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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-15
HERMINE LAYS CLAIM
TO TITLE OF KAISERIN

By Cable to Tho Star and New York World.
DORTMUND, February 14.--Formal
notice has been served on Germany
that the nation again has an empress.
For the first time since her marriage
to the exiled monarch, the Princess
Hermine has stepped into the public
spotlight as Her Majesty, the
Kaiserin." The signature is attached
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-15

New English lounge models in two and thr<
Trousers hang straight from hips with wide
plenty of double-breasted coats-all the thing fo
a good selection of conservative hard finished W.
stand no end of wear tailored in a three-button ,
coat.
THE FABRICS: Worsteds. finished and uni
meres, cheviots and hannels. In Springs corree
don Lavender, new sand tones new grays, me
blues. All the high colors as we'll as sedate sol
stripes and mixtures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-15

Watches made abroad and bought
in England last year numbered more
than 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-02-15

Bobbed hair has cut the shipments
of hair nets from Chefoo, China, TO-
600 pounds in nine months despite
that prices have tumbled nearly Is
per cent.
Evening star., 1925-08-12

ness of commercial aviation as we'll
as to the construction of aircraft for
national defense.
America has been a pioneer in avi-
alton. 1t boasts the first successful
heavier than air craft Americans
have broken world records and estab
lished records again and again in
aviation. The aircraft was seized
upon by European nations, looking
always for new weapons of attack and
defense, and. through military meas
ures, has been greatly developed.
The same incentive did not exist in
the United States-does not exist
today, although the value of the air
service in war Is becoming increas-
ingly clear. Americas supremacy of
the air is sought now, particularly
for commercial purposes. though 1t is
well understood that commercial and
military strength in the air will go
hand in hand TO a very considerable
degree.
The United States, with it's vast
territorial extent, is peculiarly adapted
to commercial aviation in an age
where speed is a prime essential.
The accomplishments of the postal
air service, traversing the continent
on regular daily and nightly routes,
have. been wonderfully successful.
They have blazed the way for the
commercial activities of the airship,
and recent legislation by Congress
has thrown open TO private contract
the carrying of the malls by air,
kind of mail subsidy which should go
far to encourage the entrance of com
mercial concerns into the business of
transportation by air.
If the Government can still further
aid in the development of air trans
portation through the lease of
Los Angeles and the Shenandoah to
commercial concerns 1t seems the
part of wisdom to make such leases.
Germany pinned her faith largely to
the lighter-than-air craft before the
World War and used the Zeppelins
to prosecute the war. The Navy and
the Army have made experiments
with the lighter-than-air craft which
should prove of great value in the
maintenance and development of
dirigible services from one part of
the country to another.
Evening star., 1925-08-12

argued similarly that because men,
bers of anti-narcotic forces are like
wise susceptible to the temptation to
graft the law against the sale and use
of habit-forming drugs should likewise
be repealed?
Unquestionably the drug evil is a
menace to pubic health and morals
in this country today. There is no
telling how far this vile trade has ex-
tended, how many victims it has made.
1t has gone into all parts of the coun-
try, into all classes of society, has
reached even the children. The fight
against it must be prosecuted vigor-
ously. 1t must not be remitted be-
cause 1t is hard to find honest men to
wage 1t and to keep them honest aft
er they have started their work. These
men who are now caught in betrayal
OF their trust should. If convicted of
the charges against them. be given the
utmost possible punishment as an
example.
Evening star., 1925-08-12
Traitors to Their Trust.

There is reported from Chicago the
arrest of the chief Of the Federal mar
cotic division for the Chicago district
and three of his assistants on charges
of bartering drugs for the loot Of rob-
bers. 1t is charged that these Federal
agents have been trafficking with both
the drug peddlers of Chicago, which is
supply for the entire country, and
with crooks and thieves. Drugs seized
in raids, it is alleged, have been traded
for stolen property Of value. In the
apartments of two of the arrested men
were found goods of great value identi-
fed as having been taken by thieves
from their owners. Evidence also ap-
pears of corrupt connections between
the drug peddlers and the Federal
agents in securing light penalties.
These four men have formed mar
cotic raiding squad greatly feared by
the purveyors Of drugs in Chicago.
Their chief had acquired a wide repu-
tation as a lecturer on the evils of
drugs. If the charges against him are
true he evidently succumbed to the
temptation to profit richly by his Of
fetal opportunities.
Opponents of prohibition point to
the difficulty of maintaining an honest,
uncorruptible enforcement organiZa-
ton as one Of the reasons for the
abandonment Of the policy. Is it to be
Evening star., 1925-08-12
A Great Sportsman.

