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candidate for election to a position o

candidate for election to a position oil
public trust" so to speak.
The avowed object of the conference
will be to "offset the attacks on Che in
dustry resulting from the congressional
oil-lease investigation The oil division
of society, the dispatch announcing the
call leads one to anticipate. is going to
recommend itself most highly. BY this
time the oil experts ought to know some
thing about the science or art of off
setting it was the "offSetting' opera
tons in the Teapot Dome territory that
started all the trouble.
1t may be difficult for the layman to
see why it should be necessary for the
oil industry to protect itself against pol
iticaI attacks of the kind now in evil
dence-unlesS. perchance, distruSt might
lead TO adverse legislation. Perhaps the
oil magnates are apprehensive on this
score. too. OF course allegations or in
situations of "crookedncss" will not de-
press the public's demand for gasoline
and other petroleum products. But what
of future opcrations-eXpansion projects
No industry can be absolutely indepen-
dent of public opinion concerning its
methods OF doing business. Lack of the
public's confidence cannot bu. :njure even
a business which produces something
that is indispensable to the public.
Much that the muckrakers have said
and are saying against the oil industry
is wholly irrelevant to the governmental
issues raised in the Teapot Dome in
vestigat.on. But there is nothing an
omalous about this; it is "the usual
thing" Will the oil conferecs undertake
to refute the implied charge that certain
government officials were bribed to lease
the navy's oil-reserve lands? That is
hardly to be reckoned upon.
No; it will be game of psychology
Offset is probably the most nearly
accurate word that could be used to de-
fine the oil industry's purpose. All the
virtues of the industry will be exhibited
These virtues will be depended upon to
"offset,' in the popular mind. the alleged
vices irferentially or directly imputed
to oil by the muCkrakers. Get the
peoples mind off the alleged evils, and
set it to work upon the actual virtues
that's the ticket.
In the meantime-no slam at the oil
men, who are merely invoking the first
law OF Nature. which is self-protection-
many truly governmental issues of i'm
portance will be lost in the scramble.
Between Big Business and little polit-
clans the sovereignty OF the people leads
a dogs life.
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IN THIS WE EXCEL

People who have been expecting 1924
to be banner year will not be disap-
PORTED. More dirty political line; is
going to be displayed during the next
eight months-between now and No
vember-than was ever before taken
from this country's political clothes ham
per. Presidential years are usually
periods of undertaking, but indications
are that this one is going to be of ban
ner proportions in this respect-if it has
not already achieved such distinction
The Teapot Dome scandal furnished
a beginning-but only a beginning, il
seems. Politicians will not be permit
ted to monopolize the propaganda in
dustry. The oil division of society is
determined to assert its rights.
A general conference OF the oil in
Lustry has been called for March %. Ii
might be termed a convention but for the
probability that the public will not be
admitted. The oil industry as a whole
will nominate itself as a candidate
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A MESSAGE TO THE MOON

For a long time man has had designs
on the moon. He has evolved schemes
for reaching and exploring it, just as
he has planned expeditions to Mars, this
planet and the earth's satellite cncourag-
ing such mental flights by their COM
parativc nearness to the earth. And
now comes Professor Robert II. God
dard, head of the Department of Physics
at Clark University, with the announce
ment that he has solved the difficulty
of communication.
He is reported to- have designed a
rocket by which he will send message
to the MOON This rocket will travel at
an incredible speed, thousands of miles
an hour while in the radius of the earth
gravitation and still faster as it is re-
leased from this force. Intricate compu'
tations beyond the lay mind have been
made, and the result may be OF value
to science in the future. Who knows
Though it is only the part of ignor-
ance to smile at any such project while
the everyday discoveries and accom-,
plishments of science put the tales OF
Baron Maunchausen to shame. still q
question always persists about these CT
forts 70 communicate with Mars or tho
moon. Suppose the rocket does col
Tide with the chief ornament OF thC
heavens" Will Professor Goddard have
any way of knowing it has reached it'
destination? And if he does, from whom
might a return message be expected
The beautiful lady whose profile is upo'
the satellite, or that jolly old scalawag
the Man in the Moon?
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WHEN PREMIERS BECOME
HUMAN.

