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Evening star., 1924-04-19

Years with -" in them have
played a curious role in the wars of
Japan. It was in 1894 that Nippon
waged her first great campaign
against China Ten years later, in
At the end of another decade. in 1914.
Japan declared war on Germany, and
after a short and relatively easy cam
paign in China won for the allied
cause its first important victory
against the common foe Geofrey
:Drage, a wen known member of the
British Parliament and an authority
on military and naval affairs, wrote
to the London Times the other day
that Japan is getting ready for
war In 1890" Mr.. Drage bases his
calculations on new preparedness pro-
grams adopted by the Japanese Diet
and the probable period that will
elapse before the country has recoy-
cred from the consequences OF the
earthquake.
Joseph C. Grew. who has just be-
come Undersecr retary OF State, took
office under peculiarly distressing
personal circumstances. He had only
been in Washington q day or two
when cables announced the sudden
death at Venice of his eldest daugh-
ter, Miss Edith, aged eighteen. She
and her mother and three sisters had
remained in Europe, intending to
Join Mr.. Grew At Washington next
summer Scarlet fever overlook Miss
Grew while she was touring Italy
with a schoolgirl chum. She was to
| y, n
court with her mother in June. Mrs,
Grew, who was Perry of Boston and
is a descendant OF Commodore Perry,
spent three years of her girihood in
lessor at the Imperial University.
x r \
Most members OF Congress are be-
ginning to revise their plans for the
summer They expect to be sentenced
to spend July and August in this
equatorial CLINE. Only optimists
think taxation, bonus and the other
ills that the Sixty-eighth Congress is
heir to will be out of the way by the
time House and Senate adjourn for
the conventions recess II Capitol
Hill functions over the summer and
the President carries out his inten-
ton to remain at the White House,
Washington will have a buster hot
season than at any time since tne
war.
General Dawes vice presidential
tcom. coyiy launched by this OBJ
server ten days ago, has received
exalted Endorsement. The New York
Herald-Tribune, Republican organi-
zation oracle, gives the suggestion its
official blessing, and Is now ener-
getically boosting the "cussing br;ga-
dier" as a suitable running mate for
Calvin Coolidge in 1924. The Herald
,rribune's argument Is that Vice
Presidents must no longer be nomi-
mated in haphazard fashion. but
chosen with a view to their eminent
fitness, so that emergencies will not
find a second-rater constitutiona1iy
elevated to the White House. Dawes,
in the eHeraldTribune's opinion, quail
lies
Mistaken opinions prevail that the
United States government exercises
some form of censorship over radio
programs They are as untrammeied
as the air itself, as far as Uncle Sam
is concerned. Hoovers Department
of Commerce has a radio division Tin
the bureau of navigation}, IN charge
OF q '-chiet radio supervisor" bat the
Evening star., 1924-04-19

Superpower will make the UAitsd
States uncomfortable. without sugar
power and with manufacturing con-
central ed in the northeastern section,
this country might prove a relatively
easy prey for invasion by q strong
enemy.
Wars as conducted now are no
longer merely questions of armies
and navies. War today is a question
OF entire nations. That is because
we have so increased the scope of
warfare and made'it a gigantic me-
chanical operation. We used more
equipment and munitions in a single
day III the world war than in entire
campaigns heretofore.
All this brings US inescapably to
the conclusion that we must have as
a means of defense all industry cap
able of being rapidly organized and
put to work on tremendously in
creased scale. Two things we abso-
lutely must haye-raw materials and
power. We must have them avail
able when needed.
Lessons Learned In War.
The world war made a titanic test
of our productive facilities-such a
test as 3 careful engineer imposes
upon a new type OF machinery to de-
termine If it can stand the strain in
an emergency. Careful observations
and records by the War Industries
Board make it possible for us to learn
salutary lesson from experiences
during the war days.
Bernard NJ. Baruch and those as
rsociated with him in the Council of
National Defense and the War In
dustrieS Board did a much better
job in supplying the materials nee
essary to back up the men in the
trenches in quantities never before
people of this country generally
have appreciated. This was because
these industrial leaders found ex
treme difficulty in securing an ade-
quate supply of energy for operating
munitions factories and other plants
for furnishing essential supplies and
materials.
1t is now a matter of Army ord
nance record that alarming power
shortages developed in the industrial
districts OF New England, New Jer-
sey, eastern and western Pennsyl-
studies made by the best engineer
ing skill. which had promptly rallied
to the support of the government
showed that the trouble was mainly
that of distribution rather than Of
generating capacity.
Shortage and Surplus.
While there was extreme need for
more power in northern New Jersey,
there was a surplus in New York
City, few miles away. Boston also
had a surplus of power. while prac-
tically all the rest of Industrial New
England had immediate need for
more than the local stations could
furnish. Shortages also existed in
the coal regions of western Penn
sylvania and Ohio. All OF these in
dustrial handicaps in a time when
maximum and uninterrupted pruduc-
ton meant the saving of lives OF
our boys overseas might have been
met II we then had had superpower
systems in operation.
We found IL necessary to establish
priorities in the use OF power in
order that the more essential activity
might be supplied at the expense of
less important users. The lack Of
power at various times and places
was in a large part due TO lack OF
interconnection whereby one source
of power could have aided another
The engineers OF this country real
lied the situation and some intercon-
Evening star., 1924-04-19

