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Evening star., 1924-09-17
Z DEATHS IN WAKE
OF STORM IN SOUTH
Sections of Georgia and
Florida Subjected to Two
Days of Rainfall.
By the Associa ted Press.

ATLANTA, Ga, September IL
The southern portion Of Georgia and
extreme northwestern Florida today
were getting back to normal follow
ing two days of rainfall unprecedented
In those sections of the country,
according to reports reaching here.
For the past two days precipita-
ton has ranged from seven inches in
~ hours in some places to II inches
latter rainfall was reported from
Tallahassee, Fla. and which is given
as the official record.
Two Deaths Reported.
Two deaths have resulted. accord
ing to reports In Nashville, Ga,
r. H. Chisn, 65, merchant, was cleo
trocuted when he attempted to rescue
a horse which had come in contact
with a live wire.
At Browntown. Ga, the 5-year-old
daughter of William Penn, time
keeper, was killed when the Penn
home was demolished by winds which
had almost reached the proportions
of a tornado.
In other portions of the afflicted
sections. communication facilities
were utterly demoralized, many
towns having been isolated for two
uaSS. halfway trains nave peeH from
q few hours to almost a day behind
schedule time. Highways have been
rendered impossible and bridges have
been undermined by high waters.
Precipitation Figures.
Following are precipitation figures
for "a hours ending last night:
Thomasville, Ga, 9 inches, official.
Valdosta, Ga, 8 inches, unofficial.
Savannah Ga. sos inches, official
Tallahassee, Fla, IL inches, official
Evening star., 1924-09-17
Coolidge Begins
Work Preparing
Three addresses

President Coolidge started work
today on the first of three speeches
he will deliver in the next 10 days.
He will speak next Sunday after
noon, for the first time since he
delivered an address in Baltimore
early in the month. before the
Holy Name Society convention
here.
Mr.. Coolidge also has agreed to
make some remarks before the
delegates to the National Retail
Druggists convention, who will
come to the White House a week
from today. The following day
he will go to Philadelphia to speak
at exercises commem emorating the
150th anniversary of the meeting
of the First Continental Congress.
1t was indicated at the White
House that the President did not
intend to make his next address a
political one, in view of the fact
that it would be delivered on Sun
day and before a religious gather
ing.
Evening star., 1924-09-17

heads Of the various labor organiza-
tions, said it was because Of the re-
fusal Of their requests for labor
plank that brought about the third
party. He said the Republicans grant
ed them a total of five minutes out Of
the four days they were in session to
present labor's views. He blamed the
press of the country for building up a
Calvin Coolidge who does not exist.
He said the President never displays a
mind of his own.
Edward Keating advised his hearers
to examine the bank accounts of the
Dohenys and the Sinclairs of the
country il they desire to know the
cause for "the blanket of silence COW
ering the White House."
A large sum was subscribed by those
present for: furthering the campaign Of
the Progressive party.
Evening star., 1924-09-17
Fever Scourges Moscow.

MOSCOW, September 17.-Owing to
the terrible housing congestion In
Moscow, scarlet fever is increasing
at an alarming rate. For the hrst
eight months of the present year,
s,911 cases were registered, repre-
senting a triple increase since 1921.
The sanitary authorities. are mobiliz-
ing all their forces to combat the dis
ease ... ..,...,,
Evening star., 1924-09-17
Nominated for Congress.
Special Dispatch to The Star,
"TMpEpTA Mn Ma c

SUIT.
CUMBERLAND, Md, September Il.
Oswald Weber was nominated
by the Socialist party for Congress
in the sixth Maryland district at
convention which indorsed the La
Toilette platform and pledged the
support of the candidate to the La
Toilette movement. William Monroe
Cumberland, was chairman OF the
convention and David Tenant Sec
retary. The nominee Is q brakeman
ON the Western Maryland Railway.
Evening star., 1924-09-17
Tomato Crop Hit by Frost.
pecial Dispatch To The st,


BERKELEY SPRINGS, W. Va,
September 17.-Frosts in the tomato
producing areas of this county within
the past week have played havoc
with the crop. The long drouth pre-
ceding the frost had previously hurt
the yield. Gamers estimate the crop
WIN be not less than one-fourth its
normal sizA.
Evening star., 1924-09-17
Russian Film Industry Formed.

