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The Washington times., 1925-10-02
ADDITION IS SOUGHT
TO PARKVIEW SCHOOL

A resolution asking that the
Board of Education purchase the re-
mainder of the land in the square
on which the present Parkview
Platoon School is situated and erect
thereon a sixteen-room separate ad-
dition. was adopted by the Parkview
Parent-Teacher Association yester-
day. The prospective eight-room,
fourth-flOor addition was called in
adequate.
The resignation of Mrs. John H.
Bradley, president; Mrs. Mary
Baker, vice president, and Mrs.
Clark, secretary, who are moving
to other localities, were accepted.
The Washington times., 1925-10-02

During his stay here the Big
Butter and Egg Man has given
away hundreds of dollars in spot
cash and created gales of merriment
everywhere he has appeared. He
had not been in Washington long
before several progressive and en-
terprising local merchants caught
the give-away fever and joined
forces with him. Joseph Atkin.
for instance, has given away sew
eral hundred pounds of Elk Grove
butter: Edward Zupnik, Washing
tons foremost candy distributor, has
awarded many boxes of Park &
TilfOrd's candy and chocolate
sponge, while Raymond c. Win.
chester, Washington representative
of Austin Nichols, Gamers, has dis
tributed a number of cases of Sun
beam pineapple through n. w. Bur.
chelIs grocery store.
Give a quick look at the eighteen
Golden CiEcles" in today's photo
graphs and If you are among those
nominated, be sure to cash in al
The Washington times., 1925-10-02
NEW ACOUSTIC TILES
ARE TESTED FOR D. c.

Doctor Emile Berliner demon
strated to the Commissioners today
the practicability Of installing in the
hoard room OF the District Building
his newIy-invented acoustic tiles. =
Placing an eight-inch square OF
thing on the brick walls of the
board room Doctor Berliner tested
the resonance with q tuning fork
The approval of the test was re-
ceived but the question of an ap.
preparation Of funds for installing
arose.
The inventor expressed his will
ingness to stand the expense him-
self liz the Commissioners would per-
init the tiles to be placed on the
walls. Although 1t would call for
no material change in the appear
ance Of the inside OF the board room
the Commissioners reserved pernnis-
sion until conference could be
had with the building architect.
The Washington times., 1925-10-02
Big Butter n Egg Mar,
80. Ends His Stay

Today the Big Butter and Egg Man publishes his last two
photographs in The Washington Times
Sixteen persons nominated today receive the Order
of the Golden Circle All will be allowed until to-
The Times office identify themselves and
receive the gifts bestowed upon them by the genahearted
reehanded dairy and hennery specialist who has been riding
the of Of popularity Washington for the
three weeks and whose departure from the city tomorrow
Of both him and his host of admirers here
The Washington times., 1925-10-02
LABORITES
TOFORCE
ISSUE
World Union Delegates Asked
to Condemn Action of
Kellogg
By FRED J. WALKER

Smoldering resentment over the
Saklatvala case threatened today
to disrupt the otherwise peaceful
proceedings of the Interparliamen-
tary Union, in which nearly 400
delegates from forty-odd nations
are gathered in Washington to
discuss the worlds ills.
Led by four Laborite members
of the British Parliament, a quiet
but determined move was afoot
among the delegates to force the
conference to go on record vote,
approving or disappearing the
summary action of Secretary OF
State Kellogg, in barring the
Communist Member of Parliament
from the United States because
of the infIammatory nature of his
speeches in the House of Com
mons.
British Blamed
Rennie Smith, leader of the
Laborite group, asserted that SAX
latvala, a delegate to the con-
ference, was refused an American
passport because of the fears of
British reactionaries over what he
might say at the meeting.
The action of the executive COM
mittee OF the Union in recognizing
the propriety of Secretary of State
Kellogg's ban on Saklatvala was as
sailed as unfair.
THE American Government has
a perfect right to refuse admit
lance to any one under ordinary
circumstances, but, in this partlcu-
lar case, the more polite course
would have been to wait and see
Just how dangerous a man Saklat-
vala was" said Smith.
las a member of the British
delegates, Saklatvala should have
been accorded the same privileges
as his colleagues. regardless OF MS
political views. There is also a
grave possibility that Saklatvalas
speechs We're misquoted to Kellogg.
should Have Protested
Smith said that the Interparlia-
v,entarv Union was making
serious mistake in not protesting
the SaklatvaIa case and urged the
membership to support g. resolution
expressing the regret OF the Dody
over the State Departments STAND.
IF this union is to be lnterna-
tionaI in scope it must permit dele
rates of all political faiths to take
mart in its deliberations. Inc Amer
ican action in Saklatvala's case was
hardly a fair one. In rendering an
invitation to the Interparliamentary
Union it must have realized it was
comprised of legislators from all
branches of, political thought. ne
said. ~ p
Smith explained that British labor
had nothing in common at the pres
ent time with Communism.
I'VE are actuatad in this instance
only by a feeling that fair play has
not been in order. If the union is
to continue it should not counter
ance such an action without sub
hitting a protest to those respon-
sible." he said.
Saklatvla's case inspired Senator
Borah of Idaho and other Con-
gressmen to protest to the State
Department The formal transmits
sion by Borah of Saklatvala's letter
Of protest to the union yesterday
was regarded then as marking the
final chapter at this time in the
CONTROVERSY
The Washington times., 1925-10-02
osTRIcHEs NOW KILLED
FoR SKINS AND FLESH

