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Evening star., 1925-10-05

agree with statements that antl-alr-
craft fire as a defense against abr
craft was worthless. Col. Mitchell in
his recent testimony and at other
times had emphatically declared anti
aircraft was worthless
II spent some time viewing the
antiaircraft test trip in New York
this Summer" continued the witness.
and while the percentage OF hits
was fairly low, 1t leads one to realize,
nevertheless, that It's going to be a
hot proposition for planes to come
through such volume OF fire and
strike a small spot like a carriers
deck"
Corndr. Whiting said, If we can't
defend aircraft carriers from airpia ne
bombing attacks there is no use build
ing them
Bv launching the Saratoga at Lex
ington. the Navy's improved carrier,
the United States has used up $4,000
tons of the 1876, 900 aircraft carrier
tonnage allowed under the arms Inn
itation agreement, he said.
Explains Position.
Comdr. Whiting. whose duties in
the bureau here are restricted to air
craft carriers. told the board he was
in a peculiar position. I'm full out
for aviation" he said. "and I've got
TO defeat the carriers. Therefore, |
must hop over to the anti-aircraft
side now and then"
After telling the board the Navy
was well equipped with types OF serv-
ice planes, Comdr. Whiting declared:
People come up here and throw
dirt on what we are doing. We have
made mistakes. of course we have.
but we are correcting them. Let us
alone. and we will come out all right
we will compare favorably with any
foreign navy"
Opposing any law that would take
ayiators out of aviation after so much
as two years flying service, Comdr.
Whiting said the Navy Department
has held hearings on the Britten bill
to reorganize the promotion list and
he said the Bureau of Aeronautics
was not requested to sit in. There
fore, l don't know what the depart
ment is going to do about aviation
assignments" he added.
Since the Presidents board con-
vened, Comdr. Whiting said, Secretary
Wilbur appointed a board to work out
a system in detail whereby Navy avi.
ators could qualify for high com.
mands and to consider the proportion
of enlisted to commissioned pilots.
This board resulted from a report sub
mitted by the Bureau Of Aeronautics
on personal matters and which was
disapproved by the Bureau Of Naylga.
ton and approved in part by thA 1u1
reau Of Operations. ComdS X6o16
added.
Evening star., 1925-10-05
ECONOMIC UNITY
OF EUROPE URGED
IN WORLD CONGRESS
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look we Europeans cannot help seeing
that we are face to face with his
toriCal crisis.
1T would be arduous to try and
show the way today how Europe could
be got to esta blish a customs agree
ent situation into a customs union
would hardly be possible. But If a pc
riod of transition is to be prepared,
one should start without delay. The
best way may be the adoption of a
system of gradually decreasing Gus
toms
Need Greater Europe.
There is one more question l
Europe's frontiers for customs
agreement? We ought not allow our
selves to be handicapped by the poll
tical definition of Europe. We must
find an economic definition of Europe.
We must have a Europe that extends
from the North Cape to Cape Mata-
pan in the extreme south of Greece,
a Europe that extends westward to
the Atlantic Ocean. that comprises
the Scandinavian states as we'll as
those of the center, the west and
I'VE must have a Europe including
Great Britain, a Europe including her
colonies. a Europe which even thus
extended will not reach economic
autonomy. a Europe which, true tC
her historical importance in the past
| will show the way out of economic
separation toward economic unity OF
| the whole world
The stage is all set for what is ex
pected to be the most important ses
sions of this conference this after
noon and tonight. At these meetings
| debate will be confined to the ques
tions of disarmament and many Of
the leading delegates attending the
| conference have announced their de
sire to speak on the subject.
Gen. Spears, who was the first Brit
| ish officer at the front in 1914. will
| introduce a resolution which wouls
have the Interparliamentary Unior
urge the establishment of a neutra
zone along international frontiers
Debate. it is expected, will center
largely around this proposal, and th'
conference is waiting with interest t.
learn the views of the French ant
German delegates on proposition t.
establish such . zone along thei
frontier. --.-----
Evening star., 1925-10-05