REVAL, September 17.-"Sovkino"
is the name of the newly socialized
and centralized Russian film industry
as created by M. Krassin. at the
order of the Central Executive Com
mittee of Moscow.
Evening star., 1924-09-17

'"Tannhauser" Wagner
Solo for xylophone, 'Valse Ca
price .............. RuDlnsteln
Musician Wilbur D. Kieffer.)
Humoresuue, Comm Thro' the
Rye -. .beiiSteut
"Slavonic Rhapsody" Friedemann
Marines hymn,
'.The Halls Of Montezuma-"
"The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1924-09-17

One-half of the world is so busy
making money that it doesn't real
ize how busy the other half is trying
to get along without any.
Evening star., 1924-01-30

expresses the belief that this remedy
for the tsetse fever lis destined to
convert central Africa into a prosper
GUS, fertile country, inhabited by an
industrious people," Edouard Achelis,
chairman of the Bremen section Of the
German Colonial Society, delivers this
ultimatum: mo colonies, no remedy"
Enthusiasts for the colonial powers
are demanding the German govern
ment Immediately protect the remedy
against undue exploitation by the en-.
tente powers.
There is only one thing to do. That
is for the entente powers to find a
remedy of their own. German labo-
ratory secrets are pretty we'll kept.
but not exclusively. The war proved
that what German science can do
others can do as well. Germany. in
fact, was beaten in the war game with
her own agencies. She had the start
and failed to make victory. Then her
scientific methods We're turned against
her to the end of her ultimate defeat.
Naturally, the allied powers cannot
consider for a moment such a bargain
as that proposed by the German Co
lonial Society, even if thousands OF
Africans should die for lack of treat
ment. The responsibility does not rest
upon them, but upon the government
that now seeks to traffic in humanity
by Withholding an agency for the alle-
Walton of one of the greatest ills from
which mankind suffers as a means or
winning back that which it lost In a
war that it precipitated for gain.
Evening star., 1924-01-30

ceed in reducing unemployment aI.t
in stimulating business recover.
while adhering to traditional BrItis.
fiscal policies, it might easily L.
harder to overthrow than the liberal
now anticipate" To which the Pitt
burgh Gazette-T Times adds. "if III
new party in control presents legisIa.
tion which will appeal to fairness
common sense and practicability.
Will probably meet with better sup
port in Great britain than in an
other nation outside tho init,
States"
The Hartford Times suggests fur
ther that recognition Of its minor
itS position. the disposition of mod
Grafton and the exhibition uf re-
ability to meet the needs OF the tim
ought TO insure the labor govern mt.la
of England against failure" In Ill
likelihood, if given time enough, tbt
Birmingham News thinks labor Wi
acquire enough practical wisdom
trade and barter and form allianc.
and ententes within the commons
just like the old-line conservatiEe
and liberals"
The. Roanoke Times. however. sum
up the general opinion when II CO...
cludes: The new government cot
fronts q. stormy and ptrilous outlooH
Its chief must show rare skill an
sagacity. indeed, If it is TO suryiN,
long enough for its policies to
ceive a fair and adequate test.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
The President Acts.

