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Evening star., 1924-05-26
The Olympic Fund.

The American eagle is wondering
whether the British lion and the
French chanticleer will be allowed to
celebrate victories after the Olympic
games at Paris which rightfully
should be celebrated elsewhere. Amer
lean athletes are keyed up for the
games, and are ready to sail for the
other side in about month. The
Olympic committee announces that
this country is $150,000 short of the
$3.50, 900 budget needed for expenses.
The athletes can win the laurels after
they get over there. Money is needed
TO bridge the Atlantic and give our
men their chance.
There is something more in the
athletic events. A national spirit en-
ters it. When Paddock runs a race
America comes down the homestretch,
wearing the red, white and blue shield.
The nation races, not the man.
To the youth of the country, men
and women of American colleges
which have contributed so many
sportsmen to the Olympics, has gone
forth an appeal for subscriptions. Col
Robert NJ. Thompson, president of the
American Olympic committee, has
asked for undergraduate support in
113 universities throughout the ma
ton. 1t is unquestionable that the
response will be generous. But this
move Of Col. Thompson illustrates the
exigencies of the situation. When an
appeal is directed to students, who In
themselves are not exactly yet in the
class of producers, it is clear demon
stration of the straits in which the
committee finds itself. One hundred
and fifty thousand dollars must be
raised, and the entire burden should
not be laid upon the shoulders of stu
dents. They will contribute their
share. That is all the committee ex-
poets.
But there are others of us who can
give something if convinced the need
exists. Up. to the last minute it is
typically American to "let George
donate and then when the crisis
comes to push over the project in sur
prisingly thorough fashion.
Today it is up to every American
who loves sports. to every. one who
subscribes to. the doctrine that
sound mind needs sound body; to
every one who believes the fighting
spirit of America, even in sports. pre-
dominates; in fact, it is up to all Of
us to send our men "over there"
VIII the eagle a month hence be
wistfuIly watching a departing ship
steering for Europe with empty cabins
which should house the bearers Of
Americas shield on fields of sport in
Paris? 1t is up to you.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
Lauds Outdoor Campaign
Trapper Finds Inspiration in Rec
reation Conference.
To the Editor of The Star

To the Editor of The Star:
A lone trapper from the foothills
of the Bitter Roots, where coyotes
and cougars and lumberjackS are
loyal lovers of their country, found
delightful and stimulating atmos-
phere when the National Conference
on Outdoor Recreation opened its ses-
sions at the National Museum. The
President sounded the keynote-more
better citizenship. Col.
Theodore Roosevelt gave bugle call
back to the spirit which moved our
ancestors. the Wilderness tanners of
America. They followed trails diff
cult and dangerous, across mountains
and through virgin forests, building
as they went a. country and a char
acter of which we are so proud
Col Roosevelt assured the audience
he spoke with deep feeling, having
been brought up on an open-air diet
and at present helping to bring up
four young Americans in the same
way. He warned that too many phys
ical creature comforts make for soft
bodies which predicate too often soft
souls; pleaded for preservation and
doors-always remembering that our
national resources must be saved for
future generations.
1t was fine. The duck hunters and
fur trapperS and fishermen were cas-
lily picked out in the jam and respond
ed heartily to his appeal. Waves of
approval ran over the audience like
the whisper of pines or the murmur-
ing of tall hemlocks. Everybody was
in a hurry to say the first and last
word for the great god-Pan-who
was to be exhibited and exploited and
honored and adored. at this first ses-
sion of the National Conference on
Recreation which President Coolidge
with rare foresight had called. The
zip Of the coyote was imminent every
precious minute. The panther was
ready to leap if a delegate found
there was not enough seating capac-
ity. The cry of the cougar had to be
broadcast at a later date. Yes, they
were all there-wild men from the
woods, gypsies from the camps, fish
ermen with bait sQuirming in their
pockets-come to discuss game laws,
summer camps and preservation of
wild life.
Bald heads, unshorn locks, eyebrows
of no stunted growth. were scenic
features in the convention hall. A
big crowd, answering the call of the
wild to let it stay wild To conserve
nature and stop breaking branches
to let the dogwood alone that it may
revel in the company of its little
sweetheart the mountain laurel, and
to keep all rock creek parks as beau
.tiful as the one of which Washing
ton, the Capital City, is SO proud.
j. P. NYE.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
History of Hessians
Many Became Good Americans,
Writer Says.