sound like the hush of death I've
been Il rooter for Washington for 20
years: I started with a bass voice in
1905. and I'm falSetto now; I've in
vented at least seven new fighting
words for use against the visiting
team. | used three OF them or Babe
Ruth one day and took my frs; ride
in an ambulance: I've thrown away
enough hats 10 set Stetsou up in bust
ness, I've lunched on hot wienies SO
often that | have to Wea" leather
collar. I've waited in line 50 many
hours that my arches have fallen,
I've been hit eight times by foul balls
and never caught one of them-hut all
this is nothing.
Last year l tried for a bleacher
seat and took my place AT Florida and
Q at $50 am. BY $50 am. | had
reached Florida and and 200
pound moron tried TO shoulder me out;
when the argument was over, it was
l0:45 am. and | was back at Florida
and Q. At 1880 pm. | borrowed a
cigarette from the guy behind me at
Florida and L and gave him my place.
At 3:O5 pm. I got to the ticket window
ard found the last seat had just been
sold
do | get my seat?
"WHLMOTT LEWIS
Iawton Miller of $3.50 Q street
writes that he Travelled all the way
from Bombay. India, TO Washington to
see Washington play the Pirates Tor
the world championship. only TO get
a regret" notice from the ball Club.
Mrs Mathews of 500 f street north
east thinks a ticket is coming to her
because she lost poCketbook at a
game several years ago while she stood
oh q.
enth inning.
MIR. McDevitt's Howl"
F. T. McDevitt of 3103 Fourteenth
street northeast, writes:
Here's my howl: l have been
patron of the Washington club for
35 years. Sat in the old timber
blea chers when Old Sol was doing
business at the tune of 100 in the
shade: have seen that park trans
formed from those wooden bleachers
and wooden grandsta nd to the present
structure; can literally see my dollars
reflected in the present magnificent
institution. and, computed from
monetary standpoint. / think l have
enough cash invested there to own a
section of seats.
I'm the present allotment of
tickets I am listed with the also rams.
T know a fellow who holds the coveted
ma steboard who never attends the
games and doesn't know a base hit
from an E,skimo's straw hat. My
wife and four children are natives of
Pittsburgh and will root for the
Pirates. Consequently there is going
to be h in this home and the future
for me is either Jail or the divorce
court-ma ybe both.
Sees Loyalty ScOrned.
ITO paraphrase an American pa
triot. II looks to me like a case OF.
Thousands for the scalpers but not
one ticket for a loyal patron.
7. n. Manning of $50 I street north
east breaks into Shakespeare with
the following:
ITO howl. or not to howl:
That is the question.
Whether it is better for an old:time
fan who has whooped 1t up for
tailend team for 40 years. and
who. up to this date has been un-
able to secure the necessary bit
of pasteboard to gain admission
to the arena in this, our final hour
of triumph-to thus lose out at
last. and gain such consolation as
he can by following the games at
The Star ScOreboard, or
To kick, To howl,
To howl; perchance to see
One game at least.
From Seat II. Row 2, Section G.
Aye, there's the rub
Evening star., 1925-10-05

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than previously was done in the his.
tory of aviation"
Lieut.. Connell said he knew of no
fear of "muZZling" or the existence of
such among naval aviators. Asked to
give the views of his friends and him
self on how to improve the present un-
rest, he said the separate corps idea
was predominant, but he feared that
they did not know if an actual corps
was established the aviators never
would be given opportunity to COM
mand carriers.
His own opinion to facilitate mat
ters would be to give the Bureau of
Aeronautics complete control of per-
sonnel and material, to establish a
separate promotion list and a separate
budget for naval aviation. Il don't
believe in a separate air board" he
added
The witness declared that unless
aviation Is controlled now by flying
officers the matter will keep coming
up and q solution never will be reached
I'VE must have men in control who
know aviation, and they must be eX
tended as high up in rank as possible, 1"
he said.
Lieut.. Connell praised the qualities
OF the PN patrol planes, declaring
them to be the finest Of their kind
in the world. Their value in scouting
lies in the fact that they can go out
to sea 500 miles, patrol for many
hours and return, he explained. If
the craft were so constructed that it
could carry large bombs, the witness
said, the Pm q could carry 2.400
pounds of explosives 500 miles out to
sea and return.
Comdr. Whiting. who was trained
| to fly in 1914 by Orville Wright. also
told the board he knew of mo muz-
zling' in naval aviation. but added:
There are many young officers re-
; 1uctant to go before committees of
Congress and advocate policies not in
accord with the policy of the de-
partment."
Separate Corps Backed.
Most young officers desire a sep
| arate corps, Comdr, Whiting said,
"only because they have not studied
| It enough to know that a member of
q corps cannot command. They want
a corps and they want a command.
There is only one officer I know of
who is in favor Of retaining the pres
ent system of operation Lieut..
Comdr. Bruce Leighton, for. whose
Judgment / have great admiration.
but I don't agree with him. If the
Secretary of the Navy choose, he
| could place training, personnel and
| other divisions not now under avia-
ton in the Bureau OF Aeronau utics.
comdr. Whiting said be did not
Evening star., 1925-10-05

