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Evening star., 1924-08-03

commissioner plenipotentiary nego-
tiating these treaties. Mr.. Mccoy
says he was undoubtedly the ableSt
diplomat this country has ever had.
Every complaint in connection with
American trade in any part of the
world was turned over to kasson and
Mccoy to work out a solution. That
was the beginning of the present day
Department of Commerce.
Transferred to Capitol.
The most important of these trea-
ties was with France. That needed
approval 10y the Senate. one item in
il granted a reduction OF duty on
imitation jewelry. This provoke d
conSde ra bile objection in the Senate
led by Senator Aldrich. who felt it
would injure industries in his State.
one day Senator Cullom OF Illinois.
chairman of the Senate committee on
foreign relations. called on Secretary
Gage. saying he heard there was some
fellow in the Treasury who know a lot
about trade and he'd like to have him
sit in with the committee. SO Mccoy
reported at the Capitol next day.
Senator Aldrich appeared before the
committee, after requiring that all
stenographerS and clerks be excluded.
He spoke for an hour and half SO
magneticaily that several members of
the committee forthwith said What
are they trying to do here, kill Amer
lean industry, let's just cross out that
item" Senator Cullom turned to Nc
Coy, who was seated behind him and
asked. Now what do you think"
Mccoy replied: 1T sounds very nice,
but the trouble is there is so much
of it that is not true" Senator Cullom
announa., d that Mccoy would address
the committee next day. He SPOKE
for three days, and the committee re-
Evening star., 1924-08-03

desperately hurt by recent develop
ments. 1t is among the most impor-
tant of political possibilities.
- X
Athleties.-The Olympics program
was completed on July q. The final
grand rating of the leaders was as
follows: United States, 94i France,
64; Sweden. 441e; Great Britain. Al 4 4:
British Empire. 45A: Finland, "a;
Norway. 31A: Switzerland. 291a
Italy. 25a; Holland, 10: Belgium.
17a; Denmark, Il. Suppose the
Scandinavian countries Gncluding
Finland, which would be proper),
formed union (total population
about 1s,ooo.o0e). as they ought to:
against our "a. We should be proud,
but not too cocky.-
X X
MiscelIaneous.-The French Par
lament has voted for transfer to
the Pantheon of the remains of Jean
Cares, the brilliant socialist leader,
who was assassinated on the eve of
the World War.
The London conference, which is
trying to determine the procedure
for putting the Dawes plan into ef-
feet, continues. Thanks to a French
arbitration formula for dealing with
the all-important question of default
there seems to be an excellent pros
pect of full agreement in the near fu-
ture.
A dispatch of July 26 announces an
other reverse to the Spanish troops
in the Spanish zone of Morocco.
The rebel troops have evacuated the
city of Sac Paulo, Brazil, and the re-
bellion seems to be practically ended.
Evening star., 1924-08-03
Key to the Future of Europe
In POcketbOOk of America

racy. You put your fingers IN the
pie and. though you have tried to
pull them out, they are still sticky"
President Hainisch gave this time
to percolate through to his American
caller, and then proceeded with the
third question: "'Wiil Germany be
di SIN embered?'
NO! Germany is not like the Aus
trial empire. and Will not be split up
in the same way. Austria was COM
posed of different races-Czechs.
Slavs. Austrians. Hungarians and
Poles. The Bavarians may difTer
from the PrusSians politically. but
they are all German and will never
separate.
Hopeful for Germany.
From an economic point of view,
Germany has far greater wealth of
natural resources and more exten-
and should not suffer to the same
degree. Personally | am convinced
that Germany. even if she has to go
through many other crises. Will re-
cover her former economic strength
in the near future
Another question brought forth a
violent outburSt from the PreSid ent
His secretary. looking he 'pIeSs for a
moment. ieaped up to restrain his
J chief The President launched into
a bitter attack upon European
statesman who shall be nameless
His secretary lifted his voice with
an effort to outvocaiize him.
awaited patiently the conclusion OF
| this boisterous contest and then took
my leave, promising to repeat moth
| ing of the imprudent TRADE by the
| Austrian President. AS 1 left I re.
| fected on what a figure this man
would cut if he were allowed to
| uncork his views and strut In true
Rooseveltian fashion instead OF
being sealed up as dignified figure
head of his new republic.
Evening star., 1924-08-03
Comparison of the Platforms
OF Roosevelt and La Toilette

