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gress and the best informed manu-
facturers of the country going to
check up on this work, but that the
prosperity and happiness of the
whole country is dependent upon its
being done with most minute ac-
curacy.
Thus far we have viewed only one
Part of Secretary Bethunes many
sided job. He is executive secretary
of the commission and performs all
the duties of a secretary, keeps all
the records, etc. He is chief per-
scnnel officer. disbursing officer,
tudget officer-and right there we
find another good illustration of his
versatile efficiency.
At the Budget Bureau they know
Mr.. Bethune we'll because Of work
we'll done, and Gen. Lord once stated
in meeting that he did not know
any one, except Bethune, in all the
Government service who worked the
long hours that the general himself
does. Mr.. Bethune averages nearly
10 hours a day, and in five years
has had less than three weeks vaca-
tion-that in the Government serv-
ice, where the clerks are allowed 80
days annual leave.
One interesting job that Mr..
Bethune has just completed for the
Budget Bureau in a manner that has
won unstinted commendation was as
chairman of the special committee
responsible for the preparation Of uni
form travel regulations for the entire
Government service. While Gen. Charles
G. Dawes was still director of the bud
get, Mr.. Bethune was asked to take on
this extra work. Every department and
many independent agencies of the
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technical experts. About 40 such in
vestigations are now being made.
Four have been completed and sent
to the White House. The last was
on sugar, which the President still
has before him unacted upon. Anoth-
er was regarding wheat, which re-
suited in an increase in duties on
wheat and a decrease of duty or
mill feeds. 4 third report was or
sodium ntrite and fourth on
barium dioxide, which is the ma
terial out of which hydrogen perox-
ide is made.
1t is only a part of Secretary
Bethune"s job to see that all OF
these reports for the President and
Congress, and affecting every indus
try and every home in the country.
are gotten out promptly and prop
erly. OF course, the commission or
ders the investigation. but Bethune
sees that they come through.
While he is office manager of a
relatively small force of 212 per-
sons, their work covers very ex-
tensive technical field and the in
vestiGations of costs of production
of various commodities necessitates
sending crews of experts to all parts
of the world. Members of the COM
mission have referred to Mr.. Bethune
as a balance wheel in bipartisan
commission and are emphatic and
enthusiastic regarding the versatility
and efficiency of their secretary
Those who work under and with him
say he has a wonderful insight into
the work and has a way of making
the road easier for those who have
to do it, with the consciousness that
not only are the President and Con-
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| Calf. Indian Harbor is chiefly re-
| markable for Grenfell Hospital on
| Indian Island, where DIR. Paddon. an
oxford man, is, with the assistance
of another English doctor. a nurse
| from Ireland and another nurse from
| oyster Bay. Long Island, carrying on
| the work begun by DR.. Grenfell, in
| the service of fishermen and trappers.
On September the birdmen hoped
on to Hawke Bay, on the northwest
coast of Newfoundland, and on
the Sd they flew across the Gulf of
st. Lawrence to Pictou, Nova Scotia.
where they found Lieut.. Wade and
the new Boston, which replaces the
Boston which came to grief on the
hop from Kirkwall, in the Orkneys.
| for Hornafjord, Iceland. On the 5th
the three planes hoped off from Pic
| tou Harbor. intending to make Bos-
PEELED by fog to alight in Casco
Bay near Orrs Island {south of
Brunswick and east of Portland.
Me). A dozen Army planes, with
| Gen. Patrick, chief of the Army Air
Service, and Dwight F. Davis, AS
s.stant Secretary oe War, as passen-
gers on two of them, had flown out
from Boston to greet the heroes and
escort them to their moorings at the
compelled their return.
From Boston Gen. Patrick has ;s-
sued statement declaring that
with a proper ground organization,
consisting of airdromcs and aids of
navigation, with relief pilots and
Flames" the earth could be circled
by an airplane in IS days. Remind
| ing the public that the Chicago ard
the New Orleans which have just
reached America are the same
Chicago and New Orleans which left
santa Monica, he expressed the
opinion that "the efficiency of the
American-made airplane has been
sufficiently demonstrated" an opinion
| in which the world concurs.
We now have details of the flights
from Iceland to Greenland and thence
| to Indian Bay. The flyers were in
| continuous desperate danger from
| icebergs, because of the thick
weather and the necessity of flying
! low. Dodging icebergs in an air
plane is a quite novel form of
amusement.