Finley Barrell internationally
known Chicago financier, is dead, but
the sportsman's heart beneath the
business exterior of the man showed
itself again recently, when his will
was one of $25, 900, to the Izaak Wal
ton League of America, of which Mr..
Barrel was an enthusiastic member
and national director.
Those who knew him best, say that
business was of second consideration
to his sports afield and astream. If
it was a case of money or trip into
the out of doors, the business had to
wait.
The walls of the study of his Lake
Forest home are covered with trophies
of the chase-mute testimony to his
unerring aim and expertness In ang-
ling.
But far better than a great fisher
man and a great hunter-he was a
great sportsman; man who never
took more than the limit and who be-
lieved in the precepts of true sports
manship with a whole heart.
Finley Barrell did his part to per-
petuate sports afield and astream for
the little chaps to come, that they
might enjoy the things he knew to
be really worth while-Champaign
News-G Gazette.
Evening star., 1925-08-12
Street Trees.

The Engineer Commissioner has re-
ceived from the superintendent of
trees and parking a request that the
annual appropriation for maintenance
OF trees and parking be substantially
increased. The money now allotted to
that work is not enough. The cost of
planting trees, removing those that
have become useless through age or
injury, trimming and spraying is set
forth. The matter of cultivating trees
in the nursery and taking care of
saplings set on new streets is dis
cussed. The Engineer Commissioners
is quoted as saying: "If it were not
for the shade trees we have on nearly
all our streets Washington would not
be regarded as the beautiful city that
it is" Washington's reputation as a
tree city should and must be main
tained. It Is one of the distinguishing
features Of the Capital. We should
hold on as long as we can to such
foliage -fringed streets as we have, and
on the old residence streets and on
streets in newer Washington trees
should be kept green and hearty. AS
the city spreads the cost of planting
trees and the cost of requirements and
maintenance will increase, but in
every part of the city where people
have homes there Is the demand for
trees. People want economy, and
there cannot be any just charge that
there has been extravaganza in tree
work in Washington. The cost of
keeping up the tree beauty of Wash
ington is not large, and there is no
way to have trees on the residence
streets without paying for them. They
are worth the cost.
Evening star., 1925-08-12
Commercial Aviation in America.

Commercial aviation in the United
States on a huge scale at last gives
promise of becoming a fact. President
Coolidge and his administration will
place the Government squarely back
of the movement to make America
supreme in the air. The movement
for greater air travel development Is
proceeding along several lines. The
most recent proposal is for the es-
tablishment of a daily dirigibie air
ship line between New Yoork and
Chicago, for which it is urged that
Los Angeles, pride of the Navy,
be leased. A group of engineers and
financiers, including John Hays Ham
mond. jr., has advanced this proposal
seriously and has interested the Pres
fdent and Secretary Hoover of the
Department of Commerce. Their plan
looks to ultimate extension of the
diriglble service to other Western
cities, to the South and the Panama
Canal Zone. and to the West Indies
In the field of heavier-than-air craft
Henry Ford has thrown his genius
and his millions into a project which
will use airplanes in his business and
provide daily transportation between
Detroit and Chicago and other cities.
The Governments particular con-
tribution toward the development of
the science of aviation comes largely
through its appropriations for air.
craft for national defense and for
the postal service. Millions of dollars
for new airplanes were appropriated
for the present fiscal year, and It is
reported that the air services OF the
Army and Navy will be allotted S1s,-
900 900 more for the fiscal year 1927
in the budget to be submitted to Con-
gress next December. These funds
, make it possible to develop still fur
ther the factories engaged in produc-
!. ing aircraft and aircraft motors. Such
development is essential to the bust
Evening star., 1925-08-12
Bond Issue and Building Program.

