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Evening star., 1924-09-16
A Closed Incident.

Some publicity having been given
to an attack upon the integrity Of
Gen. Dawes, as recently published in
venom than it's verify. the public will
be interested in a letter from John
Barton Payne, chairman Of the Amer
lean Red Cross, formerly chairman of
the Shipping Board and later Secre-
tary Of the Interior in the Wilson cab
met. This letter, addressed to the
editor of the Independent, a publica
tion which, doubling the fairness Of
the attack in question, undertook to
find out the true facts, categorically
criticism Of Gen. Dawes for his ac
tions in the case in point.
The attack centered upon the part
played by Gen. Dawes, then president
of the Central Trust Company of H.
linoiS, at the time Of the organization
Of the ill-fated La Sale Street Trust
and Savings Bank by William Lori
mcr. 1t was implied that Gen. Dawes
was guilty Of sorry laundering or di-
rect knavery at that time, and the
rhetorical question was asked as to
whether q man with such an action
in his record is At to be Vice Presi-
dent of the United States"
The Payne letter, written by man
Of political persuasions opposite to
those of Gen. Dawes. answers that
question with a strongly emphasized
affirmation. Setting forth the full and
true facts in the case, with which he
had every opportunity to be familiar,
Mr.. Payne asserts the absolute hon.
throughout the transaction in ques-
ton, and quotes the appellate court of
Illinois, which decided the case, in full
confirmation Of his assertion. Prior
to the writing of the letter Mr.. Payne
had written to the chairman of the
Democratic committee warning against
"the mistake Of adopting or pressing
this matter as a criticism of Gen.
Dawes, whose conduct from begin
ming to end was in the highest sense
admirable
Thus is the incident closed, with the
public afforded full opportunity to al
locate credit and discredit to Gen.
Dawes, his square political opponent,
saw fit to print an unwarranted slur
upon the honesty Of a prominent and
respected American.
Evening star., 1924-09-16
McAdoo to Help.

A dispatch from Paris states that
William G, McAdoo is sailing today ON
the Leviathan for home, and he IL
quoted as saying to friends in Paris:
II would like to stay longer, but I
have decided to so home and do all
l can to help John w. Davis cam.
paign for the presidency. Whether it
be merely organizing or actually TAX.
ing the stump, 1 am ready for it, and,
as l promised Davis before leaving
New York, he can count on me to
go the limit
Nothing more could be asked Of the
principal defeated candidate of the
Democracy for the nomination. He Is
coming home to work for the election
Of another man to the Office to which
he aspired and for nomination for
which he held the greatest number
of votes in the convention.
Mr.. McAdoo will find campaign
Of somewhat different character than
that which was i'll prospect half a
year ago. He will find the third party,
headed by, La Toilette, Il. really con-
siderable factSr, more definitely the
object of Republican attack than is
the Democratic ticket. He will find
some new issues, brought about by
developments outside Of the conven-
ton proceedings. He will find the
Democratic candidate creating 'em
rough" on the subject Of the oil scan
dal, concerning which Mr.. McAdoo
may find it difficult to display much
enthusiasm or denunciatory indigna-
ton. He may be of assistance on the
subject of farmers aid. He may con.
tribute some observations on the
tariff. The present attitude of labor,
which organically is formally for La
Toilette, may inspire him to pointed
observations about his own claims to
labor support. although there is some
question whether he can transfer
those claims to the nominee of his
party.
Mr.. McAdoo's first contribution to
the campaign will be highly inter
esting, in view Of all these circum-
stances, if he should be assigned to
duty as a speaker. But, as he init
mates, he may be set only to organ
izing work. which, perhaps. would be
more agreeable than taking the
stump, all things considered.
Evening star., 1924-09-16
MacDonald's Endowed Car.

