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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-09-26
fractions Improve
General Conditions

Cleveland, O.-Continued improve
ment of the financial condition OF
electric railways is shown in a survey
just completed by the American Elec-
trio Railway Association.
While during the last two years
some companies have gone into the
hands of receivers, much larger
number have emerged from receiver
ships, proving that the industry has
come through critical years stronger
than before and demonstrating that
electric railways are essential and
permanent.
Three important factors are con-
tributing to the recovery OF the IN
dustly, says the Ohio Committee on
Public Utility Information. These
factors are the breaking down OF the
five-cent fare barrier, the realization
by the public that destructive, unreg--
ulated competition is unsound, and
the fact that a number of companies
have been relieved Of the unjust eX-
pense of maintaining pavement that
is not used and not destroyed by
them.
The average rate of fare in tRe
country today is IA cents.
Electric railways experts say that
the public has learned that only
permitting the electric lines earnings
sufficient to meet all expenses and to
pay fair return on its invested cap
ital can these utilities give the service
desired and expand their facilities to
meet the constantly increasing trans
portation requirements.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-09-26
League of Nations
Wants Brain Service

Led by Macdonald and Herriot, the
Labor premiers Of Great Britain and
France, the representatives of 46 ma
tions, composing the Fifth Assembly
of the League of Nations, in Geneva,
Switzerland, took definite steps to
end war.
1t would be difficult to eXaggerate
the importance of this announcement.
No one can read the speeches de-
livered by Macdonald and Herriot
without being impressed by their sin
cerity.
'If this assembly" said MacDon-
aid, "could only be recorded on the
pages of history as an assembly which
did not merely give lip service to
peace, but brain service, it would be
distinguished above all gatherings Of
mankind that have met heretofore"
Herriot, in supporting Macdonald,
said:
"Let us have patience to make our
way through the stage which must
vet be crossed. The road is long, but
we must traverse it, arm in arm,
associating our efforts and our en-
deavOrs."
The Labor premiers went to Geneva
determined to get results. They did
not attempt to minimize the Difficult
ties which beset the path Of the ad-
vocates of international good will.
They boldly faced those difficulties
and declared that way could and
would be found to remove them.
1t was this spirit which made the
Geneva gathering success. For the
first time, in an international gather
ing of this character, Great Britain
and France were represented by
statesmen who hated war and loved
peace.
For the time being, the old-time
diplomats, the sword-rattling militar-
lists and the international bankers
were sent to the rear. Men who had
been placed in power by the work
ers commanded the situation-and
labor is for peace.
The program agreed upon, with i'm
pressive unanimity and enthusiasm,
NAV be summarized as follows:
The League will call an information
al conference OH ulSdIHldIlehC W po
held in Geneva.
The door will be opened so that
Germany and Russia may enter the
League. Of course, the United States
will always be welcome.
In the meantime committees will
struggle with the extremely difficult
task of determining how arbitration
between nations may be enforced
the League members are agreed that
force must be used-and how nations
like France may be guaranteed Sc
curity if they agree to beat their
swords into plowshares.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-09-26
PRACTICE LIMITED

To chronic affections of the head,
Nose, Throat, Stomach, Liver, Bowels,
as Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Bilious
ness, Constipation, DiarThoea.
Blood, Heart, Skin, rheumatism
Eczema, Pimples, Blood Poison, Bad
blood, etc.
Nerves, Spine, as Neuralgia, Head
ache, Sleeplessness, Dizziness, Nerv-
Gus Exhaustion, Dependency, Loss
of Memory, etc.
HOME TREATMENT FOR WOMEN
DR.. Weist's treatment for women
does not include any humiliation. No
operations, remedy is harmless and
can be used privately. Consultation
free and confidential.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-09-26
DISEASES OF MEN.
WHY CONSULT DIR. WEST?

He has made regular monthly visits
to this community for fifteen years,
and has an established practice. His
practice is limited to Chronic Di-
seases, and he has spent practically
all his life in the study and treat
ment of them. His practice consists
mainly of Iong-standing cases who
have failed to get satisfaction else
where.
REMEMBER
That Dr. Weist invites you to call
and consult him and investigate his
work and method of treatment and
that he charges absolutely nothing
for consultation and examination.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-09-26
{. c. WeiSt, M. D.
312 EIGHTEENTH AVE,
COLUMBUS. OHIO.

