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Evening star., 1925-09-30

@. Are there some States that do
not lesislats against the labor OF chill
dren?-S. j. B.
A. There are nine States that do not
have laws against the employment OF
children under Ia in factories and
stores. The States are Florida, Georgta
Mississippi, Montana, Oklahoma, /,
South Carolina, Utah, Vermont and
Wyoming.
@. What is the total value OF the
dis monds in the world?-B. 3.
A. They probably represent q value
Of 5000, ,0oO, 900. The United States
absorbs so per cent more diamonds
and precious stones than all the re-
mainder Of the world.
@. Is the fur of the sea lion Of any
value?-J. F.
A. While belonging to the seal fam
lily, the sea lions coat is not com
mercially valuable as q fur.
O. What is Berlin portrait?-G. r.
A 1t is a photograph to which a
mezzotint effect has been given by
placing a ground glass over the mega
tive during printing.
@. Is the process of cremation to-
day the same as many years ago.
P. B. l..
A. In ancient times the corpse was
partially consumed, the bones and
ashes being preserved. Today the
body is reduced entirely to ashes in ar.
oven or retort through the action OF
heated air and combustible gases.
@. What was the committee on
country life?-C. II.
A. This was a committee invited by
President Roosevelt in August, 1908
| to aid him in investigating the social
sa anitary and economic conditions in
| American farms, and which in its re
port, returned January 23, 1903, recon-
mended the improvement of the high
I ways, the esta blishment of a parcels
| post and postal savings banks and In
| vestigation into the middleman system
Of handling farm products and the en-
| couragement of O. system of educa
! tional extension to rural communities
! 0. Is there moro than one flower
| known as the corn flag?-N. II.
A. This term Is applied TO the
European yellow iris, and also TO the
| common gladioluB.
| Q. Are Indians allowed 10 hunt anC
| fish out of season?-R. c.
A. Indians cannot as a rule Kill
ga me out Of season except as specified
In a special treaty governing the par
| ticular tribe to which an indiVidua
belongs. There are between 20 and 81
! Of these treaties drawn up for The
various tribes in this country. Unde,
no circumsta nces, however, is an In
| dian permitted to violate the Fedora
migratory bird treaty, and any pro
vision made in a special treaty is re
voked by the Federal act. Indians
however, are allowed the privileges
of fishing.
! Q. Where is Rainy Lake?-B. r. I
| A. 1t is on the bounary line between
| Canada and the State Of Minnesota
| about 100 miles west of Lake Superior
| 1t is SO miles long and miles wide
| Through the Rainy River. its surplus
waters are drained into the Lake o
| the Woods.
Q. Could not rubber be raised il
| the Philippine Islands to relieve tn
Evening star., 1925-09-30
Sunken Treasure.

Quest for the treasure of the Merida
has been given over, at least until
Spring. The ship lies fathoms deep,
thirty-flve and three-quarter fathoms
PA feet-below sea surface off Capes
Charles and Henry, Va, and in the
hulk are tons, the number being
differently estimated, of gold and sill.
Yer, TN bullion and coin. 1t is told that
the treasure seekers found the wreck,
and that divers made numerous de-
scents to it. Sand Is heaped around
the Merida, and the treasure Is far
within broken ship jammed with
tangled, jumbled cargo. Down where
she lies 1t is ever night or late eve
ming, and the weight OF water Is
ninety.five pounds the square inch.
Tho rough-weather season Is at hand,
and the undersea explorers will leave
of till the time Of gentle weather and
calm sea comes in Spring.
The treasure may be found. Much
treasure has been lost and some of it
has been found. The treasure may
never be recovered. Vast effort has
been wasted in seeking buried treas
ure and sunken treasure. When treas.
ure goes to the bottom of the sea the
betting odds are that it will stay there
Neptune is a tightwad in holding to
mems gold that falls his way. Perhaps
he needs it. His wife Amphitrite no
doubt needs gold for shopping and
keeping house. and the mermaids and
other nymphs have needs and extraya-
ganciss as their terrestrial sisters.
Many small boys and . good many
Evening star., 1925-09-30