While the storm of indignat ton
aroused BIZ the disclosures in the
naval oil lease scandal RACES i'll Con-
gress, President Coolidge is acting
with calm determination to the end or
administering justice. Upon his own
initiative he has named two special
counsel of opposing political faiths to
serve as Investigators and prosecutors,
one of them nationally known, for.
mer Attorney General under a demo-
cratic administration. Thomas w.
Gregory of Texas. who was at the
head of the Department of Justice
from August, 1914, to March, 1919, is
eminently qualified to act in this
capacity as the Presidents adviser
and agent of inquisition and, if guilt
is found, Of punishment. With him will
serve Silas II. Strawn Of Illinois, who,
while not as widely known as Mr..
Gregory, holds a position of eminence
as u lawyer, has served as president Of
the Bar Association of Illinois and
that of Chicago, and is now chairman
of the committee on legal education
Of the American Bar Association.
Neither Mr.. Gregory nor Mr.. Strawn
has been conspicuously active in poll
tics. Their work has been that OF
lawyers. They are men of the high
est integrity as well as Of marked
ability. Their selections cannot fail to
impress the country as evidence of
the Presidents determination to reach
the truth regarding these matters, and
TO punish those who may have been in
any degree guilty Of corruption or Of
fetal malfeasance.
Unfortunately, in the discussion Of
the matter in Congress d partisan
tone has been manifested. This is, as
the saying goes. the psychological time
for accusing the party in power Of
shortcomings. A campaign is even
now in the first stage of development.
Candidates are lining up for the re-
spective party nominations. 1t is the
season for making campaign material.
-he naval oil lease scandal falls read
ily to the hands of the political op-
porents of the administration, and
they are making the most of it, with
a wide range of loose expressions in
denunciation. Meanwhile the Presi-
dent acts.
Evening star., 1924-01-30

cepting perhaps Pennsylvania avenue.
Nearly all the old Washington tami-
lies now living beyond the boundary.
and in all the heights parks" and
terraces" descepd from people who
lived on 1.-The island" or the "navy yard
or some other part of the city where
the steamboat whistles could be heard
and where steamboats, and the river
were talked of in the dining room, par
lor and the Office. New Washington"
was then a land Of commons, pastures,
hog, steep hills and deep ravines.
River excursions and picnics to Gly-
mont, Pyes Landing. White House,
Occoquan, Lower Cedar Point, Blali
stones Island and scores of other
places We're quite the thing. Hotels
along the river and it's creeks were
very busy places in summer.
Washington began to grow away
from the river. Railroads multiplied
and carried people to mountains and
mineral springs far from the Potomac.
The bicycle came along and young
people took to the roads. Then came
the trolley car and the automobile.
There are still summer excursions on
the river, and a good many people are
true to the Potomac. A lonely steam
boat passes up and down, and the
boats to Norfolk and to Baltimore
come and go, but the story Of the
Potomac is that of the Hudson, the
Ohio. the Mississippi and many other
rivers.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
Gov. Silzer and Coal.

Gov. Silzer Of New Jersey thinks
that the Congress of the United States
and the commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania should deal with the questions
OF coal supply. distribution and ex-
cessive prices in some way or other.
He admits that his own state must
bear a share of responsibility in the
however.
In special message to the legisla-
ture of New Jersey he urges the legis-
lators to take cogniZance of the situ-
alton, and act promptly within the
lines of the states jurisdiction as well
as to memorialize Congress. He sug-
gests three remedies for the evils Of
the coal situation. First, he would
call upon Pennsylvania to adopt such
measures as she may deem advisable
in so far as it lies in the power of a
state to act Other states have already
nudged Pennsylvania to action.
The second is to urge upon Congress
through petition the necessity Of regu-
lating the coal industry under the
power or Congress to control inter-
state commerce. The third measure is
to have the state of New Jersey deal
with the coal after it enters the state.
Gov. Silzer's representations are
timely. A mild winter thus far and
sufficiency of the coal supply have
served to lessen public interest in the
coal problem. There was much thun-
dering in the index some time back
about what was going to be attempt
ed. and then actual steps in doing any
thing began to lag.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
COURAGE
81 am the master OF my fate.
am the captain of my soul"
-HENLEY.
EASTMAN OFTEN FACED RUIN.