To the Editor Of The Star:
The writer has no desire to enter
into a controversy vita persons
whose chief purpose appears to be to
minimize the suffering In Germany
and deter humanitarian persons from
affording succor to a starving people.
He does not expect to convert bitter
critics by statement of facts, even
though presented by such unimpeach-
able American patriots like Gems.
Allen and Miles. He feels, however.
deeply grateful to the countless num-
ber of American men, women and
children who believe with Gems.
Allen and Miles that the needs are
urgent and who live up to the ira
dition of American benevolence to a
stricken people. forgetting political
and national controversies.
AS to the part taken by the Hes
| slams during the war Of the revolu-
| ton, the lover of his country should
| understand before casting judgment.
II Mr.. Blair has studied the history
of the despised Hessians in the revo-
ilutionary war, he will know that they
were brought here by England, vic
Tins of the tyranny of their absolute
monarchs. who sold the lives and
services of their subjects to the high
est bidder. If the parents Of the kid
naped sons complained, the father
was sent to the iron mines, and the
mother to jail. Under such circum-
stances it can readily be understood
that even these Hessians rendered
valuable services to the cause Of the
revolution by desertions very early in
the war. These desertions were en-
couraged. The chief baker of the
army. Christopher Ludwig, declared
his policy in the following words:
Bring the captives to Philadelphia.
show them our beautiful German
churches, let them taste our roast
beef and homes. then send them away
again to their people, and you will
see how many will come over to u.s."
Congress was not averse to the idea,
and their committee wrote to Wash
ington advising not to exchange the
Hessians captured at Trenton. Wash
ington agreed, and the provision and
transportation of the German pris-
oneTs was put into Ludwig's hands,
who brought them first to Berks,
Lancaster and Lebanon counties
oners at Yorktown were taken by
Gen. Muhlenberg to Winchester, Va.
Later they were sent to Frederick,
Lancaster and other points. 1t is es-
timated that $4,000 Hessian soldiers
remained in this country.
They commonly located in the Ger
man settlement, being disiked, as a
rule, by the English settlers, who
harbored resentful feelings against
them. Some of the sons and grand
sons of these Hessian soldiers. like
Maj. julius Heilman, a graduate of
West Point. fell in the Florida war
in 1886. and Gen. George A. Custer, a
cavalry general and hero of the civil
war, was massacred with his brave
troops by Sioux Indians in June, 1876.
/ quite agree with Mr.. Blair that
charity begins at home, and ! hope
that he practices what he breaches.
/ have been connected with the Asso-
ciated Charities for many years, but
there appears to be no record of his
charitable contributions:
GEORGE NJ. KOBER.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
DISTRIBUTING Compromise.

II ls STATED tnat the purpose or the
Senate appropriations committee in
substituting for the Cramton amend
ment to the District bill a provision
for the supply from federal funds for
District maintenance of "$14, 1000, 900,
or in lieu thereof 40 per centum. etc."
is to have at hand in conference a,
more adequate lump sum to discuss
with the House representatives. ,
But why any compromise? Merely
to increase the lump sum named in
the bill Is to abandon the definite pro-
portion principle upon which the Dis
trict-federal fiscal relation is estab.
lished. 1t means to scrap the agree
ment of 1922 whereby for a definite
period Of years the ratio was to be
maintained the District meanwhile
accommodating a sufficient fund Of rev.
enues to enable it to meet the drafts
for expenses during the first half of
the fiscal year.
The District hoped and confidently
expected that the bill would be re-
stored to its original form as to the
the Senate. 1t had reason thus to ex-
pect the restoration of the 6040 prin-
ciple when the subcommittee voted to
eliminate the Cramton amendment.
Now the full committee has. in effect,
reversed the subcommittee, and puts
the bill in a shape in which, If the
Senate concurs, the House conferees
are in a position virtually to win for
the Cramton plan, whatever may be
the lump sum agreed upon for this
next fiscal year.
The lump-sum proposal is highly
dangerous to the Districts welfare.
The sum itself may be $4,000, 900 this
year, and it may be $4,0O0,O00 next
year. 1t may dwindle to nothing.
There is no restraint upon Congress in
respect to the reduction Of the amount
Of federal funds contributed
II the Cramton plan is regarded by
the Senate as inimical to the District,
il 1t Is considered as unwise and un-
fair. and especially as improperly pre-
sented and adopted by the House,
there is but one way to express that
thought. That Is to cancel the amend
ment as a whole, restore the bill to the
form in which it came from the House
committee, and send it to conference
with the issue squarely drawn. Hope
remains that this will be done by the
Senate when the bill comes UP for ac-
ton.
Heretofore the argument has often
been advanced, by advocates of the
lump-sum plan. that it would actually
operate to the Districts advantage
that Congress would not be limited in
its generosity when the ratio was
abandoned. There is no conceivable
ground for assurance on this score.
The fact is that the ratio, for long
standing at $3.50. and now changed to
60-40, Is the Districts surest guaran-
tee Of an adequate contribution of
federal funds to aid the Capital mu-
nicipality. That. and that alone. stands
between the District and excessive
taxation. That. and that alone is a
bar to a heavy. burdensome, disastrous
increase in the revenue exaction to
support the Federal city, borne solely
by the taxpayers Of this city, who are
already taxed as heavily as the aver
age of other Americans, and who lack
the taxable values that other COM
munities possess.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
Star Contest Praised.
Sons of Revolution Commend
. Orations on Constitution. :