| ship Of Ernest RhYs these cheap
books have enabled bookiovers with
greater appreciation than pockstbooks
to satisfy, In seme sense, at least,
their desires. ~.
The catalogue. discovered on the
counter Of a local beck store, has
marked In It by the publishers the
brary." the 400 NEST popular books"
and the 1850 most popular books."
Here, then, Is q list Of books that
really means something, for it 10 not
| the Judgment of any one man, nc
| matter how learned or capable he
might be, hut is. rather, the unforced
selection of many thousands OF pur.
chasers.
1t is true that some of the selec-
| tipns seem the result of mass buying
| for classroom study. The Everyman't
Library ia much used in high school
and college classes, ana such use will
account for q few Of the following
selections.
| Perhaps I should state, in addition.
that the marking of the most popu-
| lar books in the catalogue seems to
have been somewhat hurriediy done
| so that 1t Is not always possible to
be perfectly sure just which book is
meant As far as I can make out,
the list Of the most popular Of all IL
as follows:
Aesop's and Other Fables.
Thomas a kempis THE Imitation
of Christ"
anglo. Saxon Chronicle" trans
lated by James Ingram.
ATLAS of Literary and Historical
| Geography" by J. 6. Bartholomew
Vol. /, Europe
| "Nerthanger Abbey and Per
suasion." by Jane Austen.
| Pride and Prejudice" by Jane
| Austen.
Sense and senability," by Jams
Austen.
Essays OF Francis Bacon.
Lorna Deone,' by X. D. Black
more
Pilgrims Progress, by John
| Bunyan.
| Poems OF Robert Burns.
Autobiography of Benvenute Gel
Two Years Before the Mast" by
r. II. Dana.
| Dante's "DiNine Comedy"
Dickens' tale Of Two Cities
English short stories, fifteenth to
twentieth centuries.
BENJAMIN Franklin's "Autohios
raphy."
oliver Goldsmith 3 Vicar of Wake
field"
| "Federalist Papers.' by Alexander
Hamilton and others.
| Victor Hugo's "Notre Dame"
| Speeches and letters Of Abraham
Lincoln.
| Herman Melville's "Moby Dick
| Melvills's "omoo."
| Melville's "Typee."
| Tales of Mystery and Imagina
| ton" by F.. A, Poe.
| Roget's "Thesaurus' two volnmes)
ST. Augnstine's Confessions"
Black Beauty" by Anna Sewell
Comedies Of William Shakespeare.
| Histories and poems. Shakespeare
| Tragedies, Shakespeare.
Treasure Island" by R. L. Ste
yenson.
| There are, then, 81 works count
| ing Shakespeare as three. in the usual
division into comedies. histories and
ira gedies} that have heen selected the
most out of nearly SEQ titles over a
| long period Of years.
| That Dickens liz represented with
| but one work and Thaekeray with
none is rather surprising, although
the inclusion of three of Iane
| Austen's stories will be welcomed by
those who have experienced the
charm Of her novels.
| Most of the volumes in the above
list are books that ''peopls should
read" Indeed. their sales prove that
people do read them. After all, the
| .hov oH3cav fact iS q rood one
Evening star., 1925-09-30