Q. Is the United States Chamber os
CONNER supported By the govern
ment"-C. H 3. j
a The Chamber Of Commerce OF
the United States has no official con
| nection with the government. 1t IS
purely voluntary organization OF
business men, or, more strictly, or
buSlness mems organizations, since
IL is u federation. 1t is controlled
| by its organization members 1t is
! financed by the dues it receives from
| non-votins individual and ASSOCIATE
members.
Q. Why does it Kill trees TO girdIc
them?--D a. c.
A The Department of Agriculture
says that they die because the inner
| bark and living sapwood is severed.
vital c9nnection is thus cut off be-
| tween the roots, which absorb water
and raw food material, and the leaves,
| which transform water and material
into elaborated plant food.
g, How deep is the deepest weuc-
drilled measures 1873 feet. II is
known as the !. II. Lake No. I, No.
1904 Of the Hope. Natural Gas Com
pany's West Virginia series. Tho
| drilled to depth of 6,72o feet by
| September II, 1917. New cable was
not secured until October 81, 1918.
and operations were resumed then.
| The we'll was finally plugged by a
large caVing of its walls, which COW
cred up the tools at the bottom Oh
the hole. While attempting to with
draw them the cable parted. No oil
or gas was found.
Q. What color reflects the most
hght?-J. W. J.
A Yellow reflects more light than
any other color in the spectrum.
Q, How is barley sugar made:-
A. Barley sugar is one of the rec
put on hot pan, without water, and
| heated. Turn and stir the sugar ur-
| Ill it is = golden brown color. This
Is barley sugar.
Q. How many plays did Shake
speare writers NJ
A. In the course of his career he !
wrote thirty-seven plays. 1t is
| thought that he wrote his collection
| or sonnets between 1593-159S. Dow
den, the great Shakespearean author
| ity, has divided the dramatist's life
| into four periods, called I'm tho
| Workshop" I'm the World" out OF
| the Depths" and "On the Heights
Q; How wide is the Red Sea?-A
| NJ. u.
4. The distance across the Red Sea-
varies from 100 to 200 miles
| Q. have lost my Army discharge
| papers Where can l get a duplicate?
H. l.
| A A copy of your discharge papers
| can be obtained by applying to the
| adjutant generals office. War De-
! partment, Washington, d. c. giving
! name, former rank and organization.
! date of enlistment, date of discharge
| and home address.
| tFrederic j. Rdskin IS e7npIoyed Jp
| 'hts paper 10 handle the inquiries Of our
| 'eGders, and yoaI are t1itfted TO call upoy,
| him as freely and as often Gs yo4 pEcGsc.
isk anything that IS q matter of fac!
md the authority Uiu be quoted There
| s no charge for this se71ice. Ask rh1&
ou lcdnt, sign your fuII name and d>E-
| tresS and incLoSe . cents in STAMPS for
eTGTn postage. Address The star ina
orTbGtioT Bureau, Frederic j. Raskin.
director, 1870 North C0pftol street,
Evening star., 1924-04-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON

Busy Day.
Had to 90 to work.
Wouldn't dare to shirk
Early in the day,
Getting under way.
Flivver hit q rock,
But survived the shock
Almost bumped a COP
Called on me to stop!
Said in accents hard,
Where's your license card
Once more under way,
After much delay.
Got confused complete
In q one-way street
Found my shop at last,
But went driving past
FIivvers everywhere
Rugged the curb with care
Saw a vacant space
In a distant place:
But the sign so queer
Read, mo Parking Here
Still I persevered.
Round the block I steered;
Then round three or four,
Then round several more
Drove in grief profound
Round and round and round
Till the gas gave ont
Heard the angry shout
From a fiivver mob
Made my pulses throb-
Don't stand there all day
Blocking peoples way!"
Pushed the fiiv along
Past the threatening throng
Got more gasoline.
Roamed the crowded scene;
Looked for parking ground
Round and round and round.
Night began to fall.
Did no work at all.
Yet, I want to say,
Had a busy day!
I had done my best.
Through my troubled rest
/ kept driving on
TIL the early dawn,
In my sleep unsound,
Round and round and round!
Evening star., 1924-04-19

II results are as certainly known in
advance as now asserted, most Of the
delegates to the big national conyen.
tons are going merely for the pleasure
Of the excursion.
Evening star., 1924-04-19

After becoming acquainted with the
ideas Of Mr.. Dawes, the citizens Of
Germany are more than ever inclined
to get together and get somewhere,
Evening star., 1924-04-19

The idea that fortune disintegrates
so fast that it is only three genera
tions from shirt sleeves to shirt
sleeves originated in days when
lawyers were not so astute in n,anag.
ing large estates.
Evening star., 1924-04-19

Efforts OF immigration experts to
enable foreign nations to conserve
their n2anpower are not highly con-
sidered by various statesmen abroad.
Evening star., 1924-04-19

The Japanese government is now
wondering whether a rather blunt style
Of diplomacy is not responsible for
kicking the welcome" of the United
States door mat.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
Rate by MaiEPayable i'll Advance.
Maryland and Virginia.
All Other States.
Member of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
20 the use for republication OF all news dis
patches credited TO it or not otherwise credited
"a this paper and also the local news pub.
Iished herein All rights OF pablica ton Of
special dispatches hereih are also reserved.
Evening star., 1924-04-19

According to several authorities the
chief merit OF the direct primary sys-
tenn les in the fact that 1t saves a
great deal Of mental effort in the way
OF guesswork.
Evening star., 1924-04-19

The charges against Senator
Wheeler are regarded by his friends as
representing a very poor piece Of
sleuthing.
Evening star., 1924-04-19

It has been decided by leaders of
both parties that there is room In the
ring only for one hat at time.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
Where Coueism Fails.

From the Kansas City Star
We wish we could get our child to
smile as delightedly over a plain, un-
buttered slice of bread as the kids do
in the bakers advertisements
Evening star., 1924-04-19
Sharing . Disadvantage.

"Women's clothes have become man
nish."
They have" answered Miss Cay
enne. Some Of US now wear skirts so
tight they bag at the knees"
Evening star., 1924-04-19
A Tenants Impression

OF hard-earned pay take my bit
Unto the landlord grim and strange.
He gathers in the most Of It
And gently murmurs, Keep the
change
Evening star., 1924-04-19

Jud Tunkins says man who IS well
satisfied with himself is generally
harder to please in other respects.
Evening star., 1924-04-19

The Evening Star with the SunlsT morning
edition. is delivered ty carriers within the
city at 80 cents per month; daily only, <o
cents per month SUNDAY only, 70 cents per
month. Orders may be sent by mail or teie-
phone Main 5000. Collection 10 made by car
Eiers at the end OF each month.
Evening star., 1924-04-19
Not q Proper Gamble.

RI never like to play any game
merely for the fun OF it." remarked the
man OF sporting inclination.
I'm that case" remarked Senator
Sorghum. '-you want to keep away
from politics. That's one game you
can't play for money these days"
Evening star., 1924-04-19

"a good speechmaker," said Uncle
Eben, els liable to find de p'litical Of
fees goin' to men dat don't pay 50
much 'tendon to givin' free entertain
ment.e xus,; ,.ss,
Evening star., 1924-04-19
THEODORE w. MOVES. . Editor
The Eyening Star Newspaper Company

Business Office, 1ith St and Penusylyania Ave.
New York Office: 10 East 42nd st.
Chicago Office: Tower Building.
European Once: 16Regent St., London, England.
Evening star., 1924-04-19

@. What color reflects the most
light?-J. W. J.
A Yellow reflects more light than
any other color in the spectrum.
Evening star., 1924-04-19