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said.
Col. Mitchell also expressed uncon-
Germ on the probabilities of being called
before the naval board of inquiry into
the loss of the Shenandoah.
Representative Reid of Illinois, a
member of the House aircraft investi-
cation committee last Winter. arrived
in Washington yesterday and spent
the day with Col Mitchell ION various
matters" Neither the colonel nor Mr..
Reid would divulge the nature of their
discussions. 1t is known. however.
that Col. Mitchell has solid support
from Mr. Reid and his constituents.
Evening star., 1925-10-05
Another Rumanian Well Gusher.

BUCHAREST, October (P).-The
Phoenix Oil Co., a British concern.
has brought in an enormous well near
the we'll Of the Standard Oil Co. which
recently began spouting at the rate of
1900 barrels daily and which still is
maintaining this output.
Evening star., 1925-10-05
Weep for MIR. Lewis.

Here's heartrending epStle:
Ticket Contest Editor, The Star:
I've got howl that would make the
uluIauons OF a tribe of DervishO
Evening star., 1925-10-05
Howls i'm Nice Rhythm.

Something dire is going to happier
II a poetically inclined fan doesn't
get ticket. He tells about his trou
bes in rhyme, as follows:
I'm angry Quite angry,
I'm downright. doggone mad
I'm peeyish. and fretful.
And when I'm sore I'm bad.
Clark Grifith. I'm ravng.
Raw meat is my dessert.
For nothing. I'd take him
And wipe him in the dirt,
Ny eyehalls are bullying:
My face with RAGE is red.
I'm longing and pinine
To crack him on the head.
The public may suffer:
My rage Is out of bounds.
I'm fearful Ill murder
Young children in my rounds.
There's only one answer
To save this town from me:
Award me the ticket
To the seat in section c.
Evening star., 1925-10-05
MITCHELL is TOLD
OF ARMY CHARGES

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GRAND JURY SCORES
TREATMENT OF 4,4OO
AT ST. ELIZABETH'S

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PN-9 PILOT DENIES
MITCHELL'S CRITICISM
OF TRIP WAS MERITED

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Would Define Courts Powers.

I'VE have sought relief for years.
We now propose that Congress and
the several State Legislatures shall
fully and competently exercise the au-
thority given them by constitutional
provisions, and define the powers of
equity courts so as to prevent them
from exercising powers not specifically
delegated"
Likewise. the report amplified the
federation's position in opposition to
Communism. and declared that Com
Evening star., 1925-10-05
LAUREL ENTRIES
FIRST DAY. OCTOBER 6.

Th. T.. hltt eHtiS
SECOND RACE-Purse $1,000: claim
ing; steeplechase: 4-year-olds and up; about
Evening star., 1925-07-30
In THE GARDEN WITH BURBANK
As Iuthu Burbank

inch apart. Soak with water when
planting, but water carefully after.
ward TO avoid rotting. Shade from the
sun and keep the air moist to prevent
evaporation from the leaves.
Hardwood cuttings will sometimes
root in from 16 to 20 DAYS. and soft
wood in half this time. They may be
rooted at almost any time of the year,
II given proper protection and care"
when are they TO be set out?"
They should be transplanted when
they have made some leaf and root
growth, into pots or boxes of prepared
soil. and may be set out in the open
ground when the weather is favora-
BILE"
Now a word, please, about layer
tings are difficult to root.
"A layer is really a cutting that has
not been detached from the plant, and
layering is generally done where cut
tings are different to root.
Take a long shoot, bend 1t to the
ground and make a slanting cut about
half through the shoot. Then bury
that portion of It. and peg it down in
a little furrow or trench, covering
lightly with soil and turning and fas-
tening up the end Of the shoot Keep
IL moist, and roots will develop from
the cut shoot, when later the young
plant may be cut away from the par
ent plant and placed where it is TO
grow permanently"
Copyright. l925)
Evening star., 1925-07-30
BEDTIME STORIES
BY THORNTON
w. BURGESS