DR.. Weist wants a private, heart to
heart talk with every man who is
weak, nervous, broken down, dis
couraged, or suffering from any
disease caused by ignorance, eXcesses,
contagion, incompetent treatment or
neglect.
Evening star., 1924-02-06
A Flooded Mine.

A CHASTITY novelty in mine disasters
is reported from Crosby, Mimi, where
forty-two miners have been drowned
by a sudden inundation of the work
ings. It is believed that a small lake
beneath which the mine tunnels ex
tended sprang a leak, as it were, and
the water rushed into the shafts and
drifts without warning. The men were
caught as in trap, and only seven of
those who were on duty in the work
ings managed to gain the safety Of
skip or ore elevator and to reach the
surface. So swiftly did the flood in
wade the mine that within fifteen min
utes after the first movement Of the
water it was spouting out of the top
Of the shaft and the lake itself had
been drained empty.
Water is a menace in practically
every mine. AS the shafts are sunk
and drifts are cut subterranean
streams are encountered, and to han
die them pumps must be maintained.
The deeper and more extensive the
mine the greater the body of water
and the heavier the pumping equip
ment. The pumps are never stopped.
In larger mines are duplicate pumping
equipments for safety. Indeed, the
water-fghting organization. mechani-
cal and personal, is one Of the most
costly items Of mine maintenance.
In the case of a strike the question
Of manning the pumps is one Of the
most vital to be considered. Some
Ksags age during the Cow d'Alens
Evening star., 1924-02-06
stlske in Idaho the miners undertook

strike in Idaho the miners undertook
to call out the pumpmen. The mines
were very deep. and the water prob
lem was serious one. Had the pumps
been stopped the mines would have
fillad. and it would have required
weeks, perhaps months. of pumping
aftel ward to empty them for the re-
sumption of mining. The Army Off
GERS stationed there to preserve order
took the ground that these men must
not ueave their stations, because his
instructions commanded him to pro-
tect Rife and property in the name of
the federal government. The pumpmen
We're kept from flooding.
During the recent war some of the
larger mines in France were Just be-
fore the arunistiee flooded by the Ger
mans as a means of preventing them
from being of further use to the
French. 1t required many months to
empty them and put them in working
order again.
This Minnesota disaster is unique in
the history of mining. inasmuch as
apparently the entire body of surface
water entered the workings without
warning. Doubtless some slip oc-
CURED. perhaps caused by Il blast. 1t
was presumably an unavoidable acci-
'dent, for obviously it would have been
impossible by any exploration to de-
itermine the condition Of the roof"
)interposfng between the bottom of the
lake and the workings.
Evening star., 1924-02-06
Waning of the Mexican Revolt.

\ Evacuat tion Of Vera Cruz by the in
surgent Mexican forces is proclaimed
lby the ObSegon government as a sign
| that the revolt is in its last stage.
lAgents of the de IL Huerta organiza-
tion, however, deny that this military
movement" has that significance. This
is a wide discrepancy of view, but it
.nearinE an end. The revolutionists
have not succeeded in establishing
themselves strongly at any important
point save Vera Cruz. and the loss
of that city now deprives them of
their most valuable center Of opera
was thwared. and for some weeks
their campaign has consisted of de-
fenSive operations, with Il steady
series of reve.ses. The tide was
turned undoubtedly when the United
States agreed to sell the Obregon gov
ernment surplus munitions OF war and
later consented to allow the passage
yof federal troops through American
territory.
Recently the Huertistas have been
claiming that at least half of the
arms sent to Obregon from the United
States have been captured by their
forces or turned. over to them by dis
loyal Obregonistas. Apparently. how
ever. this leakage has not sufticed to
check the federal campaign, and de-
spite the present denials. which are
quite natural in the circumstances, it
would seem that the revolt is on the
decline.
Wi1lotH partisanship as between
the political factions in Mexico. the
American people desire the,restoration
of peace. in that country. They are
primarily concerned in the mainte-
nance of stable government there
They deplore the practice of "elec-
tior1s by revolt 1t is for that reason
that the decision of this government
to sell its surhlus arms and munitions
to Obregon, tine head Of the recognized
was. generally ap-
proved here.
Evening star., 1924-02-06
The Revenue Bill,

