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vinced. He gave not the $4,000 a year
asked, but $1o,000,000 as an endow-
ment for a Carnegie institute. Late
gifts increased this to S23,00o,Sjo
from which the income is $1,000, 900.
DIR. Walcott was made it's secretary,
a position he later resigned in order
to devote more time to his first love,
the Smithsonian. But the researches
of the need of which he had been so
convinced had been initiated. Science
was being served. Only the Smith
sonian remained poverty stricken
handcuffed.
Attracted Attention MT c3.
Fifty years ago-in 1S73-Charles
Doolittle Walcott first attracted the
attention of the scientific world. He
was only twenty-three years old. and
yet the leading scientific magazine of
that day published an article about
the young man and his geologic dis
coveries. One might say he had al
ways been a geologist. AS boy he
spent his summers on a farm near his
birthplace at Utica, New York, and
like other small boys, he trotted
at the heels of larger one. The eld
er boy had discovered a lime carrying
spring which "petrified'' the forest
leaves which fell into it. They gath
cred the leaves, boylike, for SOU
venirs. One day the boy Walcott was
lying in the shade of a tree by the
Evening star., 1924-05-25

at Paramusir. standing by to give
help if required.
On the 10Th our birdmen few on to
Etorofu Island. another of the
kuriles. On the ed at 8 a. m. they
took off from Etorofu and at IL they
alighted in the harbor of Minato. near
the northeast corner of Nippon, the
main island of Japan. Having re-
fueled. they hoped off again at 1890
and arrived about 6 pm. at Kasumiga
I-Ura, the Japanese naval air station,
about fifty miles from Toxic.
They will stay there some days,
overhauling their planes and install
ing new engines.
whether Maj. Martin and Sergt. Har-
vey will be sent to India to rejoin
the fight, as was planned
The American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company claims to have solved
Satisfactorily for commercial purposes
by wire. But the illustrations from
photographs reproduced by its proc
ess which have appeared in the news
papers seem to me to lack the required
clearness.
The Atlantic Aircraft Company is
to turn out Fokker planes.
Fokker planes are carrying all be-
fore them in European commercial
air service Our Fokker Army plane
has been, I understand, a striking sue
cess.
X X X X
NIfsceIIaneOus.-A treaty between
Czechoslovakia and Italy, similar to
the treaty concluded between Czecho-
slovakia and France, is by way of be-
ing consummated.
A rebellion in Albania. The insurg-
ents reported to have seized several
cities. including Scutari. Worse yet,
the Tirana government, according to
report, has summarily dismissed the
financial advisers appointed at the
governments request, by the league
of nations.
1t Is reported from Athens that We
nizelos is fully recovered from the ILL
ness which recently compelled him, in
the midst of the Greek crisis, to re-
nounce political activity and leave
Greece; that he is disposed to enter
the political arena, and might not be
averse to the presidency of the new
republic.
On invitation of the Greek and Bull
garian governments, Senior de la Bar
ra, one-time Mexican ambassador to
Washington, is acting as mediator In
the matter of Bulgaria's claim to a
commercial outlet through Greece to
the Aegean.
One hears that Poland Is balancing
her budget by normal methods.
The Associated Press reports that
the Russian soviet government has
/ issued a decree which practically ex-
cludes all children of the burgeois
from the high schools and the univer-
stiles.
A civil war Is on in Persia. The
Amir Of Afghanistan has a rebellion
on his hands. But the details are OBJ
Scure.
Evening star., 1924-05-25
Real Workers in the National Capital