that is not found in the Bull Moose
platform.
Among those proposals contained in
the Bull Moose platform which have
since been enacted into law are the
following: Direct election of Sena-
tors; equal suffrage for women: crea-
tion of a Federal Trade Commission, :,
creation of a tariff commission: re-
vision of the national currency sys-
tenn; Federal leasing system for coal
and oil resources; creation of De-
rartment of Labor: creation of a par
eel post system: a civil service re-
tirement law. The Republican and
the Democratic platforms, it must be
remembered, however, pledged them
selves also to many of these pro-
posalS.
The Bull Moose platform especially
announced the organization of new
national political party The La Fol
lette platform, on the other hand
makes no such announcement. 1t
merely announces platform on
which Senator La Toilette is running
as an Independent progressive candi
date for the presidency.
The Conference for Progressive
Political Action, whose convention in
dorsed Senator La Follette's candi
dacy for President and also his plat
form, also wrote a platform OF tfs
own. 1t is very similar to tho la
Toilette platform, though in language
and presentation of the planks II 1if
fers from the La Toilette document
Evening star., 1924-08-03
Weather Gauges
Service in Church

This up-to o-date minister uses
weather forecasts to make his minis
tration more effective.
Various modern devices for attract
ing congregations to churches have
been tried by the clergy, including
the stereopticon, movies, radio and
what-not, but probably none exceeds
in resourcefulness the methods OF
this pastor in Syracuse, N. Y. He
makes use OF the weather forecasts
in trying to fit the attendance to the
capacity Of the church and the serv-
ices to the moods of the congregation
as affected by the weather.
This pastor presides over a. pop
ular downtown church. which is not
large enough to hold all who come
in good church weather." but which
is not filled during inclement weather
or on fine outdoor Sundays.
So, every Saturday morning the
pastor telephones to the local office
of the United States Weather Bureau
Of the Department of Agriculture. If
the s,sI forecast, e sta as analyzed by the local
good enough for church, but not for
golf or motoring, publicity through
the newspapers is limited, and no
attempt is made to increase the at
tendance, as the church will be
crowded to capacity without such
efforts.
But IL stormy or very fine weather
is in prospect special announcement
of sermons and attractive. musical
programs is made in the news
papers, and every means used to
arouse interest A similar course is
followed for the Wednesday prayer
meeting.
On the superstition that the general
mood of the congregation varies with
the barometer and the weather the
pastor also tries to provide sermon
and services most suitable for the
condition.
Evening star., 1924-08-03
CONTINUED from First Page }

Continued from First Page)
difference between the two platforms
are:
1. Government ownership of the
railroads.
The Bull Moose platform made no
such suggestion. The La Toilette
platform says in this connections:
I'VE declare for public ownership
of railroads, with definite safeguards
against bureaucratic control, as the
only solution of the transportation
problem"
q Direct election of the President.
The Bull Moose platform. while IT
recommended the direct election of
Senators (now the law and for ma
ton wide preferential presidential
primaries for candidates for the
presidency, did not go so far as to
demand the direct election OF the
President and Vice President.
The La Toilette platform says:
1--WE favor such amendment to the
Federal Constitution Is may be nee
essary to provide for the direct nomi-
nation and election of the President"
The La Toilette platform also pro-
noses a referendum for or against
war, except in the case of INVASION
which is not found in the Bull Moose
platform; it proposes that the initia-
tive and referendum be extended to
the Federal Government, proposal
Evening star., 1924-08-03
Panama Canal Is Showing
A Good Profit for the i. S.

number Of rights and benefits which
she does not now enjoy. While there
has been no official announcement in
regard to the text of the treaty
which is being negotiated, II aas
Been learned authoritatively that
Panama will gain considerably. The
United States will assist in the con-
struction of roads which will aid
materially in the agricultural and
commercial development of the Re
public of Panama. In return, Panama
will permit the United States to use
these roads for annual troop maneuv-
ers, as well as in case of military
necessity. One or more bridges con-
Meeting these roads will be built
across the canal. and this will aid
Panama She will be permitted under
certain restrictions to fly commercial
airplane across the canal and the
Canal Zone.
The treaty Furthermore will aim to
give Panama all the trade privileges
possible which do not interfere with
this country's business operation Of
the canal.
Evening star., 1924-08-03


