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Evening star., 1924-07-23
YOUR BONUS
Questions: That Bother You
Will Be Answered in
This Column.
Address. Room 722, News De-
partment, The Evening Star,
Warrington, ID. C.

I q. I enlisted in the Medical Reserve
Corps on January 3, 1918. I was in
Quoted into the Student Army Train
ing Corps on November 5, 1918, and
was discharged from that organiza-
ton on December II, 1918. From what
date will my bonus begin?-C. E. H.
! A. You are not entitled to any
bonus under the provisions Of the ad-
justed compensation act. Service in
tho reserve corps Of any branch of
either service does not count toward
an adjusted service credit. Service in
the Student Army Training Corps
does not count toward an adjusted
service credit
|. Q. During the entire period Of the
war I held a permanent commission
in the Regular Army. Is it true that
am not entitled to any Of the bene-
fits Of the adjusted compensation act?
IT. H. H. :
A. No officer holding a permanent
commission in either the Regular
Army or Navy is entitled to adjusted
compensation for the period of such
service with such rank and pay.
@. /, served continuously in the
Navy from 1896 until 1920. At
the beginning OF the World War
was serving as a chief warrant oficer,
and shortly thereafter I was given a
temporary appointment as lieutenant.
junior grade, and was hnaily retired
on account Of disabilities. Am enti-
lad t~ hA h4n q n
j. 5ne H. amount OF my eef''nea'e =
A. should judge by your; letter
| that all your service was under 3
permanent warrant or commission,
because you are retired. The Navy
| the Army has so far refused to do so.
| In general the answers to the two
questions above. which are very SINH
| lar to yours, cover your case. You
are not entitled to the Dement'S unless
some part of your service was rem
You are not entitled to the benefits
OF the act unless for the period OF
time you served as warrant omcer,
| and then only If such warrant was
not q permanent one. -
To s. J.-Write mo a letter and
give me your full name and address
| II you want me to help you.
/ Q. II q veteran before making ap-
plication for the bonus or before his
| application is. approved dies. who
| would receive the: benefits Of his ad-
tusted compensation? Would the ad-
justed service credit or the full face
value Of the policy be paid?-L- II. p.
A. II . veteran dies before signing
and mailing in m application. then
his dependent as described under the
adjusted compensation act would be
entitled to the credit his military
service earned. The signing OF an
application and therein naming .
beneficiary, and mailing 1t to the
proper department OF the government,
will be cons1dered, by the government
as . valid application should the
veteran die before receiving an adjust
ed service certificate. In case he dies
before receiving the certificate, and
after he has made application, the
face value Of his certificate shall be
paid to the beneficiary he named. II
no beneficiary IL named, then the face
value Of the certificate shau be pay
alba 10. htas estates 49,
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U. S. WATCHES PACKERS.
WiHFight Any Attempt to Modify
= Consent Decree.

Any attempt to modify the consent
decree by which the -BiE Five" pack.
ers OF ehfczsos were divorced from
all other lines Of interest in, which
they. vere Engaged. viii meet with
"vigerous"; yes,stsnrS from the De-
partmsnt Of Juatice,
Thissw4s announced last night BY
Attorney General Stone. who has orr
deree department o1ncials toa6e pres
pared TO light and "to hold onto ms
ground gained" unless the court re-
verses the governments contention.
The department had seen sindie6<
OF the; packing companies planned -
"onslauGht" on the conoent dacrho -
tered In tbs District ox CS3kmt
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Boy Rescued From River.

Paul PhinipS,. IT, 13lS' Seventh street
southwest opposite the quarters of
the police harbor.. precinct, donned
his bathing, suit about 8 o'clock ysS-
In the river. After. swimming about
the Washington channel for some
time, he. became exhausted and called
for help. Policeman William Turner
OF the; harbor precinct, on sick leave
and enjoying the cool breeze from the
river. accompanied Policeman c. &.
Adams in . small boat to the ex-
hausted swimmer. ana assisted him
ashore. Phillips. suffering only from
exhaustion, refused medical trea&-
mont. He rested on the wharf . few
ml1uteA hA&nEA AHAkNfn1ng 1oAAs
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STEEL PRICES HELD:
ILLEGALLY FIXED
Trade Commission Orders
Abandonment of the "Pitts-
burgh System
BIG COST TO CONSUMERS
"Ficticious Freight Rate" Also
> Blow to Compe-
tition.
BIG COST TO CONSUMERS