roadside when an old man approach
ed. He carried a market basket, from
what seemed sticks protruded
why don't you come with me and
hunt for fossils?" asked the old man.
The seeming sticks were the handles
of geologists' hammers
One might weave a pretty fancy
about that chance meeting. One
might say that chance meeting deter
mined the course of the boys life.
But 1t would not be true. The oppor-
have been hoped for. but already the
studious boy had learned little of
the countryside fossils. Enough to
have determined to know more. There
was a brief and advantageous diver
sion into business, but geology was
his life work. He was only seventeen
when his knowledge was so far ad-
cialize on the Cambrian rocks. He has
been at it ever since. The books he
has written fill shelf.
Another man might find his activ-
tiles thwarted by the calls upon his
time made by the administrative
needs of the Smithsonian Institution.
which is in correspondence with every
with every major institution of re-
search, with every explorer and an
thropologist and the like in the world.
But DR.. Walcott has reduced admin
istration to a system. He selects good
men to take charge OF his depart
ments. Then he depends on them to
get results. They only come to him
when they are in a jam. Scientists
ask for the aid of the Smithsonian in
their various enterprises.
What do you want to do?" he asks.
What do you know about it now?
What do you hope to accomplish? :?
Why? What will it cost?"
How He Finds Them for Work.
He asks other questions. doubtless,
but this outlines his application of
common sense to his task. When he
gets through with his inquisition he
can either say yes or no or come back
later. So that he is enabled between
his correspondence with other scien-
tissr and dig into the history of the
past through the lenses afforded by
shelf after shelf full of fossils in the
workroom of his office. There he
works at one until ne is tired, when
he rests by taking up another. He is
constantly active, yet never hurried.
Not many men of Seyenty-four
could take horse in the summertime
and ride up trackless mountains as
far as the horse can go, then walk
and climb the rest of the way. He
thinks nothing Of it. To be more pre-
else, he thinks everything of it. His
summers in the Canadian Rockies
have invested him not merely with
strength and vigor. but with GER
tain high courage that is inspiring
even in casual contact. Yet he is not
what is often called rugged" He
may have little actual weight-lifting
strength. But Of endurance and kind
Illness and clarity-no end, plus a calm
philosophy and a gentle humor.
It's a pity that the Smithsonian In
stitution should be so poor in this
worlds gear. 1t is barred from play
ing the independent part in the world
of science that it might If it's purse
were only a little better filled. Yet
it can match honor for honor with
every other scientific institution in
this country and have an abundance
left. James Smithson builded well.
Evening star., 1924-05-25

At any rate. he was reported dead
the other day. Shanghai was reached
on the goth. but in landing the ma
chine struck golf bunker and was
wrecked. The tuchun at Shankhai
offered another plane and the flight is
being continued today.
The output of the French coal mine
is now 72 per cent of prewar nor
NAL.
Spnin.-More fighting in the Span
ish zone of Morocco; the Spaniards
still. on defensive. An outlying be-
leaguered Spanish garrison is re-
lieved, but at terrible loss to the re-
lief force, mostly native troops and
members Of the foreign legion" What
about that ng-promised advance in
force. Dictator Primo De Rivera?
There is no falling off in Spanish
enthusiasm for bull fighting. A new
arena is being built at Madrid with
seats for $4,000 spectators to replace
one with seats for only $4,000. One
is under construction at Seville which
will accommodate $4,000 spectators.
x X x
Germany. Negotiations contem-
plating a coalition government to in
clude Nationalists, Democrats, Gen.
trists and representatives of the Peo-
pies party and the Bavarian Peoples
party have failed. The representa-
to take in the Nationalists unless the
leaders of the latter should pledge
support of the Dawes plan, which
pledge was not Forthcoming. In 9TH
er words, the political situation is still
in the air.
The great strike in the Ruhr con-
tinues and some estimates show 60O,-
900 out Rioting in several towns. is
reported; the worst at Gelsenkirchen
where workers clashed with police
| and many persons were wounded.
X X X
Japan.-The cabinet of Kiyoura is
popularity known as the peers cabi-
nett and the cabinet of the priv
! ileged classes"
The defeat of Kiyoura's party al
the recent elections seems Cone
should be careful not to exaggerate)
| to indicate a powerful trend toward
democracy. But Viscount Kato, head
of the Kenseikai party. who will
probably be the next premier, is no
Unless he has greatly changed, his
attitude respecting foreign policy is
not precisely liberal. 1t is he who
drew up the twenty-one demands
against China. 1t Is understood tnat
Of all prominent Japanese statesmen
he is the least friendly to the United
States.
It is reported that the Japanese
minister at Peking and the Russian
envoy there are in negotiation look
ing to a Russo-Japanese treaty.
| X x *
United States of Amerfca.-On the
18th the House passed the bonus bill
over the Presidents veto, 313 to 78.
On the 18th the Senate passed it by
SO to rs, a margin Of two above the
required two-thirds majority. The bill
is therefore now law. and that's over.
On Wednesday the conferees reach
ed agreement on the tax revision
bill. The normal tax and surtax and
the personal exemptions proposed by
the Democrats are those adopted.
The relief proposed for persons of
moderate means is extraordinary. For
example, under the present law a
married man with an income Of $1,000
and sno dependents except his wife,
pays for tax and surtax $3.50, the new
Evening star., 1924-05-25
BY BEN McKELWAY.