Some wise man has observed that
it is quite impossible to hate any
one you really know-which is another
way of saying that deep down in the
hearts of men is a sincere effort to
be right.
Nothing bearing on international
relations in months has struck the
human note more impressively and
touchingly than the exchange of per-
sonal letters between Premier Mac
donald of England and Premier Poin-
care of France. The credit belongs
primarily TO the former for having
taken the initiative in a man-to-man
appeal for a spirit of friendliness and
Cancellation in the accommodation of
the differences of the nations these
men represent.
The Albert Hall address of the
British Premier deserves, as public
political expressions do, the descrip-
tive word beautiful :" and the letter
to Poincare is in the same spirit. "We
can ne frank without being hostile
and can defend our countries inter-
ests without being at enmity
once appreciated, would go far to
minimize the dangers of wars. The
response of Poincare is an almost i'm
pulSlve reaching fortn Tor tne prOitereu
hand: "My own frankness shall be
no less than yours. and if, in defense
of French interests. | show the same
fervor rs you in defense of British
interests, you may be sure that
nothing will ever change the cordial
ity of my deep-rooted feelings
which promises much.
The moment statesmen divorce
.Lon,aal-a- fran, tho iIaa tbut in in
ternational controversies they must
strike theatrical pose in order to
play stunning role upon the stage.
and realize that they may meet rs
men in the spirit of humanity. the
world will be less frequently in the
shadows. ,ss
Macdonald has struck new, note
and it is musical.-New York.
World :
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CHAPTER VII.
The PrIIIe.


On the evening of the day that had
seen the meeting between HOLES and
Tucker, at about the same hour that
Sir John Lawrence was yainly rep
resenting at Whitehall the cxpediency
of closing the theaters and other
places of congregation in view of the
outbreak of plague within the city
itself. His Grace of Buckingham was
sitting down to supper with merry
company in the great dining-room Of
Walingford House.
Eleven sat down to n. table that
was laid for twelve. The chair on
the Dukes right stood empty. The
guest of honor. Miss Farquharson,
had not yet arrived. At the last mo
ment she had sent n message that
she was unavoidably detained Tor
some little time at home, and t1at.
if on this account it should happen
that she must deny herself the honor
of sitting down to supper at ms
grace's table. at least she would reach
Wallingford House in time for the
reading with which his grace was 10
delight the company.
II was in part fiction. There was
nothing to detain Miss Farquhafson
beyond n revival of her uneasy intui-
tions. which warned her against the
increase of intimacy that would at
tend her inclusion in the Duke :
sumner party. The play, however.
was another affair. Therefore she
would so time her arrival that she
would find supper at an end and the
reading about to begin.
His grace found her message Vexa;
! tious. and he would have postponed
! supper until her arrival but that his
| guests did not permit him to have
| his own way in the matter. As the
truth was that there was no first act
| in existence. for the Duke had not
yet written a line Of it and probably
never would, and that supper was to
| provide the whole entertainment. u
| follows that this would be protracted
| and that however late she came she
was likely still to find the party al
| table.
| They were very merry company
and as time passed they grew mer'
rier. There was E.heredre, of course
| the real promoter of the whole al
fair. and this elegant, talented liber
tine who was ultimatc,y-and at
still early age-to kill himself Will
drinking. was doing the fullest Justice
TO the reputation which the vinecuI
had already earned him. There was
Sedlsy, that othrr gifted prof.igate
whose slim. graceful person gave little
indication of the T ,iStering soul within
Young Rochester should lave been o.
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LABELS.