The proponents and opponents OF
the Mellon tax-reduction bill are to
come to close grips over the measure
next Monday, when the bill is to be
reported to the House as a privileged
measure for immediate consideration.
Controversy over the legislation prom
ises an epochal debate attended by
sharp political maneuvering. 1t has
been plainly shown that the bill could
not be considered as non-partisan legis-
lation. The differences of opinion be.
tween the two major political parties
are too acute.
The republicans. discovering this
fact early in the proceedings, neces-
sarily went ahead and reported their
own BILL to leave it in the lap Of the
fates on the threshold of the House.
No man alive can now foretell its
destiny beyond the certitude that when
it has gone through the legislative
mill it will have been pretty badly
mangled from its original form.
With this in prospect the country
can only hope that the process Of al.
teration will be short and soon over.
Let us have the reductions, be they
what they may" will be the fervent
prayer breathed by the people. Re-
suits are demanded, and at the earliest
possible day. Praise to the orators
who will extend their remarks in the
Congressional Record and let the
4
bill by voting.
The bill, as reported, contains but
few material changes from the orig
inal Mellon bill. 1t is inevitable that
with many men of many minds at
work upon it there must be very ma
terial changes in the perfected meas
ure.
Evening star., 1924-02-06
Wakefield.

The Wakefield National Memorial
Association is at work on it's plan to
restore the birthplace of George Wash
ington and ITO preserve old Wakefield
as a historical monument for the ma
tion." The association is to hold a
meeting in Memorial Continental Hall
on Washington's birthday. There has
been lack of that interest in Wake.
field which expresses itself in practi-
cal works. About thirty years,ago the
government bought the site Of the
house and a strip of land for a road
from the house site to Bridges creek,
where it built a long wharf. Steam
boats ceased to stop at theA wharf sand
at length ice wrecked it.
Few persons find their way Vo
Washington's birthplace. One couN
leave a steamboat at Wirt's wharf irl
Mattox creek and walk about four
miles along a farm road, or he could
get a team at Colonial Beach or
Nomini and drive over as ba6 roads
as are to be found in Virginia. After
the coming Of the automobile the' main
road down the northern neck" from
Fredericksburg was improved. but the
way from that road into the Washing
ton place on the Potomac between
Popes and Bridges creeks was a. pri-
vate road in which an auto would\mire
in wet weather and break it's springs
in dry weather. Recently a good road
has been built from the highway to
the Washington house site, and one
can easily get there in a machine.
But it is a lonely place. Wakefield
is not a village. 1t is the name of a
farm, and although Washington was
born at Wakefield" it is not likely
that he knew the farm by that name.
In the time Of John Washington, the
immigrant. his son, Capt. Lawrence
Washington, and Lawrence's son
Augustine, who was the father Of
George Washington, it was called the
Popes creek farm or the farm at Popes
creek. George Washington always
wrote of it in that way. The place
was named Wakefield by subsequent
Washington owner, and it Is believed
that this was done by William Angus
tine Washington, who was son of
Georges brother, Augustine, who in
herited that farm.
Recently the Wakefield Memorial
Association has bought seventy acres
Of the farm. outside of that which is
owned by the government. and plans
to buy a thousand acres, which was
the extent of the Washington farm
when George was born. The associa-
ton is also taking care Of the Wash
ington burying ground, which is in a
field off the road that leads from
where the house stood to where the
government wharf was. Not many
years ago that little cemetery lay un-
fenced in the fields, and cattle browsed
on the weeds among the graves. The
Colonial Danes Of Virginia in the zoos
caused a stone wall to be built around
the plot but it was In weedy, shabby
state when the Wakefield Memorial
Association took it under it's care.
Evening star., 1924-02-06
World Peace Plan Cited.
Fear of Entangling AlliancesAls"
Noted by Correspondent.