A " outstanding accomplishment
~ of the present administra-
n tions Latin American policy
has been to heal the old
wounds and smooth out the Difficult
ties between the United States, CO.
lombia and Panama, the three parties
most interested in construction of the
Panama Canal. One of the first acts
of former President Harding was to
push through to ratification the
treaty with Colombia and the closing
will witness the final negotiation of a
treaty with Panama, which will re-
place the so-called Taft agreement
and rid Panama of what has become
a smarting thorn in her side.
Between these two steps was an
other-the resumption of diplomatic
relations between Columbia and Pan
ANA and the settlement between those
countries of old boundary difficulties,
which have kept them apart and Gre
ated discord and i'll feeling for the
last twenty years. Diplomacy works
in a mysterious way its wonders to
perform, and those who have watched
the developments in settling the old
lHTee-COTHeTeQ between lHe
United States, Panama and Colombia
are able to trace a close connection
between the resumption of relations
between Colombia and Panama and
the forthcoming treaty between the
United States and Panama.
Tripartite Agreement.
Some years after the break between
Colombia and Panama, resulting in
the latter's independence, a tripartite
agreement was signed between Co
lombia and the United States, the
United States and Panama, and Pana-
ma and Colombia, which arranged for
the settlement of the boundary be-
tween Colombia and Panama and for
tie certain questions of pecunlary
liability. In this agreement Colombia
also recognized Panama's independ-
ence, but the treaty was never rati-
fled by the Colombian Congress.
Through later treaty with the
United States. however, Colombia
recognized Panama's independence.
and designated certain geograph-
ical points as marking the boun-
Diary line between the two coun-
tries. But Panama never was party
to this treaty. 1t seemed to be an
between. two of the countries, but II
could never be stretched to cover the
three of them.
Two months ago a special mission
came to Washington from Panama
to undertake negotiations for new
treaty with the United States. The
State Department saw the opportuni-
ty to kill two birds with one stone.
Panama wanted something the Unit
ed States had in its power to give,
while the United States wanted some
thing that Panama could very easily
bring about. Panama wanted a new
treaty with the United States. The
United States wanted to see Panama
and Colombia forget their old troubles
and become friends again.
Agree to Resume Relations.
The State Department obtained
what 1t was after early this month
when representatives of Colombia
and Panama met Secretary Hughes at
the State Department and formally
exchanged compliments and enthusi-
astically agreed to resume diplomatic
Evening star., 1924-05-25
ULTIMATE VICTORY.

kkINHEY came unto the place
1oy which is called Calvary"
.GG"l ~ Seeming defeat, ultimate
victory. This is pre-eminent-
ly fsse of Christ on Calvary. His
enemies Thought they had made an end
ot HIM, they really contributed to the
highest accomplishment of His avowed
purpossI HOW strong the words: "I, If
be'Hftee ddinp will draw all men unto me-.
What seemingly He could not do in life
He accomplished on His cross Nothing
The compelling power that proceeds from
thrist ON Calvary. A critical student of
history declares that the effect of this
single incident has been one of the
nightiest factors in the development of
our present civilization. A great Ger
man scholar in commenting on it said
he lifted the gates of empire from
their hinges and turned the stream Of
centuries from it's course
y x x X
The place called Calvary has literally
marked the beginning of a newer and
larger conception of life Says some one
The cross is the plus sign in our minus
lives" There are many lessons which
Calvary and its uplifted Savior sug-
Sests; self-abnegation, sacrifice. incom-
parable love, all these are there, but
does 1t not teach us another weighty les
son that bears Immediately upon our
lives? Does it not throw some light upon
problems otherwise obscure and inSolu-
BILE? Nothing is harder to bear than
misunderstanding in the prosecution of
a great cause When this miSunder-
standing and misnterpretation, of mo-
lives proceed from those for whom we
labor and sacrifice they are still harder
10 bear. And yet 1t is demonstrably
true that the sure progress of the world
has been effected through those who
dared to hold to their course in the face
of bitter criticism and stern condemna-
ton. A great principle or a noble cause
is worth more than any individual life.
If dying for ii means more than living
for it, if it can gain d hearing only
through supreme sacrifice, then no price
IS too great to give it advantage. Cow
ardice makes no converts, heroism is the
mighty magnet that draws all men to
it's persuasive argument. That is what
Calvary pre-eminently teaches. The
Savior on the cross has caught the
vision and won the devotion of men liv-
ing, it's great spectacle has compelled
the reverent praise and given sublime
comfort to men dying.
X X x !:
Before the wayside shrines on the
open highways of France the soldiers
paused to catch inspiration and en-
enlargement as they hurried on to
Evening star., 1924-05-25
BY HENRY w. BUM.