The system OF determining steel
prices by adding a fictitious freight
rate to the Pittsburgh price, called
the Pittsburgh plus system. is held
by the Federal Trade Commission
to be not only an unfair method OF
competition but q violation OF the
Clayton act in that 1t is a means or
price discrimination. ,
In an order directing the United
States Steel Corporation and it's SUBJ
salaries to abandon the system, by
which rolled steel products shipped
from various points are quoted at
the Pittsburgh base price plus freight
charges from that city to destina-
ton. the commission asserts 1t is a
method OF price fixing not founded
on the law Of supply and demand.
Operation Of the system, the COM
mission adds. tends to retard the
steel business in all centers except
competition and to increase costs to
consumers to an amount that reaches
$30,000,000 q year in the case or
farmers In eleven western States
alone.
FreAght Charge separate:
An order Of the commission, an
nonneed today. REQUIRE: the Steel Cor.
the transportation charge separate
from the steel price in future quota
tons
A dissenting opinion. holding that
tho law does not require absolute
freedom Of competition" nor "enjoin
the observance Of sound economic
principie:;" was fiied by Commission-
commissions initiative, was one of
the most vigorously contested in its
history, attorneys for 50 Middle West
ern States and Western steel con-
sumers joining in the tight for aboli-
ton OF the system.
The commission held specifically
that the system Is contrary to the
public interest, not based on the law
of supply and demand. is price -hx;
pools" Gary dinners" and other
methods, and that It is made possible
by the alleged domination OF the
steel industry by the United States
Steel Corporation.
Tho effect OF abandonment OF the
systsm, the commission declared.
wouid be to build up all steel pro-
ductng and consuming sections out
side OF Pittsburgh; return to the
Western and Southern steel users the
natural advantage Of their location;
deoentrAlize the steel industry and
tndustrtes using steel products; en-
user users and and In siiminats other ap slleS:d Hs;
evils In the industry. The corpor.
alton In hearings and arguments be-
fore the commission contended that
the. Pittsburgh plus system was the
re6o3t OF competition. tp the steel In
dnstly and that II was created by
the 6ee operation Of the law OF sup
SNS~~Ass - saass.---- Z
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HIT;
:.AUT0|STSE ESCAPE
Two Run Away, Unconcern-
ed Apparently at Fate of
Their Victims
MAN OF 80 is STRUCK
Hip Fractured and He Suffers Sc.
verely From sbock-other's
" Arm Broken.
MAN OF 80 is STRUCK

Two motorists last night ran down
pedestrians and sped away, appar-
emily not Gazing whether their VIC
Tins were living or dead. =
Bernard Leonard, 80 years Of age,
Of 1853 Harvard street was ono VIC
tim. He was crossing the street in
front Of $500 Fourteenth street short.
ly before 9 o'clock when a machine
struck him, knocked him to the paw
ing and drove away. At Emergency
Hospital DR.. Lewis J. Battle, his
family physician, pronounced Mr..
Leonard's hip fractured. He is suf-
fering severely from shock
Right Arm Broken
Aaron Bankett, colored. so years of
age. Of $50. Lamont street was at
tempting to- cross the intersection Of
Sherman avenue and Lamont street
about 10 o'clock last night whom he
was struck by an automobile and
knocked down. He was treated for 4
fracture OF the right, arm and injury
to his shoulder. =
Among other trafic cases on poiice
books last night was an accident be-
tween an automobile driven by wal
ter II. Young OF 400 o street ana a
one-man street car Of tho w. r. and
-. Company. at 4th and o streets.
Maude Ctatte. colored, 20. of 1851
twenty NTH street, occupant Of the
automobile, sustained injuries to her
left arm, hip and ribs and was given
first aid at Ffeedmen's Hospital. The
automobile was badly damaged.
George Holstein, ~, of 2308 Nicholson
street southeast. was.taken to the eiev-
enth precinct station last night on =
charge OF driving while intoxicated,
having been arrested after an acct
dent at Thirtieth street. and Penn
sylvania avenue southeast, when his
machine landed against q tree. Hol-
stein was given trsatment at Cas-
ualty Hospital for cuts about the
face before being taken to the pre-
cinct.
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CRASH Is PRoBED.
Mix-Up Of Signals Blamed for,ship
Collision.

{ NEWPORT, r. l.. July z3.-The
steamer Boston was lying beached
hare today, showing gaping wound
whore the bow Of the tanker Swift
crushinr thres passenTers M p to aeath i,
and fatally iniuring another OF Point
Judith. ten miles south Of here. Just
before midntEht Monday. All Of tho
PASSENGERS, brought to New
York and Fan River, = score suffering
from minor injuries, continued on
their journeys.
Federal steamboat inspectors were
to begin IN inquiry today to deter.
mine The responsibility Tor the COLI
ltBion. So : S,
sEh4 Bostpns according ~ Rakt
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Forest Fire Dangers 1Iinimized.