We Americans are governed to q
great extent by labels. We talk OF
"World Peace" as if World Peace
were a very accessible something. lik'
Campbells Soups, to be obtained for
the asking. We speak of honesty and
morality and various other qualities
forgetting that there are different def
initions of those things, and failing
to realize sometimes that the right
definitely, the one an intelligent, open
minded person would give, may be al
together different from the one we our
selves, have in mind. This is true OF
the term the "best man." which a
group of Democratic women from
seven states, meeting in Cleveland for
school of democracy" are bandying
about. The women at Cleveland,
nominal members of the Democratic
party, if anyone knows just what that
is, have decided it is not political here
sy to vote for the "best man." even
though it be necessary TO scratch the
Democratic ticket i'll order to do so.
In these days, when the Democratic
party, once the party of states rights.
has become so'far as the majority OF
its leaders are concerned the party OF
intcrnationalism, and the Republican,
party, one differentiated from its con-
temporary by its stand in favor of a
strong central. government and a pro-
tective tariff. has come largely to rep
resent the nationalistic sentiment. of
the nation. in so far as it represents
any one great principle, there may be
some excuse for voting for the best
man." Under normal conditions. how
ever. such voting is not in accord with
reason or in harmony with the best
interests of the country. The best
man" should. serve the best principles
or what apepar to the individual voter
to be the best principles. The worst
man." therefore. may be the best
man." insofar as his public usefulness
is concerned.-St. Paul Dispatch.
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THE WHITE HOUSE CANARY

It's pity that Peter the Great added
barbering to the worlds industries. II
he hadn't developed an aversion to mat.
tress chins. matched jowls and weeping
willow lips, possibly there would now
be no such incongruous situation from
Washington. Maybe the principal occu-
pant OF that famous dwelling would be
a man with such a fine sense of har-
mony as that manifested by the wag-of-
a-wit who. to prove that he was an
extremely tough guy" declared that
where he came from" all the canary
birds sang bass and all the men shaved
with blow-torches.
Nobody believed him, of course; par
ticularly skeptical was everybody as to
the canary birds. Everybody knows that
canary birds put the flute and the vio-
lin in the cellar.
Butt has been discovered, and au-
thentically announced. that the canary
bird at the White House sings bass.
Yes, sir; s a fact. And his names
Lohengrin. He was presented to the
presidential household. as an important
addition to the menagerie donated by
admring friends, by the International
Role, Canary Breeders Association.
He's bird of many medals; medals
awarded to him, if you please, for his
attachments as bass singer.
He can sing three octaves lower than
middle Ga feat which no human voice
has vet been able to perform. He can
and does MARBLE mine changes or diff
:erent tours
SO, the President of these United
States has his abode where at least one
Of the canary birds sings bass. The
would be almost perfect if
Mr.. Coolidge were in a position to in
stall blow-tOrch shaving set, one might
think. But. alas! All the pictures show
him as a modern product OF Peter the
Greats philosophy.
How over. the situation is not as hope
less as the logic Of this incongruity might
lead one to think Maybe some of the
politicians regard this undemonstrative,
non-talkativc little New Highlander il the
White House as an extremely soft
guy Ycah-and maybe some of them
have had occasion to feel that they had
been shaved with blowtorch them
selves.
There are ways and ways of dealing
with unscrupulous men. President Cool
idgc has his way He doesn't buster.
He doesn't swaggcr. He doesn't threat
en-. Perhaps his way Of being "rough"
with these who deserve blowtorc,l treat
mcnt is as different from the commonly
expected. the too frequently practiccd,
way of the average politician as the
White House canary birds bass is STIR
prislng to those who had regarded that
kind of bird as wholly mythical.
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THE PUBLIC'S THE GOAT"