The following is brief summary
of the most important news of the
world for the seven days ended May "a:
X X
The British Empfre.-On May 16
the House of Commons voted down
by 264 to 16S a proposal to national
ize mines.
The King and Queen of Rumania.
the latter Queen Victoria's grand
daughter and the handsomest and
cleverest of living queens. are visit
ing the King and Queen of England.
The gossips are disappointed that
they did not bring along the charm
ing Princess Ileana, whom the afore-
said gossips have destined to be the
Princess of Wales.
James Brown, one-time miner. now
Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh. on May
90, as lord high commissioner to
the General Assembly of the Church
of Scotland; exercising In that capac-
ity, as personal representative OF the
king functions more nearly reSal
than those of viceroy: The fact
that Mr. and Mrs. Brown have proved
quite equal to the social requirements
of the system seems deeply to have
Impressed the greater part of man
kind; in other words, the snobbish
part.
shend is dead. He retired in 1920 af-
ter forty years of distinguished serV-
ices in the British army. His conduct
of the campaign which ended with the
surrender of the sorry remnant of his
force at Kut-El. Amara was scarcely
for hri nv
operation Of the war. The task as
signed him was hopeless and its as
siEnment one of the great blunders
of the war. After terrible punish
ment of the enemy and sustaining
siege of LAT days against overwhelm-
ing odds, he surrendered when there
was no more food and his men could
scarcely stand up. The Turks had an
unbounded admiration for him. He
persuaded the Turkish government
him that the Turkish offer was made
which resulted in the Mudros armis-
tice. He was the great-great- grand
son of the Lord Townshend who re-
ceived Montcalm's surrender at Que
bee.
It is quite possible that by this time
Mount Everest has been topped. 1t
was on May 81, 1922, that Mallory,
Somervell and Norton. having started
on the goth from the North Col or AL
26, 500 feet without oxygen, and on
May 81 that Finch and Geoffrey Bruce.
having started from North Col camp
on the 25th and using oxygen toward
the end, reached 27,300 feet-within
LOO feet Of the summit. This years
expedition arrived at the base camp
two days ahead of the 1922 schedule.
Two Australian birdmen, in one ma
chine, have just completed the circuit
of Australia surveying. the coast in
connection with plans for coast de-
fense-a most hazardous exploit be-
cause long tracts of the coastland are
uninhnbited.
X Il \ X
France.-Of course, gossip is rife,
in and out of France, respecting what
may ensue upon the French political
shake-up, but postpone discussion
of the situation, pending some clear
development.
Pelletier D'Oisy few from Hanoi,
French Indo- China, to Canton, China,
on May IS. Sun Yat-Sen, President
of the Canton or South China repub-
lie, rose from the dead to greet him.
Evening star., 1924-05-25
Bolt Worth ST..

When a housewife uses up one
dollars worth of electricity in light
ing, cooking or vacuum cleaning she
uses the equivalent of bolt of light
ming. A lightning flash represents
100000 vol1;, but it lasts less than
one one-thousandth of a second. This
equals about ten kilowatt hours, or
about one dollars worth ct the
average domestic rate.
Evening star., 1924-05-25
Registers Salt in Sea.

An apparatus has been perfected
which automatically registers the
amount of salt in sea water, thus
making possible more accurate
knowledge of the paths of ocean cur
rents. It is also expected that it will
aid In detecting the approach of ice
bergs. 1t Is an electrical device de-
veloped by the United States bureau
of standards
Evening star., 1924-05-25
s'Desert Rats" Doomed.