George Eastman climbed from b
| ing 'iust a clerk" TO independent
as owner of a prosperous business
only to find, many times, the founda
ton snatched away and destruction
awaiting.
Born in little waterville, y. Y. Ii
was seven years old when his father
died. A public school education tn
Rochester was cut short so he could
help his semt-invaIid mother support
the family.
A job in an insurance office yielded
SO a week, then So. Later he be
came q bank clerk, studying and eX-
perimenting at night.
At twenty-four, inspired by an.
English dispatch telling the discovery
of gelatin dry-plate process, he
sought the formula.
Months Of experimenting, clouded
with repeated failures, at last re
yeaIed the secret. photographer
tried the plates, and ordered more
Orders came fast and Eastman rented.
a room apd hired a man, the young
inventor working in the bank all day.
and III the room at night-some-
times all night.
Leaving his irksome' bank routine.
he became a manufacturer. A New
York jobber took all the plates made
during the dull winter. Success
seemed certain. Then came summer
and customers returned the plates.
The emulsion had deteriorated with
age, but Eastman had not known that
it could.
When he had made good all the old
plates, his money was gone. he took!
a partner, and started again.
Business came, the force grew and
profits were seen. Then his emulsion
stopped, and refused to produce one
useful plate. Frenzied efforts. night.
and day, failed to reveal the fault
The factory was closed. Eastman
went to England and bought, for.
much more than he could then af-'
ford, the American rights to the Eng
lish firms dry plate formula.
Price-cutting cmpetition threatened
disaster, and Eastman invented the
Kodak The transparent film that
made moving pictures possible sA-
psared. improvements ana successes
quickly followed
Today, the companies under East
mans control have a combined capi-
tai OF e40.000.000 and employ 12,000
rAopls. Eastman Is one Of the rich
est mon In America and he is know n
for his many benefactions, modestly
given
Next-Lineoin's Many Failures.
Copyright. 1921
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Evening star., 1924-01-30
The President and the Potomac.

President Coolidge shows fondness
for the Potomac river and makes fire.
quent trips on the Mayf1ower. The
name of that trim craft appears in
newspapers as often as did the Dol.
phin, and Washingtonians READ the
name Mayfower oftener than their
ancestors saw the name Tallapoosa. a
black-hull, side-wheel steamer which
served as a dispatch boat and yacht
for the President, high government
officials and foreign visitors through
the '75s and into the sos. There is
something gratifying to old Washing.
tonians that the President seems to
feel the charm of the Potomac. They
knew it years ago, and it remains with
them happy memory. They believe
that the Potomac spell will grow upon
the President, and that he will be en-.
chanted when the hilly shore lines
turn from brown to green and the
water changes from dull hues to blue,
green and silver.
Usually the President does not go
ia ShCA oo"l lhS kAFCA Sil1il NSQdullCO.
but his recreation hours are few. 1t
is below Maryland point and where
Nanjemoy, the Port Tobacco and
Wicomico meet the river, where the
bays st. Clement and Breton stretch
far inland and where Nomini, .Coan
and the st. Marys Join the great river
that it seems most majestic and in.
spring. It Is there that one gets vast
fluvial views which old people In this
part Of the country believe as fine as
elsewhere in the world.
Time was when the river was big.
ger thing in our lives than now. All
Washington was closer to it. South
Washington, east and west, was about
all there was Of Washington except q
thin border Of houses north Of F street.
Most Washington was within an
easy walk Of the Potomac or the East.
ern branch The names Of steamboats,
were household words, and steamboat
captains were as well known N emf.
nent lawyers and bankers today. The
water front was a businees section Of
the city. second to no other section ex.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
Argues on Retirement.
Writer Pleads for Those Fit for
Duties On Reaching 20 Years.

