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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-15


They think the Tiger is black
man-eater and the memory OF
Delaney's knockout of Paul Berlen.
bacher still fingers in the mental
card index. Yet neither man is a
champion and possibly never will
be.
The general idea, however, Is that
Harry Greb has little in common
with Tennyson's Brook and can
not go on forever. II either
Flowers or Delaney win by q
knockout, many Of our citizens viii
rush into the night proclaiming the
impending birth Of a new king.
This is the way Of the cash Gus
toners and il helps to maintain
men like Tex Richard in the style
to which they are accustomed.
that either Flowers or Delaney is
worthy of all the excitement they
are creating.
The Bridgeport entry Is alleged
to have weak jaw and perhaps
he has. Certainly knockout
would be no novelty to him, for he
has had the full ten numerals
chanted over him before. During
the first two rounds Of the Berlen-
bach fight, he gave an imitation
OF the man who Is hit with some
blunt instrument and only a sud-
den flashing out with right swing
to Berlenbach's jaw turned the Tide.
This proved Delaney's fortitude but
did not dissipate the allegation that
the jaw lacks the granite OF the
true fighting man.
Flowers front-rAn his way to a
victory in his only start here. He
| stopped Johnny Wilson N tire
rounds at the Garden and since
then has been dropping them with
much regularity with sock in the
rotunda.
But smart judges Of boxing
would like to see the Tiger under
the fire Of d real puncher, q tough
citizen who brushes his teeth with
n nail file. They seem to think
the Tiger might lose some of his
rough ways under these circunl-
| stances.
He has been knocked out five OIL
six times, Lee Anderson and KID
Norfolk being listed among the
| knockout winners.
In his slick, city way, Walk Miller
the Tigers manager. has explained
that four of the knockouts were
scored with lucky punches" The
| Tiger, he intimated, was winning
all off by himself when they popped
him without warning. This, il true
would seem 10 indicate that Flowers
himself has no robust jaw.
That being the case, it might bC
well to mention to those who pro
| fess to see a new mddleweight
champion coming that Harry Grel
can take" it like sponge takes
/ water.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-15

endeavors as long as they wish to
remain in the game. Right there
you have why the average fan
doesn't care a boot anywhere in
the yelps of the holdouts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-15

that will accomplish the most
good for you. If you join an in
door school you can learn a good
deal before the grass grows green
on the fairway again.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-15

But smart judges of boxing
would like to see the Tiger under
the fire Of d real puncher, q tough
citizen who brushes his teeth with
n nail file. They seem to think
the Tiger might lose some of his
rough ways under these circunl-
stances.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-15

This is the way Of the cash Gus
TONERS and il helps to maintain
men like Tex Richard in the style
to which they are accustomed.
The writer is not at all certain
that either Flowers or Delaney is
worthy of all the excitement they
are creating,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-15

UN~O t
tAnnp,1G DAE 6oSS
asa HUNK OF BAD
hpNS COMES 10 tHH
ulAD@ P HOH Ne.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-15
NEW MIDDLE CHAMPION
MAY BE HERALDED

international News Service Sports Editor
Evening star., 1925-06-30

Of men and money. But in bringing
about the reductions, and in the effort
to keep the ordinary expenses Of gov
ernment to the lowest possible figure
consistent with efficient Government,
the Coolidge administration has ac-
complished much. Furthermore. the
President from the White House has
spread the doctrine of economy and
more economy as 1t has not been
spread before in many generations in
this country. 1t is a leadership that
the people appreciate.
The President and his supporters
have not hesitated to urge the need of
economy in State and municipal gov
ernment. Criticism from whatever
source is not without it's sting. Pos
sibly the suggestion that the States
might follow the example of the Fed
eral Government has ranked in the
bosom of Gov. Smith and other State
executives.
II now there is to be real rivalry
between the State governments and
the Federal Government in the race
for economy, the people of the coun-
trv will benefit infinitely. If'the chief
executives of the 48 States will under.
take to preach and to practice econ
omy as strenuously as President Cool
idge has done, so much the better.
If Gov. Smiths talk of economy to
the Governors Conference is to result
only in raising his lightning rod lit.
tie higher. even from a Democratic
standpoint, the value of his speech
will be questionable. The interjection
of partisan politics into the Governors
Conference Is scarcely wise.
The New York Governors figures
show that the Federal Government in
1924 raised s4ss for every dollar that
it raised in 1914, whereas the New
York government, State and munich
pal, raised $3.50 in 1924 for every dol
lar it raised In 1914. Gov. Smith
might have called attention to the fur
ther fact that the billions of dollars Of
war debt and war expenditures have
been left to the Federal Government
to settle, and not to the government
of New York. Today the major part
of the Federal Governments expendi-
lures is due to the war and the lesser
part to the ordinary demands Of gov
ernment.
Evening star., 1925-06-30
Safety in All Things
Rests in Providence