PORT ELIZABETH, south AfrI-
ca, oct. 2.-Because Of the lack OF
demand overseas for their feathers
ostriehes are being slaughtered
wholesale Tor their skins and flesh.
The skins are used for fancy
shoes. while the flesh Is dried for
the use OF Hand natives. In the
sundays river district al0nc 5000
birds have been slaughtered re-
Gently.
The Washington times., 1925-10-02
MACMILLAN AIRPLANE
CARRIER ENROUTE HOME

The Peary, airplane carrier for
the Macmillan Arctic expedition,
was due to leave Curling, New
foundland. today on the first leg
of her homeward journey, accord
ing TO a radio dispatch to the Ma
tional Geographic Society.
The Peary is due at Sydney,
Nova Scotia, October 5, where she
will be joined by the Bowdoin.
The Washington times., 1925-10-02

along with and control people, ie
was announced BY President William
Mather Lewis.
The abstract tests were prepared
by Doctor i. J. Q'Rpurlfe, director
Of research OF the United States
Civil Service Commission, while tho
social Intelligence tests was made
up by members Of the universitys
psychology department.
The Washington times., 1925-10-02
Beauty to Visit Bazaar

Abbie " Eagan, Miss Washing.
ton," will be the guest of honor of
the bazaar which opens tonight in
the school hall of the Holy Com
forter parish. The bazaar will re-
main open tomorrow afternoon, and
will close tomorrow night when the
parish will dispose of a Dodge tour
ing car
The Washington times., 1925-10-02
HEAVY roc DELAYS
FORD RELIABILITY FLIGHT

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 2.-A heavy
fog delayed the departure Of the
sixteen planes making the Ford re-
liability tour today. The planes
were scheduled to leave between
ana $50 O'Clock, but it was decided
to await the lifting of the fog be
fore making the jump to Indian
apolfs.
They are scheduled to fly to In
dianapolis today.
The Washington times., 1925-10-02
G. W. U. FRESHMEN GET
TEST ON INTELLIGENCE

Freshmen attending George Wash
fhgton University will be subjected
to an intelligence test today by the
department of psychology with 2
view to establish their ability to
deal with book ideas. to see me-
chaDfcal things In their proper re-
lationahip and their ability te get
The Washington times., 1925-10-02
Sons of Vets to Meet

William 3. Cushing Camp, No.
30, Sons of Union Veterans of the
Civil War. will meet tonight in the
Pythian Temple.
Evening star., 1925-12-06
SOC jacquard
Turkish Towels

Fancy jacquard Turk
iSh' Towels. fine, close
woven quality; some with
space for monogram. AS
sorted colorS.
Evening star., 1925-05-13

great or small, is far more effective
when the leaders realize that they
must give the right of way to the
annual supply bills Of the Govern
ment or force an extra session of a
new Congress. At long session OF
the Congress dilitory tactics by IL
minority may be exhausted by de-
termined ma ajority. But even 80, the
subjugation of a minority under the
present rules Of the Senate becomes
a test too often of physical endur-
ance, with long night sessions, which
undoubtedly have shortened the lives
of Senators in the past. The loss Of
time and the frequent necessity Of
compromising when the measure up
for considerati ton is good are other
reasons why "a change in the rules to
prevent prolonged filibusters should
be made.
The short session Of Congress, dur
ing which an old Congress. frequent
ly a defeated Congress, is called upor.
to enact laws for the country for
months after it's successor has been
chosen is a curiosity in parlia-
mentary form of government. There
is no good reason for il today, what
ever may have been the situation in
the early days. Men who have been
turned out of office by vote of the
.
legislative. should not continue in
power longer than is actually neces-
sary to install their successors.
Evening star., 1925-05-13
Amy Lowell.