Srime Minister Macdonald is in an
embarrassing situation which has
q 'oused the sympathy Of most people,
ahile at the same time melting criti-
Ism Of his political judgment. He re-
Gently accepted a life-tenure gift of
valuable stock from q friend as an en-
dowment for a motor car for his use
-T.....s act in itself has not been so seri-
our4y questioned as the fact that the
donor, who is Tory millionaire, has
under the L.aborite ministry been
granted baronetcy. So the quotation
eS this latest addition to the titled
class is placed at 100000, the amount
Of the endowment. The severest criti-
cism, strangely enough, comes from
,Laborites, which, according to dis
patches, are really shocked at heart.
though they pretend not to be, be-
cause the Socialist premier is under
obligations to capitalist.
As matter Of fact, Mr.. Macdonald
has simply made q mistake Of tact.
The man who bestowed the stock en-
AGvnent upon him is one Of his boy
hn1 11nnds, a co-worker In humble
Deumtions. Macdonald stuck to his
Evening star., 1924-09-16

self lays emphasis. This observer re-
Gently heard a soapbox champion of
La Toilette call him la Follette,"
with the "for' as in Napoleon.
x X x !.
It's an open secret that one of the
things keeping Chairman Butler
awake at night is the campaign si-
lence of four western Republican
United States Senators-Norris and
Howell of Nebraska, Johnson of Cali
fornia and Brookhart Of Iowa. Their
mastery inactivity on behalf of Cool
tdge and Dawes has always been
ominous and now is becoming op-
pressive. Norris and Brookhart are
running for reelection as regular Re-
publicans, but neither of them has
rolled up his sleeves for the G. O. p.
national ticket The entire quartet
are suspected of strong La Toilette
leanings. with the possible exception
OF Howell, who is Republican national
committeeman from Nebraska. Hiram
Johnson's predicament is tragic. He
not only damned the Coolidge admin
tstration up hill and down dale in his
ill-starred California primary fight
but there's no love lost between him
and La Toilette. If ever a states
man had nowhere to go. that baffled
and discounted person is the Golden
Gates shattered idol. Senator Pete"
Norbeck OF South Dakota, who was
for Johnson for President, has been
aboard the Coolidge bandwagon for
some time.
George Washington appears to have
been almost as thrifty a citizen as
the present occupant of the White
hn -,
Association was recently visiting Sui
grave Manor the ancestral home Of
the Washingtons in England, Sir
Charles Wakefield, a former lord
mayor Of London, presented to Sui
grave Institution an original Wash
ington letter, dated Mount Vernon,
1888. 1t was addressed to a Mr.. Car
ter, in Fredericksburg, and asked him
to look after the upkeep of the grave
Of John DandHdge, Mrs. Washing
tons father. The letter ended:
II would thank you for ascertain
ing tho price beforehand, having
from disinclination to dispute ac-
counts felt, in too many instances,
the expansion of tradesmen's con-
sciences when no previous agreement
has been made"
X r Il
Although they have troubles of their
own, the Atheninans ought to be
watching with sympathy the tribu-
lations Of Capt. Paxton Hibben, u. S.
A., who is now undergoing court mar
tial for his alleged bolshevistic views.
While Hibben was on American re-
lief work in Armenia and Greece, the
city of Athens honored him by nam
ing one OF its new streets Avenue
Paxton Hbben."
ooy4xa& dSeA1
Evening star., 1924-09-16

lowly tasks and studies Of social con.
ditions, while the friend branched out
in industry and acquired great for
tune. The present prime minister of
England is. like some Of his predeces-
sors, q poor man. His salary, which
comes to him not as prime minister
but as first lord of the treasury, is
$4,000 year, which is reduced to
$500 by the income tax. His only
perquisites are two houses, No. 10
Downing street, as town residence,
and Chequers Court, as a country
place. He has no allowance for enter
tainment and must maintain his two
establishments out Of his own purse.
The Office is really burden. He can
not pursue any private occupation
while holding it.
Whether there was any relation be-
tween the gift and the baronetcy is
not, it would seem, seriously dis
cussed. Titles have been acquired in
many cases in England by reason Of
rich gifts to parties in political cam
paigns, but so far as known this is the
only instance where a member of the
government has in any way profited
by a donation from one who has been
titled. And yet there is not a breath
of question Of Premier MacDonalds s
integrity.
A national campaign is abont to be-
gin in England. The Liberals are al
ready taking the stump and preparing
for the next general election, which
cannot long be postponed. 1t is ex-
pected that Parliament will be dis
solved this Fall. The Labor party may
hold it's own in the election as the bal
ance of power between the Liberals
and the Conservatives, but the Mac
Donald endowment is now viewed with
apprehension by the LaboriteS as a
serious factor Of possible defeat, even
for such advantage. The Labor min
istry has survived longer than was
expected, and has written a surpris-
ingly good record of efficiency. But it
has been maintained on the suffrance
Of the other parties, neither Of which
has been ready for an appeal to the
country.
Evening star., 1924-09-16
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM EILE.