Special OfEpatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, July 33.-Maryland
10. In no danger from forest fires Of
such seriouy proportions n those
state Forester FsW. .Beasley., He
says thia ID due to. the fact that the
forest Are danger season In California
comedies with the tourist travel and
campefs' season, whereas the danger
season in Maryland 10 in the early
the campers season.
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Head Cut BY Falling Iron.'

7 Bernard Bailey. coiored.r .rl46; -743
Fourth street was struck on the head
with piece OF iron that fell from
coal chute 1T the Benning Power plant
OF. the Potomac Electric. Power Com
panyi yesterday afternoon. His head
was cut ana ho WIS severely shocked.
The injured man was taken to Cas-
ualtx HoGpital
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of
line
bankruptcies
to the slump of prices the
What Is
The Saroebuck Agricultural
land
coming
tie
chiefly because prices products
The brought higher
The result land boom By 1920 the Of land
dropped n o n
During
the countrys
changed
ubing
there 1922
the federal jumped 1000 1920 1900 1928 More than 6
The
considerably But with production prices land will
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THEIR PAST LIFE
THEIR OWN AFFAIR
eft Isn't What You Used to
Be" in Wyoming.

/ cannot pick out and describe, even
in line or two each, all those first
neighbors Of mine in Wyoming; fairly
distant neighbors most of them, living
anyhere from five to forty miles away,
writes Struthers Burt in the Saturday
Evening Post.
cannot even give satisfactory
composite picture Of the curiously cos
mopolitan society, surfaced by com
mon desires and common traditions,
that distinguishes most cattle coun-
tries. In the case of my country, not
so cosmopolitan as some others have
known.
There was, for instance, the hand
some son of great New York family,
who had been sent West because he
was thought to be drunkard, but who
developed-unlike most Of his fellow
remittance men-into the shrewdest
and most sober of Cattlemen and there
was the son of an American admiral
the rest Of whose family lived in Flor
ence; and there was an ex-policeman
from Pennsylvania who had shot a
man JHsHfably but had decided to
emigrate; and there was the flegiti-
mate offspring Of q race famous In
New England; and Dodge. the Harvard
man; and another man whose talk
was of the toughest, but who OCCASION
ally let drop a phrase astonishing in
its delicacy and sureness of education /;
and there was the mysterious heir Of
South African official, who had a
photograph Of two beautiful sisters.
These, and more like them, and then
score Of men whose real names and
stories were never known at al.
The heir OF the South African Official
Is stih in the country, and win be
there forever. He was shot few
years ago by a. boy who had worked
FOR US. and the shooting was so neces-
sary that the boy was never even ar
rested.
The Boer, between whom and the
boy there had been bad blood for a
long while, rode over to the boys
ranch, announcing his intention Of
numbering him: and arriving at the
door, placed his horse between him
and Nhe cabin and attempted to shoot
the boy and his wife through the win
dow.
A strange fellow this Boer, a charm
Ing, blue-eyed, curly-headed young man
with slight foreign lisp. He had been
a mounted policeman in the Canadian
Northwest and a top cowpuncher
everywhere, but he told me he had
once fallen and injured his head, and
don't think he had ever got over the
injury, for he was undoubtedly insane
at moments.
He could never spend night at a
ranch without taking something away
the next morning, and then you would
find the thing he had taken. up the
road where he had thrown it half an
hour later. One time I was riding
with him through the fringe Of cotton
wood that bounds the ranch on the
south He shifted the scented air.
This always reminds me- he said,
In his soft voice, "of bathrooms"
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Abundant Proof That
Animals Exercise Wits