To the Editor of The Star:
The attention of the board of MANI
ayers of this society was called. at their
meeting today at the Army and Navy
Club, to the very Important work you
are now performing with other news
papers, under the direction of Mr.. Grant
Allen, in the nationwide oratorical
contest amongst the pupils Of public and
private schools Of the United States.
In 50 indoctrinating the youth of our
nation at their most impressionable age
with the thought, theory, faith and de-
votion that gave birth, to the American
system of representative government I'm
der the Constitution of the United
States, you are laying safe and sure
foundations for our country's future
This very important work of yours
cannot fail to awaken the admiration
of all such patriotic societies as ours
You are certainly deserving of tlza
warmest commendation of the Sons IF
the Revolution in the District of Colurn-,
bia, and our board of managers has di-
rected me on its behalf so to express
myself. CHARLES P. LIGHT.
Secretary, the Sons of the Revolution. In
the District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
New York and the Convention.

Not having had the pleasure of
entertaining q national political con-
vention for fift.S-six years, New York
is going about the business of taking
care Of the one that will open four
weeks from tomorrow with vigor and
enthusiasm. For several months pre-.
liminaries have been under way. Ar.
rangements have been made to put
the city's biggest assembly hall in
shape for its greatest gathering. But
there - something more than mer "
Evening star., 1924-05-26

The American press is by no means
of one accord in it's comments on the
action of a majority Of the Borah
committee in it's exoneration of
Senator Wheeler OF Montana, follow
Ing the investigation of the western
grand jury's indictment on charges
of practicing before the departments.
Says the Anaconda Standard
(Democratic), published in Senator
of the Indictment:
The Senate has attempted to take
the case of Senator Wheeler out of
the courts, and with it's committee as
trial judge, prosecutor and jury has
acquitted the defendant of the
charge The committee in it's
report pretends not to vindicate
Senator Wheeler Of the charge re-
turned against him at Great Falls,
but it does hold that he is not guilty
Of the very charges made against him
in that indictment. That is but a
shallow and pettifogging distinction.
and will not confuse the people in
their judgment that the United States
Senate has invaded the Jurisdiction
of the courts and Is undermining the
very foundations of the government.
Regardless OF the merits of
the charges against Senator Wheeler
or of his defense. there is a con-
viction in Montana that the United
States Senate has made a mockery
of the courts, and has cast a shadow
upon the whole machinery of justice" !"
~
1T is not easy to see," says the
Springfield Union (Republican), that
the senatorial report has any more
relation to the case before the federal
courts than would q similar report
submitted, say, by the Rotary Club
Of Oskaloosa. Iowa" While the New
York Times independent Democratic)
observes. "the Senate seems to have
court OF review, gifted with the
power to examine cases before they
are tried" and concludes, "the Senate
meddled with what is none of It's
business" Furthermore, the st. Paul
Dispatch independently declares the
Senate Substitutes for its own men,
bers trial by Senate for the time
which is still good enough for all
other American citizens" and believes
"the Senate has gone as far as II
could go toward directing a verdict
In the trial court and has done every
thing 1t could do to place Senator
Wheeler above the law" According
to the Philadelphia Bulletin (inde-
| something heard In the past of the
recall of judicial decisions, q notion
that did not go well with the country
The Senate committee has evolved
som ething even mors-remarkable, the
recall Of indictments and Of grand
r
Evening star., 1924-05-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON
Family Communicates,