On September Lieut.. r. C.. Mof-
fatt of the Army Air Service made
new record by flying from the
air port in East Boston to Mitchell
Field, Long Island, and return (365
nlifes)) in two hours and twelve
minutes, this time including stop
Of seven minutes at Mitchell Field.
The time from Boston to New York
was 81 minutes.
On August 3o at Herrin, ''bloody"
Williamson County, Ill, another
little shindy between Ku Klux
Klansmen and -Klansmen took
place. Result, six persons killed and
five or more others wounded, one
perhaps fatally. All in due time we
shall or shall not, as the case may
| be, learn the exact truth of the MAJ
ter and the guilty shall or shall not
be brought to justice.
1t is reported that the President,
leaving on one side the technical mer-
| its Of the question whether or no it
is permissible under the terms of the
Washington naval treaty so to alter
| the gun mountings of our older bat
tleships as to give increased gun ele-
| walton, has on grounds of policy, CIV
| en- his voice against such alterations.
He feels, it seems. that to authorize
such changes, however they might
technically be justified, in face of
Great Britain's protest, would be to
encourage that spirit Of naval cpmpe!
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Duralt1min, New Alloy, Plays
Big Part in u. S. Dirigible

Duralumin, a new discovery by
aeronautical engineers, an alloy
which they describe as Tighter than
aluminium but stronger than STEEL,
is being used as feature in the con-
struction of the RS-1, which is one
of the largest semi-rigid airships
ever built and the first to be built in
this country
Among other parts of this monster
of the air which are being made of
duralumin is the cabin, 35 feet long,
which will contain navigation quar-
ters and sleeping facilities for officers
and men.
With all fixtures installed, this
huge car is expected to weigh a total
of $500 pounds-less than the weight
Of your figh-powered touring car.
But of the total weight only 900
pounds will be the weight of the
duralumin car itself.
This new alloy is compounded from
aluminium and copper and carries the
nickname "dural'-pronounced "dure-
AL" with the accent on the al"
Duralumin is pronounced "dure-al
uh-min,'' with the accent on the ''al.'
A cubic inch of dural weighs one
tenth of a pound, while a square
inch will stand load of $4,000
pounds. The lightness of duraIumin
liz shown by the fact that a young
boy can with ease hold Graded in his
arms one of twin beams which set
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ain, a profound admirer of the United
States, a believer in our destiny as
the first power in the world, told this
writer that disarmament and Japan
eSe exclusion are utterly incongru-
GUS" He is one of those Europeans
who believe that the Unitd States has
sown the seeds of a future war with
Japan. If such a catastrophe ensues
he is one of those Englishmen who do
not think the British Empire could
remain neutral; that it would have to
fight on the side of America. He is
one of those internationally inded
men who believe that such a conflict
could no more be localized in the
Pacific than the World War could be
localized in Central Europe.
He believes it would be another
World War. In such circumstances
the statesman in question cannot con-
ceive that another drastic cut in
armaments, such as the Washington
conference made. is either feasible or
likely to enlist general enthusiasm. In
all candor, he declares that if the
United States Senate is determined
that Uncle Sam shall go around the
world with a chip on his shoulder
affronting a proud and warlike race,
the United States must prepare to
face the full consequences; and the
Briton here cited agrees with Ma
sanao Hanihara that those conse
quences, sooner or later, are bound
to be grave
Would Welcome War.
All of which makes it not inappro-
pirate to conclude these Impressions
with the recording of a disquietening
suggestion encountered in Europe
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that of every man, His heart beats
in unison with all hearts. He plumbs
all human problems and throws light
upon the darkeHed pathway of every
world pilgrim. He alone of all grea t
teachers dares to speak with fnality
concerning the deepest of human
mysteries. He affirms where others
speculate. He dispels even the gloom
of death itself. SO that one cries out
of his terrible affiiction: Thou hast
sown with rays of white light the
gates of death a CLEAN as of the
dawn"
Perplexity OF PLATE.