To the Editor of The Star:
There is well defined expression
of the people for some action of the
government for compelling cessa-
ton of hostile acts and leading to
continued world peace and an ever
expressed fear of entangling al
lance with foreign powers.
For 100 years there has been d
well known doctrine in force cover
ing nearly one-half of the world
which has protected American re
publics from encroachment or Tor
eien powers, and 1t does appear all 4
wars are caused by the encroacnmen1p =
of one power upon another.
Now as nearly all the powers or
the world, excepting ours, nave
ioined in a league of nations Tor the
ayowed purpose of settling interna-
tional disputes and preventing war,
ali that seems lacking is an influence
outside of the league that would
compel each of the powers to COM
ply with and obey it's findings and
demands.
Such an influence could well be
assumed by the government or the
United States by proclaiming a world
peace doctrine. and surely none OF
the contracting powers would care
to provoke the unfriendliness and
displeasure of this government.
This idea. put into practice. would
leave no occasion for the United
States to enter the league OF nations
or the world court for the welfare
and peace of the world, and WE
would escape all entangling alliances
EDGAR A. Nn1sox :.
Evening star., 1924-02-06
Governments Need of Buildings

In the course Of discussion of the
Treasury-Post Office appropriation bill
in the House Chairman Madden of the
appropriations committee and Chair
man Smell Of the rules committee in
cidentaIly expressed opinions of the
measure pending in the Senate which
would provide $50, 900, to be spent
at not exceeding s10,0Oo,OOo a year. for
public buildings at Washington. They
emphasized the governments need Of
buildings throughout the country.
Representative Smell said that in sew
eral cities mail is being sorted on the
sidewalk for lack Of housing. Repre-.
sentative Madden thought that build
ing costs are too high, and that a gen.
eral government building program
would increase the cost Of building
while people are striving to overcome
the housing shortage to reduce rents
and other living costs. He thought
that the government building program
should wait until housing needs of
the people have been met and the de-
mand for labor and materials slackens.
Then the government building pro.
gram would have tendency to take
up the slack.
A oeneral building program to meet
th& aesd ee The SoxsEnmsnt. fog laSgef
Evening star., 1924-02-06

suitable for the occupancy OF our
present OF future Presidents.
We note your reference to some Of
the DISTINGUISHED men who were resi-
dents of Warrenton, but you unin-
tentionally omitted to refer to some
of those who are still claimed by us,
and who, we are sure, are sentiment
ally and materially interested in the
development of this, their native
county and state. Hon. John Barton
Payne was born and reared in this
county. Hon. Eppa Hunton, presi-
dent of the Richmond. Fredericks-
burg and Danville Railroad, and Hon.
Carter Scott, Judge Of the circuit
court of Richmond, were both born
and raised in this town. 1t may in
terest you to know that the late
Theodore Roosevelt made Warrenton
the objective when he made the
notable ride to our town and re-
turned the same day, distance of
102 miles.
We are prepared to show that
every possible inducement 10 pre-
sented here for the summer White
House, and that by comparison, War
renton is more favored than any of
the territory heretofore indicated.
GEORGE LATHAM FLETCHER
! Chairman
Evening star., 1924-02-06
Iouarters throughout the Unlted States,

throughout the UnAted Statesi
has been proposed, but the cost OF en-
ttering upon such extensive building
Operations at one stroke has caused
lstrong opposition to tine plan, and
lthere seems little likelihood that such
a, measure will become Qaw at this
time. The majority opinion appears to
be that the government SHOULD gradu-
Sally correct it's housing shortage,
(which has been caused by expansion
of administrative business and the
TACT that little or no government
beilding has been done since our en-
tr ance to the war except THAT for war
purposes. all Of which construction
was of a temporary kind.
There is. Of course, no other city in
the United States where the govern
mentt housing shortage is so great
as at the Capital. If the government
is to bring it's housing up to require
ments' step by step the beginning
should've made at Washington. Con-
duct OF government business is i'm
peded there, and this slows up the con-
duct of government business else
(where. The governments housing de-
,ficiency at Washington operates
against every American in every city
and on every farm. and the govern
pnent should put it's headquarters or
central office in order first. The pub.
lic' housing situation in Washington
results in nationwide Inconvenience.
This unatter has been gone over by the
Public Buildings Commission. and the
measure pending in the Senate is in
line with vhe views of President Cool
idge in his> budget message.
Evening star., 1924-02-06
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKrN

@. How fast can the Shenandoah
fy?-T. +. r.
A. The Navy Department says that
the speed OF the Shenandoah. as far
as the ships engines are concerned,
will not exceed seventy miles per
hour. At times when the ship is
TRAVELLING with the wind she would
undoubtedly go at greater speed
than If she were travelling against it
or with no wind at all, but her en-
gines will not carry her over seventy
miles an hour.
Q. How many elk are there In
Yellowstone National Park?-H H.
A. There are over 10000 elk, sev-
era1 thousand moose, large and in
creasing herd of buffaloes and in
Vulnerable deer and antelope in this
paAk.
Q. Where is the geographical CEN
ter of the United States?-G. w. Il.
A. 1t is at Fort Riley, Kan. A
monument marks the exact spot.
Q. How did men shave before the
razor was invented?-R. II.
A. Razors were in use at very
early period and were Known to the
ancient Egyptians. Many raZors at
that time ,were merely sharpened
flint.
in the weight of the Ford touring
car and four-dotpr sedan?-H. M. NJ.
A. The differA1ce in weight of a
Ford touring car and a Ford sedan
is in the body only. The touring
car weighs 1,764 pHunds and the four
door sedan 1910 poElnds.
Q. What is the difference between
coal oil and kerosenea-O. 4.
A. The bureau of mines says that
there IS no difference2 between coal
oil and kerosene.
@. Does the Sahara desert ever
freeze M. II.
A. The desert itself does not reach
a freezing temperature. 1here are
however, mountains on theH Ahaggar
plateau in the Sahara the peakS OF
which are 5000 feet high ~ Wh1eh
snow lies from December to Aarch.
Q. What is the most unusua0 base
ball uniform a club has used?--%~. n.
A. The old "Chicagos.' who were
famous in the early eighties, Were
known for startling uniforms. TIM 1T
white stockinged legs were always IN
evidence, and sometimes wide short
Dutch pants were worn, while at
other times the tightest sort of black
tights were worn. In one season
they actually wore dress suits
stiff bosomed white shirts and all
removing the spike-tailed coats
while actually on the ball field.
Q. In what river are the Thou
sand Islands?-A. w. "
A. The Thousand Islands is a col
lection of small islands, numbering
100, situated in an expansion of the
St Lawrence river, about forty miles
long and from four to seven miles
wide, between Ontario, Canada, and
jefferson and st. Lawrence counties,
New York. They are favorite resorts
for summer tourists on account of
their picturesque beauty. Many are
private property and contain the
summer homes Of wealthy Americans
and Canadians.
Q. When was the Swastika first
known?-T. H.
A. 1t first appeared in the bronze
age. Its original significance is un-
known, but it has been used as a
symbol of good fortune from early
times.
Evening star., 1924-02-06

the defenders, points out "airplanes
and submarines proved more effective
in defending the canal than battle
ships" thus reviving the old contro-
versy whether the battleship has not
outlived its usefulness.
It would take five years, in the or
binary course OF handling the bust
ness by Congress. to properly safe
guard the canal" the Mobile Register
points out. and the -Regtstar likewise
feels "the tests just mada have a
bearing upon the proposition ITO build
a canal through Nicaragua, a water
way which will consist jim large
part of natural channel, with the
locks well in the interior, and pot
exposed, as those at Gatun, to sun
fire from warships at sea-
Nevertheless, the Manchester Union
holds when Army and Navy officers
Join in the recommendations that
Congress be asked to appropriate
100000 more a year for canal de-
fenses, their point is well taken. and,
what we have there to defend is
worth defending thoroughly and ade-
uuateIy" This statement is approved
by the Cincinnati Enquirer, which
feels convinced there are few cltl-
zens who will not favor every ade-
uuate defensive and offensive prep
aration, including the Army. the
Navy, and the coast artillery defenses
and such enlargement of the aero
nautical defenses as would insure the
security of the nation from attack.
Especially where the canal is con-
cerned the Indianapolis Star holds
prudence" demands that such an in
valuable naval asset be guarded with
the best of modern guns and air
planes, and it is not case of mill
tarism or anticipating future hostili-
ties to insist on a scale of prepared
ness in proportion to the Importance
of the canal" To do this Is within
suggests with the limitations fixed
by the Washington treaty it becomes
possible to gauge the strength needed
and to attain 1t without any of the
former expensive unlimited competi-
ton between offensive arms and de-
fensive armor"