es: Thou not that we perish
And He arose and rebuked the
wind. and said unto the sea,
'Ieace. be still"
The incidents and experiences of
life dre measured and their effects
determined from within rather than
from anything that comes to us from
without My mind to me a kingdom
is said one who had learned the Sc
cret of self-containmcnt and self
control That we are nightly af-
fected by external and environing
conditions goes without saying; but
10 be able to resist and overcome
them through the power of a tram
quill and unperturbed mind rs a su-
preme accomplishment. He rules
others by the power of his own un-
disturbed and imperturable mind
was said of a great master of men.
Lincoln possessed this quality to a
remarkable degree. The panic of the
great bankers who came to him at
the darkest period of the Civil War
produced 40 effect upon him. and he
sent ther home stimulated and en-
couraged V his calm survey of con-
ditions al his supreme confidence in
the ultimate outcome of the struggle.
Nothing is more striking or appeal
ing about the character o. Jesus than
His lofty and sublime self-composure.
Nothing external ever affected him.
No clamorouS multitude, no queS-
tioning Roman governor. not even
the disturbed elements themselves
could distract Him or cause Him to
change His course. He saw the in
pNltaDle results of returning to ,Jeru-
salem. He could already hear the
raucouS cries of the inhamed multi
Jude. even His disciples sought to
stay Him, but He set His face stead
fastly to go up to jerusalem
Faith to Overcome Fear.
There's something magnificent
about this: little wonder that the APP
peal of His sublime life persists in
the face OF all human apostacy and
doubt. The incident of our text is
suggestive of this prevailing charac-
tcriStic of Christ. He and His disci-
pies had ventured forth at evening
as they sailed that betrayed an ap-
preaching storm. He, Himself, fell
asleep in the hinder part of the boat
AS night advanced the storm came on
His companions used every means to
safeguard their ship. but they found
all efforts futile, the waves beat into
the ship so that it was now full.
Disaster impended and in the face of
1t He slept on all unconcerned. At
length. in sheer desperation and with
some Indignation they awoke Him.
saying, Master. carest Thou not that
We periSh?" To them His tranquility
and repose were evidences of His I'M
Evening star., 1924-08-03
Thrifty Wife Sells Shoe.

From the Kansas City Star =
Shortly after a travelling man re-
turned from long road trip he went
to his closet to get out his light sum-
mer suit and white shoes. He could
find but one shoe. He asked his wife
about the missing shoe, but got no
information. Inquiring further, he
learned from his. daughter that the
wife had sold one of the shoes to a
one-1egged man who had called at
the door.
Evening star., 1924-08-03
CONTINUED from First Page.)

treaty, it is unde rstood, relates to the
acquisition by the United States OF
additional land in Panama for future
canal uses. The position taken by
Panama has been that it should now
be definitely fixed by treaty exactly
hom much more land the United
States may expropriate for canal pur- r.
paid for, the contention of Panama
being that under the terms of the
original Panama Canal treaty of 1903
Panama seems obliged to give in
definitely such lands and auxiliary
waters as may be necessary for the
construction of the canal. The United
states has maintained, however. that
the original treaty was perfectly
plain on this point, and that this gave
the United States the right to ac-
quire such auxiliary land as was
necessary to the construction. main
tenance, operation, sanitation and
protection OF said Canal Zone"
The new treaty, however, when 1t
is concluded. will give Panama a
Evening star., 1924-08-03
STORM AND CALM.

vt. MARX. iv.3S. SO. Master. car
es. Thou not that We perish
And He arose and rebuked the
wind. and said unto the sea,
'TeaCe bp still "
Evening star., 1924-08-03

BY HENRY w. BUM.
~ HE following is n brief sum-
mary of the most important
news of the world for the
y varan darS anded AunllSt -
Evening star., 1924-09-20
An Old Trick.
Speed doesn't always win a race,
Nor strength attain the yictor's place.
IsosSitIra


Poor fat Unc' Billy Possum! He
knew that Bowser the Hound would
surely catch up with him. He knew
that it was useless for him to run
any further. Should he stop and fight
for his life? Right down in his heart
he knew that would be as useless as
to keep on running. The only thing
left for him to do was to try the trick
that has made him famous. Unc' Billy
has got out of more than one tight
place by means of that trick. 1t is
the one thing he does best.
Bowser The Hound, with his nose to
the ground, picking up the strong
scent left by Unc' Billy Possum's hur-
rying feet. was having good time.
Bowser was enjoying that hunt. There
is nothing he enjoys more than fol-
lowing some one with that wonderful
nose of his. He knew by the fresh
ness of that scent that he was almost
on the heels of Unc' Billy Possum.
He felt sure that within a minute or
two he would catch Unc' Billy. He
knew just what he would do. He
would seize Unc' Billy in his great
mouth and shake and shake him until
he had shaken him to death.
Bowser stopped abruptly. He had
come to the end of the trail. There
was no Possum in sight running for
his life. There was no Possum in
sight showing his teeth and ready to
fight for his life. Instead, right under
Bowser's nose lay a Possum already
dead. He lay on his side. His eyes
were closed. His mouth was partly
open, showing his teeth 1t was as
tonishing. Bowser didn't know what
to make of it. II must have run him
to DEATH" said Bowser to himself
He ran so hard it killed him. Well,
it saves me the trouble.
Bowser shifted Unc' Billy all over
Evening star., 1924-09-20
EXTEND PHONE SERVICE.
Cable to Be Laid to Mount Rainier
From Hyattsville.

