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Evening star., 1924-01-17
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
sY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

. Alexander W. Gresg,sa young Texan
and world war service man hardly
more than thirty yeaAs old, was the
actuarial" If not the; actual. genius
who inspired the Mellen revenue pro-
gram. For the past few weeks Mr..
Gregg has been at Secretary MELONS
elbow in the Treasury as q special ad-
a deceased Texas congressman In 1920
Gregg went into the rSles and regu-
lations section of the bureau of iu-
ternal revenue. and latter into the
Office of the bureaus solicitor. Then
he was appointed chairman of the
special committee on appeals and
reviews, to assist in clearing up the
accumulation Of work that was mum
dating the internal. revenue DEPART
ment. Recently Gregg has: been chair-
man or the committee. on revision of
the revenue act. He Is 5an LII NJ.
Of Georgetown University and was
admitted to the bar in Texas. Mr..
Mellon considers Gregg enc of the
best-informed authorities on tax
questions In the United States.
.e. . X x *.as
On many democratic lips. In Wash
inston this week was the name of
the youngest American who ever
aspired formally to be President of
the United States. He is Judge
Floyd Z. Thompson Of Illinois,
Judge Thompson has just crossed the
constitutional age-limit for the prest
dency. He was thirty-six years old
In December. Calvin Coolidge. who
was born on the 4th of July, has
very little on Floyd Thompson who
is Christmas baby. A very not.
able career on the bench has been
Vouchsafed tho young Illinois demo-
crat. lie was a Justice OF the state
supreme court at thirty-two and chief
justice at thirty-four Judge Thomn-
soIi IiVes at Roek Island and has pro-
hhois 1avorite son in 1924.
Carmi A. Thompson Of Ohiot who Is
to be William NJ. Buffers Sersona1
assistant in the Coolidge pre-conyen-
tioh campaign. is said to have wist-
ful longings in the direction of a
CABINET seat. 1t Is those ambitions.
ohioians report. that impelied Thomp-
son TO abandon the republican :guber-
Material contest. AT present 70. one
cabinet. Yet II the President sue
ceeds himself on March Ill 1925.
changes In his official household are
inevitable. He would be relieved of
his obligation to retain Harding ap-
pointees-that having been his first
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publicly ayowed pledge on acceding
to the presidency-and at liberty to
surround himself with his own seiec-
tions. At least formally, all members
OF the cabinet will place their restg-
nations in Mr.. Coolidge's hands when
the time comes. Some Of them. Will
mean what they say. ~
-' ~ u x::t ''-:-.
United States Air Services" official
publication OF the Army and Navy
Air Service Association. rings a new
change on Woodrow Wilson's -cele-
|brated world war slogan. 1t an
nounces that the firms which adver-
ttse in Its columns for the needs OF
the air service ste nsre helping e make Ths
quip was coined by Capt. Earl n
Findley. A. S. A., the editor of the
magazine. @
"Old Tecumseh" Sherman is sup
posed to have patented and copy
|righted the maxim that war is hell"
but an animated discussion is pro-
ceeding in the British press as to the
aphorisms real origin. A .partici-
pant In the controversy: wrote the
venerable Sunday Times of London
phrase and incorporated it in verse
which reads:
"Some say that war is hell--the great
accursed;
The sin impossible to be forgiven.
And yet I look upon 1t at its worst,
And still. see blue in heaven; -
For when I note how nobly natures
form
Under wars red rain-I deem 1t
true
That He who made the earthquake
and the storm
Perchance made battles too.
+ X x X
John Philip Hill, Baltimore's un-
terrified apostle OF liquid cheer, is
proud Of the style In which he's listed
in the alphabetical roll of the House
of Representatives. Carroll of Car
rollton,' says Hill, has nothing on
me. I'm 'Hnl. of Maryland" John
Philip Is so designated, because the
house fs' triple -turreted, Alabama and
Washington also claiming members
of the Hill tribe.
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We are at the period when campaign
slosans--for- candidats and for. par
ties-will blossom forth endiessly
Keep Cool With Coolidge" is one of
the seasonal suggestions. call for
Cal" is another "McAdoo'll Do
resurrected from 1e20--is again in cir
culation. There must be a large un-
used supply OF I'm for Hiram" but.
tons left over from four years ago.
fCopyrtght 1ao4)
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Recently tho arnory has been. ia an
inconvenientS location.