Whenever man seems to think he
has solved all the problems In the
universe something happens to prove
to him what g. very little really he
has accomplished. After all that has
been done to provide for safety in
the development and use Of the air
plane comes now the demonstration
there is another disposition Of af.
fairs than that which Is planned by
man. Man has made the airplane to
fly higher and farther than any bird
has dared to go, annihilating time and
distance and all but overcoming law
Of gravity. He has discovered safety
measures to overcome known dangers,
but always there is something left to
fathom, and safety ultimately is in
the hands of Providence.
Now Is told the story of a new and
ever.present danger to the aviator in
the play of atmospheric electricity.
With all equipment to make for safety
Sergt. Lowry, a London wireless op.
orator, met his death In the air, the
result of q stroke. of lightning which
passed through his body.
Each day brings new discoveries to
make for greater safety, but, nothing
can eliminate all danger. It is when
there is the greatest possible assur.
ance that nothing can happen that
disaster comes out of the unknown
Springfield Daily News.
Evening star., 1925-06-30
Lighted Match and Gas.

Two little boys yesterday found an
automobile in a garage that looked as
IL it had been abandoned. With true
juvenile curiosity they thought they
would find out whether there was any
gasoline in the tank. They discovered
the gasoline. They did it by lighting
a match and peering into the opened
inlet and the gasoline told them that
it was there. They were both taken
to a hospital in a serious condition OF
injury.
This Juvenile prank that may have
fatal consequences is not at all un-
common. Boys are constantly doing
things like that. And not only boys
are doing it. but people of maturity.
Every little while an ambulance takes
a man off to a hospital after he has
gone into a cellar with lighted
match to find the source OF a gas
leak. Sometimes it is curiosity that
causes these accidents. sometimes Just
plain stupidity.
Evening star., 1925-06-30

Of time and name, falling which more
| solid beings melt into oblivion's DEPTH
HE resented the manner of his
good fortune, and II made him un-
fair to his own creation. For q long
] time he professed to think that
ten. He maintained that two at
least OF his other novels. especially
| The Maid Of Sker' and 'Springhaven,
were superior.
"Of course, he was wrong. Lorna
Doone' took the world by storm after
the worlds attention was accidental
ly drawn to 1t, and Is still alive and
gay after half a century,"
One wonders how many great books
lie buried in oblivion because they
did not have the luck to become as
ISOLATED with some event which in
trigued the popular Imagination.
| Many rose is born to blush
unseen" said Gray, and probably
many book lying forgotten on the
shelves In the Library of Congress
Is as great and fine as many a vol
ume known throughout the world
| These chances of time and fate
come not only to men, pushing the
fortunate into place and fortune; they
also come to books and other works of
hand and mind.
| One who writes, or one who labors
in any other way toward se1f-expres.
sion. may solace himself with this &C.
count OF the happy luck that made
Lorna Doone' famous. Merit is
merit, whether universally recognized
or not. 1t took Kipling IA years, 1t
is said, to get his short stories ac.
cepted. Lorna Doone" was the same
book when written as it is now.
! The prime necessities, therefore
are determination, concentration and
some amount of self-appreciation
only the one who has faith in him
self arrives. Without the latter quail
iity Henry Ford would not be the
richest man in the world today.
SO most of us can take hope from
Mr.. Garvin's account of how Lorna
Doone" became famous.
| What grand old story 1t is, to be
sure, and how well 1t deserved al.
the success that came to 1t! In these
days OF hustle and hustle, Of rapid. fire
short stories, 1t Is refreshing to ster
back, by means Of Blackmore's book
into the days when the fresh smells
of nature did not have to compete
with the odor of gasoline along the
roadside.
Lorna Doone" is a big book. both
in intent and physical scope. II you
uIioeTtdhe 10 fedu II, eltner Tor the
first time, or again. select drowsy
Summer afternoon, or. rather, sew
eral, for no one can read this story
in a day.
1t Is not that sort of book
1t rolls on with the sweep of the
downs, setting forth q romance tha,
is sweet to the taste Of all who
are not sophisticated.
Romantic love is something that
the world does not willingly let die
In a world that sometimes appears
to be too animal romantic love came
like breath Of sea air, to sweeter
life.
Whatever one may think of knight
hood and the days of chivalry, the
idea Of love which they started lives
Ito this day. 1t has it's best resting
place. perhaps, in novels such as
Lorna Doone.''
Reading that book, one is suffused
for time, at least, with a certain
sense of Sweetness and light" which
cannot be set forth in words, bu,
which is real, nevertheless. There
are many historical novels which
achieve this result. and the world is
in debt to every one Of them.
Among them Lorna Doone" takes
high rank.
Evening star., 1925-06-30