Increased demand for telephone
service has promoted the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company to
prepare for laying a cable from the
Hyattsville central office to Mount
Rainier.
For some years all trunk circuits
from Washington to Hyattsville, Ber-
wyn, Annapolis and Bowie have been
carried in the Baltimore-W Washington
underground cables, which, although
an economical plan of operation, re-
duced the number of available cir
cults for Washington Baltimore toll
calls
The new cable will contain large
gauge conductors to Hyattsville, Ber-
wyn and Laurel, with capacity that
is estimated to meet the telephone re-
quirements for a period of 20 years.
The proposed cable will be placed in
a jointly owned section of the Balti-
more Washington subway, this being
the logical and most direct route be-
tween Hyattsville and Mount Rainier.
An addition of three sections of
switchboard and 280 line circuits at
the Hyattsville central office is plan
ned to be completed simultaneously
with the cable proposed in this esti-
mate.
Evening star., 1924-09-20
BEDTIME STORIES 3! 2. s5sssss THSszso'

There wasn't a sign of life. Bowser
lost interest. He didn't pick Unc'
Billy up and shake him. He did moth
ing more than sniff at him. He wasn't
interested in a dead Possum His only
interest was in hunting a live Pos.
sum. You can't kill some one already
dead. Bowser sat down and waited
for Farmer Browns Boy to come up.
Farmer Browns Boy arrived in just
few minutes. When he first caught
glimpse of Unc' Billy lying there he
thought that BowSer had caught Unc'
Billy and killed him. 1t filed him
with sadness. He had wanted Unc'
Billy frightened and driven out of the
cornfield, but he hadn't wanted him
killed.
"Bowser. old fellow, you shouldn't
have done that" said Farmer Browns
Boy as he stopped and picked Unc
Billy up by the tail. You shouldn't
have killed him. OF course, you didn't
know any better. But just the same
I'm sorry you found his trail My,
how fat he Isl That must have been
the reason he couldn't run faster"
He held Unc' Billy up and examined
him all over. Nowhere could he find
the marks of Bowser's teeth. Nowhere
could he find anything to show that
Bowser had touched him. Then Farm
er Browns Boy began to chuckle. He
remembered how Unc' Billy had played
dead before.
You old fraud" said he. talking to
Unc' Billy. You old fraud. You're
just as much alive as / am. You may
be fooling Bowser, but you are not
fooling me. I'll just take you up to
the house and put you where you'll
be kept out of mischief for a while"
So. whistling merrily, Farmer
Browns Boy started for home carry
ing Unc' Billy Possum by the tail
Not once did Bowser suspect that Unc'
Billy wasn't dead.
Copyright, 1924, by T. W. Burgessl
Evening star., 1924-09-20
NATURE REVERSED
AS RAIN ''GOES Up"
Upside Down Storm Cited as
Scientific Fact by Weather
Bureau Official.

A tethered balloon in the midst OF
a Summer thunderstorm is not the
safest place for making scientific OBJ
serVations. If you should ever hno
Yourself in one you would be treated
from time to time to the interesting
spectacle of rain going up.
A meteorologist would inform you,
writes c. f Talman of the United
States Weather Bureau in Nature
Magazine of Washington, that this
topsy- -turvy rain, driven aloft and
shattered into spray by ascending
blasts of air, is the source of those
overgrown charges of positive and
negative electricity which, when they
balance accounts, produce lightning.
The upside-down rainstorm - the
raindrop doing duty as an electric
ROVER plant-these are but two OF
the, many scientific facts about rain
that surpaSS the best imaginative ef-
forts of the story tellers and the myth
makers.
Take the business side of rain. 1t
stops ball games, but moisture is es-
sential to the existence of every
plant For each kind Of crop there is
a period in it's development when it
is especially responsive to the supply
of this element 4 famous example
is furnished by Indian corn or maize.
Thus it has been stated that differ
ence of one inch G.c., the difference
between AZ and 51a inches) in the
rainfall during July over the Amer
lean corn belt means a difference
of more than s400,00O,0 900 in the value
of the crop at current prices.
How Rain Is Measured.
Throughout the world there are
more than 10000 places al which the
rainfall is measured every day by
means of an instrument known as
the rain gauge" continues the Ma
ture Magazine article. In English
speaking countries rain is generally
measured in inches, and in the rest
of the world mostly in millimeters.
These measurements refer to the
depth the rain would have if it all
remained where it fell.
AN inch is not unit that sug-
gests big things, but in rainfall it
means 113 tons of water to the acre.
How much water do you suppose
falls from the sky in 'torrential
rainstrom? The amount can be de-
termined if the storm occurs where
there are rain gauges.
In India a single downpour in 1880
deposited more than 1000 900, 900 tons
of water over an area of 10000 square
miles. England has more rain gauges
than any other land in proportion to
size. English meteorologists say a
single days rainfall in 1912 brought
down 70,72O,O00 tons of water in the
county of Eorfolk-more than twice
the volume in England's largest lake.
Very Wet "Dry Land"
For many years the village of
Cherrapunji in the khasi Hills of
Assam, 400 feet above sea level, en-
joyed the reputation of being the
~ nf Ir,- n1 lYn
science According to the latest Off
rial figures, its average annual rain
fall amounts to 426 inches.
However, a place has been found
that appears, from the record avail
able. to be considerably wetter. This
Evening star., 1924-09-20