Edward n. Hurley of Chicago has
accomplished the seemingly impos-
sible in inducing France to get down
to brass tacks on her S3,500,00 900
debt to the United States. Hurley is
the baby member of the World War
Debt Funding Commission, having
been appointed to it only this year
by President Coolidge. He was chosen
as the third Democrat on the COM
mission, which, by law, must have
at least three members OF that per-
suasion. The other Democrats are
Representative Charles r. Crisp of
Georgia and former Representative
Richard Olney of Massachusetts,, both
distinguished sons of distinguished
fathers. Mr.. Hurley rambled unof-
ficially through the finance minis
tries of allied Europe during his
summer vacation. Other governments
than France may step up to Uncle
Sans counter and settle as result
Of the Chicagoan's astute activities.
He dropped some useful hints in
Signor Mussolinrs direction anent
Italy's unsquared account of about
1900, 100000.
X X X *
President Coolidge had a welcome
caller the other day. George w. Long
VI DoSIoA, "hO LuEHeo OUT 10 De a
long-forgotten former fellow mem
her of the Massachusetts, Assembly.
Mr.. Long had been allotted the statu-
tory three minutes on the Presidents
busy calendar, but as soon as Mr..
Coolidge recognized him there was
an invitation to dine at the White
House. AS Mr.. and Mrs. Long were
honeymooning in Washington, their
visit ended in blaze of uneyDected
glory. Haven't brought any dress
clothes along, CAL" said Long.
Never mind" replied the President.
You'll have to take pot luck any
how" So did Mrs. George W. Van
derbilt, who also was present.
!. X * X
Senator La Toilette was 60 in June.
but laughs at the qualms Of his
friends who think he is incurrfne
dangers in embarking upon a whirl-
wind campaign. The Progressive lead
er says there Is no physical exercise
that keeps him half as .1it" as speech
making. Twelve talks to the proletar-
lat within twenty-four hours are "the
daily dozen" that do him the most
good. The country at large has not
yet learned the correct pronuncia-
ton of La Follette's name. About as
many people accent the third syllable
as accent the second. The latter is
the one on which "Fighting Bob" him
Evening star., 1924-09-16

may happen the other way about and
the Washington team be beaten by
the same margin through the parti-
sanship of Pluvius.
1t is q great race. such a race as
has rarely been known in the his.
tory Of the game, two teams tied for
the lead and third one--iust helped
by the Senators slip-only four games
behind. The spirit that has carried
Washington to the top and held IL
there is not likely to falter. and now,
with the scene of battle shifted. hopes
are high and faith Is strong.
Evening star., 1924-09-16
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILASDER JOHNSON.
Spellbinder.

Spellbinder.
katydid is singing
Out among the trees,
Consolation bringing
With promise Of a freeze.
"Snowflakes soon will glisten
Where the f1ow'rs are hid
It's a joy to listen
To our old friend, Katydid.
When there is a reason
For some public grief
Speakers come in season,
Promising relief.
OF the cares that darken
Life, We'll soon be rid;
It's a joy to harken
To our old friend, Katydid.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

Perhaps the Leopold-Loeb case will
not be forgotten 80 soon as many ex-
pected. Every 19-year-old boy SEN
fenced to death in Illinois will remind
the public of it.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

Citizens who regard Congress as
more, or less obstructive influence are
now viewing with alarm the possibil-
ity that the House of Representatives
may assert itself in connection with
unusual delay in announcing the
election results.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

The problem of supply and demand
becomes peculiarly important to pub
lie welfare when there are more school
children than there are schools to ac-
them.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

Analysis of the effects Of Defense
day must convince the candid OBJ.
server that it has brought the possi-
bility of war no nearer; having served,
in fact. as a reminder that such an
enterprise is too serious to be i'm
pulsively undertaken.
Evening star., 1924-09-16
TRANSFORMATION,

Modern invention enables sound to
travel with the speed Of light
Its a great achievement" declared
Senator Sorghum, land yet we have
to admit the old fashioned ways have
their advantages. An idea going 1885,.
900 miles per second is not nearly as
likely to land in good shape as one
that utilizes a railroad train with rear
platform facilities"
Evening star., 1924-09-16

Experiments are we'll under way
for the discovery Of methods to ex.
terminate the japanese beetle and the
boil weevil. While the politicians are
sympathiZing with the farmer, the
scientists are seeking to give him
practica assistance.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

OF those who went from this coun-
try to assist Russia in promoting radi-
calism not one has attained the dis
tinction of being mentioned as q So
Wet officeholder, excepting Trotsky,
who got in on the ground floor.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

limitations by Leopold that he will
write a book expounding his philos-
ophies represent the climax of tend
ency to exploit unsavory notoriety for
purposes.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

reactionary as the multiplication
table. Don't expect to build up the
weak by pulling down the strong.
Don't hurry to legislate. Give ad-
ministration a. chance to catch up
with legislation"
"And the Governor kept on saving
wood IG.M M
Evening star., 1924-09-16
Overwhelming Question.