The oldest desert rats" and pros
pectors may be put out of business
byI an invention of the Director Of
the United States bureau of mines.
It is said to locate underground ores
by q sensitive electrical device. A
patent has been applied for.
Evening star., 1924-05-25
Poland, Surrounded by Foes,
Has Made Steady Progress
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war, especially by Russia and Ger
many. The disa rnament movement
inaugurated by the league of nations
may apply to the reduction of military
forces under arms in peace time, but
it cannot cut down the number of
able-bodied members of the reserves.
Opinion abroad, that we should
like to see the regime of arms reign
ing supreme in central Europe. and
that we bring trouble into the world,
which suffers from disturbed sys-
TEN of production. is wrong and is in
sulting to democratic Poland. No one
wants peace more earnestly than does
Poland Peace is absolutely indis-
pensable to the improvement of our
economic conditions and necessary for
the final interior consolidation of the
state.
Dangers of PoIand's Position.
with the progress in the develop
ment of military forces, legal as well
as illegal, in both Germany and Rus
sia, those states might attack Poland
at any time, and we must be on the
alert. The frontier line of Poland is
extended and without natural protec-
ton. and therefore difficult to defend.
For this reason we are in a more dan
gerous position than any other Euro
pean country.
"I wish to point out the fact that
Poland inherited no military equip
ment after the war, and does not own
big supplies of the war material that
was in possession of all the armies,
whether victorious or vanquished, in
the fall of 1918. AS a result, we must
eouip the army gradually and part of
the annual budget wish it could be
as large a part as possible-must be
saved for future needs. In considera-
ton of these facts, the army budget
for 1924 has been estimated at about
6oo. 200, 600 Polish zloty (about $780,
ooo. o0o) or one-third of the state
budget
Finances of Poland.
The Polish mark appears to be
stabilized at about 100000 to the
American dollar. A new currency
that will be based on the gold franc
(one franc is worth 1913 cents), will
be introduced July 1, If the hopes
Of the Polish government are real
ized.
Last December Wladyslaw Grabski,
who had served as minister of finance
in other Polish cabinets, was not only
made prime minister and minister OF
finance but was given unlimited au-
thority for six months to stabilize the
Polish mark. This is how he did it:
There are both optimists and pessi-
mists in Poland as regards the f1nan-
cial outlook L understand that even
Grybski admits that, if by July 1, he
can not get the 5o0,000,0o0 gold francs
in foreign loans, which the sejm
(parliament) has authorized him to
get, he does not know what will be-
come of the Polish mark by next
next fall. Some Polish financial ex-
perts with whom I have spoken are
even more pessimistic.
Take More Hopeful View.
On the other hand there are many
optimists who have been cheered up
recently by the loan of 100,000,000
francs which the Italian government
has announced it is willing to make
to Poland.
Poland, like Austria and Germany,
when the local money was dropping,
suffering from what in central Europe
is cal kapital fiucht" tthe fight of
Evening star., 1924-01-22

$1.5O Heavy White
r N a m eled Bathroom
Stools, nicely finished.
Has rubber-tipped legs.
January Sale price. soc.
$3.50 Rid-Jid Folding
Ironing Boards. Easy
to handle. Strongly,
made. Will not wiggle.
wabble or jiggle. Janu-
ary Sale price, a2.sS-
&2.75 HyGeno Carpet
Sw epers. Metallic
Cases. mahogany finish
ed. Guaranteed remoV-
able brushes. January
sale price, $2.26.
SI.25 Jardinieres. 81
inch size, smooth glazed
finish, blue or green
colors. January Sale
price, SSc.
AHc Colonial Glass
ware Assortment, cholce
of Celery Holders, Fruit
Bowls and Handled Bon
Bons. January Sale
price, 35c.
S1.I3 Colonial Glass
Water Sets z pieces.
Clear crystal glass.
January Sale price, SIC.
$3.50 japanese China
Chocolate Sets. Z pieces,
prettily dec ora t e d.
January sale price,
$3.50.
Sl,0O Japanese China
Vases. .S-inch size, In
variety of pretty dec
eYatiens. January Sale
price, 5Dc.
1i.SD white Enam-
eled Cembinets, COM
piete with covers and
bail handles. q Q o d
: quality and sise. Jam
uary SaIs price. &c.
Evening star., 1924-01-22

sa.59 Porcelain Table
Tops, slightly marred;
choice of two sizes,
25x401s and 25x411a.
January sale price,
SI.dG.
S:2.e5 Dinner Sets.
100 pieces. American
semi-porcelain: pretty
floral medallion decora-
ton. ia nary sale
price, $19.s5.
SI.25 Pnrlor Floor
Brooms. Made of good
quality broom corn.
Four sewed. Has pol
ished handles. January
Sale price, 75c.
S:.25 Universal Food
Choppers. Family size,
complete with four cut
ting knives. January
Sale price, S1-S8.
$1.5O Universal CeHee
Mills. Glass tops. Wall
style. Will hold l
pound of coffee. Choice
of white enamel or
black finishes. January
sale price. 9Sc.
Spc Galvanized Gar
hare Cans. Heavy
quality. 16-Quart size.
ia AIRY Clearance
price. CSC.
$3.50 Wizard Floor
POlishers, with wAxers
and 1-pound of wax.
Ideal for polishing and
waxing floors. January
Sale price, 1888.
$2.25 Baxkarts. Made of
heavy splint wood, nice
finished rub b e r-tired
wheels. Ideal for mar
k etin or shopping.
January Sale prize e,
3I.SG
q RuyaI-Eourth Floer.