| lie speaking in Philadelphia because
| he is a convert to Quakerism. Re
Gently he addressed an audience in
William Penn's home town on the
globe e-sirdling trip OF Prince Hirohito.
y X
Edgar B. Brossard of Utah, the new
member of the United States Tariff
Commission, doesn't hold out much
| encoura cement to N. Caillaux to think
that Fra can pay America in goods
slid into the country at tariff bargain
rates. MIR. Brossard predicts that the
| Tariff Commission would never lend
! itself to any program of foisting the
| ultimate burden Of paying the Euro
| pean debts on the American people"
| The Utah commissioner, who consti.
suites the latest, but probably not the
| last, plum to be shaken from the
Coolidge patronage tree by Senator
Reed Smoot, was, like Secretary Jar
dine, a cowpuncher on the range in
| his early years. Like Jardine, too,
Brossard was born In Idaho. He Is
only 36 years old and was a star
| fullback on the Utah Agricultural
College foot bali team. Since then he
| has won q Phi. D., from the Univer-
| sity of Minnesota, and put in a year
Of post graduate work at Cornell. just
| before he was called to Washington
Mr.. Brossard was State farm man.
agement demonstrator for Utah.
| to bring about the forensic battle of
the century in Washington, with
Charles Evans Hughes and William
E. Borah as the gladiators. The sub
| ject upon which 1T Is desired to have
tthsm clash is the World Court. II the
| master orators can be persuaded to
put on the gloves of argument, the
| contest will be staged a few weeks
before the United States Senate
tackles the same issue on December
II. Promoters of the Hughes Borah
set-to believe that the proposed en-
counter might easily become the Lin
porary era.
Some of Curtis D. Wilbur's friends,
| who have come to Washington from
Los Angeles, tell a story of the Sec
retary of the Navy's political mag
naninity at the outset of his public
career. Wilbur, an Anna polls gradu- :
ate, resigned from the Navy In 1888
/ to practice law in California. A gen.
eral election was approaching and
the young lawyer thought he'd aspire
to q vacancy on the Superior Court
bench, though at the time he was
| only minor Official in the district
attorneys office of Los Angeles Coun-
ty. Wilbur made an active campaign.
The convention nominated him aftsr
a spirited contest with Q rival named
Conrey. The nomination was equiYa-
! lent to election, but Wilbur rose in
the convention and, after thanking
~ e.
be allowed to renounce Il on the
ground that Conrey needed the Judge
ship more than he, Wilbur, did. Then
he moved that his riYaPs n9mination
be made unanimous. Fhe latter was
| triumphantly elected.
Copyright. 1880
Evening star., 1925-09-30
Impressive Aviation Facts.

However much Col. Mitehsll's charge.
may be discounted by the seeming
recklessness with which he make,
them, 1t is impossible not to be i'm
pressed by the testimony which has
been developed by the Presidents air
craft board of inquiry. Even with ths
inquiry only getting we'll under way, 1,
has become apparent that many thing,
are wrong which should he and mus,
be righted. The public Is interested
and aroused in the matter of aviator
as 1t has never been before, and wheI
the inquiry Is concluded it will have
better idea as to what Is required
for adequate aerial defense. 1t is vel
that this should be so, for in the fina
analysis the public will control thu
all-important congressional reaction tt
the current investigatio
1t is gratifying to be assured b,
those competent to pass judgment thai
our Army pursuit planes are the bes,
In the world, but it is not gratifying
70 learn that we have SO pitifuli,
rev OF these planes compared with
the great fleets of other nations
Fourteen pursuit planes for the United
states and seventy-five squadraas OF
them for France strikes the average
American as being very considerably
out OF balance. One may or may not
agree with Col. Mitchell that the rem
edy lies in a unified air service, but
his determined efforts to impress upor
Congress and the country the neees
sity of doing something to build ur
the air service are worthy of natiana
applause.
Another impressive feature of thu
inquiry Is the unanimity with which
the actual flying officers agree with
Col. Mitchell. at least in the funda
mentals Of his contentious. They are
In accord in insisting that the flyers
ought to be commanded by officers
who have had actual hying experience
that In no other way can there be hope
OF solution OF the problems peculiar
to this distinctive service. This could
he accomplished by a unified air ssry
ice or by making the flying corps sep
arate units, as the Marine Corps i.
now separate unit of the Navy. Ar
officer who had never been at sea
would not be placed in command of a
heet Of battleships, and it would seem
equally reasonable that an officer whe
had never been in the air should not
have command of flyers.
The country Is hardly ready to sub
scribe to Col. Mitchells thesis that
the Army and Navy are OF little value
for national defense, but there is dis
cernable a growing determination that
the prejudices or nescience of Army
end Navy officers shall not be per
mitted to hamper development of ar
adequate air service. So, whatever the
ultimate conclusions reached by the
Presidents board may be, credit should
and will be accorded Col Mitchell fol
having aroused public interest in this
vltally important question.
Evening star., 1925-09-30