didn't allow that feeling of security
SO make him any the less watchful.
Long ago ne learned that there never
is any time when 1t is entirely safe
for one OF the little people of the
Green Forest or the Green Meadows
20 cease watchfulness. So it was that
Danny still kept watch with ears and
ayes and nose. His ears, those funny
little ears of his, brought him the first
hint Of possible danger. 1t seemed to
him that be heard a rustling Of grass
items somewhere back OF him. He
turncd to hook, and at the same time
he strained those little ears of his.
Rhere 1t was again, that faint rustling.
'shen he saw the grass stems moving.
Danny's heart gave a little jump. He
didn't have to see who was soming
through the grass. He knew without
eeeing.
Mr.. Blacksnake," thought Danny
%He Is following along that little path
made. He is so near now that l
haven't a chance to turn back"
Danny looked hastily all about him.
y; short distance away in the water
s3ood a little clump of tall grass
flakiag a tiny island. Without hesi-
tslting a second, Danny plunged into
the water and swan straight over to
that little island. He climbed out and
I'D in the grass. Then as he peeped
back he saw the head of MIR. Black
sr.ake thrust out from the grass of
the little sussock he had just left.
It's a lucky thing l can swim,
thought Danny.
.(Copyright. 1920
Evening star., 1925-07-30

Peeping out from between the grass
stems he could see all that was
going on.
He could see Grandfather Frog
sitting on his favorite big green lily
pad. He could see the head of
Snapper the Turtle thrust out OF the
water. Looking up in the blue. blue
sky, he could see Redtail the Hawk.
over on the big rock Billy Mink was
eating a fish. Sitting in the top of
the Big Hickory Tree was Blacky the
Crow. Reddy Fox came down on the
other side to get a drink. Hardly had
he disappeared when Old Man Coyote
did the same thing. A little farther
along the shore above where he was
sitting, Longlegs, the Great Blue
Heron, was standing with his head
drawn back between his shoulders,
waiting for careless fish or young
frog to come within reach.
Danny chuckled to himself. Every
one of those people would have en-
joyed dinner OF Meadow Mouse. II
tickled Danny to think that he was
where he could see so many of his
enemies without one of them having
the least idea that he was there.
Now, you and l, had we been il
Danny's place, would have been wor
ried TO death. How would you feel il
everywhere you looked you saw some
| one whom you knew would like moth
| ing better than to Kill you? But
Danny didn't worry. He wasn't IL
the least unhappy. In fact. as l saiC
| before. he chuckled. You see he was
so used TO being surrounded by enc
niles. so used to having narrow es
capes every day, that it merely tickleC
him to see so many of his enemies al
one time. while they had no idea a,
all that he was anywhere near
But though Danny felt so safe and
secure, so sure that no one would
dream of looking for him there, he
Evening star., 1925-07-30
Temper as Misdirected Energy
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

to commands. For instance, Johnnie
wants to eat some French pastry.
The food is too rich for this to be
allowed, and he is insistent. Unless
he is rightly managed, he is likely to
kick and scream and have a tantrum
of his own favorite sort. What can
be done. for he must not have his
own way? The solution is to divert
him. This may be very difficult, but
it should be managed.
Divert, Then Control.
Put a thought in his mind of some
thing that he likes. Suggest a favor
ite game Attract his attention to
some unusual subject. Once you sue
ceed in getting him absorbed, he will
forget his previous determination and
then he becomes tractable. 1t is a
great mistake for parents to avoid
this method of controlling the child
and to feel that he must be made
to mind" merely because they have
so decreed. Mind he must. That is
certain. It is the method pursued to
gain this end that is of vast impor-
tance, not only at the time, but for
future years.
Kills Ambition.
Parents who dominate children
who force their wills upon their off
spring, are in danger of curbing or
even killing ambition. 1t takes a tre-
mendous driving force, an indomit-
able ambition, to make ones way sue
cessfully in this world. The child
who IS determined to have his own
way with his parents IS showing early
that he has the germs of success
within him. 1t is for parents to guide
n L IL; i
is dominated by force or fear, he is
in danger of losing his ambition. even
to have his own way. If he does not
succeed in after years in making the
most of his abilities he may not be
the only one who is at fault. If the
child is taught self-control, he uses
his energy to gain self lf-mastery, which
is an invaluable aid to success.
Give Child Reasons.
1t may seem strange that children
who have 'ungovernable tempers. -
not only have an enormous amount OF
power, but they are usually amenable
to reason. Therefore, when such
children grow old enough to know
why certain rules must be followed
they should be told the reasons They
must be helped to see that rule Is
not an arbitrary determination on the
part of the parent to dominate and
control without rhyme or reason, but
that underneath the rule there lies
some vital necessity for the course OF
action or the restraint. Help the child
to realize You are cooperating with
him. not working to get your way
against his. Guide the child. Do not
fight him. Be firm in reign of rea
sonable government Help the child
TO gain his own mastery of himself
Evening star., 1925-07-30
SUMMERTIME
BY d. @. PEATTIE.
Ginseng.