Amy Lowell established herself in
litera ture before she developed the
style Of poetic expression with which
her name is now chiefly associated.
Born to the purple. so to speak. Miss
Lowell began her literary career with
rich gifts Of inheritance. Freed from
all material cares. she was in posi-
tion to devote herself to the develop
ment Of her talents as writer. Her
work was unusual at the outset. her
earlier writings containing the germ
of the new form which has been given
the name ''vers libre." Quickly this
developed into a veritable literary
cult under Amy Lowell's leadership 1t
was not precisely new. Walt Whitman
had employed the same idea Of form
less verse, or semi-rhythmic prose
broken into short lines to simulate
prosody. The long lapse of time between
Whitman and Miss Lowell has seen
| many changes in literary styles. Whit
mans verse was never accepted by the
public at large, was in fact ridiculed,
and save for few who recognized it's
peculiar value and merit was con-
sidered as an individual freak of ex-
preston. Attenuation of thought and
utter disregard Of established poetic
forms were the chief chara acteristics
of the Lowell style. 1t started many
| imitators, who went to extremes in
| disjointed Typography and eccentric
phraseology. Indeed, the vers lbre
mode Of expression became a camou-
fiage for the commonplace.
These movements in literature, such
as the vers libre cult which Amy
Lowell promoted if she did not actual
ly originate, have their value in the
stimulat ton of interest in literary crea-
ton. They leave but little impression,
however, upon the literary body of the
period. They offer little that is crea-
| tive. though much that is suggestive
| Affectation f1ourishes in such an at
mosphere. Incompetence and imma-
turity are emboldened. Out of the
! whole product Of vers libre of the pa st
decade, ephemeral in the main. has
come exceedingly small product of liv-
ing value. Yet it may be that it has
served as literary leaven.
Amy Lowell's career. which closed
so suddenly yesterday. reached its
climax in a work that has challenged
the attention and elected the praise of
critics as have few literary produc-
tions of late years. Her life OF John
Keats. the product of four years Of
membered by it when the world has
forgotten her versifying, which was
not poetry. or. if it better please the
devotees Of vers libre, which was
poetry if ii was not verse.
Evening star., 1925-05-13
The Ceremony at Berlin.

If President Won Hindenburg, who
took the oath Of Office yesterday at
Berlin, meets only the opposition
which was manifested by the Com
munist Deputies in the Reichstag at
the beginning Of the ceremony he will
be indeed fortunate. for it was a sin
gularly futile proceeding. 1t was bare
ly more than formula of protest. The
following Is one Of the descriptions of
the scene:
Hardly had Won Hindenburg mount
ed the platform, a central figure in the
mass of statesmen and generals and
government officials, than a ragged
group OF Communist Deputies arose in
a body and shouted: Down with the
Monarchists. Long live the Soviet re-
public" Then they filed out chuckling.
1t was sort of goose-step maneuver.
The French would call it gesture.
That last word in the para graph just
quoted suggests. however, that it was
with a somewhat surprising sense Of
humor that the Communists of the
Reichstag filed their demurrer against
the republic and its newly elected
President. Heretofore there has been
no such element in German politics.
They take life very seriously over
there and communism is no joke.
However, if the Communist Deputies
actually left the Reichstag hall
chuckling they are entitled to their
bit of fun.
- I,nn Re- of
the ceremony that the joke, if joke
was meant, was lost upon Won Hinden-
burg and those who participated with
him in the solemn ceremonial. No
trace of smile marked his coun-
tenance. which has been called the
face of craven image. He was the
personification of official military dig
nifty He swore solemnly to cherish
the ideals of the republic. to support
its laws and to administer its affairs
faithfully He attested to his belief in
the strength of the German character.
Yet smiles were not absent from the
scene It is related that the coun-
tenance Of Admiral Won Tirpitz beamed
with satisfaction, and that the fea-
lures of Won Ludendorf usually set in
lines of the deepest gravity actually
elaxed into pleasant expression. F'o'
the occasion OF Won Hindenburg's in
duction into office of President Of the
republic is unquestionably regarded by
the militarists and Monarchists of Ger
many with the utmost satisfaction as
the beginning of new era, or rather
as the resumption of an old one.
Evening star., 1925-05-13