is cited by the Bay City Times Tribune
in Voicing its belief that "Wallop. prob,
ably, would prefer to be a cowboy in
wyoming rather than member OF
the House of Lords" The Times
Tribune adds, however, that iii
wouldn't be surprising If Mr.. WalloP
went back 10 England to claim what
belongs to him; and that 'if he should
become member of the House OF
Lords, he will have to swear allegiance
TO England, and that would automati-
caliy deprive him of citizenship in the
United States"
No doubt he can continue to be
regular American if he wants 10.
says the Providence Bulletin. There
is no known law against an America
having noble earldom in his posses
sion if he can get it. But he will not
be able to take his hereditary seat in
the House of Lords unless he re.
nounces his American citizenship. His
achievement in life has been as an
American, and apparently this gives
him more satisfaction than the title
to which he has succeeded"
X x
IF the new earl wishes to spend
most or all of his time in this coun-
try, there Is no law to prevent him
adds the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele
graph. On the other hand the Grand
Ra pids Press feels that sit might be
a good democratic step 10 declare thai
any American who accepts g, foreign
title automatically eXpatriates him
self"
Americans used 10 claim wellop as
an indigenous product" the Balti-
more Sun remarks, and now comes
news that one Oliver Henry WALTON
is the Earl of Portsmouth and that
the Wallop family antedates William
the Conqueror. Thus is the trIlsty
slang. But with a Wallop among the
hereditary British aristocracy it be
comes at last clear what is meant By
a belted earl. He is a member OF
some other family" Likewise the
Louisville Courier-J ournal holds ths
the name has all the vigorous.
humping, straightforward shoulder
quality that real Westerner's name
ought to have" and 'ft may have
been pretty hard 'wallop' TO the
pride of the peers to have the Ameri-
can early spurn a seat in their
midst" However, there Is nothing in
the name to suggest the belted and
titled aristocracy," observes the
Watertown Times.
ct is not every man." concludes
the Wichita Beacon, that is at lib
erty to choose between the ownership
of q great ranch in the United States
and klngly castle in the smiling
meadows of England; it's fairy story
with a real wallop in it.
Evening star., 1925-09-30
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