Q. How is barley sugar made
A. A.
A. Barley sugar is one Of the rec
ognized stages in the cooking of
sugar. Granulated sugar should be
put on a hot pan, without water, and
heated. Turn and stir the sugar IN
Ill it is = golden brown color. This
is barley sugar.
Evening star., 1924-04-19

Q. What was the date of the fire
hat destroyed Herzog's Theater, 9th
and r streets northwest 20. D. c.
A. The fire occurred at 2:23 am.
December 5, 1886.
Evening star., 1924-04-19

Q. Did the first Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt die at the same time as
theodore Roosevelt's mother?-M S.
A. The first Mrs Theodore Roose-
yelt died October II, 1884, within a
few hours of the death of President
RooseYelt's mother.
Evening star., 1924-04-19

several excellent books on popular
medicine, after having given many
years to the study of spiritualism,
has recently published a little book,
entitled The Truth About Spiritual
ISM" that well states the case against
belief in that cult The following
extracts are, frpm his final chapter.
summarizing his conclusions: "I am
prepared. fnaiiy and deliberately.
after a quarter of a century of study.
observation and personal experiences
with mediums psychics and sensi-
tives, to record 1t as my deliberate
feStations of spiritualism are a fraud.
frances, visions and speak
ing with tongues are fully
explained, well known and estab-
| employment OF either hypnotism or
the methods Of psychoanalysis, in so
far as these methods have been ap-
piled to mediums, has served to show
tnat their Shirts or images originate
| in their own subconscious minds:
that they are self-deceived humans;
that there is nothing Supernatural
| about the ghosts they see or the mes
saEes they purport TO receive; that
the whole thing is a trick made pos
| sible by the subeonscious-by means
| Of the we'll known psychic laws of
mental transference and psychic pro-
lection. Science has not ac-
cepted, and does not accept or in
| dorse,s spiritualism." ,,,..
| 't-H X r X 4 ~
One of Woodrow Wilson's last let
ters was a request TO his publishers
to send a set of his History of the
American People" to the Meiji Uni
versity of Toxic, which is collecting
| books to replace those destroyed by
the Japanese. earthquake. A copy of
| this, the most extensive work by Mr..
Wilson, has gone to Japan.
kf 4 x
Ellen Glasgow recently said that
she considered the six greatest Eng
lish novels to be: tom Jones'" "Van-
ity Fair" David Copperfield," Jude.
the Obscure" THE Egotist" and "An
Old Wives Tale" The Booklover
would cut out Jude, the Obscure"
| and substitute adam Rede," and
would add . seventh. The Forsyte
Evening star., 1924-04-19

them?--D. A. c.
A The Department of Agriculture
says that they die because the inner
bark and living sapwood is severed
Vital connection is thus cut off be-
tween the roots, which absorb water
and raw food material, and the leaves,
which transform water and material
into elaborated plant food.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-25
JELLYFISH DRIVING
HERRING FROM SEAS

BREMERHAVEN, June 25.-Eu-
ropean ichthyologists have become
greatly exercised by the diminished
numbers of haddock and herring in
the North Sea from which England,
Holland, Germany and various other
countries obtain their principal fish
supplies, and several conferences
have bee nheld by those interested IL
the fish industry to consider what
steps may be taken to remedy the
situation. The herring began to
disappear three years ago and the
paddock some months later.
Fish experts attribute the diinin-
ished numbers of both herring and
the haddock to the appearance in the
North Sea of Incredibly large
schools of jelly fish and various
forms of sea nettle which were
swept in from the Atlantic ocean
in 1920, when several changes were
reported in the different Atlantic
currents.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-25
WALSH ADDRESS
FIRES CONVENTION
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official conduct of a member Of
his cabinet"
Senator Walsh said President
Coolidge had historic warrant for
his attitude, recalling that wien
the British house of commons
sought to investigate the Duke Of
Buckingham, Charles would not
permit it.
Charles lost his head" the SEN
ator added, "and Calvin Coolidge
may profit politically by his cxom-
pie"
Declaring the republican party
to be impotent in the face of "an
impending national calamity" SEN
ator Walsh said that because of an
antagonisms within it's ranks it had
ceased to be an organization
through which the business of the
country can be carried on.
ut has no remedy, it offers no
relief from the paralysis that af-
flicts agriculture, threatening every
form of industry" the chairman
said. Moreover it finds itself
plagued with representatives, in both
houses of congress, holding views
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-25

