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Evening star., 1925-12-18
AUTO INDUSTRY BENEFITS.
Bureau of Standards Is Busy Max
ing Useful Tests.

The automotive industry has been
the beneficiary of much of the testing
work done at the Bureau Of Standards.
Machines devised to literally run
the road past the tire" are In opera.
ton to test the wearing quality of
q standard tire tread. Other machines
inquire into the durability of brake
lining. how heat, cold and water af-
fects brake Innings.
Over in another of the big buildings
which make up the Scientific Re
search Bureau of the Government in
physics is a group of men testing
automobile engines under brake: test
ing new motor fuels and finding out
why one fuel starts an engine easier
than another.
Evening star., 1925-12-18
Velvet Sport
Blouses at $5.05

Of tailored chic - with
their high necks, their metal
but tons and their long
sleeves, are these new vel
vet blouses that one wears
with balbriggan or plaid
skirt.
Why not give her one for
Christmas? She's sure to
like both the smart STYLES
and the lovely colors.
SECOND FLOOR. SPORT SHOP
Evening star., 1925-12-18

No honorary degrees are given al
Leland Stanford, Jr., University.
Evening star., 1925-07-09
Stripping for Action.

William Jennings Bryan took his
coat off almost Immediately on ar
riving at Dayton. Tenn. and, accord
ing to one report from that present
acknowledgements center of the
country, he removed his collar the
next day. There is something more
than a desire for personal comfort
in this stripping for action by the
great commoner. He is really get
ting ready for the greatest fight in
his career, and is disgarbing accord
ingly. 1t is to be hoped that the
weather will moderate somewhat dur
ing the trial of the evolution case
lest this process of elimination go to
unseemly lengths.
Coincident with the removal Of the
collar Mr.. Bryan announced that this
Scopes trial at Dayton is only skir-
mish in the great war that he is
about to wage. Whatever the out
come of the Dayton case, he will start
at once upon nationwide campaign
for the adoption Of a constitutional
amendment prohibiting the teaching
of evolution in any institution of
learning in this country. This amend
ment, he declares, will put the Bible
into the fundamental law of the land.
The majority of the people, he says,
are against evolution, and they can
be relied upon to write this basic
law into the American magma charta.
1nasmuch as the Tennessee law was
the result mainly of Mr.. Bryan's own
personal endeavors with the Legisla-
ture of that State, it is appropriate
that he should be now, sans coat, sans
collar, fighting for it's maintenance
and laying plans for its extension.
In point Of fact, the personnel OF the
case at Dayton has shifted. 1t is
not Scopes, the teacher, but Bryan,
the preacher, who is on trial.
Evening star., 1925-07-09

ter mind" the ideal leader, is simply
the most terrifying member of the
gang The very nature of criminal
gang business breeds disloyalty and
jealousy. In later days gang control
has become more difficult because of
the ease with which rivalries are set
up. with weapons and motor cars free
ly obtainable.
Chicago has been suffering from
gangship for long time. These re-
cent murders have, however, given
the law-abiding residents of that city
some hope of ultimate relief from the
terror of the professional marauders,
thieves, thugs, swindlers and all-round
crooks who prey upon all members of
society. The amazing part of this
situation is that apparently the police
of Chicago are we'll acquainted with
the personnel of these gangs, know
their headquarters, know the leaders,
and yet do little or nothing toward
breaking them up. The other day a
woman announced herself as candi
date for the mayoralty nomination in
that city on a platform of promises,
including a pledge TO enforce the laws,
drive out the gangsters and the
crooks, and to purge the municipal
administration Of corruption. There
is evidently need of conceStrated and
continuous war upon political as we'll
as criminal gangsters in that city.
Evening star., 1925-07-09
Chicago's Gang War,

The sixth notorious gangster to die
in a feud war fell in Chicago yester-
day. He was the third brother in a
single family who has been "nicked
off" within short time. The Chicago
police are inclined to suspect that this
latest death of Genna is due to civil
war within the ranks of the Genna
gang. They are, of course, seeking
the slayer, even as they sought the
slayers of the preceding victims of
this warfare. But there is a feeling
In Chicago that perhaps the commu-
nifty will be better off if the law of
vengeance is allowed to run its course.
II the gangsters concentrate their
murderous activities upon themselves
they may effect a sufficient elimina-
tion to relieve the pressure from
which Chicago has been suffering for
some time.
These gang wars are due to two
causes, rivalry for criminal privileges
and betrayals of faith That there is
no honor among thieves" is true in
the case of these organized crook
gangs that infest large cities of this
country. Discipline and loyalty are
maintained through fear. The mas
Evening star., 1925-07-09