Late July is the time when the
ginseng comes to flower. A curious
woodland plant, with each leaf divided
into five leaflets arranged like the
fingers on the hand, the way black
berry leaves are, and inconspicuous
greenish flowers, followed by bright
crimson fruits, there is little about
its modest appearance that would help
one TO realize that 1t has had as
romantic a history as attaches to any
native plant. Once common in our
richer woods, it has now become
rather rare, due to the insane demand
for it, and is now found only here
and there along the upper Potomac.
Few plants, except the spices, have
ever been rated at a more fabulous
value, when their intrinsic worth is
considered, than the ginseng roots for
it is the roots which are sought.
Ginseng, often called sang" by the
mountain whites of the Southern
States, has for generations proved
a lucrative trade and the sang
diggers" are an integral part of the
picturesque life of early American
life, and even today many hundreds
of persons gain a living by digging
ginseng. Yet it is not the Americans
who use the ginseng, but the Chinese.
There is a species of ginseng native
to China (probably the name ginseng
is corruption of some Chinese term),
but the demand for 1t there had nearly
exterminated ii when our native
species was discovered. 1t is said that
the great French botanist. Michaux.
who explored our country and gave
the mimosa to our gardens, taught
the mountaineers how to collect and
prepare ginseng for the Oriental
market.
What possible benefit the Chinese
really derive from ginseng it is hard
to imagine. The roots have mild,
aromatic, spicy taste, like sarsaparilla,
and at most, might act as a mild
tonic. But the masses are convinced
that there is nothing that ginseng
root will not cure. The reason is
probably based on the doctrine of
signatures, a superstitious phase OF
medieval botany, which taught that
every plant bore a marking showing
what it was good for. A plant with
q heart shaped leaf, by this doctrine,
is good for the heart, and so forth.
AS the root of ginseng is usually
forked and looks, roughly, like the
two legs and the trunk of a man, 1t
is believed by the Chinese that, as the
root looks like a whole man, 1t will
cure anything that you have the
matter with you, no matter where 1t
hits you. Isn't 1t too bad the Chinese
aren't right?
Evening star., 1925-07-30

Me and pop started to go out for a
wawk Sattiday afternoon and ma sed
Willyum, we haven't eny meet in the
house for dinnir, wat would you sug-
gest?
Liver and onions, pop sed.
Oh might of known you'd say that,
ma sed
Watts a matter with that? pop sed,
and ma sed, We had liver and onions
ony days ago.
Well days without food is a long
vile, and liver and onions is my ideer
OF food, pop sed, and ma sed, Now
Willyum don't be rediculiss, cant you
think of enything elts?
Yes, liver and onions. pop sed.
Reely, Willyum, your enuff to try
the patience of a plaster saint, ma
sed. Suppose you stop in at the
butchers and tell him to send erround
a nice sirloin stake, she sed.
Suppose he hasent eny? pop sed
Then get lam chops, but of corse
he has sirloin stake. wy shouldent a
butcher have sirloin stake? ma sed.
Well, you cant tell about a butcher,
their so temperamental, pop sed.
And me and him went out, and wen
we got to the butchers we went in,
pop saying, You haven't eny sirloin
stake by eny chance. have you?
L surely have, that's one. thing I'm
never out of, ! bet l sold so sirloin
stakes today, the butcher sed.
That awt 10 be enuff for one day,
l don't Suppose you have eny lam chops
have you? pop sed
All you wunt, the butcher sed, and
pop sed. Well, I have that meny my
self. Meening he dident want eny,
and he sed. Liver and onions mite be
nice for change, do you have that?
/ have the liver, the butcher sed,
and pop sed, Well then let that be
your share, send erround or
pounds or SO. Wich he did.