To tho Editor Of The Star.
Should the civil service retirement
law be amended 1t Is devoutly TO be
hoped that there will be left un-
changed the existing provision (the
proviso to section 81 allowing reten-
tion in the service of those employees
who. while Of retirement age, are,
nevertheless, vigorous both physical
ly and mentally. are rendering eff
cient service in good measure and do
not wish to retire.
Few provisions Of the present law
were more wisely conceived than this.
Instances of its abuse have become
exceedingly rare and could be virtu-
ally eliminated by the creation of
proper retiring boards. It is common
experience that arrival at a given age
Is not synonymous with failure of
physical and mental powers, especial
ly where the age Is not an extreme
one. Mental infirmity does not at
tend the attainment of seventy years
as does the freezing of water at 80
degrees Fahrenheit. Tennyson lived
to be eighty-three and did some Of
his best work after seventy. Cato, it
is said, began the study of Greek at
eighty. In the federal civil service
desk men," as q class, supply very
largo number of exceptions to the su.
perannuatlon at three-score-years-
and-ten theory, and it Is the part of
wisdom to take cognizance of this
The trainers of the present retire
ment act did SO by including the pro-
viso to section s. The act proceeds
upon the assumption that, as a rule,
clerical workers >(giving the word
clerical its widest significance) who
have attained the age Of seventy are
not able to render that measure and
quality Of service to which the nation
is entitled, but 1t also recognizes the
existence of and makes provision for
those employees of retirement age who
measure fully up to standard and
even exceed 1t. Some Father Will
liam, seventy years OF age, employed,
say, under the Treasury Department,
may not be able to balance an eel on
the end of his nose," but he may be
able to outstrip all the younger en-
ployes in his section or division in
the balancing Of government ac-
counts or the adjudication of govern
ment claims.
Professional, chronological, scien-
tific and clerical workers in the fed
eral service often are extremely valu-
able to the government, although they
have reached retirement age, and 1t
would be economic waste of the
grossest kind to drop them from the
service. Not few of these employees
love their work. 1t has become part
Of their lives; their contribution to
the worlds advancement. If retired,
their useful work is likely to cease: !:
their salaries. small now, are re-
placed by a retirement dole the maxi
mum of which is $40 a year. Sepa-
rated from their life work many such
persons are apt to feel that they arS
'Hingering supsrfuous." and their re-
naming years are not happy. Proyf-
sion should be made for voluntary
retirement upon an annuity sufficient
to live upon, but 1t seems unwise, un-
economic and even cruel to forco the
separation from the service Of trained,
efficient workers who are performing
their duties as we'll as or even better
than their younger associates.
GEORGE A. WARREN.
Evening star., 1924-01-30
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIV

Q. Please give sketch of Edward
Bok.-F. j. w.
A. Edward William Box was born
in Helder, Netherlands, October 9,
1863. He came to America at the age
of six, was educated in the Brooklyn
public schools, and married in 1896.
Mary Louise, daughter of Cyrus K.
Curtis. For many years he was edi-
tor of the Ladies Home Journal, and
is now vice president of the Curtis
Publishing Company.
O. What is the. record for the six
day bicycle race?-W. r. +.
A. The six-day bicycle race record
is 2,625 miles and no laps, made by
Egg and Duppy in 1916.
@. why are the dividing lines so
crooked between the time sections in
this country?-M. :.
a. The Interstate Commerce Com
mission fixes the boundaries between
time zones. Often the boundaries
are made to depart from the halfway
position between the standard merid-
ians in order to suit the convenience
Of the railroads or to meet the de-
mandS of the communities affected.
Q. How many Americans have their
portraits on the Philippine stamps?
F. r. q.
A. There have been seven: Wash
ington, Franklin, Lincoln, Mckinley,
Maj. Gen. II. w, Lawton, Rear Ad-
miraI Sampson and Admiral Dewey.
@. What names were added to the
Hall of Fame last year?-E. c.
a. No names were added last year.
The last names were chosen in 1920
and the next election for membership p
will not take place until 1925.
Q. Who founded the Imperial Con-
servatory at Petrograd?-M. q.
A. It was founded by Anton Ru-
binstein. the great Russian pianist.
Q. Where have dinosaurs been
found and how large were they
l.. K.
\. Remains of dinosauria have
been found from time to time in
North and South America, Europe.
Southern Asia, South Africa and
Northern Australia. The most note
worthy localities are Bernissart in
Belgium, and the Rocky mountains
The smallest of these prehistoric an
imals were about the size of a
chicken; the largest attained lengths
of from go to 40 feet; heights of from
10 to 20 feet, and weights estimated
at from 20 to % tons.
Q. What is agate and where is it
found?-H. 3. w.
A. Agate is a variety of quartz
composed of successive layers of sill
ica deposited from "a silica saturated
water solution. Slight amount OF
impurities in the silica solution pro-
duces different colorS in the agate,
giving rise to banded agate in which
the successive layers are of different
color, clouded agate which has irreg-
ularly disposed patches of color, and
moss agate which contains sharply
defined, moss-like, dark markings due
to manganese oxide. Agates are found
universally and are much used, when
cut and polished for ornaments and
jewelry. The principal supply comes
from Uruguay and Brazil, South
America, whence they are sent to
Oberstein. in Germany, where their
polishing is an important industry.