss counties IN the
United States and more than $500
Chapters OF the American Red Cross
The Chapter 10 the local unit OF the
national organization. formed TO carry
out the program. services and policies
Of the Red Cross The industry Of
these $500 local units 10 . voluntary
and steady outpourinE OF vell-doins
and sympathy which softens human
suffering and distress wherever u
arises. This work 10 absolutely neu
trail. for the Red Cross knows 40 race.
no creed. no color.
The strength OF the American Red
Cross being In its Chapters. the or
ganilation annually invites the pso
pie TO Join or renew their member
ship during . Roll Call which always
begins on Armistice Day. November IL
-lt 10 this annual enlistment Of mil
lions OF Americans under he banner
OF the American Red Cross which
makes possible the continued work Of
this great and democratic legion q
mercy" says Judge John Bartoa
Payne. head OF the national orsanisa,
ton -Aembrrship In the Red cross
u . privilege within the reach oe
everyone. The need for service srovs
more inslstrnt each year. To Resp
pscs With the demands which come
from every rection Of our country.
80 mus, have the peoples loyal sup
port Our capacity for service In The
year to come will BE- limited only By
the extent 10 which ws receive sup
port for our work II he coming Roll
Call
The invitation OF the American Rod
cross 10 unlimited. The snroilmsst
period. Armisucs Day 70 ThAnksxis
iAS. 10 every ones opportupity 70 joln.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-11-21
Annual svmm ocs to ssrv,es

me annual nation vide Roll Call ot
the American Ned cross 70 enroll
tucsmbsrs for 1875 will open on Nov.
II. the anniversary Of that tense and
nsvcr.to bc.forgotcn Armis,icc bay
aix year. ago. which s.lcnecd the
crashing srms Of the World War. The
saroilment will continue for II days.
through Thanksgiving bay. Nov 81.
Preliminary TO the Roll Call period
viii come Red Cross Sunday. Nov. ..
During the II day. set aside for the
snroilmsn, more than $500 Chapters
Of the Red Cross and their thousands
Of bs.ncAss will invite the people TO
Join the Red Cross o. renew thsis
osnbsrship
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-11-21
FEELING FINE.

Ccphns Bowshcr and wife arrived
safely nt Hollywood. California. Mon'
aay and wired friends hrsv that they
srp feeling nns.s
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-03-01
Former Hurley Resident Dies at
Ashland Hospital.

Mrs. Angelic Cassolatto, a former
Hurley resident, died Sunday morn
ing at st. Joseph's hospital at Ash
land, following an operation for
appendicitis and gall stones.
The deceased lived in Hurley for a
number of years, the family taking
up their residence in Ironwood ten
years ago. She was SO years old
and is survived by her husband, a
daughter, Angelina, and a son
Albert. The family home is at 326
West Aver street.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday morning at St Ambrose
church with burial in the Ironwood
cemetery.
The deceased was a member of the
Hurley lodge of the Royal Neighbors
of America.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-03-01
Card Of Thanks.

We wish to thank all our friends
and neighbors for their kind
sympathy and many acts of kindness
shown us during our recent bereave-
ment and for the floral offerings
and spiritual bouquets, especially the
employees of the Montreal Mining
company's shops, the employees of
the Ottawa mine and the Montreal
mine, the school children of the
Montreal and Hurley schools, the
Iron Exchange Bank, the employees
of the Oglebay Norton Cos Ironwood
office, the employees Of the CASTLE
Mining company at Ramsay, Mich,
the school teachers of the Hamilton
and Hurley schools, the employees of
the Montreal Mining company's
office, members of the Hamilton
Club and members of the Hamilton
Club Athletic association.
Mrs. w. H. Kirby and family.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-03-01
County Humane Society to Be
Organized.

A card from A. E. Frederick, state
humane officer, announces that he
viii be in Hurley next Wednesday
afternoon, March 5, to meet citizens
who are interested in the organiza-
ton Of county humane society. An
informal meeting will be held in the
office of the county clerk at the
court house at 2 o'clock. The
public is invited.
The function Of the humane
society will be TO protect dumb
animals from cruelty and neglect
and to promote humane education.
Il will also protect children and all
dependents.