Suggestion has been made that
funds for the execution of a large
public building program, to give the
Government structures which 1t ur-
gently needs for the transaction of
it's business, should be raised by
means of bond issue, thus spread
ing out over a period of years the
cost of this work. The President has
taken the matter under consideration
and may at the next session of Con-
gress recommend this measure as a
means of economy. At present the
Government is paying out approx
mately $2S,Ooo,O 900 annually in rent.
That it would be economy to build is
well established. The present ques-
ton is whether the cost of construc-
tion program should be taken out of
the current revenues or should be pro-
vided for out of the sale of bonds.
This is an actuarial question. A
bond issue would, of course, entail
interest, which would be added to
the rents paid during the period of
construction. Such an issue, how
ever, would spread the cost over a
long period and would relieve the
budget of large item annually for
the five or ten years necessary to
complete the construction program.
At present the Government is con-
Quoting its business in a most un-
businesslike manner. 1t is doing what
no large commercial or Industrial
corporation would do. It is spending
current revenues for rents when it
should be owning its own fixed plant.
There is no ground for believing that
the Federal activities will diminish
beyond the present point. The post
war reductions in personnel and in
Federal services have been effected
From now on there will be a growth
The present situation makes not only
for waste Of funds, but loss in eff
cheney. A corporation would be re-
garded as badly managed if 1t un-
dertook to carry on its work in such
conditions.
Particularly is the Governments
need in this respect great in the City
of Washington. Here for many years
the Federal departments and bureaus
have been functioning in inadequate
space and with poor correlation of
units. The story is a familiar one
familiar to legislators as we'll as to
those having business to transact
with the Government. There is loss
Of time and there is loss of service
in this situation as well as loss of
money in rents.
In computing the cost of building
program, however many millions are
involved, gain in efficiency should be
reckoned as a credit, as well as the
saving of rent. The cost Of a bond
issue may upon examination be found
to be slight when these factors are
taken into the computation.
Evening star., 1925-08-12
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

@. What is the license number on
the Presidents automobiles. w. N.
A. His personal car is a dark blue
limousine bearing the tag-District Of
Columbia, 1925, 100. The number 100
is always reserved for the Presidents
car.
Q. Who holds the record for roping
and hog-tying a steer?-P- G.
A A new record was set during
Frontier Days" in Cheyenne, when
Mabel Strickland performed the feat
in "a seconds.
@. Are clippings of privet and box
poisonous to animals?-D. L.
A. The foliage Of both plants is dan
greous for animals to eat. Clippings
should be destroyed where animals
Craze.
@. Are these considered dog days?
|-F. B. w.
A. Dog days comprise the hot, sui
try season of Summer during parts Of
July and August; So-called from the
fact that the rising of the dog star
Sirius, the brightest star in the heav-
ems, is coincident with the rising of
the sun. The ancients thought that
this conjunction caused the intense
heats of Summer and the maladies
which then prevailed, hence the popu-
lar supposition that dogs are specially
liable to go mad at this season. 1t
was by mere accident that the rising
of the star coincided with the hottest
season of the year, in the times and
countries of the old astronomers. Its
rising depends on the latitude of the
place, and is later and later every
year in all ATTITUDES, owing to preces-
sion. In time the star may rise in the
dead of Winter. Obviously, there is
variation in the limits of the dog days,
although they are usually counted
from July to August 11-that is, 20
days before and after the rising in
unison of the dog star and the sun.
The date given by Roger Lang as the
beginning Of dog days in about 735
AID. is July IA.
Q. Why do some potatoes turn dark
after being cooked?-F. S. B.
A. Such potatoes have been submit
ted to too low temperature in stor.
ing. The injury does not amount to
freezing.
Q. How can temperature written in
centigrade be changed to Fahrenheit?
ID. n.
A. Fahrenheit is equal to (9-5 c.
plus 81 degrees. For example, Is de-
grees is the same as SO. degrees Fab
renheit.
Q. Is the trainer of Papyrus also the
trainer of the horses of the King of
England2-T. F.
A. Basil Jarvis trained Papyrus and
brought the horse to America. He has
a brother who is the new trainer to
the King, and another one who trains
the horses Of Lord Rosebery.
Q. Who were next to Gen. Pershing
during the wars. B.
A. The officer next in rank and
command to Gen. Pershing was Lieut..
Evening star., 1925-08-12
Weights and Measures.