Little wonder that in the hour of
his great confession, PLATE cries
out: What shall / do with Jesus
which is called Christ?' In His own
desire TO get from His immediate
followers the worlds opinion of Him,
Jesus once asked: Whom do men
say that l, the Son of Man. am?' He
seemed in His supreme loneliness TO
yearn for an expression of the worlds
mind concerning Himself. What
manner of man is thiS?' The ques-
tion persists pow as always. We
may not find adequate and satisfac-
tory answer to it in creed or church
formulary, however much these
may help to define Him. He is more
than all the creeds." greater than ali
our systems, holier than all our
sacraments. Even in some inspiring
cathedral we are bound to say: in
this place is one greater than the
temple"
After all, when we come to grips
with life's deepest and sternest prob
lens We answer the question con-
corning Him in terms of our own
experience. One writes a luminous
book on the theme: The Christ of
Experience" 1t is to the cry OF the
human heart that He alone makes
satisfactory answer All other
teachers, however noble. tell US they
think" or ''they hope" He alone dares
to say 81 know"
Each one. sometime, somewhere, is
compelled to face and answer the
great question: What manner of
man is this?" We become judge and
jury here, and upon our understand
ing of Him and His message, yes.
upon our acceptance of Him and His
Interpretation of life, our happiness
and peace depend. Seeing in Him
the Saviour and Redeemer of the
world. clinging in the face of all
difficulties to His supreme word of
hope and assurance, it is little Won
der that the poet sings:
Rock of ages, cleft for me.
Let me hide myself in Thee.
Let the water and the blood,
From Thy side healing flood.
Be of sin the double cure,
Save from wrath. and make me
pure"
Copyright, 1924. by Current News Features.
Incorporated
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on end will support between them
the weight of two Of the largest railroad
locomotives ever built.
Duralumin was first made in Duren,
Germany, but has had considerable
testing in this country both by in-
dustrial and government engineers
1t is being manufactured in Pitts
burgh.
Some of the, reactions are very in
teresting. For example, when it is
being worked into shape it must be
heated until pliable. and can then. be
worked with for one hour, at the ex-
piration of which time it must get
reheating treatment. Just after such
treatment it has lost much of its
tensile strength. This strength Fe-
turns, but experiments show that Ii
is months before 1t has reached i.s
maximum. The tensile strength I'M
creases rapidly. for an hour after the
rreheating. 1t then increases mora
slowly, but materially for four days.
and then slightly for the next montk
or two.
1t is a very brittle substance, and
great precaution must be taken
while ii is being worked against
scratching its surface, for a duralu-
min sheet will crack much like glass
where 1T has been scratched For
this reason the entire surface of a
finished duralumin part must be care
fully gone over for scratches.
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tition which 1t was the object Of the
Washington Conference to discour-
age.
The tournament for the national
tennis championships at Forest Hills
Long Island, is over William r. TIL
den I'd won the singles championship
for the fifth successive year, defeat
ing William Johnston of California
in the final in straight sets. 1t is prob
able that Mr.. Tilden's playing in that
match was the greatest tennis ever
seen.
The brothers Robert and Howard
Kinsey won the doubles title, beating
the Australian pair in the final.
The League Assembly.-The fifth an
nual assembly of the League of Ma
tions was opened, in the hall of the
Reformation at Geneva, on Septem-
Der i. Forty-one nations were rep
resented in the first assembly. Fifty
four are represented in the assembly
now sitting: the only nations not rep
resented being the United State, Ger
many, Russia, Mexico, Turkey. At
ghanistan, Ecuador, Egypt and the
Dominican Republic. Ex-President
Motta of Switzerland was elected
president of the assembly
The grand problems before the. as
sembly, of course, are those of Sc
curity and disarmament. Discussion
thereof was opened by Premier Mac
Donald in a speech which was an inn
passloned plea on behalf of arbitra-
ton. Arbitration in international dis
putes, fully. freely and universally
accepted, to the absolute exclusion of
Iorce. then the right temper and at
mospnere, thinks Mr.. Macdonald,
would follow the wished for sense of
security. and arrnaments would van
lsn' oeing quite out Of place, De trop.
as 1t were, in justice enamored and
benevolent world. But I must post
pone to another occasion further re-
mark on this interesting speech and
remark on the not less interesting
speech by Premier Herriot on the fol-
lowing day.
mtScellaheouS-Gab D. Annunzio
mas retired completely from the world.
He has issued through the press a
proclamation of the fact He cares
not what happens outside the grounds
of his villa. Each evening he burns
unopened the days budget of letters.
Nor by prayer nor by insolence shall
one gain admittance to his presence
His dogs have been chosen for sagacity
and are trained to bite we'll. He hopes
ne has made his meaning clear. o
rare, D. Annunzio, poet lover, saint.