placed on the far side Of the Golden
State, while the Pacific slid of some
where into the far beyond. A geo.
graphical diagram Of the scene Of the
seismic spasm showed this great trans
fer. this unprecedented tidal wave.
1t is inexpressably relieving to learn
that In fact the oceans did not change
places. and that the Atlantic is still
laving the shores from Maine to
Florida. while the Pacific is tapping
the coast of California. No apology
for this lapse of geography is ade-
quate. 1t must be attributed to the
acute sense Of neighborliness which
is felt for the people Of California by
all Americans.
Evening star., 1925-06-30
A Rival Economist.

Gov. AL Smith of New York, in his
address to the Governors Conference,
belittled President Coolidge's economy
program and extolled his own.
Whether the people Of the country
will be impressed by this rather boy
ish attempt to discredit the accom-
plishments of his political adversary,
while at the same time boosting his
own game. is doubtful. First, the peo-
pie generally have felt the benefit of
tax reduction in the last two years,
felt it materially. Second, since his
entrance into the White House Presi-
dent Coolidge has preached and prac-
ticed economy, the officials under him
have followed his recommendations,
and the people have listened and ap-
plauded and given him their support.
The Governor of New York at least
has grasped the fact that economy in
expenditure and tax reduction is
great popular issue in the United
States at this time. He wishes the
people to try the Smith brand instead
of the Coolidge brand of economy, and
frankly says SO. But the people so
far have been pretty well satisfied
with the Coolidge brand, and unless
all signs fail they are going to reap
further benefits from the Coolidge pro.
gram through q considerable reduc.
ton in their taxes next year.
In his attack on the claims made by
the President of economy and saw
ing, Gov. Smith calls attention to the
fact that the expenditures of the Gov.
ernment due to the World War were
enormous. The reductions effected in
recent years have been made possible
only by the return Of peace. OF
course, the governor Is correct. II
war had continued the country would
have continued to pour out its wealth
Evening star., 1925-06-30
How Useful Are Experts
In Fixing Sugar Tariffs?