Recently tho arInory has been, Ia an
inconvenientS location.
It Is proposed in the bill now framed
for presentation to Congress that g
memorial arnory building be erected
on. the usual basis OF District appro.
pria1ions and on ground now owned
by the United States. This 10 in line
with the suggestion that the armory
should be a part OF the permanent
public building equipment Of the Cap
ital. One 6 the. plans heretofore
suggested has placed this structure
in the MallAvenue triangle, to be
acquired by the government 1t has
also been suggested that the armory
be placed where how stands. the Cen.
ter market. should that establishment
ever be removed. ,:-.
1t is anomalous that Of all cities in
the United States Washington should
be without a proper National Guard
arnlory. Here should be maintained
q model force Of citizen soldiery, with
u model home and equipment. The
time has now come to supply this
deficiency. *
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Death of Bismarck's Favorite
Doctor May Release Vital Data

tence, and since the entire affair
was publicly aired in the reichtas
at Berlin 1t may be just as we'll to
explain that 1t was 4 violent attack
which he made on the widow of his
best friend whom he had accompanie
TO the cemetery at Munich. in order
to lay flowers on his newiy-made
grave. Bismarck had been virtual
ly bulldozed and biackmaiIed by
Schweninger by threats to abandon
ms ease into appointing him to a
proncssorship at the University of
neriin. iS min IN order to diminish to silence
athe ugly rumors about his antece-
dents and to allay the ostracisisn1
with which he was being treated by
all the. members OF his calling and
fy society generally in Berlin.
*%
Called TO account for permitting
N1is appointment. the Minister of
State Won Goessler was forced to
dmit in parliament that the story
g the offense, OF the conviction and
of the prison sentence of DR.. Schwen-
lager was perfectly true. but that his
services were absolutely necessary
tg the health, and the prolongation
o. the life OF the then chancellor,
whom Germans believed could not be
srared without danger to the en-
pfe. So that far from clearing the
oosctorS good name, the minister of
stste gave Official confirmation in the
insperial legislature AS to the fact
.nat ne was z former criminal and
fater on after Bismarck. had been
drsven out Of Office by tho new
emperor and had taken up his resi-
Sepce on MS estate Of Friedrichsruhe,
SekweninEsr Sc,.w nnnss,s took up his residence
roof, merely visiting Berlin to give
consultation to patients. At one time
the, great painter, Won Lenbach. OF
,,,o,.,s' muhfeh' made a stay Of several
to paint q series Of pictures of the
excSancellor. He had with him his
very Charming. and at the time, beau-
tIfus wife. born Countess Magdalene
Vons Moltke. Schweninger, although
as IN his manners, managed to win
the lady from the painter. In fact
one ,day Won Lenbach obtained the
most incontrovertible evidence of tho
fact. that he had been betrayed by
A frightful quarrel ensued between
the two in which Bismarck was called
uponi to intervene. But he rather
mades matters woree by intimatine
that e was much ado about nothing"
and tSat hundred years hence neith-
er would be q bit the worse for any
such ,rifiing contretemps.
Lenbarh, a couple OF whose very
finest works, never before reproduced
adorns the gallery of Charles M.
Schwa5's house on Riverside drive. in
New York, declined to defer to Bis
marck5 arguments and at once left
the roGf beneath which he had been
betraye1. The lady also left. and,
after tke painter had obtained a. d.
vorce from her In order to secure
which, he had abandoned the Church
of Roma for Lutheranisn, she. was
duly married to the doctor and as
Frau ;Schweninger in lieu of Frau
Won Lenpach returned to Friedrichs-
ruhs to stay with the Bismarcks.
That I'd the true story OF the; quar-
rel betw cen the painter and the
ways at the close of the last century.
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COURAGE
u am the master Of my fafe,
I am The captain OF my soul"
.'. -> HENLEY.
Roosevelt, the Sickly Youth.