The superintendent of weights and
his Office in his annual report to the
District Commissioners. A small in
crease in inspectors is asked, as the
service of these men is needed for bet
fraud. The superintendent wishes to
detail two inspectors to enforce the
law requiring standard containers for
fruits and vegetables. He says: at
has long been the practice of some
shippers and wholesalers to employ in
handling fruits and vegetables con-
tainers of a multiplicity of sizes and
Of such construction as to be decep-
tive" He believes that a vastly larger
sum than the salary Of the inspectors
would be saved to the people of Wash.
ington through enforcement of the
law, and he says that "the business
would be placed on a plane of ethics
far different from that which it now
occupies"
Supt. Roberts wants one inspector
to spend his whole work-time in the
inspection Of milk bottles, and from
his report indicates good reason for
this. He also believes that the protec-
ton Of the public demands supervision
of the quality of gasoline and motor
oil. He says: There are many grades
and qualities of these commodities
selling at different prices, but with no
supervision the motorist has no way
Of knowing whether he is receiving a
high quality when he pays a high
price. New legislation would be neces-
sary to enable the department to as
sumo control Of the situation" The
gasoline matter is important. Dilution
Of gasoline by some dishonest dealers
and misrepresentation Of oils have been
taken note Of by the major oil com.
panies, and they have said that one
Of their reasons for going SO extern
sively into the retail trade was to
protect the reputation of their prod
ucts.
The inspection force of the Office OF
weights and measures is about what
it was several years ago, when Wash
ngton was smaller and more compact
than it is now. The business Of selling
food and all other kinds of supplies
has grown, is still growing, perhaps
at a faster rate than the population,
because people need or desire more
things and are in better circum-
stances. The office of weights and
measures has proved its worth to the
people of Washington over a long
time, and this important branch of the
public business should be we'll served.
Evening star., 1925-08-12
Dictator

position to step on whatsoever thing
got in his way. found himself
stepped on" Charging also that 1.-The
Fascist mind is addicted to strong
arm methods" the New York World
calls the action against the CORE
spondent "a brilliant piece of stupid
ity, for at some other place than
Rome there will be no dearth of
persons glad to furnish information, +"
and In such case the government
Will be unable to present it's side"
The undertaking of any govern
ment to shape the news reports will de-
feat its own object in due course" the
Charleston, S. c., Post AYERS, for, as
the Detroit News declares, there is
only one thing for a government to
do If 1t wants to improve the news
sent out about 1t, and that is to be-
come such good government that all
the news will be favorable" The fur
ther conclusion that Fascism cant
stand the peaceful test and that
every new outbreak of Fascist mob
berry means the closer approach of the
end of Fascism" is drawn by the New
Orleans Item.
A new spirit, in which "the old hopes
of the Fascisti-to save Italy from the
tyranny of bolsheyism and the dan
gers of capitalistic exploitation which
would oppress sincere patriotism
have given way to a supreme effort
to maintain the dictatorship" is OBJ
served by the Peoria Transcript.
which finds In It a lesson for other
nations.
Explaining the position of its cor
respondent, whose work met with the
opposition of Mussolini, the Chicago
Tribune states: The Tribune has no
prejudices against Fascism. It knows
the social and economic disorders and
government weaknesses from which
Mussolini rescued the land. In turn,
he is establishing a personal despot-
ism, and the Tribune does not care
for a news service which ignores the
news and furnishes only government
bulletins Disgusting what is actually
happening" There is no free press
in Italy, but the free press in Amer
lea and in England can hardly be
muzzled by Mussolini," says the
Brooklyn Eagle. 1T is not to be ex-
pected that a good newspaper man
will color his news to suit the policy
Of any government" adds the Roa-
noke World-News.
Evening star., 1925-08-12
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.
An Arctic August

An Arctic August.
A few men have the real sense
When August days are hot.
Most of US seek the life intense
In some frequented spot.
We frivol at a big hotel
And hear the jazzy roar;
A few men have the sense to dwell
Upon an Arctic shore.
We think the beauty contest grand
I'd rather see the bellies
Assembled on the icy strand
Where the rude walrus dwells.
I care not for the Northern Pole
Mid quietudes immense.
merely say that they who stroll
That way show common sense.
Evening star., 1925-08-12