1t Is reported the Bulgarian govern
ment has made very considerable seiz-
ures of arms and ammunition smug-
gied in by the boIshevists.
mentioned in a former summary
that 1aghlul Pasha, premier of Egypt,
was in Paris, expecting to go on to
London to confer with Premier Mac
Donald, on the Egyptian and Sudanese
questions. But there is a little hitch
about that program. Zaghlul, it seems
has not been invited by Mr.. Macdonald; ;
merely. he expected an invitation The
expected invitation has not been forth
coming; nor apparently, is likely to be.
Evening star., 1924-09-07
BY HENRY W. BUM,

"HE following is a brief sum-
mary of the most important
news of the world for the
seven days ended Septem-
Der 6:
Spain.-Spanish reinforcements are
in vague terms. Gen. Primo De
Rivera, president of the military
directorate, admits, in statement
to the Spanish people, that the
Spaniards are emphatically "up
against it," but adds, Of course, that
they must fight it through. But
whether they can fight it through to
success. is gravely doubtful. Abdul
Krim, the Riff leader, has evidenced
very considerable military talent
Owing to the mountainous nature of
the country maintenance of COM
munication, either laterally or be-
difficult, hazardous and exhausting.
Water for the advanced positions
must be carried from the base. The
foe is almost invisible. The enemy,
mysteriously alleges the statement,
"'is using modern arms, equipment
and hand grenades, the origin of
which is a distant country and the
use of which is being taught by ex-
perts!'
Ap aQVanCeu poSl 10 iooideou anu
harassed. 1t is relieved, but only
after serious losses to the relieving
force. Then another post is similarly
dealt with. Another, and another
No wonder the king has given up
his outing at Pleasant Santander and
returned to Madrid. The statement
above referred to mentions Spanish
dignity, which must be preserved. If
only a way out of the mess could be
found compatible with Spanish
dignity.
according to a report just re-
ceived the situation has grown alarm
ing, indeed. Primo de Rivera has
gone to Tetuan in the sector of which
the situation is worst, and the. aged
Weyler has again been called from
retirement to head the general staff.)
Germany,-On August 80 the Lon
don agreement, re the Dawes plan,
was formally signed in London by rep
resentatives Of Great Britain, the Brit
ish Dominions, France. Belgium,
Italy, Japan, Greece, Portugal. Serbia
and Germany It became technically
operative on September /.
Owen D Young has accepted the
post of agent general of reparations
payments for the length of time nee
Dawes plan smoothly running. He is
already on the job and has received
from the German government, at his
Berlin office, the first German pay
ment-20,Ooo.00 gold marks. The
agent general co-ordfnates the work
of the several committees which d.
rect execution of the Dawes plan, and
is himself chairman of the transfer
committee which regulates transfer
of reparations payments from Ger
many to her creditors. The post is
scarcely less important than any
other in the world today. Mr.. Young
will be permanently" succeeded by
Seymour Parker Gilbert, jr. Mr.. Gill
bert is only 81 years of age, but not
only has he the required knowledge
and talent. but, in the banking world
and as Assistant Secretary of the
United States Treasury, he has ac-
quired adequate experience.
Gates w. McGarrab has accepted
appointment as the American member
of the directorate of the German Bank
to be created under the Dawes plan.
Mr.. McGarrah is chairman of the Me-
chauies and Metals National Bank Of
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The Great Query.

st. Mark 4:41. What manner OF
man is thiS?"
ilS is the bafffing question OF
the ages. A friend of mine
some years ago, in his study
l. OF the life of Christ, consulted d
the writings and sayings of
tne greatest minds for over a period
oil nineteen centuries. He was amazed
70 md what unanimity of opinion
there was concerning the transcend
Hnt place this Master of men occupies
&c gathered together the statements
or opinions of these great leaders of
thought in little book and entitled
II, The Testimony of the Ages" He
is the mightiest among the mighty"
says one. Higher has the human
thought not reached says another.
His scepter of love rules the uni
verse. SAID Napoleon, as he viewed
his own failure with the sword. To
Thomas Hughes. it was the "manli-
ness of Jesus" that made its great
appeal.
To Gen. Lew Wallace, it was long
and reverent study of the life and
teachings of Jesus that produced
ultimately his Ben Hur" The most
cursory study of the Man of Nazareth
yields but one conclusion: the uni
Versal verdict gives Him the supreme
piace-Surely, never man spoke like
this man." Certainly no single figure
has so focused human thought, so
compelled reverent devotion. SO ex-
aited and inspired n.en to high think
ing and Selfiess living as Jesus Christ
Art, music, literature. all have felt
the spell of His mighty character and
been inspired by the sublimity of
His life and teachings
Endures Through the Ages.