Two famous American ships-the
ancient frigate Constitution. or "Old
Ironsides,'' and the battleship oregon
of Spanish War days-again are in
the public eye and the subject of re-
newed expressions of sentiment. Sep
arated by nearly a century in their
days of active service, the historic
reminders of the glory Of the Navy.
"Old Ironsides," relic of sails and
wooden hulls, awaits on the New Eng
land coast the raising of funds for
her preservation, while across the
continent the veteran of the earliest
steel-armored first-class battleships has
passed into the custody of the State
whose name she bears.
Oregon for the Oregon exclaims
the New York World The most IA
nous of American battleships since
resting place in Portland harbor,
where the local pride of the Pacific
coast will see that the slow processes
of decay are as long as possible resist
ed and that no impious hand shall
tear her tattered ensign down.
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Recalling the popular thrill in the
Spring of 1898 when the Oregon
steamed around Cape Horn to aid in
giving battle to the Spanish Meet, the
Syracuse Herald calls the feat "a
novel Sheridan's ride of magnitied and
prolonged dramatic appeal to fit the
mighty stage of two oceans, and asks:
"Is there no American poet who can
glorify the Oregon as oliver Wendell
Holmes did Old Ironsides'?' The
Astoria Budget says: Would that Sam
Simpson, the sweet singer of Oregon,
were alive today to pay a final tribute
to the old battleship on the occasion
of its last voyage, just as he did when
1t was launched for its maiden trip"
OF this early period of achievement,
the Portland, Greg, Journal declares:
"Ships are like men. Some are vivid
with heroism, virile in action. and in
themselves their own monuments. OF
such is the battleship Oregon. On the
memorable night when the Maine was
sunk the Oregon was in dry dock, the
ships hospital. 1t was as If she leaped
from her sick-bed to rally to the ma
tion's defense. There has not been
such another race around the Horn,
such battling with storm, such out
maneuvering of hostile warcraft and
such victory over them as were put
into the undying record of the Ore
gon's prowess. Further tribute
comes frsm the Beilingham Herald
Evening star., 1925-07-09
PRAYER and Beautiful Knees,

A challenge has been flung to the
young women of America. Jose M.
Vidal Quadras, Spanish portrait
painter, has come to this country
maintaining that the knees Of the
Spanish women are the f1rnest and
most beautiful in the world. He at
tributes this perfection to the fact
that the women of Spain pray more
than those of other countries. Their
frequent genuf1ections exercise the
muscles and perfect the contour of
the knee.
Prayer is wonderful thing. When
made in reverance and honesty of
purpose prayer is a developer of the
Evening star., 1925-07-09

Has England? Europe is now pay
ing to America three times the inter
est that America ever had to pay
Europe.
The arrival in Berlin of Ambassador
Schurmann brings much assurance
of restoration of good will. This is
emphasized by Germany's proposal of
a security peace agreement between
Western European nations. With
such a peace pact, Germany offers to
enter the League of Nations without
any mental reservations. and she ap-
proves President Coolidges recent
Cambridge speech-so disapproved in
England-rebuking Europe for the
continuing race friction and threaten
ing attitude. Yet Lord Balfour gives
assurance that no dispute could arise
between France, Belgium, Germany
and Great Britain which could not be
settled by arbitration. That is what
President Coolidge urges, and on only
such a foundation pact could America
give "any encouragement for a. dis
position to attempt to finance a re-
viva1 of Europe"
Copyright 1926. by Paul V. CoIlins.l
Evening star., 1925-07-09

soul and heart and spirit. Now, il
appears that it has another virtue
the development of the beautiful knee
II the Spanish artist is correct, it out
strips golf, tennis and swimming. and
even the daily Dozen" in this re
spect.
In the old days when the knee was
thing to drape, the challenge of the
Spaniard might have passed without
concern. But the times have changed
and with them styles, and the knee
fat, thin, knocked or bowed. is seen
almost as much as it is concealed
Perhaps the American fiapper could
with benefit to her appearance, as
well as her soul, take a leaf out of
the Spanish maiden's book.
Evening star., 1925-07-09