be f1outed by the executive. disregard
ed for II long months by the execu-
tive and finally fatty rejected?" The
long delay is also condemned by the
Little Rock Arkansas Democrat, which
gives credit to the big Cuban crop for
lower prices, and adds: The Repub-
licans can't claim that they cut the
price OF sugar. in so far as any haste
to carry out the commissions rec
concentrations was displayed" The
Birmingham News also asks: whats
the use OF having tariff commission
II 1t must be emaSculated? and vet,
In the opinion of the Newark News,
1T is just this pretense of tariff f1exi-
bility that is causing no end of ill will
abroad because 1t sends the Treasury's
snoopers about demanding access to
cost of production figures in the books
Of foreign exporters to the United
States"
1T is not unlikely" states the Day.
ton News, that President Coolidge
will yet have to recast his views, If it
is the farmer only whom he wants to
please. The tariff policy fools no one
but the farmer. as he will learn
when it fails to hold up prices in the
face of a domestic shortage World
prices are created by the world sup
ply"
AS political factor the question is
considered beyond the realm of eco
nomics by various papers. 1.-The tariff
will remain political question so
long as there is profit in it for a
large number of persons and corpora
TONS" the Lynchburg News holds,
while the Baltimore Evening Sun re-
marks that the tariff lis one of the
chief assets Of the party which en-
ploys it and can be used to bind to
that party more groups of citizens
than any other Device"
Replying to these criticisms. the
Spokane Spokesman-Re states
that the commission submitted q re-
port. when the price of sugar was
high, but the President acted upon an
entirely different situation; sugar
prices have fallen"
Evening star., 1925-06-30
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Q. What is tho best record ever
made on the Indianapolis speedway
for 10 miles?-R. J. D.
A. The speedway record for 10
miles was 1852, made by Aitken
July 2, 1910.
@. Do the wild tribes menace
travellers who cross the Sahara
e. d.
A. Many parts Of the desert are
still inhabitated by wild desert tribes
It is wise before making q trip into
the desert to insure proper protection.
@. What causes paralysis?-A M.
A. It may be caused by lesions Of
the brain. Of the spinal cord. OF the
nerve trunks or their Examinations.
Q. How does tho number Of women
in college today compare with 30
years ago?-M. A.
A. There are now $4,000, while SO
years ago there were about 1000.
@. Where is agate found?-H. B.
A. Agates are found universally
and are much used, when cut and pol
ished. for ornaments and jewlery. The
principal supply comes from Uruguay
and Brazil. in South America, whence
they are sent to Oberstein. in Ger
many. where their polishing Is an i'm
portant industry.
@. For whom are Douglas flrs
named?-W. o. II.
A. The Pseudotsuga douglas
closely related to the frs, and often
regarded as a fir. Is named after the
Scotch botanist, David Douglas. He
visited the Pacific coast in the first
half of the nineteenth century.
Q. Are any water snakes poison.
ous?-B. r.
A. Biological Survey says that the
cottonmouth moccasin, a reptile
found in the South, while not purely
an aquatic snake. lives IN the water
a great part of the time. This is q
poisonous snake.
@. When was the Chateau de
Ramezay built?-H. o. w.
A. 1t was erected in Montrea
about 1705.
O.. How long Is the standard work
| ing day in Germany?-M. r. F.
A. The eight-hour working day wa.
provided for in Germany by regula
tons Of 1918 and 1919. Under the
emergency powers act Of 1923, a fed
eral order was issued January /. 1924
| making a number Of exceptions to the
| eight-hour regulations. This caused
| considerable disturbance and mucf
protest on the part of the unions.
@. What State got the most con
gressional medals for the World War
&C. W. r.
A. New York men received the
greatest number. The following is {
| list Of several of the States which
| stood at the top: New York. IA
Evening star., 1925-06-30

Illinois. 10; California. z: New Jersey,
z; South Carolina. s; Tennessee. 6.
Q. How old are military societies in
Europe?-F. S. L.
A. Military societies as organized TO-
day are OF comparatively recent In
PRODUCTION In Europe. During the
Middle Ages plain soldiers were not
organized. Persons of noble birth IN
the military service of their country,
however. frequently Joined the mill
tary and religious orders. such as the
knights Templars and the Knights
Of st. John of Jerusalem. which are
among the earliest orders of history.
The French Legion Of Honor, q gen
eral military and civil order Of merit,
open to all citizens of France after 25
years Of service, was established by
Napoleon May 1s. 1902.
Q. How does the density Of the pop
ulation Of Manchester. England. com
pare with New York City?-F. L.
A. The population Of Manchester in
1921 was 730,551, or approximately
1887 persons per acre. In New York
per acre is 522.
Q. In what continent is the greatest
number of foreign missionaries oper
ating at the present ume?-C.
L. Med.
A. According to recently published
statistics, the number Of missionaries
is: Asia, SS,635; Africa, 43.181: Latin
America and the West Indies, 6,os4;
Australasia, Netherlands, Indies and
Pacific Islands, 1859.
@. Which of our States exports the
greatest amounts of merchandise
V. r. r.
A. The value of exports originate
in Texas in 1924 amounted to $731.
2lS.927, giving that State first place in
the country's domestic export trade.
| followed by New York. with domestic
exports valued at 3731 1,593.5oo, while
| Pennsylvania, the third in export val
ue, shipped only $295,299.153 worth OF
domestic merchandise TO foreign coun
tries.
~Wh1t .CtI you Oct that yoN orc
rf1htF Adny an orguntent ends in
those tDords. And If tDd0er Is Load
it IS often hard to get the issue settled.
Many disputes remain forerer unde-
termined. There are authorities to be
| consulted, books to be read, experts
to be reached. But these are not read
| tly available to eDery person. In fact.
! there are fe,o agencies in the 1corid
that con dns1cer eUerU legitimate
question Of fact. This paper has one
in a highly organized Information
bureau that hos been built up in
| Washington. It's only object is to serrc
you In your quest for information.
! You are inuited to coll upon IL as
freely and as often as you please The
only cost is 2 cents in stamps for re-
turn postage Address The Star In
formation Bureau, Frederic j. Rdskir
director, TlDenty-frst and c streets
| northwest
Evening star., 1925-06-30
Santa Barbara's Disaster.