Theodore Roosevelt was a great lover
Of nature--and he was born in crowded
New York.
A sickly, delicate child, suffering from,
asthma. he frequently had to be taken
away where he could breathe AS a
boy he had little physical strength,
and other fads did as they pleased with
him. Until fourteen years old he
groped his way, unaware that he was
very near-sighted, and wondered why
other boys could SEQ things invisible to
him. He was not strong enough to at
tend public school. and was-tausht al
home, even when preparing for college.
He was not brilliant at Harvard.
When he was graduated and thrown
into the world he was, because Of his
handicapped youth, unable to compete
with boys who had had ordinary ad-
Santages.
Nervous, timid and distrustfui of his
prowess, he faced tho conditions and
supplied his natural defects by painful
and Iaborious training of body, soul and
spirit 1t took him three years TO learn
to box, wrestling was difficult and horse
back riding more so. Voluntary life as
q Montana cowboy rounded out his
health; will power supplied courage and
self-control.
AS member OF the New York state
assembly,. as governor and. as police
camnissioner of New York city. he hit
hard when he fought politicians and
eomlnissIoner and as as assistant Lsa seces;
nroduced striking results AS coionei
Of the Rough Riders during the Spanish
American war. he won honorable men
ton for bravery In battle.
Elected Vice President OF the United
States he Became President when Nc
Kinley was assassinated, and his vigor-
Gus conduct of the, office won his re
election by the largest popular majority
that had been given a President.
sit Is not often that a man can make
.sbut he can put himself In such shape
that when, or IL, opportunities come he
is ready to take advantage of them"
Next-yaneu adams Won Despite
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Copyright, 1a23l
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ANSWERS To QUESTIONS
BYSFREDERIE y. HAsKlN

l. Q. Are the Navajo !; Indians still
weaving blankets2--K. NJ. d. ~
a. Last year the Navajosf. on the
San Juan reservation wove and sold
blankets to the value OFFS $4,000. = p
| Q. At what temperature will choco-
late melt?-C. V.
a. 1t begins to melt at about Sc
+ degrees. y
| 9: When was Hoyle first published?
w. o. II. go
to 1869. Littlec is known of his early
Ire. IT Is thought that he was edu-
Gated for the law He lived in Lon-
don FOR many years, where he taught
games. In 1742 he published "A Short
Treatise on the Game of Whist"
and became the worlds authority.
Other games have been added, until
"Hoyle" has grown to mean "a set of
rules" and includes many games that
have been invented since Edmond
i1o' 100 ::
Q. Is 1t true that hard battle will
bring on a storin?-G. v. r..
A.. The weather bureau SAYS that
rain often follows a battle, but that
the battle does not:bring on the storm.
The movements of troops that precede
battle must generally be carried out
in fair weather, as dry roads are an
important factor in such movements.
AS these prefiminaries often take sew
eraI days, the end of O. dry spell Of
average duration Is quite likely to be
reached blythe time the engagement
Is fairly begun. and rain will then be
due in accordance with the normal
program of nature.
Q. Is there such thing as a gaso-
line wall2-W NJ
A. It is claimed that. In northern
Oklahoma there IS well 1000 feet
deep, :frsm which flows high test
gasoline. 1t produces about loo gal
Ions a day of q gas that tests 20
gravity.
Q. Just outside of Rome is g. place
called Quo Vadis," where, It is said
that Christ met and turned back st.
Peter. To what incident does this re-
A. The story is based entirely upon
tradition. st. Peter was warned to
abandon his post in Ron,e, accord ing
to a legend repeated in Quo Vadis," "
by sienkiewIcz. srenuougly urged
forth. against his own wishes. On
the Appian Way he beheld a vision.
Christ came TO him in heavenly radi-
ance The apostle fell with his face
TO the earth and cried: "Quo vadis,
bOIliucs w HlLucT QCSL tnCu 30, Oh
Lord?) A sweet, sad voice replied: III
thou dost desert my people. I am
going to Rome to be crucified a. sec
ond time" After lying prone SO long
that st. Peters guide feared he was
dead, the apostle arose and returned
to Rome,
Q. How much does 1t cost to build
and maintain q battleship?-A. T.
A. The bureau Of construction and
repair says that the average first-line
lbattleship of the United States Navy
today costs about $4,000, ,0ee for con-
structiol. and the yearly maintenance
of such a vessel Gncluding pay Of Of
ficers and men and other details of a
similar nature) may be estimated at
from s1,500,000 to S1,S00.000.
@. What is the weight of cast steel
and cast aluminun?--J. ". q.
A. The weight Of cast steel is 4so
pounds per cubic foot; the weight of
aluminium is 1865 pounds per cubic
foot
Evening star., 1924-01-17
SHOOTING STARS.
DY PHILANDER JOHNSON

Words! Words! Words"
Words have q sweet, mysterious
sound
That lends a subtle charm
When syllables are tossed around
In ways that no do harm.
Meringue has merits we all know,
AS well as corn and beans.
I like a verbal fluff, although
/ don't know what it means.
A riddle holds us still perplexed
Until the answers known,
And when we've solved the tangled
text
The interest is flown.
From sentences that claim applause
My thought no lesson CLEANS:
i oft enjoy a speech because
- don't know what it means. -.
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p A Memorial Armory Bill.