1t requires too much time to keep
in close touch with all current
events. The average reader is wont
to excuse his lack of detailed
familiarity with the state of the
world by saying, "I have my living to
make, and it takes considerable of my
time to do it." While the daily dis
patches are loaded with news (any
one item of which may hold the
destiny of nationa who but news
editor" can possibly digest it all?
This is busy world-seemingl never
SO busy as it is today. Taking cue
from Charles F. Horne's book, 1.-The
Technique of a Novel," how should
the story be told? Horne says:
"A story is not an exact repetition
of life. No story could be that; be-
cause in life many million things are
happening all around US. all at once;
and of these concurrent incidents
only a very small fraction have any
clear connection with our tale. Per-
haps a dozen of them are in fairly
close and interesting relation to it.
But there is always just the one de-
tail that is for the instant most
valuable, most vital. The majority of
e-bearers manage to keep within
the range of the dozen or so of re-
lated ideas: it is only the genius that
strikes always and inevitably upon
the one
out of the million things that are
happening all at once" one may
select the "dozen," and leave to the
rare genius of the reader the privilege
of striking the inevitable lone" item
which is today the turning point, or
the climax, of human endeavor. This
is not a summary of the news of the
but dirip n
sweeping look, in which individuals
are not seen, but only masses, moving
slowly, persistently, sometimes un,
cannily.
The world is a great Ferris wheel,
and il turns nation after nation up
to visibility from the point of observa-
ton in our seat in the zenith.
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First in view is Great Britain
whose boast is that the sun never sets
upon her domain. One sees mass
of 100000 idle men in England s
tight little island" and the taXpay
ers are paying these unemployed a
dole of SIS each weekly, which is quite
enough to sustain life without work
ing. Why work? Why should the
time -honored policy of non-protection
of home industry through free trade
he disturbed now, even though the
foreign market for English products
is shot to pieces? asks the Briton.
There is a greater percentage OF
unemployed today in England thar
existed in America in 1920, with our
4. 900 900 idle. A statistician, pointing
to the figures which show that before
the war England's foreign trade was
only s6,500, 900, while now it is
s11 900 .0O0, 900, challenges the state
ment that her foreign market is less
But how about the comparative pur
chasing value of money, the unit OF
measure? That dole of S5,500,00C
every week produces nothing-nothing
but human degeneracy! Five years
of such dole and no solution in sight
to the Conservative or Labor govern
mentsi
England was one Of the first to rec
ognize the Soviet government Of Rus
sia; her need of the Russian market
impelled recognition. Now England
is warning the soviets that recogni
ton will be Cancelled IL Soviets do not
desist in leading China into anti-Brit
ish agitation. stern note" from
the British cabinet will remind the
Evening star., 1925-07-09
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Again the Kiosk,

Again the Kiosk.
It's wrong to wish for any form
OF wild, destructive woe;
And yet when Summer days are warm
With a relentless glow
contemplate with growing ire
The record sadly true
Which that Kiosk bids us admire
Upon the Avenue.
I wish a conf1agration small
Would sweep that spot with care:
l wish an earthquake would befaIl-
Not more than three feet square.
When the thermom so grinly creeps
To torrid heights anew
I'd lose that old Kiosk for keeps .
From off the Avenue,
Evening star., 1925-07-09

In addition to its other controversies
the Darwinian theory has aroused a
quarrel among the town boosters of
different communities desirous of
being the scene of the trial. What
ever may be his proper position in
geological relationship, the ape may
have to be accorded some credit as a.
publicity promoter.
Evening star., 1925-07-09

Assertions are freely made that
Coolidge can have another term if he
desires. In the meantime some of the
most eminent lights of the Democratic
party are too busily engaged in scien-
tific discussion to give attention to the
work of political reorganization.
Evening star., 1925-07-09

Caillaux has survived previous un-
popularity, and is, therefore, to be re-
garded as one who can discuss cur
rency plans, any one Of which is likely
to bring down an avalanche of protest
from ''Vox Populi" and especially
Taxpayer"
Evening star., 1925-07-09
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL y. COLLINS.