The Mellon tax-reduction plan. based
Upon a principle known to economists
as Enthusiastically sound. is lost-irre
trievably lost Consequently the United
States, the American people, will dc.
privcd OF the maximum benefits of tax
reduction-benefits that would have APP
peared in the form of quickcned indus
trial and commercial activities. Instead
individuals whose incomes are absorbed
without appreciate effect upon the ma
tional economic system-incomes that
are not generally used to create new
sources OF prosperity-will be benefited
in that they will have to pay little
less tribute to the government If
there is to be an industrial and COM
mercial renaissance it must be produced
i'll some other way; the way pointed
out by the secretary of the treasury has
been rejected.
Who is to be blamed for this misad-
venture in the nations political affairs
Not only those who opposed the Mellon
bill. Not only the authors and sup
porters of the substitute measure. Not
only the Democratic leaders and their
followers.
But didn't the Democrats make the
taX-reduction project a partisan issue
No. They took advantage of situa-
ton which had been created by the Re
publicans. Both parties are to be
blamed. The Democratic party simply
jumped in to beat the Republicans at
their own game.
There is no indication that Secretary
Mellon designed his plan as a partisan
measure though possibly he assumed that
the Republicans were strong enough in
Congress to insure its adoption. 1t is
also possible that he overestimated the
Democrats sense of national duty and
underestimate their sense of political
acdusitiveness.
But though Secretary Mellon protested
a desire to effect tax reduction on a
non-partisan basis. there were Republi-
can members of Congress who counted
upon making political capital out of hi:
plan. AT the outset they were naughty
uncomrromising; the proposed tax re
duction must rebound to their party,
welfare. Everybody was in favor o.
reducing taxes; therefore the Republic
can party, giving the country wha
everybody wanted. would be sitting
pretty for the next presidential election
A fine scheme-but it didn't work
Partisan politics is game that can b'
played two ways. The Democrats haC
to do something to prevent the Republi
cans from getting all the thanks TO
about the only achievement in which
the entire country was intensely inter
ested. SO. the Democrats cooked up
plan to ingratiatc themselves in the pub
lie favor; plan nominally designed t.
benefit the poor and mulct the rich.
1t was not until defeat was staring
them in the face that the Republican
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

People were naughty. even in the
old days. but they didn't call it liberal
ism-Duluth Herald.
Now and then congress is compell-
ed to interrupt its law-making," says
a contemporary. What law-making:
Ledger Dispatch.
High brows are not a sign of in
telligence. declares n psychologist. But
they do help putting up good front
Star.
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about the statuesque bare neck of Miss
Howden, her lovely dark head upon
his shoulder; she saw Stanhope on
high, capering absurdly, his wig awry,
his speech hating and indecorous; and
she saw some others in attitudes that
even more boldly proclaimed the license
presiding over this orgy to which she
had been hidden.
Continued i'm Our Next Issue.)
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Daily only average. .2S6i1
Sunday only average ......32076
The above totals and averages for paid cir
culation exclusive Of all spoiled copies and any free
copies OF nature.
We hereby swear that the foregoing statement OF
paid circulation IS correct.
II. c. BROWN
Circulation Manager.
c. L. BUCHANAN.
Business Manager.
Sworn and subscribed to before me this ls day
OF March. A. D., 1894.
CseaD FRED J. BONNER JR.,
Notary Public
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A Puzzle a Day

A man was asked the age of his
youngest son. He replied: II am
4 and 40; my SON is one-eighth of
twice 4 and 49," How old was the
son?
Yesterdays answer:
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1t now seems that when Mr.. Mclean
wrote Fall that check for 100000 he
had only $4,000 in the bank, so it prob
ably is correct that Fall didn't cash it.
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The box contained Havana Per-
fectos. The two words are composed
of the letters. which made up the
words, Have Fort Pecans.,
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Motion Pictures.
Palace: Anna Q. Nilsson in GLOW
ing Gold"
Empire: Betty Compson in "Wom-
an TO Woman"
Princess: J. Warren Kerrigan in
THE Man From Brodneys."
Rialto: Lon CLANCY in THE Hunch-
back of Notre Dame"
Royal: Tom Mix in "Catch Ny
Smoke"
Stock.
Grand: .limmic ..Slats, Allard in
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paper changed 10 give both old and new addresses
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Where to Go
Motion Pictures,

Vaudeville.
Majestic: Big Time Vaudeville.
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Stock.
Grand: Jimmie Stats Allard in
Happy Days"
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FEBRUARY CIRCUIATIO,

FEBKI AIRY IK(TIATIUN
The maid circulation OF The San Antonio Light
during the month Of February, day by day. was as
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Yesterdays answer:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-02
FEARS CIVILIZATION
SPEEDS TO OWN DOOM
John D., Jr., Says Material Prog
ress Must Not Outstrip
Religion.