Though public programs so amiss
AS policies we frame,
l do not care! But tell me this:
Who Won the Base Ball Game?
Evening star., 1924-09-16

AS conservative nation China in
sists on having an old-fashioned war
on hand nearly all the time.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

The La Toilette people have an r..
ritating way Of cheering the regular
national parties when they abuse each
other.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

Times have changed. Nobody laughs
ncw when the Washington base ball
cub is mentioned as a pennant con-
t1Mder.
Evening star., 1924-09-16
Time for Restraint.

"As citizen you should be bold and
speak your mind"
"Most times" said Mr.. Chuggins,
'but not when a bicycle cop pulls
alongside
Evening star., 1924-09-16

German Statesman nship Is still in
need of few more "sphinxes."
Evening star., 1924-09-16
Anticipating . Future.

people are always disposed to pet
little children"
81 amt in favor Of the custom" :"
commented Farmer Corntossel. "a
few years ago a kind old gentleman
patted my boy Josh on the head an
told him he might be President some
day. Josh has been putin on airs
over the family ever SINCE"
"'Pears like de only thing women
can't do bout as well as de men," said
Uncle Eben. ''is to sing bass in de
chofr.~
Evening star., 1924-09-16
DiSprOpOrtion.

That prodigy is incorrect
And doomed to painful quarrels,
Who starts with SO much intellect
He hasn't room for morals.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

Jud Tunkins says nobody ever has
As much patience as he thinks an
other person ought to possess in the
same kind of trouble.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
TO the use for republics tion Of all news dis
pa tehes credited To II or not otherwise r"dited
In this paper and also the local news pub
Eshed herein. All rights of publication Of
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

would be votes for the Republican
party in the promise of low taxes and
vanishing expenditures. Good
government cannot be found on the
bargain counter. We have seen sam
Piles of bargain counter government
in the past, when low tax rates were
secured by increasing the bonded debt
for current expenses or refusing to
keep our Institutions up to the stand
ard in repairs, extensions, equipment
and accommodations" Again: when
you substitute patronage for patriot
ism, administration breaks down. We
need more of the Office desk and less
of the show window in politics. Let
men in Office substitute the midnight
oil for the limelight."
Politics is not an end, but means.
1t Is not a product, but process.
1t is the art of government. Like
other values it has it's counterfeits.
. Office-holding is the incidental,
but the standard of citizenship is the
essential. Government does not rest
upon the opinions of men It's results
rest on their actions. This makes
every man politician whether he
on US all. Men who have the adj
vantages Of a liberal culture ought
to be the leaders in maintaining the
standards of citizenship. Unless they
can and do. accomplish this result
education is a failure. The power to
think Is the most practical thing in
the world. 1t is not and cannot be
cloistered from politics"
DO the days work. If 1t be to
protect the rights of the weak. who
ever objects, do it. If 1t be to help
a powerful corporation better to
serve the people, whatever the op-
position, do that. Expect to be called
2 stand patter, but don't be a stand
patter. Expect to be called a dema-
goEue, but don't be a demagogue.
Don't hesitate to be as revolutionary
as science. Don't hesitate to be rs
Evening star., 1924-09-16
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Evening star., 1924-09-16

Fear, arch enemy of mankind, is
what gives this private and public
nuisance his sway. For fear OF a
"row" he is tolerated in hundreds of
families. he gets the best of every
thing, because the rest are afraid to
say anything.
Now no man or woman ever was
supposed to act this way, following
the cave days. when everybody acted
much as they pleased. Civilized So
ciety presupposes certain necessary
repressions.
Criminals are brought to time
sometimes; kidnapers often are caught
and punished; b1ackmailers put into
jail, and thugs sent down"
But the man who must be handled
with kid gloves continues to max d
life miserable for all those he loves
and who love him, simply because ha
is not recognized as the enemy Cd
society that he really is
What he needs is, not kid gIoves|
but the mailed 1ist
Evening star., 1924-09-16