in the collection show all stages Of
the manufacture, from the first hole
labOriously bored in hard shell, which
was later to become the curve, down
to the finished article.
In fact, the opinion is held by a
number of Psychologists that man used
first Of all the spear in adding fish to
his bill of fare; second, the hook, line
and bait, and last Of all the more COM
prehensive net. The ancient lake
dweller did not fish primarily for sport,
but rare sport he must have had when,
anchored in his dugout, the temptingly
baited bronze hook he dangled at the
end of his sinew line was seized by
some monstrous lake trout. Proba bly,
he yelled, and undoubtedly, if the prize
got away. he wearied the ears of his
relatives and friends with his tale OF
woe that night, after the long cause
way leading shoreward had been made
impossible to unfriendly neighbors.
Evening star., 1925-05-13
The First Eishhook.

Discovery of the Oldest fishhook in
the world is joyfully announced by
Prof. s. II. Langdon Of the Field
Museum oxford University expedition,
which has been excavating at Kish
Mesopotamia. Fishing with hook and
line was supposed to be virtually non
existent in Babylon and Assyria, states
the explorer, and the find Of the hook
makes necessary a change in the his
tory Of fishing. This is the oldest
fishhook ever discovered, and is evil
dence for the discovery Of fishing with
hook and bait before 5000 B. c.
says the report issued by the expedi-
ton.
The statements regarding the use Of
hook and line in Mesopotamia may be,
and probably are, true. But there are
grounds for the successful contradic-
ton Of the description of the recent
find as the oldest fishhook ever dis
covered" Thousands OF years before
the dawn of history the men of the
Somme Valley in France were using a
SllKnlly CuTNcu dHo oou0ie fSoa'SCSa
gorge with a groove in the middle,
which presupposes fish line. Not yet
was this hook, but developments
first in stone and then in metal finally
brought about bronze barbed hook,
which, according to the late Alfred
NJ. Mayer, scientist and collector, is
nearly as perfect in form as those
used by anglers Of our own day"
Such implements, both in double and
single form. have been Nund in the
debris of the villages of the prehis
toric European lake dwellers. And a
curious point is that some Of those
thus recovered are in size all out OF
proportion to the size Of the fish found
in those waters today. 1t is inferred
by scientists, therefore. that many
thousands of years ago the aquatic
fauna Of those lakes were Of vastly
greater bulk.
In the New National Museum here
| are hooks made Of shell which were
found in California and are considered
! Of great antiquity. The various items
Evening star., 1925-05-13
Theater Guild Lauded
As Achievement in Art

The Theater Guild is that rarest of
phenomena, a pioneer come to full
success, yet retaining all the old Zest
for adventure. It's small beginnings
in this box of theater seem far away
in face of the delightful palace in
F'ifty-second street. yet the spirit of
the guild was formed then and has
never changed 1t has been through
out this period the leader of the new
theater in this region, and it is still
the leader That movement Is now as
broad as the land, and it's touch, upon
plays, upon scenery. upon acting. upon
the attitude of audiences, is one of
the outstanding achievements of ma
turing art il. America. The Theater
Guild richly deserves the stanch and
understanding; support Of its friends
and the magnificent and fitting house
which that support has made posi-.
ble.-New York Herald.
Evening star., 1925-05-13
Short Sessions.

Vice President Dawes shows good
Judgment in declaring his support of
the proposal that short or lame
duck" sessions of Congress be abol-
isf1ed. Twice the Senate has put
through ID resolution proposing an
that the newly elected Congresses
would enter upon their duties in jan
uary following their election. and the
uewly elected President and Vice
President would be inaugurated in
the same month. But twice the res
olution has failed of action in the
House. Republican leadership in that
body being responsible for failure to
press the measure to vote.
The elimination of the short ses-
sion of Congress, which begins in
December and ends the following
March 4, has been urged as a cure
for the filibuster in the Senate,
since Vice President Dawes launched
his attack upon the Senate rules
The Vice President while expressing
his approval of the plan, frankly says
that he does not believe that "the
abolition of the short session OF
Congress will afford proper protection
against the power OF minority OF
individual Senator, under the Senate
rules, to thwart the majority in its
constitutional right to legislate."
y, . s-t
session would be step in the d.
rection of preventing filibusters, how
wer. The ons-man hlfbuster, or any
kind of dubuster by a minority
Evening star., 1925-05-13