ing with fran relief.
With the forces behind William
G. McAdoo gaining the first victory
in the election of their choice as
chairman of the resolutions commit
tee, the democratic convention has
settled down for its great task Of
making platform.
Homer S. Cummings, of Connec-
ticut, sponsored by McAdoo, was
chosen chairman of the committee
by reclamation. Cummings was
nominated by W. H. O'Brien, of In
diana. No other names were pres
ented and Cummings election was
made unanimous.
Senator Pittman, of Nevada, was
unanimously elected secretary ard
Senator Walsh, of Massachusetts,
was chosen chairman of the sub
committee on procedure.
Members of the resolutions cora,
mittee expect their session to be
engthy and strenuous, possibly con-
tinuing for two days, before the
platform draft is completed.
A project to follow the preced-
ent set by the Baltimore conven-
ton Of 1912 and continued at San
Francisco four years ago, and listen
to nominating speeches for presi-
dent before action on the party
platform, was approved by the rules
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-25
BRUNSWICK DUKE
WANTS TO RETURN

BRUNSWICK, Germany, June rs
Ernest August Duke of Brunswick
Luxembourg and son-in-law Of the ex-
Kaiser who has been living "a
Gmund since the revolution waiting
for better days, is reported to in
tend to return to Brunswick and
take up his abode in Blankenburg
Castle.
This announcement gives evidence
of the fact that the province Of
Brunswick is about to arrange fol-
a final settlement of the problepl
Of disposing of the property of the
former reigning house. Like the
Hohenzollerns in Prussia the
Brunswick grand-ducal family ha.
been engaged in a lawsuit with the
state government
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-25

cotton; don't let anything interfere
with the production of this great
staple crop, but if the farmers will
work half as hard as the city man
on salary has to if he holds his job,
lhere will be time enough to look
after the hog crop, too.
Il am of the belief that hog feed
ers will receive their reward in the
way of real profits this year. Hog
prices this fall promise to be better
than during some time past. A
close scrutiny of crop reports indi-
Gates this, and want Sumter coun-
ty farmers to share in this prosper
lily. Let every brood sow in the
county be bred now to farrow this
lfall, and when the cotton crop is
out of the way and warehoused
ready for sale, the hog crop will
come in as almost clear profit"
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BREED SOW NOW
FOR FALL FARROW
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farmers at every possible season.
It is not enough to harvest a good
crop every fall.
"Cotton is and, perhaps, always
will be, the great money crop OF
Sumter county. 1t has been and
still is the one commodity that can
be marketed at the convenience of
the farmer any day in the year,
and upon which he can conveniently
borrow, and our farmers safely
lend money. We must continue to
raise cotton, and / want every far
mer in the county to harvest a good
crop this fall. The poisoning cam.
paign under way here promises
real prosperity to our farmers this
fall-but they must never again put
all their eggs in one basket. Keep
right on blowing and poisoning the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-25

nomination out of the New York
arena, a great block of the dele
gates attending the Cleveland con-
ference would at once lose their en-
thusiasm over an independent OF
third-party candidate.
This would be true especially of
the delegates representing the
great railway brotherhoods and af-
filiated organizations.
McAdoo's nomination would put
before the Cleveland meeting a real
predicament and puzzling prob
lem.
Should the New York nomination
as is unlikely, be delayed until July
A or later, excuse will be found for
marking time at Cleveland until at
least Monday, July 7, before taking
up the issue of a candidate.
Delegates and visitors to the
Cleveland conference will be con
fronted at the convention hall by
the startling query, blazoned on
striking hand bills:
Are You a Cotusa?"
This is to warn delegates in ad-
vance so they may not fight first
and inquire the meaning of the
word later. Being asked if you ars
Cotusa doesn't mean that you are
suspected of bling some new brand
of mental or moral renegade.
A Cotusa, instead, is a perfectly
proper patriot.
Indeed, according to the "Ameri-
can Business Men" financing the
publication of the handbills, one
cannot be a genuine, 100 per cent,
24-carat patriot without belonging
to the Loyal Legion of Cotusa, the
motto of which is: "Never accuse
without proof"
Briefly, the organization, which
draws its name from the initials Of
"Citizens of the U. S. A." seeks 10
stop the reign Of rumor and gossip
about the honesty and integrity Of
public officials.