e.. Washington has been neglected in
many particulars during a long period
of congressional supervision, but in
none more :oonspicuously than in the
matter Of proper housing for the
National Guard or militia forces. The
citizen soldfery Of the District has
never been adequately housed. In
the old days Of separate militia com.
panies each organization maintained
its own establishment. The Wash.
ington Light Infantry. for example,
had an arnlory in a building OF it's
own construction, now, singularly
enough, owned by the government.
The National Rifles also had their
own arnaory and headquarters. But
when these bodies were merged into
the organized militia or National
Guard Of the District, no meeting
place was provided for them sufficient
for their needs. The District Guard
has gone about from one place to
another. tt is now insuf1iciently
housed In an old building on L, street.
But g. movement has, been: started to
secure an appropriation Of 81, ,o0o, 900
for the construction OF an armery for
the NATIONAL. Guard. Of the District
and there il hope that 1t will appeal
to Congress and, result in action dur.
ing perhaps the present session.: =.
Lack OF q proper armory has un-
doubtedly prevented the full recruit.
ing of the District Guard. There has
been little to attract the younger men
Of the community into the ranks Of
the organized militia, with poor facili.
ties for drill and tho social diversion
that is necessary. Crowded quarters
have prevailed during many years.
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Time might have been saved for
many delegates by allowing Mr.. Muir
ply Of New York and Mr.. Brennan
to act on the selection Of a convention
city, as committee Of two, with full
powers. F." -.
Evening star., 1924-01-17

Mr.. McAdoo favored San Francisco
as the democratic convention city, but
New York was selected. This makes
It plain that Mr.. McAdoo is not as
serting himself as an arbitrary party
autocrat.
Evening star., 1924-01-17

Atail events. the German industrial
machine has not.broken down so far
as to deprive various members OF the
old regime Of revenues sufficient for
the ordinary comforts.
Evening star., 1924-01-17

: O.. Do members of Congress get
any extra compensation for work OH
committees H. B. X.
A. Members of Congress do not re-
eetve extra compensation for their
committee work. Membership in a
committee is sought for the influence
1t carries, opportunity for service and
its political Importance.
|. G. What is the difference between
an heir presumptivc and an heir APP
lparent?-E. r.
a. When an owner has no children
IAN heir presumptive is one who will be
his heir, as elder son Of deceased
dren of a dead brother in the United
States, for they will be heirs ii he
dies without issue. An heir appar-
ent Is one who must be the heir If
he survives the. owner, as the eldest
son in Great Britain or all the chill
dren in this, country.
Q. Who was the unhappy queen"
of Eng1and?-C. L. J..
A. The tomb of Caroline Amelia
a short inscription in which she is
characterized as the unhappy Queen
of England"
Q. What is meant by publishers
when they advertise a book AS being
12-mo. in size ?--F. L. MEG.
A. The abbreviation mo" used in
connection with books is n suflix
added to certain numerals to indi
cate the number or leaves made by
folding sheet of paper.
Q: How big are the freighters
used on the great lakes?-V. Fl. II.
A. The largest are 625 feet long,
and can carry $4,000 tons or 450,e00
bushels Of wheat.
Q. When was the first military
execution in tho American Arny?-
| G. =. II.
A. A conspiracy of the British Of
dcials and loyalists. OF New York was
| made An 1875 to end the revolu-
tionary war. by the murder or capture,
Of IT'S leaders, and the seizure or
ington was to be taken alive and
delivered to Sir William Howe Two
guards were brtbed. but a third pre-
tended to join the plot and exposed It
guards was named Thomas Hickey
He was hanged Juno %. 1875. the
first military execution in the Amer-
can Army.
Q. Is trade with the Philippines
called domestic or foreign trade?-
NJ. 4. W.
A Our trade with the Philippine
Islands is called foreign trade.
Q. How can anything be pre-
htstoric?---J. \. E..
A. In a literal sense this expres-
sion is incorrect. for anything or
event Of which there is record neces-
sarily Is historic TO the degree OF
the extent Of the record.
tThe Star intorntasson bureau .etu
fS1gc c.fS T.
plies strictly 10 tttor~sattoit. The
bureau cannot Ctte ddrtce on leooI,
medical ard financial matters II
does not attempt TO settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake erhausttpe
feeenrch og, a4ly subject. Write ron-
question plainly and briefly. Iaclose
2 cents IN stamps fer return postage,
and send your query TO The Star IN
formation bureau, Frederic J. Hos
ktis, director, 1920 North copitoE
J strect.)
Evening star., 1924-01-17

The dry laws would more easily be
enforced IL every citizen who favors
them in the voting were consistently
alert and determined to assist In their
enforcement.
Evening star., 1924-01-17

The price Of gasoline goes up 2 cents
gallon overnight. The case is one
which no speed regulation processes
to reach.
Evening star., 1924-01-17

The Mexican border towns are being
advised to clean up before Smedley
Butler gets through with Philadelphia
and becomes eligible to service In the
southwest.
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Member of the Associated Press.