By the Assoc ia ted Press.
NEW YORK, December 2.-The
"headlong progress" OF the past Few
generations lis leading civilization
toward it's own humiliation" John
d. Rockefeller, jr., honorary presi-
dent of the Park Avenue Baptist
Church Bible class, told his pupils
yesterday. Mr.. Rockefeller based his
contentious on the ground that "civi-
lization, the accumulation of mind
and matter, has temporarily. out
stripped religion"
Religion must quicken its pace,
he said. "Otherwise man will not
wake in time to save himself from
the nightmare Of war" But civiliza
ton has not outgrown religion in the
United States. Mr.. Rockefeller main
tanned. In the last "a years, he as
serted, population has increased SO
per cent, but in that time the total
membership Of Protestant and Catho-
lie churches has increased more than
120 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-02
FOUR HURT IN FIGHT.
Three Men Shot, Boy Struck by
Weight in Kentucky Court Battle.

SHELBYVILLE, Ky, December 3
Three men were shot and d boy struck
with a scale weight in a fight at
Mount Eden, 10 miles from here, yes
terday, when a father and two of his
sons are alleged to have forced en-
trance to an improvised courtroom
where another son was being ar
raigned on liquor law violation
charge.
Minor Martin, ST.; Minor Martin,
jr.. and Edward Carpenter, constable,
were shot. Minor Martin. jr.. was re-
ported seriously wounded. Normand
Martin, Is, was struck with the scale
weight. Gilbert Martins arrangement
is reported TO have brought about the
fight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-02
BOAST LOW MURDER RATE
Williamson County's Figures
Down Despite Khan War

MARION, Ill, December 2-Despite
the ku klux Khan and antf-klan war
rare OF Williamson County. the MUIR
ger rate for the county was three be-
low the average this year, retiring
Coroner William MCGOWAN reported
to the county board OF supervisors
yesterday.
In which he had an average OF III
lnquests and 81 murders year.
Eighteen murders were committed in
this county this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-02
LAUDED IN DENMARK.
Press Warmly Congratulates Brit
ish Dowager Queen.
b. the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN, December 1.-The
entire press today warmly conGratu-
lates Dowager Queen Alexandra of
Great Britain on the occasion of her
eiShtieth birthday. They laud her
humanity and comment upon her con-
tinued love of her native country,
Denmark.
Tonight the Radio Club is broad
casting a special message, including
Alexandra's favorite songs and greet
ingS from her sister, the former Dow
ager empress of Russia
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Banker Takes Own Life.

COATSVILLE, Pa, December =
The body of Wallace Harlan, Is years
old, president of the National Bank
of Coatsville. with bullet wound
through the temple, was found in his
office. Nearby on the floor lay pistol
with one empty chamber. An inves-
tigation by Deputy Coroner Patrick
resulted in a verdict of suicide.
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Press Recalls kindness.

All the English newspapers today
published photographs of Queen Alex
andf'a with long memoirs of her life.
recalling especially her many acts of
kindness and her charity during her
reign with Edward and since her re-
tirement into private life.
Throughout London flags were
Gown from official and private offices
and dwelling and society leaders and
diplomats called IA Marlborough
house to sign the visitors book. The
Lord Mayor of London sent "A teie-
gam of congratulations on behalf OF
jhe citizens and royal salutes were
fired from Hyde Park and Windsor
Park and the bells of Windsor parish
ana Kings Lynn Church rang in honor
o. the anniversary