Ii we could all explain ourselves
In just the way we mean,
A lot OF pigeon holes and shelves
Would soon be emptied clean:
For dull dissensions often grow
From enterprises good.
We talk too fast and think too slow
And get misunderstood
If all intentions that are kind
Were speedily made plain.
Nor measured as way to find
A path to private gain.
This earth would harbor happy elves
Life would be more serene.
II we could all explain ourselves
In just the way we mean.
Evening star., 1924-05-26

The average citizen would be glad to
see some kind Of tax reduction put
into effect if only as an experiment on
which to base future legislative cal
culations.
Evening star., 1924-05-26

If there were a competition to
award championship for human
meanness the person who swindled a
Salvation Army store out Of $40 would
have a chance of winning the prize.
Evening star., 1924-05-26

Young Miss Rockefeller has twice
been admonished by magistrates for
motor speeding. Even an oil princess
cannot do as she likes with her own
gasoline.
Evening star., 1924-05-26

Farmers are still discontented, none
OF them having found means Of rails.
ing money to improve the ranch as
easily as Albert Fall did.
Evening star., 1924-05-26

The next step will be to find a
means Of calling the attention of rum
smugglers to the treaties TO prevent
liquor from touching the shores of
this country. =
Evening star., 1924-05-26

So far as political theories are con-
cerned. Mussolini is frankly a stand
patter. italy, just now, has exactly
the kind of government that suits
him
Evening star., 1924-05-26

When soldier bonus legislation final.
ly secured the right of way it took
the benefit of clear track and
travelled fast.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
Art and the Medium

Young ladies used to be taught to
paint"
. 1--WE still study painting" rejoined
Miss Cayenne. "The only difference is
that many of us now go to the cos
metic shop for our art supplies"
Evening star., 1924-05-26
Taking to the Omen

You are strong for outdoor sports"
Very" declared Senator Sorghum.
A man who has been through as
many Investigations as 1 have comes
to feel that he has about exhausted
the possibilities Of indoor contention"
Evening star., 1924-05-26
JazzOl0gy.

JazzOlOgy.
That human nature does not change
Has frequently been said.
Men are, no matter where they range,
BY selfsame motives led.
The radio brings thought profound
AS through the map we roam.
The jazz at Kankakee will sound
Just like the jazz at home.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
Sinplified Statesmanship.

The simplified form of convention ap-
pears
A thing that is joyous to note.
1t may take an hour to dispose of the
cheers, - ...
While 1T won't take ten minutes to
vote.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
Age Limits.

He who would be a candidate
With prospects weighty,
Must only kiss girls under eight.
Or over eighty.
Evening star., 1924-05-26

Jud Tunkins says folks that get
divorced inside Of a year after gettin'
married ought at least to be fair
enough to give back the wedding pres
ents.
Evening star., 1924-05-26
Delaying the Damage.

THE process Of manufacturing wood
alcohol Is rather elaborate"
Lucky 1t is." commented Uncle Bill
Bottletop. 81 hate to think. Of what
'ud happen to our settlement If all
they had to do was to 60 out an tap
tree for it. same as for maple sirup."
Evening star., 1924-05-26
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Evening star., 1924-05-26

Some party to q mule trade" said
Uncle Eben, ''is purity sure, to git de
worst Of It. 'Casionally it'ssde mule In
swappin' ownerH"
Evening star., 1924-05-26

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Evening star., 1924-05-26
THEODORE w. MOVES. Editor

The Evening Star Newspaper Company
Business Once. 1lth st. and Pennsylvsnia Avg.
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Evening star., 1924-05-26

Q. Where Is the famous American
Flag that inspired The Star Spangled
Banner"?-B. d. F.
A. The Stars and Stripes which in
spired the writing of 1.-THE Star
Spangled Banner" Is at present In the
old National Museum
Evening star., 1924-05-26
Answers to Questions
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN

Q. Is there a collection of the
stuffed birds of North America in any
museum IN Washington?-D. P.
A. The Smithsonian Institution says
that 1t has a very fine collection Of
stuffed birds Of North American va
rieties. 1t also has q notable collec-
tiOn of birds found in the District of
Columbia
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-04-15
BOL$EVICI ,POTLAClL
VZPOURU SEDLAKO.