TIE Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
ITO the use for republication Of all news dis
Gratches credited TO Il or not otherwise credited
fn this psper and also the local news pub
-.,.iished herein. AL rights Of publication Of
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1924-01-17
A General Attitude.

My patriot zeal Is not relaxed,
But you can plainly see
There are so. many to be taxed,
Why should you pick on meT'
Evening star., 1924-01-17

The franc has diminished in value
as a reminder that money talks some.
times in, q vein Of admonition as well
as Of encouragement. =
Evening star., 1924-01-17

One way to secure enforcement of
prohibition would be to make bootleg
liquor as Improbable as 1t Is deadly.
Evening star., 1924-01-17

The labor party in parliament shows
Itself skilled. III the art Of phrasing
disasreeable news for it's opponents in
,ter1ns of the most courteous forn1alHy.
Evening star., 1924-01-17

In addition TO being q delightful
winter resort, Florida is becoming a
great news center.
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Prodigy.

"WhAt is, q pfOdiEyW =
IA prodigy" answered Miss Cay.
enne, us usually q. bright average
youngster who has been under the
disadvantage Of having ambitious but
impractical. parents
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Devoted to the Game.

''Of course, you have had many op-
portunities to make q fortune?"
II have" answered Senator Sor.
ghum. "But I am glad to say that
I rejected all Of them. Wealth has no
charms; for a man who has been an
influential statesman as long as I
have. What pleasure could !: possibly
obtain from being 30 conspicuously
rich that all I could do with money
would be to contribute surreptitiously
to some other fellows campaign
fund.-"
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Improvement Noted.

:. 'What do you think Of cow.milking
contests among Statement"
"Well," answered Farmer :Corntos.
sci, "they don't do any particular
good. But they're better. than some
Of those old-fashioned Treasury milk.
ing contests
Evening star., 1924-01-17

. "De men dat nakes q practice Of
quarrelin' bout religion said Uncle
Eben,- fought. to settle ceir differences
on dis earth, cause DER arguments
aim gine to add nufip' to de. tspplness
Of heaven" W
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Q: How big are the freighters
used on the great lakes?--N. Fl. II.
A. The largest are 625 feet long,
and can carry $4,000 tons or 100000
bushels of wheat
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Jud Tunkins says he knows sey.
eral men who obey the laws but only
q few at time. - -:
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All Other States .

Daily and Sunday. I yr., $40 90; mo-, Soc
Daily yonly.-...1 yr., 81. .0e; mo-, soc
Sunday onfy......l yr., $500; mo-, 26A
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Q. Is trade with the Philippines
called domestic or foreign trade?-
NJ. Z. W.
A Our trade with the Philippine
Islands is called foreign trade.
Evening star., 1924-01-17

A. The abbreviation mo" used in
connection with books is q suffix
added to certain numerals to indi-
cate the number or leaves made by
folding a sheet Of paper
Evening star., 1924-01-17

Q. What is meant by publishers
when they advertise a book as being
12-mo. in size?- L. MEG
Evening star., 1924-01-17

Q. How can anything be pre-
htstoric?--J. \. E.
A. In a literal sense this expres-
sion Is incorrect. for anything or
event Of which there is record neces-
sarily Is historic TO the degree OF
the extent Of the record.
Evening star., 1924-01-17

Q. Who was the unhappy queen"
of Eng1and?-C. Il. i.
A. The tomb of Caroline Amelia
Elizabeth, wife Of George ", bears
a short inscription in which she is
characterized as the unhappy Queen
of England
Evening star., 1924-01-17

Q. When was the first military
execution III the American Ar1ny?--
c. c. II.
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Rate by Mait-Payable i'm Advance.
AyaryIand and Virginia.

Daily and SundaY.,1 yr, So 40; mo-, 70c
Daily onIv yr, Sc. 90; mo-, 60c
Sunday only. 4 yr., 81. 40; no., Zoe