Gen. Hunter Liggett. Next was Lieut.
Gen. Robert L. Bullard, both retired
as major generals.
O. What is the music struck on the
hour. half and quarters by the West
minister chimes?-E. A. V.
A, The chimes used in the Westmin-
ster clock are the same as the Cam
bridge chimes, which are founded on
phrase in the opening symphony OF
Handel's air, II Know That My Re
deemer Liveth," and arranged by DIR.
Crotch for the clock of Great St.
Mary's, Cambridge.
Q. What is the total stock of money
In the United States?-T. w. W.
A. The total stock of money, includ-
ing United States paper currency In
circulation in foreign countries and
the amount held by the Cuban agen-
cies of the Federal Reserve banks-as
Of July l, 1925. was S8,225, ,745, ,924. as
compared with $8,746, ,400,249, as OF
July !, 1924.
Q. What is myopia?-A. NJ. A.
A. Myopia, or short-sightedness, is 4
condition in which the rays from dis
tance are focused in front of the ret
ina OF the eyes which results in the
image being blurred. Such an eye IS
permanently focused for near objects,
but may be corrected by the wearing
Of concave lenses which diverge the
rays and in this way prevent their
coming to a focus too soon.
Q. Is it proper to drink a thick SOUP
from bouillon cup?-F. NJ. J.
A. Heavy cream soup is frequently
served in a bouillon cup. Whether or
not 1t is correct TO sip this variety OF
soup direct from the cup appears to be
a controversial question. one sees
many people who carefully observe
the rules of good form slipping cream
soup in this way. The first two or
three sips should be taken with the
bouillon spoon.
Q. Where is the Galactic Circle?-
L. T.
A. This is the great circle In the
heavens which comedies best with the
Galaxy or Milky Way. The north
pole of this circle is situated approx
mately in right ascension IL hours 47
minutes and decIination plus q de
grees, the circle crossing the Equator
at the points whose right ascensions
are about hours Al minutes and S
hours AZ minutes.
Government stGtlstics bring out the
fact that the uneducdted man has
only one chance In 900 to attain dis
tiHction. There is no reason 11hy Gny
one should lire under such q hdndicap
in these days of free schools aud free
Information. This paper supports in
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streets, Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1925-08-12
An Eyolutionist.

What do you think Of the theory
of evolution?'
II am strong for it," answered Sena-
tor Sorghum.
Then you believe in it?"
IT don't know a thing about it. But
it is mighty valuable in giving US
something to interest the public in
that doesn't relate to taxes or police
powers. Evolution has been almost as
valuable in taking the popular mind
off it's real troubles as base ball it
SELF
Evening star., 1925-08-12

No restriction will be attempted by
Turkey with reference to the costumes
of women. This will probably result in
the removal of the face veil, which at
least concealed the identity Of the
wearer of gauze trousers.
Evening star., 1925-08-12

A course of study at Johns Hopkins
University is in contemplation by John
T. Scopes. If he entertained the
slightest doubt about evolution in Day
ton, Tenn, he may rely on having it
removed in Baltimore.
Evening star., 1925-08-12

One of the penalties of a conspicu-
Gus career lies in the fact that it may
cause his enemies to ignore his
epitaph and continue to regard him as
a vital influence in human thought.
Evening star., 1925-08-12

A rich New York realtor who ad-
vertised for a girl to adopt found to
his disappointment that advertising
is an art, and should be directed by
business experts.
Evening star., 1925-08-12

At the age of SO Uncle Joe Cannon
has Joined the Methodist Church.
Some steps in life are so important
that they should be undertaken only
after the most mature deliberation.
Evening star., 1925-08-12

The rapidity with which "Klans-
men" are able to assemble and dis
perse calls attention to another i'm
portant influence Henry Ford has
exerted on our complex civilization.
Evening star., 1925-08-12

A "foolproof' flying machine is
hoped for. So desirable a result must
be sought in a perfection of mechan-
ism, but it must have the accompany
ing aid of a selective process in the
intelligent assignment of responsible
ties.