Q. Was Gen. De Kalb of Heyolu
tionary fame a German or a French
man?-S
A. Baron Johann De Kalb was born
in Bavaria, Germany, but was trained
in the French army and accompanied
Lafayette to America.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

Q. Which has the most food value,
a pound loaf of whole grain wheat
bread, or a pound loaf of bread made
from white fiour?-W. II. T.
A. Whole wheat bread. as pur
chased, contains lila calories per
pound. whereas ordinary wheat bread
as purchased. contains 1,ls2 caiories
per pound.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

= Q. How long ago were Paisley
shawls made?-F. n. K.
A. The manufacture of the famous
Paisley shawls began early in the
nineteenth century at Paisley, Scot
land.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

@. What was the origin of the
Rhode Island Red chicken?-S E. S.
A. Its origin was similar to that of
the Buff Orpington in England. It
was a local race OF poultry found ex-
tensively in Rhode Island. produced
by the farmers themselves without
any definite breeding and from uncer-
tain stock. It Is thought by some
authorities that a considerable foun-
dation of this local Rhode Island
poultry was an old smooth-legged
Cochin China stock; but that ordi-
nary Cochins were also largely bred
is undoubted, and there is strong
evidence that the Asiatic stock was
considerably crossed and intermingled
with Brown Leghorns.
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Evening star., 1924-09-16

Q. How old is osteopathy?-N.
B. u.
A. The principles of osteopathy
were discovered and formulated by
DR.. Andrew 7. Still in 1874. The first
college OF osteopathy was opened in
kirksYille, Mo, in 1892.
Evening star., 1924-09-16

O. Can Holsters travel rapidly
c. c. r
A. Lobsters are verys active and
may, If transported several miles
from their original habitat, find their
way back. They can shoot backward
very rapidly and it has been stated
that they can go "25 feet in less than
a second"
Evening star., 1924-02-29
YANKS' HIGH-PRlCED
RECRUIT MAY QUIT

LOUISVILLE, KY, February 29.-
Earle Combs, brilliant outfielder sold
to the Yankees by the Louisville
Colonels for a reported equivalent Of
$4,000, may quit professional base
ball without ever having reported for
duty with his purchasers.
Combs contract Is as yet unsigned.
Whether it ever is signed depends,
according to word from Combs at>his
home in Richmond, on use of kinder
words" by the Yankees and the
Colonels.
Combs complaint, in brief, is that
when he came to the Louisville club
of the American Association he was
promised part of the purchase
price when he was sold to a major
league club. So far, he says, no such
settlement has been made. The
Yankees sent him a one-year con-
tract, he added, calling for $500.
When informed II was not what he
had been led to expect, he received a
second contract, for one year, at
$1,000, together with an expression of
an opinion that he had been treated
all right by the Colonels.
Combs sale, with that of his team
mate, Wayland Dean, pitcher, to the
Giants, marked the outstanding play
er transactions Of the year.
Evening star., 1924-02-29
DRY, BOWLERS ROUT
CORPORATION AUDIT

Prohibition bOwlers Of the Internal
Revenue Duckpin League crushed
Corporation Audit in three games last
high man of the smatch with set OF
339 and game of 140.
Cliftons of the Mount Pleasant
League won three games from the
Castles. Browns of the yictors had
lumbia picked up three easy games
through forfeit by the Savoys.
In the Terminal Y League Union
Transfer won the odd game from rom
two Of three from Zips. Merritt of
Transfer had the best set. 314, and
was tied with Graham of Zips for
high game, 121.
Four matches were rolled in the
Southern Railway League, Construc-
tion winning two of three from Pur-
likewise. Engineers winning, the odd
from Freight Auditors and Opera
tions making sweep against
Freight Traffic.
Capital won the odd from Calanthe
of the knights OF Pythias League,
losing the first game in a tie roll l-off.
Motyka Of the victors was best man
with set Of 341 and game of 1872.
Carry's Ice Cream Quint won two Of
three from Raleigh Haberdasher in
the Commercial League, Hunter of
Raleigh being high man with a set
| Of 314 and game of 118.
Machine of the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing League won three
games from Office. Koch Of the win
ners was high, with a set of 328 and
game of 115.