shortage in the United States2-L. L.
A. The Philippine Senate, Septsm.
ber %, 1925. passed a bill appropris1-
ing approximately $50 900 annually fo,
the free distribution of rubber seeds
to farmers Of the Philippine Islands
The sponsors of the bill hope thus
to develop the rubber industry in the
Philippines on q large scale in a few
years. The bill is now before the
House Of Representatives.
Q. Are there more deaths due 10 &C
cidents in the United States thar
there are abroad?-S. c.
A. The National Safety Council says
that the United States leads other
countries by at least 200 per cent
Here the rate for accidental deaths is
1853 per 180, 900 population; in Eng
land 1t is 33 per 100, 900; In Canada 54
per 100, 900.
United StatesH-J. B.
A. Col. William Mitchell was Dor
December 20, 1879. at Nice, France.
@. Did the Lawrence sink after the
battle of Lake Erie?-F. 3. NJ.
A. The flagship Lawrence WAS
practically shot to pieces during the
battle of Lake Erie. 1t did not sink
however, but was dismantled after
able length Of time. 1t was sold b.
the Navy on August 8, 1926.
Q. What part Of the United Stares
gets the most snow?-M. 3.
A. The heaviest snowfalls in the
United States occur in the central
portions of the Sierra Nevada Of
California. 1t is impossible to state
the exact locality having the heaviest
snowfall but amounts for a single
season above 700 inches have been
reported from the station at Summit
on the line Of the Southern Pacific
Railroad running between Sacra
mento, Calf, and Reno, New. The
heaviest snowfall recorded there oe-
CURED in the Winter of 1880 and
was 7ss inches.
@. Do skunks Kill poultry ?-S. l.
A. While a skunk may accidentally
kill chicken and thus acquire taste
for the flesh of fowls. its natural food
| does not include this item. Usually
| insects Of various kinds are the ma in
article Of food and these are species
that are injurious to plant life.
c'There are four kinds Of people
| thFeG Oy UhtSH QE6 10 0S qOGt0Gu QHc
| the fourth cultiUated: those aEIo doHt
| knolC that don't knolD; those qrhe
| knoi0 they don't knolU; those G1ho
don't knoG that they knoU: and those
| acho knosC they kno1o." This is az
| old Ara bidn proGerb but the cIassif-
| cations 1T mentions still hold good
To tchich group do you belon0P Our
Washington bureau of information Is
prepared to 0tue you accurate ana
| authoritative information on Gn4
question Of fact that you ask. 1t hos
at Rand unparalleled resources for
| procuring information. and it Is in a
| position to eiUe you Uaiuable serUice
| If you aoiH only make your tcants
knotCa. Make use Of this free educo-
| ttoRdl bureau. Send in your inQuirR
| together lUith tJco cents In stamps TO
| coUer the return postage Address
! The Star Inform alton Bureau Frederic
j. HdSkin, Director. Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1925-09-30
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Leave II TO Me!"

When I, Of disposition tame,
Grow weary of life's fretful game.
hear the call in accents free,
Leave it to ne! Leave it to me-
Astrologers and men who tell
OF things to make sick people well
In chorus jeYeusly agree,
Leave 1t to me! Leave it to me-
And yet I heard somebody state
Man is the Master Of his Fate
So let US Pause and cautious be
When some one nys, Leave it to
met
Evening star., 1925-09-30
Constructive Reform.

| The Chicago Board OF Trade, the
great grain exchange of the country,
! has it's chance to amend it's rules DO
that manipulation of prices of staple
food products may no longer be pos,
sibls on the exchange. A program, far
reaching and constructive, has been
prepared by the members program
| committee of the board. upon which
the Beard Of Trade will be called upon
to act.
Recommendations Of particular i'm
portaRcs by this committee call for
the establishment of committee of
business conduct and for a rule em-
newerins the board Of directors to de-
clare the existence of an "emergeney'
| in the case OF violent price fiuctua-
tieRs and to limit trading under such
conditions.
Mueh credit is due to Secretary Jar
dine Of the Department of Agriculture,
who has strongly urged upon the
Board OF Trade the need of amending
it's rules to prevent such violent
fuctuatians Of grain prices as occurred
in May wheat last Winter, fluctua-
| tions which led to the charge Of
manipulation by 2 set OF selfish gam
blsrs. Secretary Jardine, under the
law. is responsible for the enforce
msnt Of the grain futures act, by
which Congress sought to reform the
methods of trading in grain and to
prevent in 9 mea sure manipulation Of
prices. For the proper enforcement
Of 2 regulatory law, cooperation is a
prime essential, and the attitude Of
the Secretary of Agriculture has been
beneficial in the extreme.
Following the price fluctuations of
wheat on the Chicago exchange last
Winter. an exhaustive investigation
vas made by order of Secretary Jar
dine to detsrmine the cause, and the
depa rtmept reached the conclusion
that manipulation was at the bottom
of those fluctuations. Commenting
upon the recommendations for amend
meHts in rules of the Board of Trade,
Secretary Jardine, in formal state
ment. declared he considered it inn
perative for the board to institute the
proposed machinery to prevent recur-
renee Of such conditions as prevailed
on the exchange last Winter. He add
ed significantly:
"A failure on the part of the board
to take these steps Immediately will
leave to me, under the terms of my
plain obligations, no alternative than
to inaugurate action looking to the
suspensio or revocation of the desig-
nation Of the Chicago Board of Trade
as contract market"
The directors of the Chicago Board
Of Trade, it is announced, have ac-
cepted the report of the members pro-
gram committee, and the proposed
amendment, to the rules will be voted
upon by the members October 9.
The business conduct committee,
which would be set up under the new
rules, would have wide powers to deal
with manipulation of prices by any
OF the members Of the board. The
regular members OF this committee
must pledge themselves, during their
incumbency, not to speculate for their
personal account. The amendment on
price fluctuations empowers the board
of directors on ten hours notice to
declare the existence of an "emer-
Ssney." and the board may provide
in that event that there shall be no
trading during any day in the speci-
fed grain at more than per cent
above or below the closing price OF
the night before.
Evening star., 1925-09-30
Urges That Mitchell
Run for Presidency