Il ~ 3 1
Varsava, "a. dubna. - Kr-
wave potlacenis protibolsevic-
ke selske vzponry V Ukraine
liceno je v polskych listech,
jez obdrzely zpravy o udalos-
cily porazkou sedlaku, ktefi
tech poslednich dnu. Boje skon
zprvu ovladli situaci V okoli
Owljopolu, kde cetni bolsevici
E,ii zabiti. Sedlaci byli vsak
nuceni ustoupiti pred silnymi
s5orv rude armady, jez byly
Ie ore krajiny poslany a vraz-
dily tam naporad. l zeny a de-
ii byly strileny, jezto pry z
Moskvy dosel rozkaz, aby re-
volucni hnuti bylo S veskerou
pfisnosti potlaceno.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-04-15

Ackoli mas prodei kobercii byl velkym
uspechem, name jeste as $50 hadriko-
vych kobercil zbylych, kterych by
chom Sc radi zbavili. dostanete je po
$1.25, $l.50 $500 pokud zasoba staci.
Nekolik jen kobercu We velkosti po-
koje I'd $500 do $1,000.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-04-15
POROTA ROZHODNE O O.
i; SUDU THAW-OVE.

Philadelphia, IA. dubna. -
Harry K. Thaw je dusevne
zdrav kompetentnim spra-
vovati sve ma ajetkove zalezito-
sti, prohlasl dine Dr.. G.. X.
Mills Y procesu pred porotou,
iez ma rozhodpouti, zdali
fhaw mel by byti propusten
istavu pro choromyslne. To-
mu Sc br;lni jeho byyala zena,
Evelyn Nesbitoya, jez pravi.
ze Sc il jedna' jenom 'zajmy
jejiho l3leteho synka, jehoz
tceln je pry Thaw mimo to
tyrdj. re Thaw, kdyby ziistas
ven abvl ia svobod6 bez dohle-
du, brzy op6t by Sc dopustil
n6jak4ho zlocinu. z dstavu,
kde Thaw byl drzen Cd r. 1917
sd6leno, ze mel tam nekolik
kralillu, jez pry caste bill, ha-
zel mimi a dokonce je kousal,
az kviGeli bolesti. kdyz ma to
bylo pOukazano DIR. MillsOvi.
tyz pravil: "Zachazel sc wi
Taty, nimiz sc mazlil jako
mnOzi JIM lide.'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-17

tho first Friday night in October.
~ Moves cafeteria. IL was an.
nounced wednesday. There viii be
an election o. officers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-17
Bryan in Bid for
Progressive Vote

PORTLAND. ore. Sept i7.-Ap.
pealing for progrcssiyeu 10 turn from
Ia Toilette and Wheeler 20 support
~ the democratic ticket, William
jennings Bryan. democratic leader
wound up the first day Of his speak,
Ing campaign in oregon last night
az the Portland municipal auditor
ium.
The huge auditorium was packed
10 tho doors. which were closed fully
half an hour before tho Commoner
began speaking,
bryan reiterated that The progress.
i've ticket has no chance of victory
in his opinion.
Consolidate the democratic party.
which Is progressive. and the pro.
Rrcssiyca OF tho republican party,
and there IN not the slightest doubt
81 the rcsult-yiCtory for the ticket
hacked by the bforcssiyes,' Bryan
declared
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-17
N. M. Judge Beats
Editor for Senator

SANTA FE. NM, Sept. IL Sam
usl q. Bratton. judge OF the New
Mexico supreme court. won the
democratic nomination for United
States senator on the finh ballot.
after being truiled closely turnout
the hal'otinR hy Carl G. Magce, Cd
itor Of tho New Mexico state Trib.
unc. NJ Albuquerque
Bnttou's nomination came after
MaEee had withdrawn his name on
the fourth ballot and urged the con.
yontion 10 support the most pro-
grcsaivc candidate before H. Hsr.
nillllo county, Aagec'A home county.
then threw It's IS votes 90 Batton.
and other eouutles following suit.
made tho nomination unanimous.
Bratton had stcadfastly refused 10
get Ia the race for tho nomination.
and had on several occasions pub
llcly asked that His name not be
considered.