California has again suffered from
severe seismic disturbance. with loss
of life and heavy destruction OF prop
erty. Following quickly upon the
tremors felt in the Rocky Mountains
over a wide area, but with compara-
lively small damage and no loss oil
life. came the shock which laid the
City of Santa Barbara in RUNS caus
ing the death of nine persons ana the
injury of many more, and properly
damage estimated at from $l5,ooo'ooo
to $50 200, 900.
II is one of the strange freaks OF
the instability Of the earth crust that
thesshock at Santa Barbara. no great
er than those felt in the mountains IN
the northern Rockies region, should
have caused far more destruction than
those earlier interior tremors. The
mountain shocks were distributed over
a wide space, sparsely populated. The
shore shock chanced to center in
community of 10000 inhabitants.
Probably the area of disturbance was
itself, but Santa Barbara appears to
have been the focal point and conse-
quently received the full force Of the
blow
Naturally it is distressingly disturb
fng to the people Of California to find
their State from time to time the
scene of these disastrous Quakings of
the crust. Memories Of the San Fran
cisco disaster of 1906 are not yet dulled
by the lapse Of nearly two decades.
Whenever the earth shakes on the
shore side of the Sierra Nevada Noun
tains there is the keenest apprehen-
sion. The Santa Barbara disa ster is,
however, much smaller in magnitude
than that of San Francisco, where
several hundred lives We're lost and
the property damage amounted to
half a billion dollars. The greater
part of the destruction in San Fran.
cisco was due to fire, which swept the
city for three days with practically no
check, owing to the breaking of all
the water mains. Fire is always a
gravely menacing factor in the case
of an earthquake. Small blazes that
start in the debris spread rapidly and
cannot be fought effectively owing to
tho disruption Of the conduits and the
Generalization of the defensive forces.
In Oriental cities where severe earth
quakes have occurred losses by fire
are greater than those by the actual
shocks themselves. The Japanese dis
aster of September, 1923, was of this
nature. Fortunately at Santa Bar.
bara fire appears to have done but
little damage. Most of the losses
were due to the wrecking of buildings
and to a flood which swept in upon
the city from the sea.
Relief works are already started.
Funds are assured for the immediate
succor of the afflicted people. The
War and Navy Departments are in
readiness to render aid and the Red
Cross is acting as in all other disas.
ters for the prompt succor of the in
jured and care of the survivors. AL
ready the indomitable spirit of the
West is manifest in plans for rebuild
ing, formed even while the earth con-
tinued to shake with the after.tremors
that swept through the devastated
region. A new and better Santa Bar
bara is promised. There is no thought
of fear for the future even though the
earth may still hold its menace on
the seaward side Of the Sierras.
Evening star., 1925-06-30
An Epochal Tidal Wave.

Sympathy for quake-shaken Cali
fornia is keen in all parts Of the coun-
try, and particularly in the East,
where the earth rarely shakes. When
ever word comes that the transsierra
region is hit by a temblor there is a
great mental disturbance in this part
of the country. Yesterday this dis
turbance was particularly severe. 1t
centered in The Star ONCE to the ex-
tent Of shifting the continent com.
pletely end for end. AS a consequences
the Atlantic Ocean was moved across
5000 miles Of plain and mountains and