To the Editor of The Star:
/ nominate Col. William Mitchell as
a candidate for the next President Of
the United States. +
He is a combination of Theodore
Roosevelt and Grover Cleveland.
w. p. READY.
Evening star., 1925-09-30

Babe Ruth" has been appointed a
member Of police reserves in New
York. This will enable him to become
guardian of laws and regulations,
and vary the experience which has
required him to say, Good morning,
Judge" to Mr.. Lands.
Evening star., 1925-09-30

Mr. Dempsey, the eminent prize
fighter, contemplates another en-.
counter. The cautious preliminary
negotiations would be worthy the
study OF any diplomat
Evening star., 1925-09-30

When two such threughly equipped
men as Caillaux and Mellon confer on
the subject of international finance
there Is no chance of carelessness on
either side.
Evening star., 1925-09-30

The negotiations Of France and the
Z. S. A. are confidently expected to
come to an understanding long before
a point where friendship ceases
Evening star., 1925-09-30

A modern consideration in finance
subordinates the question of how
much YOU owe to that Of how much
you can comfortably pay.
Evening star., 1925-09-30

A coal strike leaves the ultimate
consumer deeply interested in an
argument in which he has no voice
whatever.
Evening star., 1925-09-30

An evidence of the Nations pros
perity is given by the number Of peo-
pie who can afford tickets to the
world series.
Evening star., 1925-09-30

A Secretary Of the Navy soon be-
comes accustomed to regard an ire
spon.ible resignation rumor as part Of
his regular job.
Evening star., 1925-09-30
Precept and Example

Didn't you hear your father say
we must economize?"
Yes answered Miss Cayenne.
But he was smoking a f1fty.cent
cigar when he said it,
Evening star., 1925-09-30
06cial Uncertainties

Life is deprived Of all repose
And men are doomed to fret.
A resignation rumor goes
With every job you get.
Evening star., 1925-09-30
Counting the Cost

1t would afford the Human Race
OF happiness q better chance
If every war that might take place
Had to be paid for in advance.
Evening star., 1925-09-30
0bscurstiOn.

rs this moonshipe lieker?"
"Nope," answered Uncle Bill Bot
tletop. Its smoke:screen Ticker"
Evening star., 1925-09-30

Jud Tunkins says he thinks Darwin
could have made a great deal more
money if he had specialized on hand
organs instead of monkeys
Evening star., 1925-09-30
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kate by Mail-PayabIe I'm Advance
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All Other States.
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press i. exclusiyely entit!sd
10 the US for republication of all news die
patches credited to il or not otherwise cred
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OF snecial dspatches herein are alsa sservsd.
Evening star., 1925-09-30

II has hear ef Napoleum Boni-
parte." said Uncle EbeH, "but I u
kind O. disappointed by de lack Of evil
dence dat he was any kind of a base
ball player worth mentionin'."