Soviets of their scrap of paper agree
ing to stop anti-British propaganda
in consideration of recognition The
British arrest in Hongkong of a Rus
sian agitator meets retaliation in Mos
COW, where no more visas are given
to British over the Trans-S Siberian
Railroad
This will be followed. according to
rumor, by the forced break of the
Peking Chinese government with the
SovietS, as demanded by Britain and
Japan. 1t has hastened our new Min
ister to China, Mr.. MacMurray, on to
his arrival in Peking.
That situation in China links up
closely with President Coolidges urge
for conference of the powers inter
ested in the Pacific Ocean, and in the
peace of China especially, with it's
open door, and with the withdrawal
of the whole worlds eXtraterritorial-
ity in China and encroachments upon
Chinese autonomy and sovereignty.
Japan is said to be opposed to such
parley. Japan hopes to dominate
the Far East, and that domination
depends upon non-agreement among
the other powers with the liberal ira
ditional policies of America.
At conference on trade relations
held at Honolulu last week a distin-
guished Japanese said: America is
Japan's best customer, and the Jap
anese nation knows it does not pay
to kill our best customer"
The present Chinese unrest and
fighting is based on Chinese hatred
of foreigners, because foreigners
especially British and Japanese-have
encroached on their territory and lib
erty. Soviet leadership imperils all
foreign nationalitieS in China. The
soviet hope is to carry the Chinese
war down into India. China and
India with Russia comprise more
than half the worlds population. Can
that mass be organized?
Our Ferris wheel continues to re-
volve, and now France is seen most
clearly. It's war in northern Africa
with the savage Riffs is not prosper
ing. The Riffs are said to be armed
by the soviets, and they have been
taught modern war tactics. French
are withdrawing troops from the
German Ruhr only to hurry them off
to fight the Riffs-50, 900 reinforce
ments to the front. Several African
tribes who had been supporting the
fT6nCn nave gone over TO .tn6 H11S.
In a short time France will have
250,000 French soldiers fighting in
Africa. The objective at present is
the possession of the strategic city
of Fez.
Some disagreement between France
and Spain as to the joint attack on
Abd-elKrim, leader of the Riffs, ham
pers the offensive. 1t even leopard
ICES, according to Caillaux, minister
of finance, the pending new gold loan
| f1oated by France. The franc is now
| worth only about quarter of it's nor
NAL or face value-5.12 cents.
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France, Belgium and Italy seem to
be crowding each other to get into line
| for parleys with Uncle Sam as to
terms for funding their respective
debts. Before Autumn all Europe
will have signed ION the dotted line, -
as Uncle Sam points out the place.
| But one botheration is Englands in
sistence that whoever pays America
must simultaneously pay England in
proportion. America has money to
Io,,.o,r x.tbor crodit iS raeSt n bIished
Evening star., 1925-07-09

The Riffs have no hesitancy about
asserting themselves as militaristic
nation just at time when peace is the
great object of the civilized world. It
is the privilege of the small and weak
TO make trouble for the strong.
Evening star., 1925-07-09

Book sellers report a great demand
for the works of Darwin, Huxley,
Spencer and other writer's on biology.
Mr.. Scopes may not be permitted to
teach evolution to his classes, but he
will have the satisfaction of knowing
that he has stimulated study in ad,
vanced lines among the masses.
Evening star., 1925-07-09
Famous Old Fighting Ships
Again Stir Nations Pulse

with the thought: "The old Oregon,
though in outward appearance little
changed, no longer surges with life.
Yet nothing can daunt the spirit OF
the famous battleship. That will live
always, and America, with sentiment
which thrills at the story Of Old Iron
Sides will not forget the Oregon.
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An impressive incident is seen bv
the New Orleans Item Tribune as the
Oregon bulldog Of the America
Navy, holder of all records, victor al
Santiago, goes to her last anchorage. =,
Inspiration ever is found in tie
story Of the Constitution-"Old Iron
sides. American youth for more
than three generations has been in
spired and thrilled by the story of Old
Ironsides," says the Utica Observer
Dispatch. ''No single ship in Ameri-
can history has ever occupied the
unique place held by this famous frig-
ate. One Of the last bills passed by
Congress authorized the Secretary of
the Navy to receive private donations
to pay for the work that must be done
on this ship to preserve her for an
liarly appropriate that the appeal
should be made to the school children
of America"
The Terre Haute Star recalls that
when Nelson's flagship, Victory, was
threatened with the fate which has
menaced the Constitution, Great Brit.
ain hastened to raise funds that a
stone drydock might be devoted to the
preservation of this famous ship" The
Star adds that 1.-The Constitution
means as much to the United States
as the Victory means to Great Brit
ain," and expresses the opinion that
the Daughters of 1912. who are assist
ing in raising the fund, will find
Americans full of patriotic feeling for
that deck once red with heroes
blood"
call for the Oliver Wendell Holmes
OF today is uttered by the Louisville
Post, which asks: HAS not the Navy
a few pennies it. can spare to preserve
the Constitution? 1t spent millions
for ships that were junked in accord
with the terms of the 5-5-3 treaty.
Why not a few thousands, for odd
Ironsides'?" Rather than let the shin
''go to the scrap pile" the Corning
Leader would follow the poets ad-
vice
"Set every threadbare sail
And give her to the god Of storms
The lightning and the gale"
Evening star., 1925-07-09