That animals think before they act
is the conviction expressed by Dhan
Gopal Mukerji, Indian lecturer and au-
thor
Mr.. Mukerji asserts that all real do
ing was the result Of active contem-
plation and thinking, and that deeds
unprecedented were short-lived, and
cites examples from his experiences
with animals in India.
"Once," said Mir bIukerji. II was
with party Of men who were travel
ing IN India on elephants One morn
ing we saw the purpIish color in the
high grass which indicates that a tiger
is lying there. Before any Of US could
raise rifle the male, for there were
two Of them, had leaped to the back
Of one Of the elephants and remained
there face to face with the helpless
rider. Meantime his mate, the tigress,
skunk away into some deep underbrush
and safety. She uttered one little cry
and her mate leaped from the back Of
the elephant and followed her He
was shot down.
'The whole act was not one Of az
gression, but Of protection. The tiger
did not want to attack our man, but to
prevent US from attacking his mate.
He did not instinctively save his own
life, but, after thought, however brief
determined to sacrifice his own to save
hers. He knew that she who could
bear cubs and bring them up was Of
more value than he, and that it was
his duty to save her.
'fIn another instance the elephant
was left with little Indian baby In
basket while the parent of the babe
went away for several hours. The ele-
plant was tied so that he could not
reach the basket When the parent
came back Il was with him) we saw
that a huge poisonous snake had
coiled itself around the basket. We
did not know what to do for fear that
the snake would strike the baby If we
made any move.
The elephant all the while was
straining the rope which held him and
trying to attract the snakes attention
by swinging his trunk. He was clearly
trying to get the snake to attack him
and leave the baby. The parent car
ried club. Suddenly the elephant
saw it and with one swoop Of his
trunk wrenched It away from the man.
He moved the club back and forth
over the ground until the snake saw
it. The snake uncoiled itself and
moved over and coiled itself around
the stick. With one rapid stroke the
elephant raised and lowered his trunk,
killing the snake.
1.-THE elephant had thought out the
whole ruse and the snake had been
outwitted. The elephants actions
throughout had been intelligently cal
culated to save the baby even though
it were necessary to be bitten himself /"
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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One of the Alert

Lord Beaverbrook, the multinn-
Honaire. told story at dinner in
New York.
You American business men are
so alert" he said, "that it's easy to
believe the anecdote about young Hig-
gibson.
aYoung Higginson called on Banker
Bonus and said:
Mfr. Bonus, will take up only two
minutes Of your time. I have come
to ask you for your daughters hand,
SIR
young man. said the wealthy
banker, do you
ayes. SIR said young Higginson, I
do realize that Annette has been
reared In the lap Of luxury, but this
luxury the dear girl is ready to fore
CO.
"'Can you
ayes, sir, / can. Not as you have
done, of course, but comfortably and
respectively. My salary, sir. is good
one, and my prospects excellent
"'WiIl you
@'Yes, sir, / viii carry life policy
large enough to provide for Annette
adequately in case should be taken
away
"'Would you
"'No, sir; / would not expect to live
with you in this palatial home My
savings have enabled, me to purchase
In the suburbs a modest ten-room
bungalow with two baths. and have
actually had the good fortune to Sc
cure from q cook the promise to come
to us at the very modest figure of $50
a month
"The banker held out his hand cor
daily.
"'Young man. he said. I like your
style. You can have her. Good
Morning, sir" = Detroit Free
Press
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Etaly's Many Tongues

Some candidates at the italian gem
eral election find a knowledge Of Ian
guages useful.
In the towns of Lecce and Reggie di
Calabria majority of the inhabitants
speak only Greek. while in other parts
of southern italy and Sicily Albanian
is the prevailing tongue.
French is the mother-tongue of over
100000 natives OF the districts Of
Aosta. Pignerol and Suze. and German
of some 1900 in Piedmont and vene-
tia, while Catalan is largely spoken in
Sardinia.
German. Serbian, Slovenian and
other Slav dialects prevail In thaprov-
inces annexed since the war. where
the inhabitants numbered 1.564.6a1 a
the time Of the 1921 nansps.
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canoda,s Mineral OUTPUT

A preliminary report on Canadian
mineral output for 1928 shows an adj
vance in value of 1911 per cent over
1922 and a record production for sew
eral items, such as coal, lead, zinc,
asbestos and cobalt. The value of
minerals produced in 1923 totaled
$214,Ol9,S32, compared with s1e4, 297,-
242 in 1922, and approach the record
value of 1927 $50 .665 established in
1920. Copper produced amounted to
approximately SS,o00,oo0 pounds, more
than double the tonnage mined in
1922 Nickel totaled 62,450,O00
pounds, as compared with 17.500,000
pounds in 1922 Gold and silver, which
were produced in lesser quantities
than in the previous year, were vail
ued at S36,S00,000
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~Ayntie~ Felt Better

"Auntie" is venerable colored
woman who succeeds In making a
scanty living by taking In washing and
who is typical old-time Southern ne
gro, having been slave in her young
err days. She is always cheerful under
all conditions, and manages to see the
bright side of life, even though she Is
close TO eighty years Of age. When
asked how she Is, she always replies,
"Oh, Use just tolerable," The other
day, however, when spring was in the
air and every one felt little better
than usual, she was asked:
"well, Auntie, how are you todayY
Her wrinkled face broke into a wide
smile.
"Oh, I'm exceptionally tolerable to
day."-Exchange
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His SINGULAR lnflrnnIty.