Orville Wright says he will send
the Wright brothers original air
plane to a British museum instead OF
to the Smithsonian Institution, and
the American public is aroused over
several questions. Did Prof. Langley
or the Wrights invent the first plane
that could fly? Was the Langley ma
chine materially changed before II
finally flew? Was 1t wrong to permit
the plane to be taken out for test?
Whatever may be the answers, most
of the newspapers commenting think
the historical facts should be def1nitely
established. and that the Wright plane
belongs in the United States.
"a goodly number of the patriotic
will be disturbed the Newark News
remarks, "by the announcement from
DAYTON that the Wright plane may
soon be housed in London. The first
aeroplane built by the Dayton men,
the machine which proved the age
old dream of human fight to be
pra cticable achievement, does not be-
long in a British museum. 1t shouio
he in the National Museum at Wash
ington. Whatever steps are neces-
sary to bring this about shouio De
taken. 1t is not the time for animosl-
ties, on no matter which side. IL Is
not matter Of personal feennss.
On the other hand, the Kansas CITY
Post comedies that lit is Mr.. Wright
business what he should do with the
airplane. If he prefers to send 1t to
England rather than to give 1t into
the keeping of any one Of the several
American museums that have asked
for it, there is no one to prevent him.
The underlying reason for the Wrlgne
decision is recognized by the Muncie
star. with the statement: While the
general public was tremendously IN
terested in the mastery of the air by
the two brothers, our National Gov
ernment showed an indifference TO
their discovery, and they had their
first encouragement from France ana
ENGLAND. Ir. under the circumstances,
the surviving brother feels that he
owes no debt to Washington institu-
| tions, who can wonder?"
One might naturally suppose the
Evening star., 1925-05-13
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

them was priced at what the cabinet
officer considered from two to three
times its actual worth.
These days of congressional recess
are the times when members of both
House and Senate put in good deal
of quiet work on behalf of constituents
in Washington. Some statesmen have
not left Capitol Hill since the adjourn
ment. Others have returned for short
stays. Those who come from nearby
States make frequent visits to Wash
ington. They have business with the
departments. respects to pay" at the
White House and various axes to
grind in both places on behalf of
people back home" Federal Jobs
are the goals at which many Congress-
men are aiming during the legisla.
tive breathing spell. A certain Sena.
tor has been camping out on the Poto.
mac for seven weeks in patient quest
OF plum for a deserving supporter.
President Coolidge told the audience
at the National Oratorical Contest
finals" that the country had passed a
solemn verdict on the Constitution at
the last election. A United States
Senator from a Northwestern State.
which was counted "sure for La Fol
lette" by lot of wiseacres, says that
without a doubt it was Dawes who
threw the most successful scare into
the Northwestern country about the
constitution. This politician AYERS
that one assertion of Dawes in Min
nesota cost La Toilette that State s
electoral vote. THE Republican vice
presidential candidate" the Senator
explains told the farmers Of Mi,
nesota that if the Supreme Courts
authority was not left intact. Con
gress might some day pass a law
telling people what church they must
go to. That bogey made tens OF
,, thousands of votes for Coolidge. that
previously were mortgaged to Ia
Toilette"
Sir Williams Tyrrell, who has inst
become head Of the permanent star,
of the British foreign office in London
is we'll known in Washington. TyrreI
was private secretary to Sir Edwa rd
| Grey. while the latter was British
foreign secretary in 1907 to 1915
When Grey functioned as special am.
bassador to the United States in 1915
and 1920, Tyrrell was with him ant
was Of special value because Grew,
sight was gone, and Tyrrell was to :
large extent his eyes. as well as hi.
right-hand man. Sir William has
been in the British diplomatic service
| throughout his mature life. He is 6
native Of India, where his father wa,
a Judge of the high court in the north
western province. Tyrrell is a grad.
uate Of Balliol College. Oxford, the in.
cubator OF British prime ministers.
Copyright. 1925.)