place is the wild and almost inacces-
sible summit of Mount Waialeale, In
the Hawaiian Islands, with an altl-
tude of 5,075 feet By the United
States Geological Survey and the
United States Weather Bureau.
huge rain gauge-the largest ever
made-has been installed in this re-
mote spot, and the present plan Is
to measure the rainfall and empty
the gauge only once year. There
is good reason to believe that the
average annual rainfall is at least
$50 inches"
Evening star., 1924-09-20
Manor Park, D. c.
$500. $500 Cash; $40 Monthly

Five rooms and bath, hot-water
heat, hardwood floors throughout,
fireplace. breakfast alcove, living
room 1S6X15.2, yard sodded and
fenced, corner lot 50xl15.
HOW TO REACH PROPERTY -
14th st. car marked Takoma, get off
at Sheridan St, walk one block east,
or drive out Georgia Ave. to Ritten-
house St, north one block to prop
erty.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-07-12
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Estate of Basil Hill, Deceased
No. 29,910.
Notice is hereby given that on the
goth day of July. 1924, 1 will present
to the County Court of the City and
County of Denver. Colorado. my ac-
counts for final settlement of admins
tration of said estate, when and where
all persons in interest may appear and
object to them, if they so desire.
JACK d. FAGAN,
Executor.
e. p. Blakemore, Attorney for Estate.
First publication. June IA. 1924.
Last publication, July ~, 1924.
The Colorado statesman., 1924-07-12


has
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America
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In
definite purposeful
Council Churches Christ this d
subject that has caused countless doubts
Church Methodist
in
knowledge that problems
questions could be readily cleared
problems which
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be made
world
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he teachings
The Colorado statesman., 1924-07-12
THE ISSUE is PLAIN

TT is Calvin Coolidge John
u historical briiancy noble traditions;
heritage Both well trained public service
concerned and if wholly question between North
sufficiently a
of
south of the Mason Dixon line
to
him.
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The Colorado statesman., 1924-07-12
THE CAMMEL UNDERTAKING co.
OBITUARY RECORD

Skaggs-Mrs. Mary. the beloved sis
ter of Mrs. Bessie Boyde Smith, de-
parted this life mt st. Luke's hospital,
June 2S. The funeral services were
held from st. Stephens Baptist Church
Sunday. July 6, under auspices of
Queen Elizabeth Temple No. 8, S. NJ. r..
Rev. Floyde T. Smith officiating. In
terment, Riverside cemetery.
McQuiller-.Tames. the beloved son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert McQuiller of
251S Lafayette street, departed this life
Tuesday, July 1, at General hospital.
Funeral services We're held from Zion
Baptist Church Sunday, Iuly G. under
the auspices of the Olinger Cadet
Band. Interment, Riverside, Rev. G.
l.. Prince officiating.
Fife-Mrs. Irene, the beloved daugh-
ter of Mrs. Holley, 2442 Washington
street, and sister of Mrs. Casey, Won
Dickersohn, Mrs. Birdie Tyler and Mr..
j. Nj. Holley, VIM. Holley and Ben
Holley, departed this life Saturday,
July ., of lobar pneumonia. Funeral
services We're held Tuesday. July s.
from Shorter A. NJ. f. Church, under
the auspices of Ruth B. Bright Chap
ter No. 43, O. Il. S. Interment, Fair
mount, Rev. a. Wayman Ward officiat-
ing.