What is your name. little boy7"
asked the teacher.
''rlI have to write It for you, ma.
am" said the new boy, hesitatingly.
II think not Ny hearing is quite
good. Your name. please?"
sd rather not tell you"
fare you ashamed of your manner"
mo. ma'am, but"
''Then we will not waste any more
time. If you please. am waiting"
The boys eyes rolled wildly in
their sockets and his face became con-
torted as he began:
"Kuk-kuk-kuk-kuk Clarence! That's
my first name. The other is Pup-pup-
pup-pup Perkinsl never stutter
'cept when I'm speaking my name. and
when I'm nagged like this I'm whole
lot worse, ma'am."
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a Criticism,

Paul Duppy, the French senator and
newspaper owner, said at the end Of
his American tour:
'Your newspapers are extraordinary,
but your hotels are too large for really
perfect cooking. A hotel with 1000
rooms and 1000 baths is all very well
in its way, but when you want per-
feet chaud-froid or perfect souf1e-"
Senator Duppy shrugged. Then he
went on:
"a head-waiter in one of these 1000
room monstrosities was overheard say
ing to a waiter the other day:
"'The party at the large window
table has ordered fresh-made coffee.
Be sure and keep them waiting 20 min
utes.' Detroit Free Press.
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Wanted the Feet.

Here is verbatim copy Of letter
received by local stove concern:
"Gentleman's- Dere Sirs: re-
ceived de stove by which by from
you alrite, but Wy don't you send me
no feet, what is de use Of de stove
ven he don't get no feet lose to you
no customer suer ting by having de
feet as tats no very pleasure for me
wat is de matter NIT you Is not my
trade money as good like another
mans. u lose my trade and mad like
hell and now tell you are darn fools
and no good send you back de stove
tomorrow forever because you are
such darn foolishness.
"P. S.-Zince rite dis, find my
feet In the oven"
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production costs
the pouyman According to the Sears
be from to
making
price
than light hens
fryste
dollar.
Over period three the New York market shows heavy
mfed II
higher fowls weighing pounds The fveyea
pound
The weight the ordinary fowl from the farm is 81
will
the The farmer takes thin undefeshed
to MAJ is heatn
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Per CAPITA PRODUCTION or EGGS.

within
the farmers poultry dollar production main
shows that than 100000 farms in this
rcentn /,
increased 1913 between 1920 and 1923 while
correlation with the estimated number
demand
1923 produced furnish
and child in the United States This would
forh
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What the AiIment Was.

A New England statesman was re-
ferring to the dry humor of the late
Senator Hoar, when he was reminded
of the following:
One day Hoar learned that a friend
in Worcester who had been thought
to have appendicitis was In reality suf-
fering from acute indigestion.
Whereupon the Senator smiled gem
tally. Really" said he, that's good
news. rejoice for my friend that
the trouble lies in the table of con-
tents rather than in the appendix"
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VENTED HIS CURIOSITY.
Little Boy Anxious to Know Mysteries
Of Bishops Toilet.

Of Bishops Toilet.
The visiting bishop had taken
charge of class of small boys. and
had been much battered by the alb
sorbed interest which one youngster
had taken in all that he had said and
done. At the conclusion Of the lesson
the bishop said kindly: Now, if any
of you boys have a question to ask /
shall be very glad to answer it."
The boy who had been SO attentive
during the lesson raised hesitating
but an eager hand. We'll. Johnny?"
encouraged the bishop. IAN kin asst
anythink 2" questioned Johnny. Il
shall be glad to answer any question"
replied the bishop with a benign
smile. well. thin, is thin qndicat-
Ing the bishops robes) all yez hev on
or do yez wear yor pants under thim?"
he questioned with the eagerness OF
long pent-up-curiosity
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rr,s Distance Lends Enchantment.

An exact definition of a gentleman
has been tried many times, never per-
haps with entirely satisfactory results.
Little Sadie had never heard OF any
of the various definitions. but she
managed to throw CLEAN Of light on
the subject, albeit one touched with
unconscious cynicism. The word was
In the spelling-lesson. and / said:
Sadie, what is a gentleman
'Please, ma'am." she answered, "a
gentlemans a man you don't know
very WELL"