Dayton, Tenn, is hoping Col. Bryan,
as an expert realtor, will show it how
to turn its present publicity to perma-
nent account instead of wasting so
much good advertising on a transient
boom in soft drinks and sandwiches.
Evening star., 1925-07-09

There are still a few old-fashioned
politicians who find it hard to under
stand President of the United States
who would in all sincerity rather study
problems of taxation than go fishing.
Evening star., 1925-07-09

Mussolini has composed a drama IF
as DAnnunzio asserts, a poet may be-
come a politician, it is only reasonable
to infer that a politician may become
poet.
Evening star., 1925-07-09

Paris statesmen who discuss econ.
omy receive no encouragement what
ever from the Deauville press agents.
Evening star., 1925-07-09
More STUDY

what do you think Of evolution ?"
"I'm sorry the discussion ever start.
ed" answered Senator Sorghum. 'If
public speaker has to understand
all the scientific terms OF biology, poll
tics is going to be even a harder game
than ever
Evening star., 1925-07-09

AS the chimpanzee is not really ac.
cused of crime. Mr.. Darrow will be
able to conduct his defense without
the aid Of psychoanalysis.
Evening star., 1925-07-09

Dayton, Tenn, is ambitious, and is
prepared to welcome Col. Bryan as
one Of the country's most able real.
tors.
Evening star., 1925-07-09

Women have asserted not only the
right to vote, but the right to dress
comfortably in July while leaving the
men to swelter in antiquated garb.
Evening star., 1925-07-09

Efforts Of Mussolini as a dramatist
will never measure up to his success
as leader of the mob" in real life.
Evening star., 1925-07-09

de improvement OF humanity"
said Uncle Eben, sis shown by de
number of arguments we is now able
to have without startin' a sho'-nuff
fight"
Evening star., 1925-07-09
The Immmediate Reioipder

"The monkey was in days gone by
Your ancestor, or. brotherr'
And then there comes the old repl,
So promptly, You're anotherm
Evening star., 1925-07-09

Have you read the latest novel?"
"I don't know how to answer" said
Miss Cayenne. ''If I say mo- you'll
think I'm behind the times and If I
say yes you'll think 1 have wretched
taste"
Evening star., 1925-07-09

Jud Tunkins says sympathy is gen.
orally polite means of reminding a
hard luck victim Of how glad ym,
are that you're not in his place.
Evening star., 1925-07-09

Earthquakes offer both sides of the
Pacific a subject for mutual sympathy.
Evening star., 1925-07-09
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Evening star., 1925-07-09

Q. Is it possible for an oyster to
change it's seX?-J. r. X.
A. Some modern scientists are in
clined to believe that the sex Of an
oyster may change between birth and
maturity.
Evening star., 1925-07-09

Q. AS regards size. how is "Tho
Horse Fair" by Bonheur, compared
with other canvases?-C. Z. B.
A. The painting to which you refe~
is said to be the largest canvas ever
executed by a painter of animals.
Evening star., 1925-07-09

Q. Will you please tell me the orr
gin of the expression "a chance for
his white aIley"?-W. II. f.
A. The expression "a chance for his
white alley means to afford a chance
to recoup losses, or to play fair. 1t
is derived from the game of marbles.
an alley being a large and choice play
ing marble.
Evening star., 1925-07-09

Q. Is Twsin's Life Of Joan of Arc =
considered good?-C. S. NJ.
a. From the standpoint of the au-
thor, Mark Twains Life of Joan
of Arc" was his favorite book. His
torically it is regarded as valuable.
Evening star., 1925-07-09

Q. Where is the largest Quaker col
lege in the United States?-C. H.
A. Earlham College, Richmond, Ind,
is the largest. 1t is co-educational
and has about 500 students.