One of the things that challenges
our curious study is His strange per-
sistence down through the ages.
Nothing has arrested His course.
Even where His church has seemed
TO fail and His interpreters to OBJ
scure His teachings or to warp them
to their own advantage and in fur
therance of their. own selfish designs,
still He has continued to hold His
rlace and to increase His appeal to
the minds and hearts of men. When
We try to measure Him by the stand
ards set by other men, we find that
He so far outreaches even the great
est. SO far transcends the noblest,
that we are unable to establish any
comparison. His life is like some
unScaled height that defies the per-
severance and courage of the most
adventuresome climber.
"One of the strange and inexplic-
able things about Him is, His uni
versatility. There is no age, no
people, no area of the earths sur
face where He does not seem to be
al home. From Equator to the poles
He finds His residence in the recep-
tive hearts of men. His speech is
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The Story the Week Has Told

New York City. He is 61 years old.
experience
Franco Belgian economic evacu-
alton of the Ruhr must be completed
by October % Twenty thousand
French and Belgian troops will re-
main in the Ruhr, as nearly in
visible" as possible, for an indefi-
mite period; not later, however, than
August 16, 1925.
On August so the Reischstag ad-
journed to October Is.
Chfna.-Fighting began on Septem-
in the vicinity of Shanghai between
forces Of Chi Hsieh Yuan, tuchun of
the Province of Kiang Su. on the one
hand. and forces of Lu Yung Hsiang,
tuchun Of the Province of Che Kiang,
and of Ho Feng Lin, defense COM
missioner of Shanghai (the city and
neighboring districD, on the other.
So far the fighting has been inde-
cisive, but the tuchun of kiang Su
has at least the moral backing of
Super Tuchun WI Pei Flu, the grand
champion of the Peking government.
and is said to be momentarily ex-
pecting arrival of considerable rein
forcements from WI Pei Fu's head
quarters at Pao Ting Flu. Should this
expectation be realized he should
thereupon win quick and decisive
victory. Celestial warfare, however,
is quite incalculable; the will to run
may seize either army at any moment.
Wu Pei Flu cannot send troops in
such numbers or of such quality as
he would like to send, lest his old
enemy, Chang Tso Lin, super tuchun
of Manchuria, should seize the op-
portunity to swoop down on him,
thus weakened, any pay off old scores.
That old rascal, Chang Tso Lin, is
said to be financing Lu Yung Hsiang.
Reports give the numbers on either
side as about $4,000.
Shangha! is in the province of
klang Su, but because of their great
Importance d separate military ad-
ministration was created for that city
and the adjacent district. The tu-
chun of kiang Su might have stom-
ached his chagrin at that arrange
ment, had not the Shanghai defense
commissioner allied himself inti-
mately with the tuchu of Che Kiang.
No doubt considerations of reciprocal
portant considerations in that alli-
ance; none but a celestial can COM
pietely fathom celestial causes, but
the above hints will do"
The 10000 or SO foreigners in
Shanghai are sufficiently safe. There
are a score of foreign war vessels in
the Hwang Pu River
Some marines have been landed and
others will be if necessary. There is
besides, a volunteer corps of foreign
residents. Both tuchuns have a num-
ber Of airplanes, but happily there is
a dearth of pilots.
Should the tuchun of Kiang Su win
and Chang Tso Lin remain at. home,
the most notable result of the epi-
sode would be an important extern
sion of WI Pei Fu's sphere of in
f1uence. and that would probably be
a good thing for China.
"a report just received declares
that WI Pei Flu is not sending REIN
forcements to the tuchun Of Kiang
SUI
\ I: X X
United States of Amortization Au-
gust 81, our world flyers made the
570-mile hop from Ivigtut, Greenland.
to Indian Harbor (Hamilton Inlet),
Labrador, in six hours and 49 minutes,
sped by a wind varying from 20 to
40 miles and hour, five months and
IA days since leaving Santa Monica,
Evening star., 1924-09-07
Heat for Bathroom.

The builtin electric air heater is
the latest convenience to add to the
joy Of life in the bathroom, bedroom
or wherever supplementary heat is
desired. This heater operates on the
same principle as the portable heater,
except that 1t is built directly into
the wall and resembles in looks the
furnace register.
Evening star., 1924-09-07
Titanic Trade Struggle Opens
AS Dawes Plan Begins to Work

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